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I am honoured to have been invited to address the 15th Annual Marketing Partner Forum 2008:

I also look forward to catching up with friends at the event - more details soon.

September  28, 2007: Supercharging the Professional Services Firm, Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria,  Johannesburg, South Africa,

July 21, 2007: Supercharging the Professional Services Firm, Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria,  Johannesburg, South Africa,

Thank you to the Curaçao firm of VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne for inviting me to present to their own personnel and guests, and for the amazing hospitality I was shown by one and all..  Those in attendance are invited to download the materials.   Please download my presentation which requires the password provided to me at the session.  (Email me if you are not sure).

I am honoured to be included in the Law Firm Mastery Summit on Life Career and Business Practice which is taking place between 26-30 March 2007.

Already registrations are coming in for this exciting global event. This is your opportunity to get inspired by some of the best in the business simply by listening in live on the phone or downloading the presentations in MP3 format and listening to them whenever you like.

Why not join me, along with Larry Bodine, Simon Tupman, Ed Poll, Lisa Martin, Gina Sauer, Jo Romano, Phyliss Weiss Haserot, Arnie Herz, and J.Kim Wright as we present strategies for a better practice and a better life as a 21st century lawyer?

The presentations are taking place between 1 pm and 3:45 pm Eastern time. But if that time is not convenient for you, you can still download the presentations and listen to them at any time you like. (Platinum registrants will also receive the recordings on CD as well as written transcripts).

Full details including registration can be found by clicking here.

To download password-protected PDF of a presentation, simply click on the presentation.  THANK YOU for attending.

To download password-protected PDF of a presentation, simply click on the presentation.  THANK YOU for attending.

I am grateful to the Oregon State Bar for inviting me to spend the day with Oregon lawyers at the World Forestry Center on Friday, September 22, 2006.  For more information, kindly contact the Oregon State Bar.

I am looking forward to seeing many old acquaintances and making some new Kiwi friends in Auckland on August 30 at the Langham Hotel.  For registration information, contact the New Zealand Law Society

Plenary Session, Friday June 30th, 2006 9 AM to 10 AM:

How to Get the Satisfaction You Deserve from Your Practice

Break Out Session, Friday June 30th, 2006 10:30 AM to 12 Noon:

How to Become a Client Magnet

You can download the brochure (pdf) at the Maine State Bar site.

I look forward to seeing some old Maine friends and making some new ones.

To download password-protected PDF of a presentation, simply click on the presentation.  THANK YOU for attending.

Private posting for members/particpants at Vancouver Meeting - you may now download my presentation. Conference organizers will be contacting you with password. (If you have not received password by the time you see this posting, kindly email me and I will remit it to you promptly. (Member/Participants Only)

Many thanks for attending the session.

My session on Tuesday May 24 will be:

Redefining the Relationship between the Business and IT

Today’s most pressing IT challenges involve changing business processes. This session explores strategies for achieving closer alignment and communication between IT and the business — from gaining essential management buy-in to working closely with business personnel to understand requirements and drive change and quality improvements. IT staffers need to be able to relate to the business and ask the right questions, while the department as a whole needs to provide better transparency and articulate more clearly their current objectives and activities. At a philosophical level, both sides need to come to an agreement on the fundamental question of who should drive and own business process change: business or IT.

This "by invitation only" event os for the CIO's and Technology Partners of top global law firms.

Advisory Board:

I am pleased to have been invited to present a Teleseminar for the Association of Legal Administrators and thier lawyer guests called

Make Your Lawyers Client Magnets

Many lawyers would rather do anything but marketing and selling, while other lawyers thrive on these activities. But the market for clients is becoming more and more competitive. Even long-term clients are shopping around for legal services. It is critical that attorneys, even partners, acquire the skills they need to “bulletproof” their relations with their existing clients and learn how to interest and attract new ones. In this teleseminar, you will learn how to determine who your best clients are and how to glue them to your firm. In addition, you will learn how to use the firm's inside rainmakers to teach attorneys the necessary skills to build and strengthen their business. Learn how to overcome challenges and to change the lawyers' mindsets about marketing/client development — selling!

Hour 1 - Special Opportunity
Invite your partners, managing partners, senior associates and marketing partners to attend the first hour of the program that will cover the importance of learning the skills to retain existing “crown jewel” clients and to attract new ones. At the end of the first hour there will be time for Q&A with the speaker. Encourage them to ask questions so they come away understanding how important it is to build the real skills of client development.

Hour 2
Learn how you, the firm administrator, can create and implement a program in your law firm to raise awareness of the importance of acquiring business development skills. You will also learn how to teach these key skills to your associates. Find out how to overcome the challenges of lawyers being too busy or too reticent to “market.” There will be additional Q&A following this segment.

Click here for registration details.

Private posting for members/particpants at Barcelona Meeting - you may now download my presentation. Conference organizers will be contacting you with password. (If you have not received password by the time you see this posting, kindly email me and I will remit it to you promptly. (Member/Participants Only)

Many thanks for attending the session.

Private posting for registrants at Marketing Partners' Forum - you may now download my presentation. Conference organizers will be contacting you with password. (If you have not received password by the time you see thi sposting, kindly email me and I will remit it to you promptly.)

Many thanks for attending the session.

This is a private posting for those who were in attendance and requested a copy of my materials.

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Thank you so much for attending my session.

See you there!

I am honoured to be particpating in the upcoming MBL Seminar on the topic of Reputational Management in London on October 20th. Presenting with me will be Sue Stapely of London and Larry Smith of levick Strategic Communications in the USA.

In today's "media jungle" ill-prepared law firms are vulnerable to unanticipated newsworthy events. Everybody present will learn from this highly interactive session — including me.

The attached PDF of my presentation slides is for those in attendance on September 15, 2007 only.  It is password protected.

Download: Gerry Riskin's Keynote Slides

(Posting backdated to 2001 so that  it would not appear in aggregators and be publicized.)

Download Presentation GIBS February 15, 2008 (attendees only - password protected)

If you have reached this link, you are entitled to click on each image to download the following three bonuses:

1)  "Herding Cats" e-book

2)  Three selected chapters (5, 10 and 11) from The Successful Lawyer

3)  Mind Your Own Business (article)

Thank you for your interest in my work and the teleseminar.