• Keep up to date

    A newsletter from SENSE drops into members’ e-mailboxes once a month. Each newsletter brims with news about the society, training opportunities from sister societies, and notices of various kinds. There are also handy links to upcoming SENSE events and links to the latest blog posts. And if you haven’t been on social media for a while, the newsletter provides an insight into that as well.

    About three times month, SENSE sends out notices about upcoming events, society business, and important news from the industry. Members can also access past occasional mails via the website.

    SENSE members who use Facebook and LinkedIn can join SENSE’s members-only Facebook and LinkedIn pages. Around 100 members are on the Facebook group and around 150 members are on the LinkedIn group. SENSE also has a public presence on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, where our social media manager very regularly posts news about SENSE events, events from sister societies, and various other interesting posts related to our industry. These pages are accessible to the public.

  • Get-togethers

    SENSE regularly hosts meetings for members based on region or special interest. These meetings can be in person or online. There are several SIGs (special interest groups), such as one for educators, for medical translators and editors, for academic editors, for starters, etc.

    The society hosts workshops about 3-6 times a year that are open to both members and the public. Some of these are in person, while others are in the form of webinars. Some workshops are interactive, while others feature a guest speaker.

    An established tradition in SENSE is our annual summer social and our annual winter dinner. At these two events, members may bring their partners or a guest. The summer social is usually some kind of touristy outing. The winter dinner may be a formal sit-down or an informal buffet dinner.

  • Reaching out

    Potential clients can use the SENSE freelance register to find suitable freelance translators, editors, interpreters, copywriters, etc. etc. from among SENSE members. The register is right there on SENSE’s public website. Any member of SENSE may join the freelance register for no extra charge.

    SENSE members are encouraged to make contact with other members. That is what being in a society is all about. All SENSE members can search for or browse the list of current SENSE members. As a member, you can edit your own profile page via our website and ensure that only the information that you wish to reveal, are visible to other members.

    The society has had a monthly newsletter pretty much since the beginning in 1992. Most of these newsletters have been preserved and can be viewed by members via the website. This is a very interesting way of getting to know the society and its members, or to get new ideas from past events and activities.

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SENSE Annual Dinner

From 26 November 2017 16:00 CET until 26 November 2017 23:00 CET
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This year's Annual Dinner will be held on Sunday, 26 November 2017 in historic Stadskasteel Oudaen in Utrecht (a short walk from Utrecht Central Station)stadskasteel oudaen. Please note that this event is for current SENSE members and invited guests only.

Doors open at 16:00 with a welcome drink. The entertainment begins at 16:30 with a private performance by actress-turned-storyteller Caja van der Poel of The English Theatre, who will perform 'StoriesCaja from the Menu'. During her 90-minute performance, Caja will hand out cards with themes and extracts, and the audience will decide which words and sentences will create the menu of the stories told, leading to a very (inter)active audience who enjoy their role just as much as the stories themselves.

After the performance, we'll move to a private dining room for a 3-course meal. The evening will end with coffee/tea. Thanks to support from SENSE, the cost for the entire evening is just 55 euros per person for both members and guests.

Between the performance and the dinner, we will hold a brief General Meeting to approve necessary changes to our statuten (constitution). For more information, please refer to the news bulletin that was sent on 20 October.

Note:
When you purchase your ticket(s), please select either the meat, fish or vegetarian menu (see below). If you or your guest have other/additional dietary requirements, please indicate this in the Comments field, and we'll do our best to accommodate your needs.

Meat
Starter: Carpaccio · Parmasan-kaas · pijnboompitten · truffelmayonaise
Main Course: Hertenbiefstuk · jus van morilles · aardappelmousseline · spruitjes
Dessert: Tiramisu trifle · ijs van pure chocolade · amaretti

Fish
Starter: Gerookte zalm · citroenmayonaise · zeewierchips
Main Course: Zeebaars · citroenrisotto · spinazie · kaffir olie
Dessert: Tiramisu trifle · ijs van pure chocolade · amaretti

Vegetarian
Starter: Witlof · peer · granaatappel · blauwe kaas · walnoot · stroop van Dubbele Daen
Main Course: Broccoli en croûte · paprika · brie · cashewnoten · gepofte boekweit · salade
Dessert: Tiramisu trifle · ijs van pure chocolade · amaretti

 

Hope to see you there!

Curtis Barrett
Acting Events Coordinator