Leadership Institute for Interpreters
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All live WebShops are recorded and available for viewing approximately 24-48 hours after live presentation.
Now you can view any WebShop topic you may have missed at whatever day and time works best for you. The titles below indicate recorded WebShops that are available for viewing.
Free WebShop demo (presented in ASL only)
Before you purchase a recorded WebShop we ask that you view our free demonstration to ensure that you can access the system without difficulty. To view a free recorded WebShop demonstration click here.
- Under "Attend a Session" in the left margin click on "Recorded Sessions."
- Click on the "Video WebShop Demonstration" link, fill in the required fields and click "register."
- Once the demonstration is visible click on the video camera icon in the upper right hand corner and drag the video pane into view.
- You can control the recording using the tools on the navigation bar at the bottom of your screen.
Mac users are able to fully access recorded sessions.
Q: Can I earn CEUs for a recorded WebShop?
A: Yes, upon completion of a recorded WebShop you will be directed to an evaluation form. You must complete and submit this form to the email address provided immediately after viewing in order for us to verify and submit your CEU request.
Q: If I purchase a recorded WebShop can I have someone else sit in?
A: Not without consent of the Leadership Institute, no. Recorded WebShops are intended to be purchased and viewed individually. In the event you want to share a topic with peers we offer group discounts. This policy is in place to protect the integrity of the system. Given the expense that is incurred in providing WebShops any compromise of the system will eventually lead to an inability to provide these professional development opportunities. When you purchase a recorded WebShop you are purchasing a one-time right to view it. In doing so you agree that the WebShop recording is being used solely for personal purposes only and that all other uses of the recording have the express consent of the Leadership Institute.
Q: I just completed viewing a recorded WebShop, where do I get the evaluation form I need to complete in order to earn CEUs?
A: Click here
Q: Can I start and stop the recording if I get interrupted?
A: Yes, there are playback controls along the bottom of the screen that allow you to pause the recording. You can pause and restart to your heart's content but once you "x" out of the recording you will not be able to re-enter. Please be sure that you can watch the recording in it's entirety before purchase as it is a one time viewing only.
Q: Will I need to call in via the telephone to access the audio on the recording?
A: No, the audio will come through your computer so make sure your speakers are turned on.
Q: Can I download the recording and watch it later?
A: No. Recordings are purchased as a one-time viewing only and are not available for downloading.
Q: When I try to play the recording it plays a few minutes, then pauses to "buffer." It will play a few more minutes but then stops again. Is there any way to correct this?
A: Yes. When you see that it is "buffering" what is happening is that the video is being temporarily downloaded to your computer. The video starts and stops like that for one, or both, of the following reasons; your computer does not have enough temporary memory available to allow it to continually stream or your internet connection is running slowly. To rectify this issue pause the recording and allow it to fully buffer. On the bottom of your screen is a progress bar - when this bar is completely blue the recording is fully buffered. Click the play button again and you should be able to view the recording without the frequent starts and stops.
- Click on the title of the WebShop below that you would like to view; you will be redirected to the Online Education Center website
- Under "Attend a Session" in the left margin click on "Recorded Sessions"
- Click on the title of the Video WebShop you would like to view
- Fill in the required registration form and payment fields
- Once the WebShop is visible click on the video camera icon in the upper right hand corner and drag the video pane into view.
- You can control the recording using the tools on the navigation bar at the bottom of your screen.
Have a coupon you want to redeem? Here's how:
- Click here
- Under "Attend a Session" click on "Recorded Sessions"
- Click on the WebShop title
- Scroll down and click on "view"
- You will be directed to a registration page - fill it out in it's entirety
- When you get to the payment section enter the coupon code rather than credit card number - this field is on the right hand side of the page
- Click on "Apply Coupon"
- If the form takes you back to the top after clicking on "Apply Coupon" scroll down to the very bottom and click on "Submit Payment"
- This will get you into the recorded WebShop. The system will want to do a quick download - allow your computer to do so.
- Once in the WebShop you will see the PowerPoint slide. Click on the little video camera icon in the upper right hand corner and drag the window into full view.
Please note: if you want to receive CEUs for attending the recorded version you will need to complete a WebShop evaluation and submit it to the email address on the form upon completion of viewing. Click here for the evaluation form.
Click on a title to be directed to the corresponding WebShop description.
- WebShops 101 - Free WebShop Clinic
- Huh? Spell Again: Strategies for Improving Fingerspelling Skills (Parts I & II)
- The Holistic Nature of Interpreting
- RID & K-12 Interpreters: Can it Work?
- Who's in the LEAD?
