A record number court reporters, captioners, and legal videographers helped kick off the 2015 NCRA Convention & Expo this morning, the highest number of registrants in four years. Nearly 1,200 are registered for the event. The first day includes day-long pre-convention intensive CAT vendor workshops hosted by Advantage Software/Eclipse and Stenograph, the Association’s Annual Business Meeting, and the first day of the Realtime Systems Administrator Workshop.
It also marked the first day of the Certified Realtime Captioner three-day workshop. This workshop is required to earn the new certification that combines the educational training of the Certified Broadcast Captioner and the Certified CART Provider certifications. NCRA members who currently hold the CBC and the CCP certifications will automatically become CRCs as of Jan. 1, 2016. Participants in the CRC Workshop will have the opportunity to take the written knowledge portion of the CRC test.
Other highlights for day one of the convention include the National Realtime Competition, the National Committee of State Associations Meeting, the Only New Once Reception, and the Opening Reception in the Expo Hall.
