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| RFP Best Practices |
| Roman Civín, Moravia Worldwide |
| The world of business has changed and our current global economic downturn often serves as a plausible explanation for new trends and developments. Are there visible new approaches companies adopt in the management of business relationships with suppliers? If so, how is the request for proposal (RFP) process affected? More. |
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| Writing an RFP? How to Write an Effective Request for Proposal in the Not-for-Profit Industry. |
| Ben Howdeshell, Acclaro |
| Tips for non-profit organizations writing a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a Request for Information (RFI) that will have translation and localization agencies interested — and invested — in your organization. More. |
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| Message from the Board |
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| Message from GALA's Executive Director Q2 2009 |
| James F. Hollan III, CAE, GALA |
| GALA’s executive director shares the latest on GALA’s activities and planning, including the annual meeting in Cancun, GALA 2009: The language of business. The business of language. More. |
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| Community |
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| GALA's Member Pulse Survey, Second Quarter 2009 |
| RFPs Focus More and More on Price; LSPs Indicate Worse of Recession is Behind Them
In May, the Globalization and Localization Association conducted its second Member Pulse Survey for 2009. This quarter we focused on requests for proposals (RFPs) and revisited the economic downturn to see what has changed in the past three months.
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| To Be Linked |
| Rebecca Petras, GALA |
| Facebook, Twitter, Flixster, LinkedIn: They make up the fastest growing segment of the Internet. In fact, two-thirds of online users access ‘member communities,’ which include social networks and blogs, according to research conducted this year by The Nielsen Company. They have even overtaken email as the fourth most popular online category, and they are growing twice as fast as any other category. More. |
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| GALA LinkedIn Group |
| The GALA group on LinkedIn includes GALA member company employees as well as end users and member customers. Click to join this group. More. |
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| Meet GALA's Newest Member Companies |
| GALA would like to welcome its newest members. GALA's member companies worldwide include translation agencies, localization service providers, globalization consultants and technology developers. More. |
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| LocalizationCAREERS.net |
| Find the talent that your organization needs to be successful! LocalizationCAREERS.net hosts over 1500 registered job seekers worldwide looking for career opportunities in the localization sector. Post jobs and search the site to find qualified candidates today. More. |
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| Events |
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| GALA 2009 Conference |
| 14-16 September 2009. Cancun |
| If you attend one industry event in 2009, make it GALA 2009, a new conference dedicated to the language industry. Come to GALA 2009 to network with your peers, learn how to run your business, and participate in workshops that will help you streamline your production processes. More. |
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| Post-event Report: 6th IMTT Language & Technology Conference |
| Teddy Bengtsson, Idea Factory Languages |
| The 6th IMTT Language & Technology Conference took place in Córdoba, Argentina 16-18 April. The event has developed from informing and training the freelance community in the region to become a focal point of the Latin American language industry calendar. It offers an opportunity to network with colleagues, learn about new developments in software, tools and management, and to share knowledge and promote services in a collaborative spirit and environment. More. |
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| Craigslist Founder to Keynote GALA 2009 |
| The 'Craig' of Craigslist, the famous online classified advertising and social network site, will take GALA 2009 attendees behind the scenes of Internet marketing, commerce and customer service. One of the Internet's most successful innovators and practitioners, he will discuss the future of online community and commerce. More. |
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| GALA Webinar Series |
| Join GALA members for educational webinars and tool demonstrations. The GALA Webinar Series is designed to spotlight the latest technologies, trends, and topics for our industry. More. |
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Newsletter |
Q2 2009 |
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| The RFP says our proposal should include a notarized copy of every translation we've ever produced, and a sample of your DNA. |
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| Twenty-four people attended the Introduction to Localization and Passolo Training Workshops hosted by member company, Rosario Traducciones, in Rosario, Argentina, 20-21 April 2009. |
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| The Introduction to Localization and Passolo Training Workshops were taught by Richard Sikes and Daniel Goldschmidt (back left) of LocFlowTech and included training on localization tools and processes. |
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| More than 120 participants from 22 countries came together in Budapest for Kilgray Translation Technologies' MemoQFest in April 2009. |
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| GALA member Balázs Kis of Kilgray Translation Technologies (right) has some fun while enjoying a drink during dinner at MemoQFest. |
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| GALA member Bob Donaldson (McElroy Translation) presented a session on Integration Challenges at the MemoQFest. |
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| GALA members enjoyed a networking dinner during the IMTT Language & Technology Conference in Cordoba, Argentina. |
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| GALA member Teddy Bengtsson (Idea Factory Languages, Inc.) provided opening comments at the IMTT Language & Technology Conference. |
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| GALA member Ignacio Luque (Patagonia Translations SRL) was the proud winner of a woman's IMTT t-shirt during the gift raffle on the closing day of the IMTT Conference. |
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| GALA collaborated with California State University Chico and The Localization Institute to host the fourth annual Localization Certification Program in San Francisco in March. |
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