- Learning to Produce the Results You Want to See
- Certification, Cameras & Other Interpreter Phobias
- The Character of Syntax in ASL (Parts I & II)
- So You Wanna Be My Team? Let's Go FISH! (Parts I & II)
- You Want Me to Do What? Defining Your Role as Tutor
- The Marriage of Verbs in American Sign Language (Parts I & II)
- The Power of Words
WebShops 101 - Free WebShop Clinic!
Presented by: Amie Seiberlich, M.A.
This WebShop is presented in spoken English with ASL interpretation.
This program is not being offered for RID CEUs; it is designed to familiarize you with the LII Online Education Center's WebShop system and does not include interpreting related content.
Have you been holding back on participating in a WebShop because you are not tech saavy? Interested in our WebShop titles but skeptical about whether you will get your money's worth? Curious but a bit intimidated? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions this free clinic is for you! This clinic introduces you to all of the nuts and bolts of WebShops at absolutely no risk to you - it's all on us! Getting started is easy. Click on the "WebShop 101" title above to be redirected to the Online Education Center's registration page. For complete viewing instructions click here.
The end of your CEU cycle will be here before you know it - take advantage of this free clinic and learn how you can start earning CEUs in the comfort of your own home!
HUH? Spell Again: Strategies for Improving Fingerspelling Skills - Part I & Part II
Presented by: Chris Grooms
This WebShop is presented in spoken English with ASL interpretation.
This program is offered for .15 RID CEUs in the Professional Studies category at the "Some" Content Level.
Many interpreters feel that fingerspelling, both receptive and expressive, can be one of the biggest hurdles in becoming a proficient interpreter. This WebShop is designed to help interpreters improve their fingerspelling skills (receptive and expressive) by focusing on the linguistic reasons for the use of fingerspelling in ASL discourse. Participants will also learn and be exposed to the various production norms for properly incorporating fingerspelling into ASL and interpreted discourse.
This Webshop is a blessing for anyone wanting to improve their fingerspelling proficiency and/or understanding of how and why fingerspelling is used in ASL.
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The Holistic Nature of Interpreting
Presented by: Amie Seiberlich, M.A.
This WebShop is presented in spoken English with ASL interpretation.
This program is offered for .15 RID CEUs in the General Studies category at the "Introductory" Content Level.
As a field comprised of historically independent, community-based contractors we often fail to see the bigger picture of our individual actions. Our day may consist of interpreting calls in a VRS cubicle, or interpreting in the same classroom for nine months. Another fellow interpreter's day may consist of interpreting in a brewery or post office - across the country! We feel an intuitive connection with others that work as interpreters and with those that share ASL, but do we really understand the interconnected nature of our field?
This WebShop is the first in a five part leadership series, but you need not be currently serving in a leadership position to participate! The Leadership Institute believes that we are all leaders in one capacity or another; the information presented in this WebShop helps to demonstrate how that is so. Based on work in the field of Organizational Development this WebShop will open your eyes to a broader view of our field and our community, and raise your awareness about the bigger picture consequences of our actions.
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RID & K-12 Interpreters: Can it Work?
Presented by: Amie Seiberlich, M.A.
This WebShop is presented in spoken English with ASL interpretation.
This program is offered for .15 RID CEUs in the General Studies category at the "Introductory" Content Level.
There has been much talk in the past few years about the relationship between RID and K-12 interpreters. Our leaders use phrases such as "disenfranchised" to describe this historic relationship. Even so, there is a genuine desire to support the needs of those in K-12 settings.
This WebShop seeks to discover why the perception of a great divide exists between RID and those in K-12 settings. Participants examine the organizational and occupational culture of RID and the field of interpreting, and look at the history of both RID and mainstreaming to understand the factors that have contributed to this divide. Participants also examine the current state of RID including the EIPA and it's impact on the organization, and then look forward to the future of the relationship between RID and K-12 interpreters - can it work???
This WebShop is appropriate for leaders, aspiring leaders and students interested in the future of K-12 interpreting within RID.
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Presented by: Amie Seiberlich, M.A.
This WebShop is presented in spoken English with ASL interpretation.
This program is offered for .15 RID CEUs in the General Studies category at the "Introductory" Content Level.
One of leadership’s foremost lessons is that in order to effectively lead others you must be able to lead yourself. The ability to lead one’s own life is not just applicable to those in formal leadership positions – it is applicable to each and every member of our organization. When you are in the lead of your own life you are no longer a victim to circumstance and decisions made by others. Are you Living Exceptionally, Authentically and Definitively? Are you in the lead of your own life?
