November 2015 Newsletter
Our monthly newsletter, after what we planned
as our networking month, could not contain better stories and adventures. Great
experiences, great lessons to learn, great way to do things differently and
getting excellent feedback from all people. What an amazing learning experience.
International
Translators Day
The starting point of our adventure. We
decided to celebrate with your yearly
“Language Awareness Flashmob”. Not many attendants, which shows that we
need to improve our organisational skills in this area, but such a precious feedback,
that we are already planning 2016!
In 7 years in Leeds, the
piano in the picture, at the Leeds Train Station, is the first message (after
short term messages for the Tour de France) we have seen. We have to admit that
the translation may not be the best quality I have seen, but at least it is a
start!
We've always said that
languages and music were closely related. Here we go!
Leeds Business Week
What did I like most from
the opening day? Hearing debates on issues that most concern us all, from
different angles. We liked the message of Making Noise that reminded me the
film shown at the Leeds International Film Festival twice: Sound of Noise. All is connected.
Seven years in Leeds now, a
city that fascinates me, I can only endorse what was said by the panel: Leeds
is diverse, but most important it is agile: the mix of the can do mentality and
the passion for everything undertaken is a real gift with a great potential.
We were asked what we can do
individually to help to improve areas we all know need extra support one way or
another. I think we all can help with what they are best at, connectivity,
education, mentoring. We can help to improve global communication. Making noise
in the global arena. Leeds has many things to export and that will help to have
a better Leeds.
And we have thousands of
more experiences to tell about this amazing week. Thanks again to Yorkshire
Mafia and to all participants for sharing their ideas (and some pictures) with
us. We wrote a short summary in our blog, but much more coming soon.
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Thomas Friedman, in The
World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, wrote, "The
world has been flattened ... global collaboration and competition – between
individuals and individuals, companies and individuals, companies and
companies, and companies and customers...have been made cheaper, easier, more
friction-free, and more productive for more people from more corners of the
earth than at any time in the history of the world."
As companies have gained
increased access to new potential customers around the world, the need for
support has increased.
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Growing our digital presence internationally
MundoSpanish, an online platform that provides an
excellent service to all companies that are in contact with Spain one way or
another. Great model to help the digital arena to expand with
the traditional touch of person to person approach. Congratulation to the prize
they collected on Wednesday; well deserved. We don’t realiae how important it is to people to know
about us, but not as a company, but as individuals. Thanks MundoSpanish for
helping with this effort. In exchange we helped with the English version.
Being digital is great, it is easily
accessible, immediate and visible to everyone, great advantages difficult to
benefit from if not handled properly. Our online presence provide all of those
and we provide the human side of it, incorporating online models of interaction
into your processes with offline support.
Welcome
to Globalization. Communicate effectively with culturally diverse people. Which language is right for you?
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