I invite you to attend a ProZ lecture I will be giving July 21st on the Current State of the Interpreting Industry in  the Global Village of the 21st Century, part of ProZ First Interpreter Virtual Workshop. You will enjoy this topic if you are a working or aspiring interpreter, translator, linguist, interculturalist, trainer or are in any way involved with cultural diversity or cross-cultural communication. Don’t miss it.  I will be talking about the urgent need for us to be extremely aware of the world in which we live and the fascinating digital revolution taking place around us at the speed of light. I stress the fact that instead of resisting technology, we must embrace it and learn to use it to further our professional advancement and intercultural communication.  If we do not become part of the digital revolution, we will soon be left out of the loop of progress... similar to what happened to those who refused to learn how to use a computer a few years ago... in just a decade they became obsolete because they are no longer able to interact in the modern world.   Call it language interpreters, or teachers, or trainers, or cross-cultural communicators, this lecture is intended to be a wake-up call about our need to actively embrace the new technologies to promote intercultural communication.Registration is jus $15 [free for ProZ registered members] and you will have also have access to a whole day's worth of very interesting information. 
 
http://www.proz.com/virtual-conferences/260/program