Session 1

Title: “Turn The Lights On”- Ethics

Ethics for Court Reporters: 2.5 hours

Presenter: Pam Coder, CSR

This program covers how to handle various situations that arise, such as:

• When and when not to interrupt proceedings
• The videographer did what? Said what?
• Confidential transcripts or portions thereof
• Pro se party wants you to do what?
• Accents, dialects, dilemmas
• The reporter was asked to do what?
• Timely delivery

Session 2

Title: “Grammar and Punctuation Made Easy for Court Reporters” 3 hours

Presenter: Carrie Pique, CSR

Carrie shows how to master grammar and punctuation for the working reporter by learning how to easily differentiate between commonly misused words; e.g. passed or past, affect or effect. She will also cover how to correctly punctuate while not over-punctuating.

After taking this course, you will glean a better understanding of how to put together a well-read, properly-punctuated transcript. You can have fun while working on a transcript without stressing out if you have the proper working tools and possess a great understanding of grammar and punctuation. Everyone needs a refresher.

Specific Topics:

• Learn how to properly research material, such as in research books
• Learn how to not be too dependent on Google
• Hyphenation. Is it one word or two?
• Commonly misused words

Session 3

Session Title: “Balancing Your Life With Humor for Court Reporters”

Skills for balancing your life: 4.5 hours

Presenter: Jeff Justice

If you have ever attended one of Jeff’s programs, then you know how much fun getting your CEUs can be. You’ll Discover:

• The benefits and strategies to achieve balance
• Laughter is still the best medicine – When to employ internal and external humor

You’ll Learn How to Use Humor to:

• Harmonize your home and work life
• Reduce stress
• Reframe negative situations
• Deal with a lack of respect
• Move toward a balanced life
• Reduce and prevent burnout
• Enjoy life more

Session 4

Title: “Shoptalk”

Ethics for Court Reporters: 5 hours

Presenter: Sue McDuffie, CSR

This program covers how to handle various situations that arise, such as:

• When to go on and off the record in depositions and court proceedings
• How to handle interrupting proceedings
• What to do when you can’t hear or understand
• Responding to clients’ challenges to transcripts
• Appropriate procedures when doing research
• Interacting with pro se parties and nonparties
• Billing clients and collecting money owed properly
• Punctuating difficult and poorly said sentences and passages (including an in-depth review of all punctuation marks)
• Handling verbatim issues (stutters, use of sic, accents, and so forth)
• Using quotation marks with quoted or possible quoted passages
• Depicting audiotaped and videotaped materials in transcripts
• Dealing with issues related to the use of translators
• Using parentheticals correctly and effectively
• Review of homonyms