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Persuasive Storytelling and Presentation Skills for Lawyers


CLE Hours: 6 including 6 General, 0 Ethics, 0 Professionalism, 0 Trial Practice

Location:
State Bar of Georgia - Atlanta, Georgia

Dates



Description

  SPEAKER:
  David Mann, Minneapolis, MN
   
8:00 IN-PERSON REGISTRATION OPENS
   
8:30 GREETING
  Julia D. Neighbors, ICLE Director, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
   
8:35 PRINCIPLES OF PERSUASION
  • Developing persuasion beyond the logical argument 
   
  Communication Concepts
  • Engagement through non-verbal cues
   
  Managing Voice
  • Emphasis, pausing, and pace as persuasive tools
  • How to project vocally, and use natural presence for advantage
   
10:05 BREAK
   
10:20 Voice and Body for Witness Interrogation
  •  How to deliver questions that engage jurors
  •  How to question with sincerity to elicit desired responses from
   witnesses 
   
  Body Language and Gestures 
  • How to find a relaxed, personal gestural language & resting
  position
   
  Using a Podium
  • Managing restricted movement for maximum engagement
  • Methods of Rehearsal 
  • How to efficiently practice statements and examinations
   
11:50 LUNCH
   
12:20 Storytelling Goals of Opening Statement
  • Establishing a dynamic narrative to instantly engage jurors
  • Emphasizing character and motive to animate factual details
   
  YouTube Attention Spans and the Visual Mind
  • Wording that creates specific visual images and using action
   language 
   
1:50 Break
   
2:05 The Six Elements of Storytelling 
  Character creation, detail, structure, rhetoric, theme, and 
persuasive wording 
   
  Great Speeches and The Hollywood Lawyer
  • Analysis of the persuasive presentation qualities of master
   performers  
   
  Construction of Opening Statements
  • Practical application of the six story components
   
3:35 Adjourn

 

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David Mann's Profile

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David Mann is a story specialist who teaches attorneys and business leaders how to make an impact by clarifying their message. He has combined his decades of experience as an actor, director, and playwright with the needs of attorneys and business leaders to help them win cases for their clients and grow their businesses. In addition to his work with The Professional Education Group, David is on the faculty of Loyola School of Law and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

He has constructed opening statements for winning verdicts in cases ranging from medical malpractice to securities fraud. A professional theater artist for over two decades, David has performed or directed for the Guthrie Theater, The Children’s Theatre Company, and Great River Shakespeare Festival.

He has written and performed several critically acclaimed one-man shows and plays, and he is a recipient of a Bush Artist Fellowship for Storytelling. David is a graduate of Northwestern University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art..


Location

State Bar of Georgia

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104 Marietta St. NW, 3rd Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, United States
(404) 527-8700
www.gabar.org

Important Information

Please be advised that your credit will not be reported to the State Bar of Georgia CLE Regulation Department until after you have completed the steps necessary to earn credit for that program. 

Self reporting is required for all other jurisdictions.

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