With the book, Employing Linguistics, one big goal was to make space for stories, and different kinds of stories: stories that we don’t traditionally hear. Because stories DO things, like expand our sense of what’s possible. And stories are both formative and transformative. Just as we can make choices as we construct story content and …
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Career Camp Fall 2020 launches Sept 4
Learn more about Career Camp Sign up for career camp Meet some former campers at the Linguist’s Superpowers webinar on Friday, Aug 21 Read testimonials from Career Campers Contact Career Linguist
A linguist’s superpowers
As part of the Employing Linguistics August Webinar Series, join us for a conversation about superpowers – the things that you just do without thinking, without being asked. Often you yourself don’t even recognize them because they have become such an ingrained part of how you work. You typically only recognize your superpowers through feedback …
BRIGHTENing Your Career Outlook – Webinar 2 in the Employing Lx Series
BRIGHTEN stands for Business, Research, Innovation, Government, Healthcare Communications, Technology, Education, and Non-profits. This acronym has been derived from the three dozen stories I have collected (so far) for Employing Linguistics. It’s designed to expand thinking about the worlds of work that need linguists and illuminate some broad themes: change, range and fluidity. Special Guests: …
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Employing Linguistics – Aug Webinar Series
With this series, we will explore the ideas Anna Marie has been developing for Employing Linguistics over the past few years. First and foremost, the book has been created to share stories, but different – and different kinds – of stories about how the skills and training of linguistics may be employed. Why? Because the …
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Career Camp Reunion!
Welcome to anyone who has participated in Career Camp over the years: Come share a story about what you are up to and let us know how we can support you! Friday, July 24th at 2pm PDT / 5pm EDTfind us on zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/98453249863 Feeling FOMO? You too can be a happy camper – …
Career Dev’t Wksp on the CL Mighty: Wed, July 15
Next Wed, July 15th at 1pm PDT / 4pm EDT, Jen Polk PhD will be visiting the Career Linguist Mighty Network to talk to us about jobsearching. You must be a member of the CL Mighty Network to attend. If you are not already a member, you can join for free – for a month …
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Book Discussion: Say The Wrong Thing
Join us for a book club discussion of Dr. Amanda Kemp’s excellent book in which she shares stories and strategies for racial justice and authentic community. It’s a very quick read – I listened to it on Audible and it’s narrated by the author. It’s just about 2 hours, and it is straight from the …
Career Camp starts this Friday (campfires Fridays in June)
Career Camp was designed by Anna Marie Trester, Career Linguist, author of Bringing Linguistics to Work. Together, we take stock of where we are, where we have been, and where we are going through story. Think of it as stargazing. Five weeks of story listening, finding, and telling generate points that orient you for the …
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Mighty Network Open House
Join us to learn all about the CL Mighty Wed, May 6th at 4pm pst / 7pm est on zoom here: https://zoom.us/j/5272755568 Experience the benefit of participation in a community of linguists who are all bringing linguistics to their work Your professional network can be a tremendous source of support, inspiration, and knowledge. Networks help …
