Welcome to Empire Interpreting’s QRC Page!
Here you will find up to date information about EIS, upcoming events and helpful tips. Keep your QRC handy and scan it often!
What is a Quick Response Code (QRC)? A QRC is a two-dimensional bar code (datamatrix) that is designed to have its contents decoded at high speed electronically.
How do I get here from my mobile phone? Download a QRC reader from your favorite app store, scan the code and… voila! Up to date information on EIS at your fingertips!
Where will I find the EIS QRC? Anywhere! Keep your eyes open and your phones ready. The EIS QRC can show up anywhere from Facebook, to training videos to business cards. You never know where you’ll find us…
What if I don’t have a QRC scanner? Don’t worry you can still stay in the loop on up to date news and events with EIS. Bookmark this page and visit frequently!
Here you will find up to date information about EIS, upcoming events and helpful tips. Keep your QRC handy and scan it often!
How do I get here from my mobile phone? Download a QRC reader from your favorite app store, scan the code and… voila! Up to date information on EIS at your fingertips!
Where will I find the EIS QRC? Anywhere! Keep your eyes open and your phones ready. The EIS QRC can show up anywhere from Facebook, to training videos to business cards. You never know where you’ll find us…
What if I don’t have a QRC scanner? Don’t worry you can still stay in the loop on up to date news and events with EIS. Bookmark this page and visit frequently!
12/23/11
Kara is our new intern here at Empire Interpreting and we are very excited to have her on board! She is currently a junior at Keuka College studying ASL/English Interpreting. She became interested in interpreting when she was in high school as there was a group of Deaf children and interpreters at the camp where she worked. She then decided to take an ASL class through BOCES in Syracuse and shortly after, fell in love with Deaf culture, language and commuity, and declared it as her major. Kara is interning with EIS because she would like to learn more about the business of interpreting while learning from other interpreters through observation and building her professional network. She is a member of the Women's tennis team at Keuka and in her spare time, likes to ski.
11/01/11Did you attend Theresa Slater's session on "QR Codes and their place in social media marketing" at the BizBuzz Social Media Conference in Liverpool, NY? Welcome! Theresa has some great resources to get you inspired in implementing QR codes in your own business. Check them out here: Resources QR Codes @BizBuzz
10/18/11EIS' Theresa Slater to Speak at Two Events
We clued you in back in August, but the big day is tomorrow when our very own Theresa Slater will be one of the experts speaking on Social Media & Marketing at WHAM: WISE High Altitude Marketing in Syracuse! Check out our August 11th post for more details or visit the Symposium website here.
The next event to feature our own Theresa Slater is the BizBuzz Social Media Conference on November 1st at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool, NY. "The conference offers business owners and marketing communications professionals a look at best practices for using social media productively," says their website. Theresa will be speaking on "QRC Codes and their place in social media marketing" in Onondaga Room H from 2:40-3:30 (Session IV).
8/11/11
Empire Interpreting Service's Theresa Slater will be one of the experts speaking on Social Media & Marketing at WHAM: WISE High Altitude Marketing on October 19th in Syracuse. This roundtable-style event is designed for "established entrepreneurs and those running a small business who want to learn new marketing/branding techniques to help grow their business and establish their brand." Other topics being covered include Guerrilla Marketing, Corporate Branding, Advertising/PR, and Personal Branding. For more information, visit the symposium's website here.
7/1/11
One of Empire Interpreting Service™’s Professional Spanish Interpreters speaks about the importance of having a Professional Interpreter for medical appointments.
Having to explain to her grandmother that she had cancer, when she was a child, left a lasting impression on her. Visit our YouTube page to listen to her story.
6/27/11
Empire Interpreting Service™’s Dinka Interpreter, Dominic Mathiang, who was forced from his native Sudan when he was a young boy due to a Civil War in 1983, was reunited with his father after over 20 years this past September, during a visit to his homeland in South Africa.
Dominic is a Lost Boy who became a U.S. Citizen during a Naturalization ceremony on March 24, 2011, in which the EIS Staff attended in support. In addition to English, Dominic is fluent in Dinka, Arabic and Kiswahili.
Dominic was asked ‘What lessons did you learn from your Dad?’ in an article printed in last Sunday’s Father’s Day issue of the Post Standard’s CNY section. Read what Dominic learned, and his early Father’s Day gift after the jump!
6/16/11
Empire Interpreting Service™ is in production! Over the next few weeks, we will be shooting scenes for our new promotional DVD, highlighting our services and in the various environments and situations.
Keep an eye out on our website and YouTube page come August for the debut of our new video!
