About Us – Court Reporting Online

SimplySteno - About Us

We’re here for one reason – to help you succeed.

SimplySteno does not take a broad approach to court reporting. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. We’ve narrowed our focus to include only the things we believe you need to improve your speed on the steno machine. Because of this specialized approach, we are able to designate one or two instructors per element. Whatever your question may be, we have someone on board with the answers.

Marc Greenberg, CRI

Owner and Instructor

After teaching in a campus school for 6 years in California, I felt that students needed a better way to practice at home, so I opened SpeedBuilders.com. As SpeedBuilders.com grew, I moved into a Program Coordinator position at the campus school in California. In 2004 I opened RPRPrep.com, CSRPrep.com and StenoLife.com. SimplySteno seemed like the next logical step – to help students improve their speeds on the steno machine.

I believe that students are faced with enough challenges – their court reporting program shouldn’t be one of them. In addition to SimplySteno, I created the court reporting documentary (with a lot of help!), For the Record. And in 2019, I create StenoFest, the first online convention for court reporting! I’m currently on the Board of the Gallery of Shorthand.

I graduated from Merit College in California and worked as a reporter for a little more than five years before turning to teaching (after a volleyball incident injured my hand). As rewarding as reporting was, I found that teaching gave me a chance to give back to the profession that had helped me so much.

I look forward to guiding you along this wild ride and helping in any way I can.

Jodi Graffam

Former CSR (Steno Machine Writer)

Christine Moers

CSR (Voice Writer)

I started court reporting school on the steno machine in 2020. After attending the Kislingbury Academy online for theory, I moved to SimplySteno. I reached 160 wpm before experiencing worsening tendonitis in my elbow. The doctor said I needed to be on my writer less or it was not going to heal. I started a voice writing program in March of 2023, then passed the CSR in May of 2023 as an oral stenographer in Texas.

Somewhere in this whirlwind, I also began working for SimplySteno. My quirky combination of talents was a perfect fit: redundant jobs task master and natural cheerleader and motivator. This is a program that has had my heart from the get-go. A steno program will only give you what you put into it, but SimplySteno really does pack a punch and meets students where they are in life, in schedules, and in their bank accounts. It makes the speedbuilding part of school accessible to many who struggle to find “the right” program. SimplySteno brings flexibility, affordability, and community. As a new voice writer, I am thrilled to help bring a voice component to an already stellar program. I am so glad you are thinking about joining us!

Leslie founded HeartSong Yoga and Wellness Center in November of 2004 as a place to grow community and to ground her desire to share the joy she had received through yoga. In practicing yoga for 20+ years and teaching since 1998, Leslie has developed an approach to yoga instruction that is heartfelt and fun while also being challenging and technically precise. In Leslie’s classes at HeartSong Yoga she leads you through a discovery process exploring the capacity of the body, the expansiveness of the heart and the celebration of life through yoga.

Leslie is deeply passionate about the influence that yoga can have on all aspects of our lives. It teaches us how to honor ourselves, respect others and live from our hearts. She is grateful to all of her yoga teachers which include those she actively studies with and all of the students who share their practice and lives with her.

Leslie Ellis

OTR, eRYT500 (Stretching Program)

Eric Singer

CHt – Certified Hypnotherapist
(EFT Training for Court Reporting)

As a highly skilled hypnotist with a successful hypnotherapy practice in southeast Portland, Eric helps his clients move from the behavior they have to the behavior they want. Eric has found much success in helping others to be in control of their thoughts and not to be controlled by them.

Expanding his practice to include EFT and other forms of therapy, Eric continues to learn and grow in a profession that is truly his passion. Eric shares his experience and knowledge with individual and group setting as well as offering lectures and seminars. Eric’s video series on court reporting puts the focus on test anxiety, fear of failure and other issues facing court reporting students.

We know we have an amazing court reporting program with amazing instructors who KNOW how to speedbuild.

We encourage you to compare SimplySteno with other programs – we know you’ll come back to SimplySteno!