Category: Consulting
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Deconstruction & Reconstruction: A Metaphor for the Times
I’m not an expert in collage, and I tend to take things just a step too far. So I did two pieces yesterday and one of them I like a lot, and the other one I took too far. And so I’m going to have to play around with that.…
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Coaching Lessons & Growth
What I’m learning from being coached… I entered this coach training with no experience being coached and exposure to coaching via podcasts, primarily. I have grown and learned so much! One of the best parts of the coach training is that we practice it with one another, thus I get…
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Interpreting as Public Service
Interpreting is fundamentally people work – not language work. And when we get that backwards, or focus too heavily on the language piece- people suffer. Please know that I in no way mean that language is unimportant or an afterthought. Language is critical to the work we do and teach.…
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What to expect from learners in disorientation
The other night in coach training we talked a lot about cognitive load and all the things to attend to in the work of coaching- attending to the client, preparing the next question to dig deeper, recalling the overarching coaching goals, watching the time, checking body language, checking your own…
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Week 1 – what a year!?!?
This week has been a long year indeed. My work went from largely on campus and in a business environment, to the corner of my art studio with a blue screen fencing me in. I have been an online instructor for about a decade and my life significantly changed as…
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A whole new era
Things have unfolded quickly and suddenly last week and now we are entering a new frontier. With the requirements to move classes to remote delivery within a short period of time, many of us are in a tailspin. That being said, it is also a great time to connect, rethink,…
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