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    June 01, 2018 Lawyer Referral and Information Services

    2015 LRIS Workshop Materials

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    Wednesday, October 28, 2015
    8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Pre-Workshop Program: LRIS Nuts and Bolts Training
     
      (Breakfast and Lunch are on your own)
    5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Newcomers' Orientation
    6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Welcome Networking Reception
     
    Thursday, October 29, 2015
    7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Workshop Registration & Continental Breakfast
    8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Introduction and Opening Remarks
    9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Opening Plenary: Beyond Cyberspace: Being George Jetson's Lawyer
    (Will Hornsby, Staff Counsel, Delivery of Legal Services Committee, ABA)
    10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
    10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. ABA Law Connect Update
    (Terry Brooks, Director, Division for Legal Services, ABA)
     
    TRACK A – NEWER MANAGERS
    TRACK B – SEASONED MANAGERS
    10:45 a.m. – Noon

    A Courthouse Marketing Toolkit
    (Jane Nosbisch, ABA LRIS Staff Counsel)

  • Additional Material
    		•  Open Forum – Topics TBD by Group
    Noon – 1:00 p.m. Luncheon
     
    TRACK A – NEWER MANAGERS
    TRACK B – SEASONED MANAGERS
    1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Best "People Management" Practices for Every New Leader
    (Julie Couret Willoz, Leadership & Development Coach)    		 Open Forum – Topics TBD by Group
    2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break 
    3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Plenary: How to Talk to Bar Leadership About LRIS
    (Jason Snell, The Snell Law Firm, Austin, TX
    Jonathan Safran, Samster Konkel & Safran, SC, Milwaukee, WI)
    6:30 p.m – Dine Around
       
    Friday, October 30, 2015
    7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
    8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Plenary: Improving Communication to Impact the Bottom Line
    (Michelle Johnston, College of Business at Loyola University, New Orleans, LA)
    11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Box Lunch: Regulating LRIS: The Florida Experience
    (Samuel Grier Wells, Chair, The Florida Bar Special Committee on Lawyer Referral Services)
    1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Plenary: Deciding How to Allocate Your Money Between SEO and PPC: A Manager's Framework
    (Ken Matejka, Matejka Marketing)
    2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

    TRACK A – OPERATIONS
    Re-Imagining LRIS from the Ground Up: Case Studies
    (Ann Pruitt, TN Alliance for Legal Svcs
    Michelle Chavez, San Diego Bar Association)

    TRACK B – CYBER
    Where Legal Intake Websites Go Wrong
    (M. Fogiel, ABA, Director of Digital Mkting)
    3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Break
    3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

    TRACK A – OPERATIONS
    Designing a Survey to Get the Best Results
    (Sara Smith, Research Associate, ABA)

    		 TRACK B – CYBER
    What Every LRIS Manager Needs to Know About Social Media
    (K. Matejka, Matejka Marketing)
     
    Saturday, October 31, 2015
    7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
    8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Plenary: How to Set Up a Social Media Platform to Get Best Results (Materials Coming)
    (Ken Matejka, Matejka Marketing)
    9:30 a.m. –9:45 a.m. Break
    9:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Plenary: Moderated Discussion on the Fee Collection Process