The Number One Tip to Improve your Public Speaking Skills: Know Your Audience

Check out any public speaking trainer’s blog – like Andrew Dlugan’s “Six Minutes” and you’ll see us all saying the same thing:  Know your audience! That means when you are creating a presentation – in or out of court – you...
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Ladies – See Corporette’s latest post on comfortable, stylish pumps

Whether speaking in the courtroom or out of it, finding comfortable shoes that are also professional, appropriate and stylish is always a challenge as a woman.  Sometimes it is my biggest challenge – as my closet full of uncomfortable pumps that I rarely wear proves. I...
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Always bring an extra pair of shoes when travelling to public speaking engagments

When you have a speaking engagement to which you have to travel, bring an extra pair of shoes and an extra shirt – just in case! In the last two weeks of January we held eight seminars in 10 days (and I’ll never do that again!). During one week I was in Sacramento for...
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If you are Speaking at a CLE Promote it on Your Website, in Your Bio, and in Your News Announcements

Ask your marketing people what they will do to help promote your involvement in the program and the program itself.
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Effective Use of Power Point in CLE programs

Never, under any circumstances, open up Power Point and start typing in our speaking outline - you are guaranteed to doom your audience to boredom.
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What not to wear when speaking in public – even if you’re a good speaker

...you want to wear color on the inside - your shirt - and dark on the outside - your suit jacket.
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Bar Associations should create Toastmasters Clubs for their Members

I'll even volunteer to head up a local Toastmasters group for the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) for the first year.
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How Can A Lawyer Become a Public Speaker?

 Earlier this week someone on Twitter asked me a question that I have often liked answering: How can an attorney get started in public speaking? Below I put together a how-to guide, which I hope can be of use to any new legal speakers out there. For new speakers, I would...
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7th Circuit Bootcamp – 30% Off For All Registrants

Pincus Professional Education is pleased to offer a 30% discount on our 7th Circuit Boot Camp: A Beginning and Intermediate Guide to 7th Circuit Practice (IL) , valid on all new orders through the day of the program on September 24.* Individuals, for example, will save $113.
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Lawyers and Social Media: The Times They Are A-Changin’

The legal community at-large was a bit more skeptical of social media than the general public, as recently as a few years ago.
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