Stay in Touch with the Integrated Model of Interpreting Google Group
To find the Integrated Model of Interpreting Google Group, use this link: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/integrated-model-of-interpreting. If you do not have a Google account, you will be prompted to create one. If you are already signed in to your Google account, you will see the Integrated Model of Interpreting listed. Click on the group, and then click the button to join the group. Please note, this group is a forum for sharing information about trainings that use the IMI; it is not a discussion group.
Bilingual Mediation Center on Facebook
Like and follow the Bilingual Mediation Center for updates on new trainings and other opportunities. https://www.facebook.com/BilingualMediationCenter
For participants from Foundations seminars, one way to stay in touch with each other is through our Facebook Group, "Foundations Participants." https://www.facebook.com/groups/foundationsofinterpreting/
You can also like and follow our page for Foundations, "Foundations of Interpreting Series." https://www.facebook.com/foundations1through8/
Subscribe to the BMC Event Calendar on Google
You can subscribe to the BMC Event Calendar from Google. If you import this calendar into your own Google Calendar or into your iCalendar, and you will be able to see information about up-coming IMI events. You can toggle imported calendars on and off, allowing you to see events on your calendar when you want to and then turn them off when you don't. The link for the BMC Event Calendar is here:
For Google Calendar:
For iCal:
Share Your Photos
If you happen to have taken any photos while you have been at BMC seminars, consider sharing them with us for the VisitBMC.com website. You can send your photos to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject "Seminar Photos". Please indicate the date and location of your seminar if you do so.
Supporting Our Deaf Interpreter Colleagues and Deaf Interpreters in Training
If you have taken seminars through BMC and would like to support efforts to share these trainings with our Deaf colleagues, please use the link below to contribute what you can. Donations will be used to help defray the cost of trainings for Deaf interpreters, which disproportionately require travel and lodging for most participants. Feel free to share this link in your local community.
The Bilingual Mediation Center Events Listing
http://visitbmc.com/index.php/join-us
VisitBMC.com is Betty Colonomos' website for the Bilingual Mediation Center (BMC). This link will bring you directly to the list of trainings led by Betty Colonomos using the IMI as the framework for exploration. Many listings - but not all - are modules from the Foundations of Interpreting Processes series of seminars. Foundations I and Foundations II are the gateway seminars; after taking them, participants are eligible to take the other specialized seminars that are offered. Explore VistiBMC.com for more information about the Foundations of Interpreting Processes Series, the Etna Project, and more!
Other Resources
Suggested Reading
Interpreting for International Conferences, by Danica Seleskovitch (1978)
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/11156282-interpreting-for-international-conferences
Colonomos, B., & Moccia, L. (2013). Process Mediation as Mentoring. Mentorship in Sign Language Interpreting (pp. 85-93). Alexandria, VA: RID.
Accessible to read from: https://www.visitbmc.com/images/Process-Mediation-as-Mentoring.pdf
“Where else can I find information about the IMI?”
The BMC team has compiled a list of resources that pertain to the IMI. Visit the website FAQs page (https://www.visitbmc.com/index.php/foundations-seminar-series/faqs), and look under the question: “Where else can I find information about the IMI?”
Language Development
ASL Numbers: Developing Your Skills (set)
Available from: http://store.signmedia.com/1650.html
*You might be able to find these materials in local ITP libraries rather than purchasing them new
* Please note there are a variety of other resources that were produced by MJ Bienvenu and Betty Colonomos, including but not limited to “The Face of ASL” and “Introduction to American Deaf Culture”
Foundations of Interpreting
The Foundations of Interpreting Seminar Series provides insights into The Integrated Model of Interpreting and the processes we engage in while interpreting. Click here for more information on the series as well as a schedule of current seminars being offered.
Link to the Foundations of Interpreting page on Facebook!