BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL LEGAL PRACTICE:
10 ESSENTIAL CAREER MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND
NETWORKING STRATEGIES
Co-Sponsored with:
Massachusetts Bar Association
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Thursday, January 10, 2008
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Faculty
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On a scale of 1—Low to 10—High, how would you rate your current career success and satisfaction? Is your work challenging, meaningful and financially rewarding—and a good fit with your personal life? Do you have a rich network of clients, colleagues, and other contacts you can rely on for productive business and professional development?
This workshop will help you take stock of where you are now in relation to your career and what is going on in the legal profession. You will identify concrete career management techniques that will help you make the most of your professional and personal strengths. You will learn how to become more proficient in establishing the professional connections that produce a valuable network for business development regardless of your comfort level with new people and new situations.
Whether you are launching, building or revitalizing your career, or managing a unique challenge, join this workshop to develop a well-crafted career management strategy and a clear action plan for realizing it. Let your strategy propel you to greater client confidence and work-life balance. If you are new to networking, eliminate your reservations by learning how easy it is to connect with people when you find networking techniques that work for you. If you are a veteran, learn how to polish your existing strengths and expand your repertoire of approaches for building productive professional contacts.
If you want to capitalize on your personal and professional strengths in the workplace, be sure you are fully equipped with the effective career management and networking resources you will practice in this hands-on workshop.
Who Should Attend:
- Attorneys who want to manage their careers more productively
- Attorneys who want to expand their networking IQ and skills
Attend and Learn:
- Where you are in your current career evolution and why it matters
- How to select a career model that fits your current goals
- How to incorporate your strengths, limitations, and values into a realistic action plan
- What techniques can help you manage your career more effectively
- How to find hidden networking opportunities
- How to map your network and create an appropriate follow-up approach
- Where to best spend your precious time and with whom
- What you can do to maximize visibility without “selling”
Valuable Course Materials include career management resources, a Diane Darling's Networking for Career Success, and kit of practical networking aids.
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Diane Darling
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Is the founder and CEO of Effective Networking, Inc., a company that helps professionals learn to find the networking styles and techniques that work best for them. She is a frequent speaker and leader of interactive seminars and is regarded as an expert resource on the subject of networking. She has authored two books on networking—The Networking Survival Guide and Networking for Career Success—both published by McGraw-Hill. She has appeared on NBC Nightly News, in The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe. She is a member of the CEO Club, Commonwealth Institute, Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), and National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Darling is also a monthly columnist for the Boston Business Journal. http://effectivenetworking.com |
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Elaine M. Ohlson, Esq.
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is the founder of Elaine Ohlson Consulting, a business offering career coaching and professional development guidance to help attorneys and other professionals achieve career goals. As the former Director of Professional Development for Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, she built a curriculum that earned first-place rankings in American Lawyer and Vault surveys. Elaine, as the first Publications Attorney at Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., also worked with hundreds of volunteer attorneys and judges to build a collection of popular legal practice references. She regularly leads workshops and authors articles on professional development, including faculty contributions in 2007 for the Association for Continuing Legal Education and the NALP-ALI-ABA Professional Development Institute. Her numerous association leadership roles include serving as President of ACLEA. Elaine is admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and has a BS in Education and an MA in library science and information management. She is also a graduate of Suffolk University Law School. http://www.elaineohlson.com |
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 |
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Tuition is $149.00, $99.00 for Suffolk Alums and attorneys admitted to the bar after 2005.
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you can send a substitute, otherwise you will receive the written course materials.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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