Ever have a technical document come across your desk, or workflow process, that was a little more specialized, at second glance, than you thought? It happens more often than you think. In our second webinar of 2021-2022, Translating Technical Documentation, October 20, 2021 at 7:00pm, learn more about the challenges of translating these types of documents.

Technical documents cover a wide range of subject matter areas. Some are not just advanced but also very specialized due to the uniqueness of the expertise required. Thus, translating them requires extra care. This webinar will discuss 1) the challenges that are inherent in translating these types of documents and 2) the care that should be taken by all stakeholders to achieve the required publishable quality.

Register NOW to save a seat at this webinar that speaks to every technical writer, documentation specialist, and translator.

Our Presenters

Evan Schapiro is the Director of Translation Services at CETRA and holds over a decade of language industry experience. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania and the Universidad de Sevilla, his specialties include written translation, language technology, process development and customer service.

Anukware Selase Adzima is the Global Business Development Manager at CETRA. Previously, he opened and managed a subsidiary of CETRA in Ghana. He is a graduate of the University of Ghana at Legon and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

We begin 2021-2022 with our first webinar, From Meh to Memorable! Create IMPACT in Your Virtual Presentations, by Beth Anne Ashley, founder of DemoNOW Consulting. Register now for this September 23rd webinar which starts at 7:00pm. Beth Anne will empower you to transform ordinary presentations into engaging customer experiences. Her key areas of focus include: product messaging, solution consulting, and customer relationship building. Her mission is to help you present your best self!

Beth Anne will discuss the art of delivering clear, concise, and compelling presentations, and it is a skill that only develops with practice. Discover innovative techniques to increase interaction with your virtual audience by incorporating the DemoIMPACT methodology into your next online presentation.

This session blends business understanding with technical capabilities to sharpen your virtual presentation skills. Learn proven methods to increase engagement with your online audience. Improve your ability to effectively communicate during webinars, client meetings and speaking engagements.

Key takeaways:
• Gain practical insights for engaging with a remote audience to create a lasting impact
• Enhance your personal strengths as a technical presenter
• Develop a more confident mindset as a virtual speaker

Don’t miss your opportunity to gain better insight into making a simple business presentation an audience experience. Registration is now open for this FREE webinar, but space is limited. The webinar begins at 7:00pm.

Learn more about Beth Anne’s company, DemoNOW Consulting.

Conduit 2021: Presenters, Moderators, and Topic Suggestions

Thanks for your interest in CONDUIT! This year, we’re having a virtual “unconference.” We will break out into rooms, and in each room there will either be a presentation or a discussion. At the beginning of the conference, attendees will sign up for the presentations and discussions they want to attend. That’s where you come in!

If you have ever been to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida, you know of the free-fall ride, Twilight Zone’s The Tower of Terror. What attracts people to this ride? The “terror” of the unexpected? The view of the park when the top doors open before the ride drops? Or the realistic time warp you enter as soon as you come to the front door of the old Hollywood Tower Hotel. As guests stand in line, they walk through the eerie, neglected hotel gardens before entering an old, dusty and cobwebbed lobby. They are then escorted to the library where “lightning flashes outside the window and a black-and-white television comes to life where Rod Serling introduces the plot of today’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Afterwards, guests enter the dark boiler room to board their maintenance service elevators which serve as their ride vehicles.” As the elevator doors close, there is no turning back.

Guests may feel anxious, scared, even excited. Why? Because Disney Imagineers have placed them directly in an episode of The Twilight Zone. They are no longer watching a television show. They are IN a television show. This is the creative talent of Disney Imagineers. Guests are swooped into another timeframe, another world or another story. The experience comes to life with superb architecture, period paint colors, décor and artifacts. Guests are immediately transported through time. And this is just the waiting line. Does your technical communication do that?

Join us for our February webinar, February 25th at 7:00pm, Adding Disney Imagineering to Your Technical Communication Toolbox, presented by senior documentation and curriculum manager, Lou Prosperi. His webinar explores several practices and principles used by Walt Disney Imagineering in the design and construction of Disney parks and attractions, and how those practices and principles can be applied to technical communication and information development to help us effectively communicate with our audience.

Registration is now open and FREE! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, dream and create like a Disney Imagineer.

Ref: August 4, 2019. Savannah Sanders, tBlog, Everything You Need to Know About The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror