The best training I've ever attended. Rosa de Simone, Regional Bookings Coordinator.
Workshops & Talks
Know that feeling of having attended an inspirational talk or development event, only to find after when looking at your notes that whilst full of inspirational quotes, there was little content, and even less that you could turn into action?
moonpoppy workshops & talks are designed to be different; combining evidence based research, a psychologically minded approach to learning & sustained change, along with an understanding of relevant business & professional issues. Wherever possible we will also make sure that you experience things for yourself, and have the chance to ask the questions you really want answered.
Having completed one of our workshops you will have gained a real understanding of the area, and will have a clear idea of what you can do afterwards.
Workshops & talks are developed by request, and the costs will vary accordingly. Contact me to discuss your requirements.
moonpoppy workshops & talks are designed to be different; combining evidence based research, a psychologically minded approach to learning & sustained change, along with an understanding of relevant business & professional issues. Wherever possible we will also make sure that you experience things for yourself, and have the chance to ask the questions you really want answered.
Having completed one of our workshops you will have gained a real understanding of the area, and will have a clear idea of what you can do afterwards.
Workshops & talks are developed by request, and the costs will vary accordingly. Contact me to discuss your requirements.
Presentations & workshops
Below are a sample of workshops & presentations that explore aspects of our everyday lives, from ethics and living a good life, through to sex, pleasure, healthy ageing, and collective action - all from a Positive Psychological perspective.
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If you'd like to be the first to hear about future workshops & talks, please click here.
For presentations & workshops about Interpreting and British Sign Language please click here.
To talk to me about presentations or workshops, please click here.
I've just done the WAYW excel spreadsheet, first time I have ever done something like this. Wow. Mind blown!
What Are You Worth? - Special edition (WAYW:SE)
April-June 2020 we are currently delivering a completely rewritten WAYW program to to 180 hearing and Deaf participants online, focussing on our worth, and the challenges of working as interpreters pre, during, and post COVID-19 and the lockdown. The program includes webinar and tech familiarisation materials and videos, six webinars, four discussion groups, and recommended homework, including an updated full cost-recovery spreadsheet.
Exploring Unconscious Bias - An introductory workshop for Sign Language Interpreters & Translators
This program is delivered in BSL by Josef Baines (Deaf BSL user) and Darren Townsend-Handscomb (hearing BSL user).
In this very interactive workshop, we explore three main areas:
(1) Unconscious Bias (UB): What is Unconscious Bias, the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and UB in the real world.
(2) Unconscious Bias and the Interpreter / Translator: How does UB impact on interpreters / translators?
(3) Unconscious Bias and interpreting / translation: The challenge for interpreters and translators and strategies to address UB.
In the morning, Unconscious Bias and the IAT is explored, then in the afternoon this thinking is applied to our profession and ourselves, using examples to focus discussions. The day concludes by looking at what we can do and next steps.
After the workshop we share an extensive suggested reading / viewing list to explore these ideas further, along with suggestions for activities that you can do yourself or with peers.
In this very interactive workshop, we explore three main areas:
(1) Unconscious Bias (UB): What is Unconscious Bias, the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and UB in the real world.
(2) Unconscious Bias and the Interpreter / Translator: How does UB impact on interpreters / translators?
(3) Unconscious Bias and interpreting / translation: The challenge for interpreters and translators and strategies to address UB.
In the morning, Unconscious Bias and the IAT is explored, then in the afternoon this thinking is applied to our profession and ourselves, using examples to focus discussions. The day concludes by looking at what we can do and next steps.
After the workshop we share an extensive suggested reading / viewing list to explore these ideas further, along with suggestions for activities that you can do yourself or with peers.
WAYW? (Face-to-face workshop)
April-June 2020: being delivered to 180 hearing and Deaf participants online as WAYW: Special Edition, focussing on our worth, and the challenges, of working as interpreters pre, during, and post COVID-19 and the lockdown.
Delivered as a face-to-face workshop in five parts:
Workshops delivered:
December 2011 - for ASLI London & SE, London. The two hour workshop that started it all.
June 2013 - for ASLI Midlands region, Birmingham.
November 2013 - for ASLI London & SE, London.
April 2015 - for ASLI Kent, Ashford.
October 2016 - for ASLI Scotland, Edinburgh.
November 2016 - the Association of Lip Speakers, Birmingham.
All training delivered as be.daz.led with Ben Phillips, except for Nov 16.
Delivered as a face-to-face workshop in five parts:
- The psychology of negotiation & collective action.
- Understanding ‘our business’.
- Political, Economic, Social and other drivers which may affect the business of interpreting.
- Developing a model that works for me and us.
- Proactive planning as a profession and as an individual
Workshops delivered:
December 2011 - for ASLI London & SE, London. The two hour workshop that started it all.
June 2013 - for ASLI Midlands region, Birmingham.
November 2013 - for ASLI London & SE, London.
April 2015 - for ASLI Kent, Ashford.
October 2016 - for ASLI Scotland, Edinburgh.
November 2016 - the Association of Lip Speakers, Birmingham.
All training delivered as be.daz.led with Ben Phillips, except for Nov 16.
Workshop participants in Scotland 2016; members of ASLI, SASLI, NRCPD and VLP with a common purpose.
Thank you for an enthralling day - I can't remember the last time I was so engaged and enthused by CPD....my concentration didn't waiver once! You both gave me such a lot to think about; and not through the lens I'd expected - so for that, thank you. Linda Thomson, Interpreter (October 2016) |
I got so much out of yesterday's training! Everyone should do the What Are You Worth?'training. Vicki Lamb, Interpreter (April 2015) |
Workshop participants London 2013.
Collective Action – working with colleagues and customers to protect our profession
October 2016 - a workshop delivered for all of the attendees of the Association of Sign Language Interpreter's conference, exploring what underpins successful collective action, and pitfalls to avoid.
Webinar - What to charge?
A session looking at how we work out what to charge - including business cost analysis, competition, regional variation, market conditions, AtW, working with agencies, NUBSLI's minimum fees, and a psychological perspective on pressure, stress, and how we make choices.
Click here to access this webinar from Terptree.
Click here to access this webinar from Terptree.
Introduction to Interpreting - in The Gambia
August / September 2015 - fifteen days in The Gambia, providing voluntary Professional Development training for interpreters and nurses. In 35 degrees heat, 95% humidity, and with almost no wifi. See the blog on this website for more about this.
You tried as much as possible to involve all of us in the learning process, asked challenging questions, had really good rapport with all of us, and the humour really helped when we were tired. We just wish we had more time. Anonymous, Students
Webinar - Access to Work
January 2015 - my first ever webinar! Went really well.
Interpreter supervision group
2013 to date. Facilitating a group of interpreters, involving reflection, discussion, sharing resources and training as agreed. Training has included: developing developing Visual BSL skills, translation, equivalence, etc.
Sex, Social Perspectives & Neural Pathways to Pleasure
20th February 2013 - at Urban Woot's Salons@Blacks Club
Practical Ethics
November 2012 - Islington Council Sign Language Interpreting Service (in house)
The course was excellent. The facilitator was very knowledgable about the subject and so was able to be very flexible in responding to the group's needs and interests. Course particpant
Healthy Ageing - what we know & what you can do.
September 2012 - Healthy Deaf Minds
Stress - how to love it, and what to do when you don't.
November 2011 - Islington Council Sign Language Interpreting Service
The Good Life & Healthy Ageing
September 2011 - Jewish Deaf Association Sunday health talks.
A Positive Psychology of Attention - taster
April 2011 - Watch Your Language Conference, City Lit, london
A Taste of Positive Psychology
October 2010 - Healthy Deaf Minds - A series of talks aimed at Deaf and hearing British Sign Language users with a focus on improving Mental Wellbeing.