Topic
Communication
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Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices
How to Speak So That People Want to Work with You
By Gerry Riskin
With our natural propensity as lawyers to jump to the negative, an excerpt from a new book entitled Impromptu: Leading in the Moment by Judith Humphrey may offer a good balancer. In…
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Mary Byers’ Keynote Speech at the 2017 NABE Communications Workshop
Author and CAE, Mary Byers, kicked off the National Association of Bar Executives' (NABE) annual Communications Workshop with an inspirational keynote speech. The workshop is taking place in St. Louis,…
ADR Notes
The Seven Steps to Active Listening
Considered by many scholars to be the most comprehensive source on mediation, Christopher W. Moore in The Mediation Process describes the steps to active listening in the following manner. First,…
Marketing Brain Fodder
We Might As Well Be Speaking A Foreign Language
When it comes to the challenges of communicating -- telling a story, marketing a practice, stating a case -- old dogs often wear blinders. Our attempts at conveying a message…
Marketing Brain Fodder
3 Keys To Business Development Conversations That Don’t Sound Like The Same Old Bull
Honest dialogue can change things fast. It creates connections, seeds ideas, and is the critical thread in the fabric of relationship. It is about seeking to understand. The fact that…
Legal Profession Blog
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
The Nebraska Supreme Court imposed a 90-day suspension with conditions based on a conditional admissions of a lack of competence, diligence, communication and related misconduct.The method of communication was Facebook.Between…
PrawfsBlawg
Journalism, law, and asking questions
Main Tuesday, March 21, 2017Journalism, law, and asking questionsThis piece, arguing that reporters undermine their checking function by asking complex, multi-part questions or burying a single question in a long…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Is it really all about content?
With all the marketing discussion about content, content marketing, getting people to see your content and measuring the ROI on your content, you'd think legal marketing on the Internet revolved…
Cordell Parvin Blog
Client Development: Important Communication and Listening Skills
If you're like me, you think you're a great communicator, right? I saw a Forbes article recently that caused me to reconsider: 8 Secrets of Great Communicators by Travis Bradberry. Here's…
Marketing Brain Fodder
5 Keys To Productive Conversations
Where change is the objective, there is little value in having the same conversations over and over. Eventually, the glazed-over-eyes should be a dead give-away: no one is listening. If…