Choice Translating in the News
June 23, 2008 – Michelle Menard, CEO of Choice Translating, is the featured Alumni in the May 2008 issue of UNC Charlotte Magazine. View article here.
June 20, 2008 – UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business has named Michelle Menard, CEO of Choice Translating, to its Business Advisory Council. View Michelle's profile here.
February 2, 2008 – Choice Translating highlighted in The Charlotte Observer as designed to 'change the world one word at a time.' To read the complete article "Breaking language barriers in business," click here.
June 27, 2007 – Choice Translating COO, Vernon Menard was quoted in BusinessWeek's special report on Going Global. To read the complete article "Avoiding Faux Pas When Exporting" and see how misunderstanding foreign customs or languages can destroy your brand, click here.
June 12, 2007 – Choice Translating launched the translating industry's first live chat, "Smart Choice Chat," to broaden service options for clients. Founder and CEO, Michelle Menard says "Choice Translating is proud to be the industry leader offering client-driven options to products, services and support. Our high-tech, globalized infrastructure is well positioned to serve clients through traditional and virtual channels."
April 20, 2007 – Choice Translating announced it has opened an office in Lima, Peru, and is launching proprietary project management software to expand its production capabilities and enhance customer service. Click here to read the complete article in the Charlotte Business Journal.
April 19, 2007 – Combining technology with its core values and company culture, Choice Translating is growing a multimillion dollar borderless business. Three strategic tools the company has introduced this year seamlessly connect offices on two continents and resources in more than 80 countries. Proprietary online project management software; expanded telephone interpreting services; and a new office in Lima, Peru, enhance the high-touch, high-tech Choice experience. Click here for details and to learn more.
November 2006 – Michelle Menard, founder and CEO of Choice Translating, is featured in a segment of "UNC Charlotte Alumni Today," which is broadcast at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on UNC Charlotte Cable Television, channel 22. Menard's show airs in rotation with those about other notable alumni. "UNC Charlotte Alumni Today" focuses on outstanding graduates and how their UNC Charlotte education continues to impact them. Click here for the print promotion for the show.
October 5, 2006 – Michelle Menard, Choice CEO, is named chair of the Small Business and Technology Development Center regional council. Click here for details and photo.
July 1, 2006 – Vernon Menard, COO of Choice Translating was elected President of the Entrepreneurs' Organization Charlotte Chapter. Vernon has been a member since 2004 and is past President-Elect and Communications Chair. "I'm very proud to take on this position," Menard said, "and am looking forward to being a part of some very exciting projects, and working with some exceptional people over the next 12 months."
Big projects for 2006-2007 include launching the EO accelerator program, an entrepreneurial education program to help owners of businesses with revenues between $250,000 and $1M break through the million dollar ceiling and move their businesses onto a high-growth path. Choice Translating is also a sponsor donating $1,000 towards the launch of the program in Charlotte. Click here to read article in Charlotte Business Journal
June 16, 2006 – Michelle Menard was featured in the Charlotte Business Journal's weekly column by Fred Tannembaum. Michelle was featured in "The Big Idea: Entrepreneurs talk about what they do and why they do it." Click here to read the full article.
October 2005 – Vernon Menard, COO of Choice Translating spoke to a large and enthusiastic group of students at UNC-Charlotte's Career Day on the topic of "Preparing for the Workforce in a Globalized World."
May 27, 2005 – (From the Charlotte Business Journal) Board members of the Charlotte chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization attended the group's global leadership conference in Washington last week and met Jack Welch, the charismatic former leader of General Electric. The conference is the annual planning meeting of all directors of YEO chapters worldwide. More than 500 attendees from 40 countries converged on D.C. for the event.
Michelle Menard, President and CEO of Choice Translating, attended the presentation. "He was emphatic that success in business is not easy, but it is simple," she says. "He said, 'You have to find your aha! idea that differentiates what you do from the competition, build a strategic plan to implement it, then execute the plan rigorously and fast.'"
April 28, 2005 – Vernon Menard, COO of Choice Translating, joined Roy Davis, President Emeritus of S&D Coffee and Eric Smith, CEO of Brooks Equipment, on a panel discussion to discuss "Tips on Controlling Costs" for the Ben Craig Center's Entrepreneurial Educational Seminar.
April 26, 2005 – Choice Translating celebrated its 10th anniversary in style with champagne and hors d'œuvres. To commemorate the occasion, Choice donated $1,000 each to SIFE (Student's in Free Enterprise); and the Smith Academy of International Languages (a K-8 language immersion magnet school). Mayor Pat McCrory and County Commissioner Jennifer Roberts were also on hand for the celebration.