CONCEPT
The Black Forest Cake Sessions started as a platform for sharing experiences and networking in the Corona year 2020, originally as a forum for interpreters around the world. The very first webinar was already attended by multilingual professionals from 10 countries across 4 continents.
The idea of virtual coffee breaks came up during a marketing seminar where we would have loved to explore some side topics in more depth but didn’t have the time to do so due to the training schedule. From the spin-offs on these coincidental topics and questions, a whole series of presentations and online meetings emerged, which continue to develop due to positive feedback — and now also extend beyond the original industry of language services.
- WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT US -
- PAST EVENTS -
04.03.2023
Ten things I wish someone had told me when I started out as a freelancer… (commissioned by VKD-NWP, Germany)
What would you advise young colleagues to do (or not) when they embark on their career path?
24.02.2023
Finding clients
27.01.2023
New Year’s Resolutions – ditch them or keep them?
09.01. - 13.01.2023
TBFCS Boost Camp
02.12.2022
In uniform and on parade
Thomas Iredale recalls some of his experiences whilst serving in the Air Force in Germany during the mid-1970s. Although qualified as German interpreter, there was no formal training for the actual role he played. It was learning by doing and placed him in a unique position to mix with top-level personalities, both military and civilian.
26.11.2022
Advance Planning (commissioned by ASTTI, Switzerland)
We all feel uncomfortable thinking about it, but we need to discuss options: what happens if something happens to you?
In the event of an accident or illness, whether you are affected yourself or someone dear, who will take care of loose ends, who has access to your files and contacts, who can make medical decisions for you, who communicates on your behalf if you cannot do it?
04.11.2022
RSI/Remote interpreting
10.03.2022
Time is money (commissioned by ASTTI, Switzerland)
12.02.2022
Ten things I wish someone had told me when I started out as a freelancer… (commissioned by VKD-NWP, Germany))
What would you advise young colleagues to do (or not) when they embark on their career path?
17.12.2021
Christmas Coffee TBFCS Community
07.05.2021
Time is money (or is it?)
26.03.2021
Covid, RSI, and working from home – the first year
20.02.2021
Ten things I wish someone had told me when I started out as a freelancer… (commissioned by VKD-NWP, Germany)
What would you advise young colleagues to do (or not) when they embark on their career path?
05.02.2021
Light at the end of the tunnel
04.12.2020
Santa Claus Special
31.10.2020
Hidden Talents – New Skills
While discussing our emotions towards RSI during one of our recent coffee breaks, we realised that conference interpreters have various hidden talents and skills. Many of them might come in handy at some distant point in the future, if a pandemic hits and turns the world and our markets upside down. Want to explore these hidden treasures? Your colleagues might come up with great ideas how to use them …
24.10.2020
Roles and responsibilities of a Consultant Interpreter
Exchange across different markets and regions.
18.10.2020
RSI – peace of mind?
Do you feel comfortable in this new world of (simultaneous) interpreting? Are you still trying to make sense of it all? Have you gladly embraced the novelty of it all, happy that it has finally become a reality? Join us for an exchange of views and experiences.
26.09.2020
Ten things I wish someone had told me when I started out as a freelancer… (commissioned by VKD-NWP, Germany)
What would you advise young colleagues to do (or not) when they embark on their career path?
23.08.2020
Advance Planning
We all feel uncomfortable thinking about it, but we need to discuss options: what happens if something happens to you?
In the event of an accident or illness, whether you are affected yourself or someone dear, who will take care of loose ends, who has access to your files and contacts, who can make medical decisions for you, who communicates on your behalf if you cannot do it?
Open to everyone, not just T&I professionals.
09.08.2020
Ten things I wish someone had told me when I started out as a freelancer…
What would you advise young colleagues to do (or not) when they embark on their career path?
25.07.2020
Mompreneurs – superheroines
How do you do it?!? Let’s talk! Open to everyone, not just T&I professionals.
11.07.2020
Booth etiquette in simultaneous interpreting
How to be a trustworthy partner in the booth, before, during and after the meeting?
27.06.2020
Consultant Interpreter
Roles and responsibilities, exchange across different markets and regions.
13.06.2020
Consultant Interpreter
Roles and responsibilities, exchange across different markets and regions.
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS -
The Black Forest Cake Sessions will not be recorded. By keeping group sizes small this platform intends to create a safe space for participants, where any questions can be asked and discussed that you could not or did not want to bring up anywhere. Any recording of the sessions, other than for internal purposes, would be contrary to the objective.