Free materials for reporters who are visiting schools or making presentations.
School Visit: Ideas on what to talk about and questions to ask students
Keyboard and Careers Handout
Activity: Decoding Handout 1
How to form words on a shorthand machine (one-page explanation)
Try Machine Shorthand (how to write four simple words w/graphics)
Printable Shorthand Machine Keyboard – 1 per page
Printable Shorthand Machine Keyboard – 2 per page
Printable Business Card Keyboard Chart – Word document. Print on Avery 5877
Printable Two-sided Business Card Keyboard Chart and key combinations – Word document. Print on Avery 5877
It can be really handy to have a keyboard chart on your phone for those moments when you find yourself explaining how your steno machine works and you don’t actually have it with you!
Shorthand Machine Keyboard graphic for phone
The Best Career You Never Heard Of (BCYNHO) website is dedicated to one thing only: telling people about the great careers available in our industry! Below are some tools to help you send inquiring minds to the site.
BCYNHO Info to post on Facebook
BCYNHO info to post on Instagram
BCYNHO info to post on Twitter
BCYNHO Business Card – sized to print on 8.5×11 business card sheets or upload to a service such as Vistaprint to have professional-grade cards printed.
The Illinois Court Reporters Association (ILCRA) has several resources on their Career Day Kit page.
Release to print handouts (if required by printing entity such as VistaPrint).