Kinetic theTechnologyAgency - LavaCon 2015 Speaker Proposal - Efficient Translation Management: 5 Specific Metrics that will Lead your Team to Continuous Process Improvement

1. Efficient Translation Management:
5 Specific Metrics that will Lead your Team
to Continuous Process Improvement
Presented by
Scott Carothers

2. Breakout Session Agenda (Short)
Elevating the performance of the translation process by
challenging the status quo (Overview)
Absent from the translation process: clarity, accountability,
vendor validation
5 specific metrics that lead your team to continuous process
improvement
Keeping your team on the same page
Q & A

3. Breakout Session Agenda (Full)
In this session, attendees will be provided actionable details on which specific
translation metrics hold the most value to their enterprise, how and when to analyze the
metrics, and the best ways to track them so that each project brings quantified data to
validate the performance of all involved, and continuously improve the process. Clarity,
accountability, and process improvement are the three keywords that describe this
LavaCon-exclusive presentation.
Track: Manage
Session Description:
What steps is your localization team taking to consistently improve the translation
process? Is each project tracked through each stage with comprehensive metrics?
Whether projects are tracked manually or automatically, five specific metrics will give
your Director/Team Leader a clear picture of which areas have the most room for
improvement, and what changes are needed to improve efficiency and further elevate
the performance of your enterprise translation process.

4. Yes or No:
If a contract is written & executed in English,
is it valid in a foreign-speaking court room?
Teaser Quiz

5. scott@theTechnologyAgency.com
502.719.9565
About the Speaker – Scott Carothers
• 30 year veteran of corporate marketing
• Conference Speaker: LavaCon 2014, Localization World 2014, American
Marketing Association’s Annual Conference 2014, STC Technical
Communication Annual Conference 2014

6. scott@theTechnologyAgency.com
502.719.9565
About the Speaker – Scott Carothers
• 30 year veteran of corporate marketing
• Conference Speaker: LavaCon 2014, Localization World 2014, American
Marketing Association’s Annual Conference 2014, STC Technical
Communication Annual Conference 2014