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Scoping – Weathering Economic Changes
Scoping – Weathering Economic ChangesBy Linda EvensonIn the past few years, there have been many changes to the landscape of business: a much higher minimum wage, significant layoffs, higher interest rates, COVID isolation, more remote employees, businesses failing and closing, rampant inflation — the list goes on and on. Job security seems to be a […]
Continue readingHow to Not Burn Out in Stenography and Scoping
Stenography is a highly sought-after skill and can be quite lucrative, with CNBC reporting that experienced stenographers can earn upwards of $100,000 per year as court reporters. In spite of this, interest in the profession has declined over the last 10 years, resulting in a shortage of at least 5,000 reporters.Stenographers and scopists symbiotically play […]
Continue readingThese Scoping Courses Have Been Life Changing!
A year ago, my wife and I decided to make a significant change in our careers. We were looking for something completely different and we found it in scoping. A friend of ours has been scoping for 40 years and he suggested we check out ISS. It was one of the best decisions we have […]
Continue readingA Student’s Perspective on ISS
INTERNET SCOPING SCHOOL EXPERIENCE — The past 11 months Current Student Perspective — for info on what it is like to be a “practicing” scopist, there are others on the FB group who have offered their help with that — as I will down the road:) Katherine (Kate) Mulderig •Decision to enroll: Last spring I […]
Continue readingQ. and A. Do you use checklists when editing for reporters?
I actually did create checklists for some reporters who had certain “bad habits” that were easy for me to read over. One gal, for example, often reversed you were/were you, and I found it very easy to overread the wrong one. For her, I actually created an E-global that had the conflict set up which […]
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Get Time and a Teammate with a Scopist
This article by Megan Stolz Rogers says: “Stenography can be a solitary profession and reporters can work long, sometimes exhausting, hours. The solution to this can be working with a scopist — giving the reporter the gift of time and a teammate. Scoping your own transcripts is “like a second job,” says Margary Rogers, RPR, […]
Continue readingEmail from 3/3/22 — Student Feedback
Hi Linda, I hope this email finds you well! I have been wanting to take the time to sit and write you an update on how things are going since graduating from ISS at the end of November. In a previous e-mail, I had mentioned that I had interest from a reporter. I did take work […]
Continue reading“MARKETING DECEPTION” BLOG ON ACCOLADE SCOPING (ASE) WEBSITE – RESPONSE
By Linda Evenson — Normally, I don’t care what my competition says about ISS. I’ve always believed that the best way to market is to show folks why ISS is the best choice for them, not to denigrate other courses. The world is already so negative; I don’t want to pile more on that heap. […]
Continue readingINTERNET MARKETING: THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE
By Linda Evenson — According to a blog on Accolade Scoping entitled “Deceptive Marketing” the author was “shocked” to find out that ISS uses paid internet marketing and implied this was somehow unethical. Contrary to what this instructor believes, these techniques are standard fare for selling anything and everything on line. I did not know […]
Continue readingMAKE YOURSELF VALUABLE
By Linda Evenson — Today I got an email from a busy official who is looking for a scopist. In it, she said, “I need a reliable scopist to help me produce court proceedings transcripts. Scopist must have CaseCat software, be capable to create autoindexing for appeals and civil trials. I prefer a scopist who […]
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