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Persuasive Storytelling & Presentation Skills for Lawyers

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

Original Program Date:: Jan 31, 2024

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Description

Speakers, session times and credit hours are subject to change.

Ethics | Professionalism | Trial Practice

SPEAKER:
David C. Mann A Simple Message, Minneapolis, MN

Introduction
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

12:35
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

2:05
Break
2:20
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

3:50
Adjourn

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Speaker

David Mann Related Seminars and Products

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..

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.

The information presented is solely for educational purposes. The opinions expressed by the faculty in their materials and presentations are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the State Bar of Georgia, its officers, directors and/or employees. The faculty is not engaged in rendering legal or other professional advice and these presentations and publications are not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. All publications and presentations were created to serve the continuing legal education needs of practicing attorneys.

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