Virtual Sip & Paint April 2024 for Certification Month

These promotional materials have been provided:

Celebrate Certifications with a virtual Sip & Paint, April 28, 2024.

Virtual Sip & Paint 2024 required items.

“Join us for a virtual Sip & Paint to kick off Certifications Month!
Sunday, April 28th @ 3 p.m. EDT.

Below is a link for the customized Paint by Number canvas. Margary Rogers (co-host of this event) can create some Canva images with all the Certs on them and attendees can download the images that will be emailed to everyone who registers and y’all can choose one and upload it to this Amazon link and pay the $15 to have it mailed to you. Or you can create your own Cert image and take the same steps with Amazon.

We’re also including a link for a paint kit. There are a ton online, but this looks like the best bargain.

Also including the registration link for this event. This is our third time co-hosting this event & we hope to see you there!

You don’t have to sip, paint, or even be in our profession to attend. All are welcome. You can come, sip water, draw, crochet, anything. All are welcome!”

This Amazon link was provided.

This is a second provided Amazon link.

Zoom registration here.

I’d like to thank Chris DeGrazio for sharing this information with me. It’s one of my goals to become a post board for people’s events. One day, I hope to have so many events listed that we’re putting out a monthly calendar.

P.S.

The recent controversy regarding a Stenonymous like on a disturbing post: I hit the like button accidentally from my phone because of the way email is presented on the phone. I was unable to correct this from the phone. I was able to correct it on PC the following morning. I do not control the website that published what was published.

Bulletin: NCRA Ends Live Proctors for Online Testing

The National Court Reporters Association announced that testing procedures will now be a self-launched/self-authenticated process. I suspect this is a good thing. From my talks with people over the years and even slightly from my own experience I could see the pitfalls of the old way. Proctors were people given general training to administer general tests, and our testing process was reportedly facing problems because proctors were disconnecting or making unreasonable demands.

This doesn’t give you license to cheat though. Security issues are still going to be flagged and sent to NCRA for review.

I’m happy the NCRA’s responsiveness to members is going up. I wonder what “precipitated” that…

Stenonymous Challenged To GET CERTIFIED By New York Court Reporter!

As the registration window for the Certified Realtime Reporter certification by the National Court Reporters Association opened, I received a real challenge from one of the gems of our profession, Amelia Moller. She wanted me to show our students and newbies how it’s done, so that’s exactly what I intend to do. I’m going to register and try to get my CRR certificate this November! Amelia and I are going to do this together and shoot for that CRR, and we’re asking you to join us in our push for certification.

And there’s good news for students and new professionals that want to join the challenge: I upped the stakes and set my own challenge for the Paying It Forward team. I challenged them to use all donations from the next seven days to sponsor* new or young reporters that are going to try to get their certifications this round. The criteria for such sponsorships will be set by them. Allison Hall and Traci Mertens have proven themselves to be trustworthy with our money and a major force in breaking down the financial barriers that stop young or new professionals from succeeding. If you’re looking to sign up for your Registered Skilled Reporter exam or Registered Professional Reporter exam and simply do not have the funds, it’s time to reach out to Allison Hall and/or Traci Mertens.

Check out the video announcement of this challenge. Feel free to donate to Allison Hall on any of the platforms listed below the challenge launch video! Any amount of money is extremely helpful and goes to making sure students and court reporters have support they need.

(LAUNCH VIDEO LINK)

Venmo: Allison-Hall-89

PayPal: allie441@gmail.com

Google Pay: allie441@gmail.com

*Any funds not used to sponsor students will be moved to the Paying It Forward general fund on October 21, 2021. The fund assists students and young reporters in need. I have no control over the fund, nor do I make any money from the fund. It is vital for stenographic reporters in need to reach out today.

For more information about machine shorthand stenography, check out NCRA A to Z, Project Steno, Open Steno, or Stanley Sakai’s Quick & Dirty Steno.