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INAUGURAL PUBLIC SPEAKING CONFERENCE Come early to the 2020 Winter Meeting in Scottsdale and join us for the FDCCʼs inaugural Public Speaking Conference on Tuesday, March 3rd, from 8:30 am through 5:30 pm. Fly in and check into the resort on Monday, March 2nd, and meet with our faculty, consisting of our members who are known for their effective, personable, compelling and persuasive story telling skills. We will teach you how to: We as lawyers are first and foremost, communicators, with our words and body language. Join us to improve your messaging so others will listen to you, embrace your message and view you as a confident leader sharing compelling stories and powerful truths. ▼ Use your fight and flight instincts to your advantage ▼ Control and use your breathing ▼ Control nervous body language ▼ Use and maintain eye contact ▼ Read and react to an audience ▼ Project and modulate your voice ▼ Avoid fillers ▼ Identify and correct speech patterns and body language thatʼs holding you back ▼ Project your voice ▼ Own the room ▼ Become a story teller ▼ Use humor effectively and appropriately ▼ Build your confidence ▼ Master your stage fright ▼ Become a master communicator ▼ Improve your persuasion skills ▼ Use a power point effectively ▼ Use your notes effectively
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INAUGURAL PUBLICSPEAKINGCONFERENCE
Come early to the2020 Winter Meeting in Scottsdale
and join us for the FDCCʼs inaugural Public Speaking Conference on Tuesday, March 3rd, from 8:30 am through 5:30 pm.Fly in and check into the resort on Monday, March 2nd, and meet with our faculty, consisting of our members who are known
for their effective, personable, compelling and persuasive story telling skills. We will teach you how to:
We as lawyers are first and foremost, communicators, with our words and body language. Join us to improve your messaging so others will listen to you, embrace your message and view you as a confident leader sharing compelling stories and powerful truths.
▼ Use your fight and flight instincts to your advantage
▼ Control and use your breathing
▼ Control nervous body language
▼ Use and maintain eye contact
▼ Read and react to an audience
▼ Project and modulate your voice
▼ Avoid fillers
▼ Identify and correct speech patterns and body language thatʼs holding you back
▼ Project your voice
▼ Own the room
▼ Become a story teller
▼ Use humor effectively and appropriately
▼ Build your confidence
▼ Master your stage fright
▼ Become a master communicator
▼ Improve your persuasion skills
▼ Use a power point effectively
▼ Use your notes effectively
Your StoryEach of our speakers will prepare and present a 5 minute story of their choosingfollowed by a brief explanation of how they prepared We ask all the attendees to do the same.We will be breaking into small groups in the afternoon, and you will present your 5 minute story to our faculty who will provide constructive criticism. This conference and this exercise is meant to be supportive and all advice will be offered in that vein.
Schedule8:30 AM to 8:50 AMIntroduction – Using Creativity When Speaking Craig MarvinneyCraig will introduce the program, discuss using creativity when speaking and will share his five minute story.
8:50 AM to 9:30 AMUsing Your Body, Breath and Voice – A Male and Female PerspectiveAna Ramos and Frank RamosHusband and wife Ana and Frank will show how to use your body, breath and voice to project and engage. They will conclude with their 5 minute stories.
9:30 AM to 10:00 AMAvoiding Fillers and Speaking with ConfidenceKiera OʼConnell GoralKiera will speak on upward inflections, fillers and other distracting habits and will teach how to speak confidently. She will conclude with her 5 minute story.
10:00 AM to 10:30 AMJurist, Warrior, Statesmen – Our Role asSpokespersonsKile TurnerKile will discuss who we are as lawyers and how our purpose not only defines our role as advocates, but how we should speak on our clients ̓behalf. Kile will conclude with his 5 minute story.
10:30 AM to 10:45 AMBREAK
10:45 AM to 11:30 AMImprovisational SpeakingSteve Feld, MBA – Biz Coach SteveSteve will discuss how to develop your ability to organize your thoughts quickly and respond to an impromptu question or topic. A few members of the audience will have the chance to practice improvisational speaking for 1 to 2 minutes in front of the group. You will not know the topic to speak on but will be able to use what you learn in this session. He will conclude with his 5 minute story.
▼ Keep it to five minutes
▼ No notes.
▼ Conjure, craft, compose and channel your story
▼ Practice, rework and revise your story
▼ Donʼt be nervous – weʼre there to support you
▼ Have fun
Rules for your story
FDCC INAUGURAL PUBLIC SPEAKING CONFERENCE TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020
11:30 AM to 12:00 PMKnowing and Connecting with Your AudienceKendra JonesKendra will discuss how to know, connect and speak to your audience. She will conclude with her 5 minute story.
12:00 PM to 1:00 PMLUNCH
1:00 PM to 1:30 PMExecutive PresenceTim PrattTim, former national trial lawyer, general counsel and business executive, will discuss how to speak and carry oneself as a leader and with gravitas. He will conclude with his 5 minute story.
1:30 PM to 2:00 PMSpeaking to a JuryStuart SimonStuart will speak on how to speak to a jury to grab and hold their attention and come across as sincere, trustworthy and interesting. He will conclude with his 5 minute story.
