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SUMMARY:Managing the Stages of Your Small Business
DESCRIPTION:When you start a new business\, your focus is all about what to do first. But what happens once you’re on your way? You’re ready for stage two of your freelance business! \nIn this webinar\, presenter Dorothee Racette takes you through the five stages in the life of a business\, each defined by a shift in your priorities and changes in the way you work. She shows you how to use the experience and skills you’ve gained to optimize your business decisions\, effectively manage your client portfolio\, and make the most of your earning potential at each stage. \nAt the end of this webinar\, you’ll walk away with a fresh and practical approach to planning the next stage of your business. \nWhat you will learn\n\n5 different stages of business and how they affect your priorities\nHow to optimize your business decisions in each stage\nWhy you should view your business as a “living entity”\nWays to effectively manage your client portfolio\nConstructive ways to say goodbye to a client\n\nAbout the presenter\nDorothee Racette\, CT is an ATA-certified translator in German>English and English>German. She has been a full-time freelance translator for over 25 years\, specializing in medical and scientific texts. \nAfter holding a number of ATA leadership positions\, she served as the Association’s President (2011-2013). In 2014\, she began her own executive coaching business and completed accredited training with the International Coach Federation. \nDorothee enjoys helping individuals and organizations solve problems related to workflow\, productivity\, and time management. \nShe now divides her time between translating and coaching.
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SUMMARY:Linguistic Challenges in Palliative Care
DESCRIPTION:Palliative care is often mistaken for hospice care. Add cultural and linguistic differences to that misunderstanding\, and you have a very challenging situation for healthcare translators and interpreters. \nIn this webinar\, Clinical Social Worker Jessica Goldhirsch will introduce attendees to palliative care within the context of a serious medical illness. Her presentation will cover the cultural\, linguistic\, and ethical challenges from the perspective of Western medicine. \nDuring her presentation\, Jessica will also share stories from her experiences working with palliative care patients in a hospital setting. \nWhat will you learn?\n\nDifferences between palliative and hospice care\nCommon misconceptions\nValue as a field within the healthcare system\nSome common cultural barriers in palliative and end-of-life care\nClarification of specialized terms used in this specialty\n\nAbout the presenter\nJessica Goldhirsch\, LCSW\, MSW\, MPH is a licensed clinical social worker with the Brigham and Women’s/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s inpatient adult palliative care consult service. \nHer interest in and commitment to linguistic and cultural access to health care were realized when she became Manager of Patient Advocacy and Interpreter Services in 1997. The position gave her the chance to build an interpreter services department in a community hospital which served a large number of immigrant and refugee patients. \nJessica currently teaches staff interpreters about palliative care and trains palliative care clinicians to work effectively with medical interpreters.
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