

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: ✨ New Year. New Connections. Better Conversations. ✨ VIRTUAL Lunch Connect!
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: January is the perfect time to meet new people, share a great meal, and sharpen a skill we all use every day — communication!

Join us for our January VIRTUAL Lunch Meeting featuring
? Guest Speaker: Drita Protopapa, Founder of MAPA Translations

In today’s multilingual, multicultural world, miscommunication happens fast — and can be costly. Drita will share real-world examples, practical tips, and a few “aha” moments on how to communicate clearly across languages and cultures (including when AI helps… and when it definitely doesn’t ?).

? We’ll cover:
• Translation vs. interpretation (yes, there’s a difference!)
• Working effectively with interpreters and translators
• Creating culturally appropriate multilingual messaging
• Smart — and not-so-smart — uses of AI

✨ Come for the learning.
✨ Stay for the dinner and conversation.
✨ Leave with new insight — and maybe a few new friends.
RSVP here and get the zoom link emailed to you:  https://www.polkadotpowerhouse.com/chapters/metrowest-ma

New faces always welcome. January is better together. ??️?
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ashland-massachusetts/new-year-new-connections-better-conversations-virtual-lunch-connect/200029445369307
- **Event Categories**: meetups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029445369307?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=ashland%2C+massachusetts-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Ashland, Massachusetts
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, 200 Homer Ave, Ashland, MA 01721-1703, United States, Ashland, Massachusetts

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Polka Dot Powerhouse - MetroWest, MA Chapter (https://allevents.in/org/polka-dot-powerhouse-metrowest-ma-chapter/21825449)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Online event, 200 Homer Ave, Ashland, MA 01721-1703, United States, Ashland, Massachusetts
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Polka Dot Powerhouse - MetroWest, MA Chapter
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** meetups
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about ✨ New Year. New Connections. Better Conversations. ✨ VIRTUAL Lunch Connect! ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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