This WebShop examines the extent to which we are truly in control of our own lives as well as the extent to which we permit other people, circumstances and demands lead our life. Through individual assessment, small group work and open discussion participants will explore the notions of balance, choice, power and energy. Participants will be given an opportunity to assess how effectively they are spending and managing their time. Strategies will also be offered for living exceptionally, authentically and definitively and pursuing those activities that make one’s heart sing.
This WebShop is a must for anyone struggling to establish or regain balance in their lives as well as for anyone at an energetic crossroads in their personal or professional existence.
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Learning to Produce the Results You Want to See
Presented by: Amie Seiberlich, M.A.
This WebShop is presented in spoken English with ASL interpretation.
This program is offered for .15 RID CEUs in the General Studies category at the "Introductory" Content Level.
The most common understanding of the term "learning" revolves around the concept of acquiring information. For Peter Senge, the term "learning" refers to developing the ability to produce the results you want to see. When organizations are comprised of individuals that are able to consistently produce that which they want to see the organization thrives in new and creative ways. The first step towards building this kind of organization is to begin the process of continually clarifying and deepening personal vision. After all, an organization's capacity to grow and develop can not exceed that of it's members. The ability is continually learn through deepening of vision is just one part of what Senge refers to as "personal mastery."
The vast majority of us start our careers in interpreting enthusiastically, but over time our energy and spirit begins to wane. As our spirit wanes we may only contribute what we have to and lose sight of the passion that once inspired our careers. Our organizations develop a culture of apathy and stagnation. This WebShop examines ways to overcome this dynamic by examining the concept of personal mastery.
Part II in our five part leadership series, this WebShop discusses ways in which leaders and members can clarify those things that really matter to them so that they are living in accord with their highest vision of themselves and their organization. It discusses the importance of lifelong learning, fostering personal growth and analyzing forms of resistance to such, and examines the characteristics exhibited by individuals and organizations with high levels of personal mastery.
Participants examine the relationship between personal and organizational learning, assess ways to clarify one's own personal vision, discuss the notion and characteristics of personal mastery, explore the idea of creative tension as a tool for moving forward, analyze ways in which creative tension is either holding one back or propelling one forward and discuss ways in which personal mastery can be fostered on an organizational level.
You need not be currently serving in a leadership position to participate - this WebShop contains nuggets of wisdom for all!
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Certification, Cameras & Other Interpreter Phobias
Presented by: Amie Seiberlich, M.A.
This WebShop is presented in spoken English with ASL interpretation.
This program is offered for .15 RID CEUs in the General Studies category at the "Introductory" Content Level.
Fear is an instinctual and appropriate response to danger. Most of us do not live in dangerous environments, yet we live fearfully. We fear lack - lack of money, lack of time, lack of control. As interpreters we fear the dreaded video camera, we fear performance exams…often times we fear one another! Do we truly live and work in a dangerous profession or have we created instinctual responses to irrational fear?
This WebShop examines the cause and effect of fear as well as the reasons for and the multitude of ways that it shows up in our profession. Participants will explore their own relationship with fear, pinpoint where it is showing up in their professional life, and identify the ways in which that fear is either serving them or hindering their growth. After recognizing the part that fear plays in their lives, participants will be given an opportunity to examine strategies for overcoming fear and living consciously and at choice.
This WebShop is recommended for anyone dealing with professional fear and who has the courage to explore their own magnificence!
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Character of Syntax in American Sign Language - Parts I& II
Presented by: Karen Boyd
This WebShop is presented in ASL with English interpretation.
Each part of this program (Part I & Part II) is offered for .2 RID CEUs in the Professional Studies category at the "Some" Content Level.
ASL signs are like bricks and ASL grammar is like mortar. If you got bricks, come cement them together! Since ASL allows freer word order and has variety of ways in which words are put together to form phrases, this invites a contest on how to translate from a source language to form a conceptually accurate phrase in ASL.
With redundant formation of the word order in ASL, it generates characteristics. One of an example of characteristics in ASL is a negative remark being reinforced at the end. For an example:
English: I don't like to eat green beans!
ASL: GREEN BEAN DON'T-LIKE EAT DON'T-LIKE
DON'T-LIKE GREEN BEAN EAT DON'T-LIKE
DON'T-LIKE EAT GREEN BEAN DON'T-LIKE
When using the concept of these characteristics toward formation of word order, one can precede conceptually accurate phrase. This WebShop will teach you when signs and grammar are arranged together, whether formation of the target language is it's best message equivalent of the source language. In addition, one must clearly understands the interpretation of the source language to interpret the formation of the target language effectively.
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So You Want to be my Team? Let's Go FISH! - Part I & Part II
Presented by: LeWana Clark and Barbara-Jean Slopey
This WebShop is presented in spoken English only.
