Wendy Pease is a Language Translation Expert and the President and Owner of Rapport International, a global communications company specializing in translation and interpretation. Wendy is a Board Member of the Boston Chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. She has an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a bachelor’s in foreign service and international politics from Penn State.
Kerri Garbis is the Founder and CEO of Ovation, where she helps transform professional presence and guides professionals to reach their full potential. She is a professional speechwriter and is certified by the Professional Speechwriters Association, a certified etiquette expert by the Emily Post Institute, and certified by the Hay Group as an emotional intelligence expert.
How can you harness the skill of captivating and effective presentations? Is it possible to make your brand culturally relevant without fear of mistranslating from one language to another?
Kerri Garbis has experience helping others improve their presence and creates a space for clients to practice presentations and use feedback to enhance and improve their abilities. When you’re confident, you can tackle any “what if” that comes your way. Helping brands off the stumbling block and avoiding improper idioms is at the core of Wendy Pease’s work. All cultures have their own idioms, and knowing how to translate your product details effectively may be why your brand stands above the competition.
Join Dr. Jeremy Weisz of Rise25 in this episode of the Rising Entrepreneurs Podcast as he sits down with Wendy Pease, Language Translation Expert and President and Owner of Rapport International, and Kerri Garbis, Founder and CEO of Ovation, to discuss enhancing your professional presence internationally. Together they talk about how technology can support human interaction and communication in the workplace, launching a global brand in multiple languages, and avoiding untranslatability.
