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Live Seminar: In Defense of Anger
Jun 21, 2012
Minneapolis, Minnesota
8:30 am - 12:15 pm

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In Defense of Anger

Real interviews with attorneys nationwide are presented as a 1-hour theatrical performance that's full of insight and laughs. This performance illuminates how effective communication can achieve professional objectives.

In this theatrically based CLE:

  • Experience first-hand accounts of lawyers' messages gone awry
  • Learn strategies to keep your own communications effective and on target
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3.50 hrs, including:
Professional Development: 3.50
PRICE: $199.00



 
8:15   Registration
8:30 - 10:00   Communication Competence: A Key to Influence and Persuasion
Communication choices directly impact influence and success when working with others. Learn selected communication models and the style of the most persuasive lawyers in order to improve working relationships and increase persuasion.
10:00 - 10:05   Break
10:05 - 11:05   Performance-In Defense of Anger
Sit back, relax and enjoy a one-hour theatrical performance based upon interviews with attorneys, clients, and attorney family members. This multi-dimensional expose enables attorneys to experience firsthand accounts of typical communication scenarios, and observe the intended and unintended consequences of communication styles.
11:05 - 11:15   Break
11:15 - 12:15   Improving Communication Effectiveness
Reflecting on the situations presented in the performance, lawyers explore strategies to improve results when working with others. Attorneys leave with tools to increase influence with clients, colleagues and decision-makers.
12:15   Adjourn

Brian Shapiro

Brian Shapiro, M.A., has been facilitating Likeable Lawyer courses for over two years, after a decade of teaching communication courses at acclaimed colleges and universities nationally. In addition to teaching, Brian is also the Artistic Director for CultureWorks, a San Francisco-based performing arts company. Brian holds an M.A. in Speech and Communication Studies from San Francisco State University and also completed significant Doctoral coursework at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Address: 1101 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis
Minnesota
55403
Phone:(612) 492-2200
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Credit Reporting

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"The class content exceeded my expectations and caused me to think about the kind of person I come across as, which is important but not a subject lawyers are usually trained on."
John Lamb, Attorney,
Caterpillar Financial Services



"You will negotiate better after taking this course. I liked the seamless relation of Aristotelian principles to the neuroscience of what gets people to agree."
Marie Jordan,
JP Morgan Chase



"In a very convenient succinct manner, Likeable Lawyer conveys critical components of being effective at leadership and persuasion."
Jean Tuffet,
Attorney



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Parker and Edwards