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Featured Speakers Announced for April 11 and 12:
Robert Kubacki, an experienced conflicts resolution consultant, will speak
on “Conflict Resolution,” offering law firm managing partners practical strategies to resolve conflicts, manage difficult personalities, and create consensus and accountability.
Robert W. Denney, president, Robert Denney Associates, one of the first law firm management consulting firms in the United States, will present “Marketing Metrics,” covering how law firms can track results, develop accountability, communicate expectations and develop appropriate reward systems. www.robertdenney.com
Martha Hess, business development manager, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, and Corinne Cook, market research manager at PNC, will present “Strategic Intelligence,” defining what it is and what it does for marketing efforts, and explaining how to do it.
Size Does Not Determine Success – Planning and Leadership Do
Running a law firm of any size is complex and demanding. Small to mid-size firms with modest operating budgets and many competing priorities often make their own way, hoping for the best. It’s not a great strategy, but many see no alternative. There is a new resource for these firms. The Managing Partner Development Institute, with its focus on law firms having 50 or fewer attorneys, offers help and hope to those with leadership responsibility. What You Didn’t Learn in Law School™ is specifically designed for you and your firm. This two-day conference includes presentations, breakout sessions, and plenty of time to network with speakers and other attendees.
The Right Questions, the Best Solutions
As a managing partner you must take the lead and identify the challenges and opportunities facing your firm. Your mastery of these competencies will greatly influence your firm’s ability to survive and succeed. This conference for leaders of small and mid-size law firms is led by a faculty of respected consultants with diverse law firm and business experience.
Who Should Attend
- Current law firm managing partners
- Next-generation law firm managing partners
- Practice area and office leaders
- Partners in charge of marketing and business development
- Executive directors
What You Didn’t Learn in Law School™
| Friday, April 11, 2008 |
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 |
| 8:00 – 8:30 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:00 – 10:00 |
Leadership and Strategic Planning – The Managing Partner’s Role
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| 10:00 – 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15 – 11:15 |
People and Relationships – The Managing Partner’s Role
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| 11:15 – 12:15 |
Marketing – The Managing Partner’s Role |
| 12:15 – 1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 – 2:30 |
Technology – The Managing Partner’s Role |
| 2:30 – 3:30 |
Financial Management – The Managing Partner’s Role
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| 3:30 – 3:45 |
Break
Participants will attend one of the following sessions. |
| 3:45 – 5:15 |
TECHNOLOGY
Taming the Paper Tiger: Document Management, Document Assembly and the “Less Paper” Office, Knowledge Management
MARKETING
Nuts and Bolts: Your Toolkit of Materials, Events, PR, Advertising, Speaking, Writing and Networking
LEADERSHIP
Time Management: Prioritizing, Achieving Balance Between the Firm, Your Practice and Home Life
PEOPLE
How People Impact the Bottom Line: Calculating the True Costs of Turnover, Recruitment, and Improving the Hiring and Firing Process |
| 5:15 – 6:30 |
Cocktail Reception (followed by dinner on your own) |
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| 8:00 – 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
Participants will attend one of the following sessions in each time
slot. |
| 8:30 – 9:30 |
TECHNOLOGY
Case and Matter Management Software: The Key to Office Efficiency
MARKETING
Metrics: Tracking Results, Developing Accountability, Communicating Expectations, Developing Appropriate Reward Systems
Featured speaker: Robert Denney, President, Robert Denney Associates
LEADERSHIP
Rethinking the Path to Partnership; Mentoring and Professional Development
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
The Levers of Profitability; Key Statistics to Monitor; Critical Cost-Center Analysis |
| 9:30 – 10:30 |
TECHNOLOGY and
MARKETING
The Intersection
of Marketing
and Technology:
Web Sites,
Extranets, Blogs
and ENewsletters
PEOPLE
Conflict
Resolution:
Strategies to
Resolve
Interpersonal
Conflicts and
Manage
Difficult
Personalities
Featured speaker: Robert Kubacki
LEADERSHIP
Succession
Planning:
Establishing a
Vision and
Leaving a
Legacy
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Fraud Prevention
and Cash
Management |
| 10:30 – 10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45 – 11:45 |
TECHNOLOGY
Security:
Breaches,
Backups, Other
Needs for
Protection and
Remote Access
MARKETING
Strategic
Intelligence:
What It Is,
What It Does
for Your
Marketing
Efforts, How to
Do It
Featured speakers: Martha Hess, Business Development Manager, and Corinne
Cook, Market Research Manager, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC
PEOPLE
Conflict
Resolution:
Strategies to
Resolve
Interpersonal
Conflicts and
Manage
Difficult
Personalities
Featured speaker: Robert Kubacki
PEOPLE
Defining the
Managing
Partner’s Role;
Developing Your
Job Description
and Feedback
Mechanisms;
Improving Firm
Communications |
| 11:45 – 1:00 |
Lunch
Differentiation: Breaking Away from the Herd |
| 1:00 – 2:00 |
TECHNOLOGY
and
MARKETING
The Intersection
of Marketing
and Technology:
Web Sites,
Extranets, Blogs
and ENewsletters
MARKETING
Strategic
Intelligence:
What It Is,
What It Does
for Your
Marketing
Efforts, How to
Do It
Featured speakers: Martha Hess, Business Development Manager, and Corinne Cook, Market Research Manager, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC
LEADERSHIP
Rethinking the
Path to
Partnership;
Mentoring and
Professional
Development
FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT
The Levers of
Profitability; Key
Statistics to
Monitor; Critical
Cost-Center
Analysis |
| 2:00 – 3:00 |
TECHNOLOGY
Security:
Breaches,
Backups, Other
Needs for
Protection and
Remote Access
MARKETING
Metrics:
Tracking
Results,
Developing
Accountability,
Communicating
Expectations,
Developing
Appropriate
Reward
Systems
Featured speaker: Robert Denney, President, Robert Denney Associates
LEADERSHIP
Time
Management:
Prioritizing,
Achieving
Balance
Between the
Firm, Your
Practice and
Home Life
FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT
Fraud Prevention
and Cash
Management |
| 3:00 – 3:15 |
Break |
| 3:15 – 4:45 |
Creating Your Strategic Plan – All Participants |
| 4:45 – 5:15 |
Wrap-Up and Prize Drawing – All Participants |
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