The Most Fun You'll Ever Have

Getting Your Texas Continuing Education Hours

Shop Talk,

Deception Detection &

Humor

Shop Talk (Ethics)

Your Best Transcripts

Advanced Deception Detection

Managing Stress for Court Reporters With Humor

Get it done in a day!

This laugh-packed, 10-hour program takes care of all your Court Reporter requirements for Texas for two years plus 1 unit (10 hours) of NCRA or NVRA CEUs.

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PHONE: 404-262-7406, Jeff Justice
FAX: 404-841-9586
MAIL: P. O. Box 52404
Atlanta, GA 30355-0404

Humor Stress, Stress Humor 3 hrs TX (.3 units NCRA):

In this fun-packed program, funnyman Jeff Justice shows you how to use your sense of humor to release stress, defuse anger and improve relationships. This laugh-while-you-learn session will show you concrete ways to deal with the stress in your life.

Shop Talk (Ethics) 2.5 hrs TX (.25 units NCRA):

Sue McDuffie has a knack for making even the driest subjects fun. This program will assist reporters in developing and improving their abilities to conduct themselves ethically and appropriately during proceedings and in addressing issues with clients and others.

Prior to the workshop participants will be invited to submit situations for discussion by the entire group with names and other identifying information redacted.  Sue will review the situations and choose those with general group interest for discussions.  Sue will also discuss the situations with judges or attorneys, if needed, to ensure that solutions to the situations comply with applicable law and protocols.

Specific workshop topics:

--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

Your Best Transcripts 2.5 hrs TX (.25 units NCRA):

Sue continues the fun as she assists reporters in developing and improving skills to solve a variety of problems when preparing transcripts.

Once again workshop participants will be invited to submit situations for discussion by the entire group with names and other identifying information redacted.  Sue will review the situations and choose those with general group interest for discussions.

Specific workshop topics:

--Punctuating difficult and poorly-spoken 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 audio taped and videotaped materials in

   transcripts

--Dealing with issues related to the use of translators

--Using parentheticals correctly and effectively

--Review of homonyms

The format will be some lecture but primarily group discussion and individual exercises and the group broke into smaller units for group exercises to encourage positive reporter communications

ADVANCED DECEPTON DETECTION. Body Language Secrets for Establishing Credibility and Detecting Deception.

2 hr TX (.2 units NCRA):

You'll love Patti and her high energy, laugh-packed program. She's one of the country's top experts on body language and non-verbal communications.

In this unique program, attendees will “experience” reading nonverbal cues.  They will interact with Patti and each other in this high-energy, humor-filled, insight-rich presentation.  They will practice 25 secrets of voice, facial expression and body movements to improve credibility and deception detection ability. The attendees will walk out of the program with their eyes and ears opened to the secrets of body language and action steps for using insights in patient interactions, interpersonal communications and presentations.

Key learning points and their impact

• Learn the one big mistake that people always make when trying to read body language – and how it can sabotage work interactions  and personal relationships

• Reduce relationship conflict with this body language magic trick

• Learn how to identify hidden emotions in team members and create appropriate solutions

• Practicing three methods to gain and maintain rapport

• How to tell the difference between nervousness and deception cues

• How to get a “baseline” of behavior to get to distinguish truth from fiction reads

• Learn how to tell if others are receptive to your ideas and requests

• Learn vocal and word cue readings

• Learn to use insights from Dr. Paul Ekman’s famous research on micro expressions.  Dr. Ekman’s research inspired the hit television show on FOX, “Lie to Me”

• Learn the powerful questions to ask to get to the truth

Total Continuing Education CEUs:
Texas: 10 hours or 1 Unit (10 hrs) NCRA/NVRA CEUS in

one fun-filled, laugh-packed day.

This seminar has been approved for 10 hours by:
Texas Court Reporters Certification Board-CRCB
Illinois Dept. of Professional Regulations License
The National Court Reporters Association-NCRA
The National Verbatim Reporters Association-NVRA
Missouri Board of Court Reporter Examiners

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"I LOVE Sue McDuffie -- she makes ethics and grammar so funny and interesting! I love her stories! Keep up the great work!"
Libby Jackson

"I have never laughed so much while earning my CEUs. Thanks for the seminar yesterday."
Cheryle

"Great seminar, Jeff!"
Bettina Williams

"I've attended two of your court reporter seminars and loved both of them. You are wonderful and so is Sue."
Linda Wells

"I must say again that Sue is wonderful. See you

next year."
Deanna

"Thanks for the GREAT entertainment during your seminars. I've attended two so far and have told lots of friends about your seminars! They are such a joy to attend compared to so many of the other dry, boring seminars we are required to attend!!

"Thank you for "tickling my funnybone" Saturday....that was definitely an enjoyable 10-hr seminar....haven't laughed so much in one day in a long time....we need to have you come more often!! And Sue was a delight also....and even learned a new thing or two! It was also encouraging to hear from court reporters who have been at it even longer than my 30 years!!"
Beverly Goodmon

Quotes from Court Reporters

“Best CEU seminar ever!”
“Informative and fun.”
“Sue is awesome!”
“When is Patti coming back?”

“Justice has a real understanding of the
stress related to court reporting.”

“I have never laughed so hard for so long
yet gained so much knowledge.”

“This was the best seminar I have ever
attended to earn credit hours. I would
recommend it to anyone.”

“Jeff is Great!”