MARGIE WAKEMAN WELLS
Seminar
description:
The Semicolon
“I haven’t used one for a couple
of pages; so it must be time” is NOT a rule for the semicolon. The semicolon
serves a vital role in punctuating sentences and creating readability when some
of those 14-line sentences pop up in the transcript. This session will clarify
how sentences go together and the role the semicolon plays. Any questions you
might have about correctly using the semicolon -- as well as questions on other
pesky problems -- will be put to rest.
This
session will cover sentence structure and the role the semicolon plays in how
sentences go together. The session will be conducted via PowerPoint and will be
lecture and question-and-answer format.
Bio:
Margie Wakeman Wells is a lifetime
credentialed teacher in the state of
Court Reporting:
Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation, her best-selling text/reference text, was published in 2010 by
NCRA. She has recently completed a workbook to accompany the text.
She has presented, under the auspices of NCRA and state court
reporting organizations, over 300 seminars for reporters on English-related
topics as well as seminars for teachers and students over the past 30 years.
Margie is currently the Online Education Consultant for
She has
two grown sons and lives with her husband, Bill, in
Mark
Kislingbury
Seminar Description:
In this seminar, you
will learn how to become a much better, faster, and more accurate reporter or
student using Mark’s unique methods and training center, the Magnum Steno Club.
Bio:
Mark Kislingbury
has a Guinness World Record for “fastest court reporter” with 360wpm, and he
achieves such speeds by using fewer strokes than other court reporters. He has
won seven National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) Speed Contests and four
NCRA Realtime Contests in the last eleven years. He trains professionals and students alike on
his popular website, www.magnumsteno.com.
Mark achieves such
amazing speeds by using fewer strokes than other court reporters, and
developing the ability to type at much faster speeds than other court
reporters. By combining these two
skills, he has achieved his one-of-a-kind results as the world's fastest court
reporter.
Mark has now
founded The Mark Kislingbury Academy of Court
Reporting to share his short-writing methods and speed-building techniques with
court reporting students who want the absolute best training available
anywhere.
Michael Appelman
Bio:
Michael Appelman, CSR, RPR, CM, started reporting in 1976,
primarily working with State boards and commissions, with a few depositions
also in the mix. Michael then worked as a Pro Tem and then an Official in
the San Diego Municipal and Superior Courts from 1982 through 2006.
Michael served as president of the San Diego Municipal and Superior Court
Reporters Associations.
Michael and his son,
Mike, started StenoCast in 2004 with the release of
the StenoCast X1 and StenoCast
X7, and have recently expanded their offerings with the release of the StenoCast Wireless Microphone, AUDIO2ME,
and StenoCast RED (Refresh-Enabled Device) and
StenoCast TV. Michael’s son initially developed
wireless realtime products for his father’s use in
court, but with the popularity of these devices, StenoCast
soon became the industry leader in wireless realtime
equipment manufactured specifically for reporters, attorneys and judges.
Michael has
presented the Wireless Realtime How-To Seminar at the
NCRA annual and midyear conventions, numerous state conventions and Anita Paul Realtime Mastery Workshops throughout the country.
The seminar focuses on why realtime is important and,
most importantly, how to successfully hook up realtime
every time, regardless of what CAT software you use or what litigation-support
software your clients use. StenoCast is
headquartered in
Seminar Description:
For the
past six years we at StenoCast have focused on one
issue: How to make realtime technology feasible
for every reporter. Through our tech support at StenoCast
we have encountered virtually every issue that confronts the realtime reporter. Most issues boil down to a COM
port or baud rate setting, or something relatively simple to fix.
However, when you add in a heavy dose of stress and a few extra sets of eyes
watching the reporter’s every move, it’s sometimes difficult to remember even
simple things. Who do you call for realtime
assistance when you’re in the middle of a job? This seminar will help you
to think logically and systematically through the various issues you face in
the real world and, more importantly, teach you how to correct them. We
will discuss why realtime is vitally important to
you, and we’ll walk you through the process, using both serial cables and StenoCast wireless realtime
equipment.