2:00 PM to 2:30 PMFrom Good to Great – How to Get to the Next Level of Public SpeakingMiranda Lundeen SotoMiranda will discuss how to use the skills we develop as lawyers to improve our public speaking skills. She will conclude with her5 minute story.
2:30 PM to 3:00 PMReading and Interacting with Your AudienceMarie Trimble HolvickMarie will discuss how to evaluate your audienceʼs response to your presentation and how to shift and change your presentation to better engage and interact with them. She will conclude with her 5 minute story.
3:00 PM to 4:00 PMSTORY TIMEDuring this hour, attendees will share their stories in small groups and will be provided pointers by the faculty.
4:00 PM to 4:30 PMGiving a Great SpeechDavid LouieDavid will talk about key points to think about to reallycommunicate and deliver a memorable speech. He will conclude with his 5 minute story.
4:30 PM to 5:00 PMWhat Appearing on Television Has Taught MeMercedes Colwin Mercedes will discuss what her appearances as a legal analyst on broadcast television has taught her about public speaking.She will conclude with her 5 minute story.
5:00 PM to 5:30 PMBecoming a Master Storyteller and CommunicatorCraig ThompsonCraig will discuss how to improve your overall communication and storytelling skills so you better capture and hold your audienceʼs attention and imagination. He will conclude with his5 minute story.
8:30 AM to 8:50 AMIntroduction – Using Creativity When Speaking Craig MarvinneyCraig will introduce the program, discuss using creativity when speaking and will share his five minute story.
8:50 AM to 9:30 AMUsing Your Body, Breath and Voice – A Male and Female PerspectiveAna Ramos and Frank RamosHusband and wife Ana and Frank will show how to use your body, breath and voice to project and engage. They will conclude with their 5 minute stories.
9:30 AM to 10:00 AMAvoiding Fillers and Speaking with ConfidenceKiera OʼConnell GoralKiera will speak on upward inflections, fillers and other distracting habits and will teach how to speak confidently. She will conclude with her 5 minute story.
10:00 AM to 10:30 AMJurist, Warrior, Statesmen – Our Role asSpokespersonsKile TurnerKile will discuss who we are as lawyers and how our purpose not only defines our role as advocates, but how we should speak on our clients ̓behalf. Kile will conclude with his 5 minute story.
10:30 AM to 10:45 AMBREAK
10:45 AM to 11:30 AMImprovisational SpeakingSteve Feld, MBA – Biz Coach SteveSteve will discuss how to develop your ability to organize your thoughts quickly and respond to an impromptu question or topic. A few members of the audience will have the chance to practice improvisational speaking for 1 to 2 minutes in front of the group. You will not know the topic to speak on but will be able to use what you learn in this session. He will conclude with his 5 minute story.
FDCC INAUGURAL PUBLIC SPEAKING CONFERENCE TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020
Schedule11:30 AM to 12:00 PMKnowing and Connecting with Your AudienceKendra JonesKendra will discuss how to know, connect and speak to your audience. She will conclude with her 5 minute story.
12:00 PM to 1:00 PMLUNCH
1:00 PM to 1:30 PMExecutive PresenceTim PrattTim, former national trial lawyer, general counsel and business executive, will discuss how to speak and carry oneself as a leader and with gravitas. He will conclude with his 5 minute story.
1:30 PM to 2:00 PMSpeaking to a JuryStuart SimonStuart will speak on how to speak to a jury to grab and hold their attention and come across as sincere, trustworthy and interesting. He will conclude with his 5 minute story.
2:00 PM to 2:30 PMFrom Good to Great – How to Get to the Next Level of Public SpeakingMiranda Lundeen SotoMiranda will discuss how to use the skills we develop as lawyers to improve our public speaking skills. She will conclude with her5 minute story.
2:30 PM to 3:00 PMReading and Interacting with Your AudienceMarie Trimble HolvickMarie will discuss how to evaluate your audienceʼs response to your presentation and how to shift and change your presentation to better engage and interact with them. She will conclude with her 5 minute story.
3:00 PM to 4:00 PMSTORY TIMEDuring this hour, attendees will share their stories in small groups and will be provided pointers by the faculty.
4:00 PM to 4:30 PMGiving a Great SpeechDavid LouieDavid will talk about key points to think about to really communicate and deliver a memorable speech. He will conclude with his 5 minute story.
4:30 PM to 5:00 PMWhat Appearing on Television Has Taught MeMercedes Colwin Mercedes will discuss what her appearances as a legal analyst on broadcast television has taught her about public speaking. She will conclude with her 5 minute story.
5:00 PM to 5:30 PMBecoming a Master Storyteller and CommunicatorCraig ThompsonCraig will discuss how to improve your overall communication and storytelling skills so you better capture and hold your audienceʼs attention and imagination. He will conclude with his5 minute story.
Registration The cost is $300 and CLE will be secured for states that recognize presentation skills as CLE worthy.
▼ Please click here to register today
If you have any questions about this program, please contact our member Frank Ramos at [email protected] or at 305.962.4697.