A big thank you to Sugarman Law Firm, Eric Mower and Associates, and St. Joe’s Hospital for allowing EIS to use their facilities to stage scenes for filming today.
6/2/11
Alison is a recent graduate from Syracuse University’s College of Arts & Sciences with a BA in Spanish Language Literature & Culture and a minor in Entrepreneurship.
Corissa Widger, Director of Spoken Languages, and Kesar Nuon, Director of Public Relations, will be working closely with Alison over the next several weeks to produce videos and marketing materials for our customers and the LEP community.
Be sure to stop by the EIS YouTube page to see Alison’s video on her interest in a possible career as a Professional Spanish Interpreter, as well as information on the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Below are direct links to Alison’s videos.
Meet Alison
Learn about Title VI
For internship opportunities, please contact us!
5/13/11
EIS is honored to be providing Sign Language Interpreting* during commencement for the 2011 graduation season:
Herkimer College, Physical Education Building
Commencement
Friday, May 20, 2011
5:00pm – 7:00pm
SUNY Cortland, Park Center Alumni Arena
Graduate Commencement
Friday, May 20, 2011
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Undergraduate Commencement
Saturday, May 21, 2011
9:30am – 11:30am
2:30pm – 4:30pm
Finger Lakes Community College, Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center
Commencement
Saturday, May 21, 2011
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Ithaca College, Butterfield Stadium
Commencement
Sunday, May 22, 2011
10:00am – 1:00pm
Tompkins Community College (TC3), The BorgWarner Morse TEC Field House
Commencement
Thursday, May 26, 2011
6:00pm – 8:00am
*To request an Interpreter for your schools commencement or an upcoming event, contact us!
4/5/11
Empire Interpreting Service™’s Theresa Slater was recently selected to take part in the annual SBA Emerging 200 Initiative (E200).
Each year, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), along with its nationwide network of resource partners, help millions of small businesses start, grow and succeed by selecting 200 small businesses who show a high potential of growth to participate in an intensive curriculum focusing on developing a successful expansion strategy for their business. Theresa will spend one day a week training and participating in workshops with her peers, city leaders and those in the financial community.
This is a very exciting opportunity for Theresa, as well as all of us at Empire Interpreting Service™, to grow and continue to be at the forefront of our industry.
To learn more about E200, check out their YouTube clip.
2/4/11
Theresa talks about how the collapse of one business and life’s obstacles helped push her to go back to college and take her passion as an entrepreneur to persevere and begin EIS.
To read Theresa’s story, please click here.
Photo by John Berry
1/26/11
For AIM’s ‘Ticket to Work’ commercial, Virginia was included in the staff-planning meeting, and was able to observe the recording of the commercial to give her an idea of content and flow. With her portable cassette player in hand, Virginia slowly spoke the dialogue of the commercial into the tape, and was later videotaped signing to her recording in a small studio. Both clips combined, and after hours of work with the aid of a small army, the 30-second commercial was completed.
Visit EIS’s YouTube page to watch the clip!
The new EIS Promotional Video is now live!
We would like to give a hearty thanks to Chris Grosso and Take2 Productions, as well as Kesar Nuon, formerly of EIS, who helped bring this video together. Many thanks to EIS Interpreters Amy Sakellariou, Jennifer Wissman, Nicole Rambo, Meghan Libous, Nancy Smith, Liz Docherty, and Dasha Weeks. Much appreciation for letting us film on site goes to Eric Mowers & Associates; Laura Spring, Attorney at Law with Sugarmans Law Firm; Dr. Zina Berry of Berry Good Dental; John Liddy, Professor at the Tech Garden; and St. Joseph's Hospital. We must also thank the wonderful EIS staff who also starred in the film: Jay Slater, Corissa Widger and Kesar Nuon.
We had a great team working on this video and we are so happy to now be sharing it with you!
We would like to give a hearty thanks to Chris Grosso and Take2 Productions, as well as Kesar Nuon, formerly of EIS, who helped bring this video together. Many thanks to EIS Interpreters Amy Sakellariou, Jennifer Wissman, Nicole Rambo, Meghan Libous, Nancy Smith, Liz Docherty, and Dasha Weeks. Much appreciation for letting us film on site goes to Eric Mowers & Associates; Laura Spring, Attorney at Law with Sugarmans Law Firm; Dr. Zina Berry of Berry Good Dental; John Liddy, Professor at the Tech Garden; and St. Joseph's Hospital. We must also thank the wonderful EIS staff who also starred in the film: Jay Slater, Corissa Widger and Kesar Nuon.
We had a great team working on this video and we are so happy to now be sharing it with you!
