Hello, all. Add me to the list of new but eager Gregg users. I’m an planning analyst with a utility in Phoenix, and I’ve recently begun learning shorthand. (I attend a lot of conferences and presentations, which I need to later distill into reports. The jargon — and my unfamiliarity with some of the subject matter — means that I’m getting left behind in meetings.)
So I’ve got a simplified manual and I’ve downloaded the PDF linked to in another discussion, and these have been very useful. But I’d like to take a class. No one offers one around here. I don’t really know what to make of the various online correspondence courses that I’ve Googled for.
I’m heading up to Colorado for a major utility conference in late Nov. and I really want to be at least passable for note-taking (not dictation — I have no illusions about how long that will take) by then. Possible?
Is anyone here teaching a course? or can anyone recommend a course? Many thanks.
(by stumblingrugger for everyone)
Have you checked into all the ideas from the beginner (link) post? If you have, then I'm not sure, maybe someone else will be able to help. I think you could do some note taking by late Nov. And since you want to transcribe your notes into reports, you will want to read your own notes/lessons you write down. One idea I had is that I had in a speedwriting shorthand (longhand-shorthand) night class was to write the lesson material on one side (left side) of the steno book (to the center line) then after I wrote the entire lesson, go back and write it on the other side of the page from my notes on the left side. Good luck. Debbi
Yeah, late November is plenty of time to learn enough to knock the socks off your co-workers. Welcome to the group!