CLE Speaker Masterclass: Presentation and Public Speaking Skills for CLE Faculty - In-Person
Make your presentations clear, compelling, and memorable to engage your audience and enhance your profile as a recognized legal expert.
So you’re speaking at a CLE program (or you want to get started). . .
Have you experienced “Death by PowerPoint” - that slow realization that the next hour of your life will be spent having a speaker read text to you from a slide? A dull presentation can make interesting content boring . . . and a presentation lacking creativity can flatten the discussion of even the most exciting legal concepts and developments. Learn to create and deliver compelling content to bring your presentations to life, engage your audience, get rave reviews, and raise your profile as a recognized expert in the legal community.
- Top 5 mistakes presenters make and how to fix them (Dos and Don’ts)
- Start strong and end strong (crafting introductions and closings)
- Organization, order, and timing
- Use of PPT, graphics, video, and other creative tools
- Teaching to and integrating in-person and web attendees
- Applying persuasive trial techniques to CLE presentations
- Panel discussions: the art of participating, facilitating, and moderating
- How to become a speaker or Program Chair for the CBA-CLE
Home studies will be available approximately 2-3 weeks following the live program.
For your own safety, the safety of others, and in an effort to provide everyone with the most rewarding in-person meeting and event experiences possible, we request that you attend a CBA, DBA, or CLE meeting or event only if you have been fully vaccinated. Mask wearing is up to personal preference and comfort level. Masks may be required in some clinic settings. Please be cognizant and understanding of others’ preferences and courteous to all attendees.
Depending on CDC and/or state or local health guidelines, a rise in COVID-19 cases, or other circumstances that may threaten the well-being of our attendees, CBA-CLE reserves the right to convert to a fully virtual event.
If disability accommodations or special assistance are needed, please contact us at [email protected]. Requests must be made at least two weeks prior to the scheduled program.
Laurie Gilbertson, Esq., Founder and CEO of Tribeca Blue Consulting, will lead our CLE Speaker Masterclass.
9:00 – 9:15 am
Let’s get started!
Introduction and Activity
9:15 – 9:45 am
Start Strong
• Every touchpoint matters
• First impressions matter: crafting the introduction to your material
• Taking advantage of the “Primacy” concept to hook your audience
9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
Crafting and Delivering Your Content
• Start at the end –what do you want your audience to take away?
• How will you get them there?
• Tools of the trade: graphics and videos
• Unleash your creativity: using interactive activities
10:15 – 10:30 am
Stretch Break
10:30 – 11:00 am
The Art of Being a Good Panelist
• How to be engaging as a panel member
• How to moderate a panel
• Facilitating audience interaction
11:00 – 11:30 am
End Strong
• Crafting a closing
• Taking advantage of the “recency” concept
• How to have a productive Q and A session
• Leaving your audience interested and inspired
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Starting as a CBA-CLE Speaker (with Bridgett Moore, Program Director, CBA-CLE)
• Benefits of being a program chair and program faculty member
• Expectations, timelines, and CBA-CLE resources
• What the CBA-CLE is looking for in programs and speakers
• Pitching your program
12:00 pm
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $389.00 |
| CBA Member | $0.00 |
| ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
| Past/Scheduled CBA-CLE Faculty Members | $0.00 |
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