Each part of this program (Part I & Part II) is offered for .2 RID CEUs in the Professional Studies category at the "Introductory" Content Level.
Do you want more out of your teaming experiences? Does there seem to be something more to teaming than just working in 20-minute shifts? How can you begin a dialogue with your teammate about a more effective way of looking at and talking about the work?
Our philosophy of teaming is three-fold: (1) two heads are better than one, (2) all members of the team are responsible for 100% of the accuracy and completeness of the interpreted message, and (3) a new attitude about the work enhances the quality of the work product. This interactive WebShop will address more effective ways a team can work together.
In Part I we explore two teaming models of English-to-ASL interpreting by discussing our philosophy, sharing the components of the FISH PHILOSOPHY, and talking about how the Open Process of Interpreting can transform the effectiveness of the team. In Part II we apply the FISH PHILOSOPHY and the Open Process model to ASL-to-English interpreting.
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You Want Me to do What? Defining Your Role as Tutor
Presented by: Jennifer Berkes
This WebShop is presented in spoken English with ASL interpretation.
This program is offered for .15 RID CEUs in the Professional Studies category at the "Some" Content Level.
As trained interpreters it is sometimes difficult to become accustomed to taking on additional roles and responsibilities. The K-12 setting demands a myriad of additional roles for interpreters; the most common being the role of tutor.
This WebShop provides insightful tools and information regarding tutoring deaf students in the K-12 educational setting. You will have an opportunity to discuss the do's and don'ts of tutoring as a means to further define the educational interpreter's role as tutor. The who, what, where, when and why we tutor serves as the foundation for this WebShop. Special emphasis is placed on the "how" - as this is where you can allow your creativity to flow and is the cornerstone of successful tutoring.
Additionally, you will have an opportunity to discuss the need for professional self-examination when engaged in tutoring sessions. So come prepared to learn more about the tutoring process, how you can be an asset to the deaf student and contribute to his/her life-long learning!
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The Marriage of Verbs in ASL - Part I & Part II
Presented by: Karen Boyd, M.A.
This WebShop is presented in ASL with English interpretation if desired.
Each part of this program (Part I & Part II) is offered for .2 RID CEUs in the Professional Studies category at the "Some" Content Level.
This WebShop defines the mysterious characteristics of verbs in ASL; it examines a hypothesis of the verb’s relationship, or marriage, to the subject and object in American Sign Language syntax. While based in linguistic theory, the information presented in this session will help participants understand how to more appropriately structure interpretations in ASL by; introducing syntax in spoken languages, describing the linguistic rules of verb agreement in ASL and providing samples of the verb’s relationship with the subject and/or object in ASL.
This offering is invaluable for anyone wishing to increase their understanding of and ability to produce stronger ASL interpretations. It is also a topic that of value to those serving as mentors and/or instructors. Finally, native ASL users may find this a wonderful way to enhance their understanding of their language.
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The Power of Words - Back by Popular Demand!
Presented by: Amie Seiberlich, M.A.
This WebShop is presented in spoken English with ASL interpretation.
This program is offered for .2 RID CEUs in the Professional Studies category at the "Introductory" Content Level.
Words, and the thoughts that generate them, hold more power than we give them credit for. They have the power to uplift or dishearten, inspire or devastate. They control the quality of our relationships and impact our physiology.
The “love /hate” dynamic that exists in the field of interpreting is no secret. The energy between interpreters, or interpreters and consumers can feel combative…or it can feel familial and supportive. This WebShop is based on Dr. Ginger Bowler’s work on Energy. Dr. Bowler believes that when we understand what affects our energy field and learn to become better managers of that field we will be happier and more productive. Her teaching is based on a simple energy model that allows each of us to identify where we are making energetic errors and what we can do to correct them. This WebShop holds a key to transforming our personal and professional relationships by examining Dr. Bowler’s Model of Energy, and research on words and water. Amie will discuss how these energetic patterns emerge in relationships in the field of interpreting and what we can do to create healthier energetic choices.
This workshop is a must for anyone in the field - student, novice, supervisor, leader - years of experience and work arena have no bearing on your ability to be transformed by this very special offering.
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CEUs are available for both live and recorded WebShops. To ensure CEU submission for live WebShops please complete the registration form in it's entirety (including address and RID member number.) To ensure receipt of CEUs for recorded WebShops you must complete and submit a WebShop evaluation form immediately upon completion of viewing in order for us to verify and submit your CEU request. To retrieve a WebShop evaluation form click here.
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stance Opportunities for Interpreter Training Center of UNC is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing EducationActivities. Requests for captioning should be made in writing to Amie at amie.leadershipinstitute@gmail.com.
