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Hey friends!

I hope you’re having a lovely Monday!

We had a lot of fun talking to Tanya Quintieri last Wednesday about several fun initiatives that Tanya has started: 1,000,000 miles challenge and xl8Camp

Tanya Quintieri is the owner and Business Development Manager at The Translators, founder and former president of the DVÜD, and organizes events for translators and interpreters. She’s been a freelancing translator since 2002.

You can watch the replay right here.

You can  also watch/listen on YouTube or SoundCloud below.

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Or if you’re super busy, you can check out some of the highlights below.

Highlights of the Show

1) Tanya talks about 1mm challenge
2) Tanya explains the goals of xl8Camp project
3) Tanya gives brilliant advice to everyone who wish to build their own community

To watch the entire episode simply click this link.

About Tanya

Tanya speaks at conferences, fairs and universities throughout Europe and her topics include young professionals, social media and digital marketing, corporate identity, cooperation opportunities for freelancers as well as customer acquisition and—much more important!—customer retention.

She is the initiator of the 1,000,000 Miles Challenge, the maker behind the xl8Camp concept and she’s constantly working on ways to make language professionals more visible.

In this episode you will learn:

• What it takes to start a translators community;
• What are bar camps and how they can be useful for translators and interpreters;
• What is 1mm challenge and how you can participate;
• What is xl8Camp and how you can become an ambassador;

…and much more!

Watch this episode online

Useful Links and Resources

Tanya was kind enough to share these valuable resources with us:

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Hugs from Toronto and Nizhny Novgorod!