February 2009 Member Educational Opportunity

Increasing Cooperation In Work Groups

Between Lawyers, Secretaries And Legal Assistants

Sponsored by:

DATE:            Thursday, February 5, 2009

TIME:            9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

LOCATION: 

Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP

7 St. Paul Street

19^th Floor, Chesapeake I and II Rooms

Baltimore, MD 21202

410-347-8700  

SPEAKER:     Michael Brandwein

      MICHAEL BRANDWEIN (michaelbrandwein.com) is a lawyer, author, speaker, and educator who has presented for law firms, organizations, and businesses in all 50 states and on 6 continents. He has been a national keynoter for both the ABA and ALA, has written four best-selling training and management books and has done three Emmy® award-winning television programs on communication. His Juris Doctor degree is from the University of Chicago. He was a partner and trial lawyer in Chicago. Michael is a dynamic and highly entertaining speaker, best known for his practical, "use-it-immediately" focus. He has special credibility with those working in the law world because he combines his experience as a lawyer and partner with his background in communication (B.A., summa cum laude, University of Illinois) and over thirty years of training in volunteer organizations and professional associations. Michael’s corporate clients include Hewlett-Packard, Nordstrom, Mercedes Benz, Motorola, Gillette, Exxon, and others. He serves on the management-training faculty of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Michael lives with his wife Donna, a certified sign language interpreter, and their two children, in the Chicago area.

PRESENTATION:  Increasing Cooperation In Work Groups Between Lawyers, Secretaries and Legal Assistants.     

This highly acclaimed, skill-packed session by a national expert focuses on practical tools and techniques you can use right away to improving the way we work with each other in law firms and departments. Skills include: exactly what works and doesn’t when sharing resources and working with each other in teams; increasing communication and trust; reducing conflict and stress; ongoing professional development by increasing positive skills for productivity and performance; converting perceived qualities to skills and overcoming the surprising and unconscious obstacle to improvement of professional skills; using a special reverse engineering technique to build stronger professional relationships with legal team members and also clients, including over 200 skill examples; and more.

DOOR PRIZE:          $50.00 Gift Card

GUEST FEE:              $40.00 Contact Eric Hightower at ehightower@ihlaw.com if bringing a guest.