FREE Wednesday Wisdom ‘Roundtable’ Discussion March 27 on Zoom. Solo & Small Firm Section members: Here’s your chance to provide feedback on section member benefits, CLE topics, resources and events that would benefit YOU! Join us for the next members-only Wednesday Wisdom event on March 27 at noon. Section Chair Jennifer Kuyrkendall Griffin will share ideas for potential new section benefits, get input into CLEs you want and listen to your ideas for how to move the section forward in ways that can benefit your practice.
Spread Your Sunshine: Building Your Brand Through Effective Networking & Growth of Authentic Relationships
Free Wednesday Wisdom CLE
April 24 – Noon to 1 p.m. on Zoom
This program is for Solo & Small Firm Section members only. It will challenge you to critically analyze your personal and professional brand, goals and vision for maximizing success in 2019 by exploring topics such as:
- Showing passion for what you do and doing it well;
- Creating and providing an exceptional customer experience
- Establishing genuine connections through effective networking and follow-up; and
- Paying It Forward – the art of the hand-written note and the importance of fostering confidence in and celebrating you and your team.
Attendees will earn 1.0 hour of General CLE credit – Course #3351.
Presented by Melanie S. Griffin, Tampa Office Managing Shareholder for Dean Mead. Melanie founded Spread Your Sunshine to mentor and empower women with the confidence to break the glass ceiling and achieve their dreams.
Join Magistrate Jennifer Kuyrkendall Griffin, Solo & Small Firm Section Chair, for a free Zoom webinar to learn about free apps and software that can make your practice run more efficiently and productively. Solo & Small Firm Section members only. CLE credit pending approval. Register online.
Free CLE for Solo & Small Firm Section members via Zoom. Live audio webcast. Do you know that less than 7 percent of The Florida Bar’s lawyers are board certified? Have you thought about how to become board certified, but just don’t know where to start? How can board certification help your career? What can Avvo do for you? Do you have your Martindale Hubbell rating? Do you want it? Why you should get it. Jamie Moses, an appellate specialist at Holland & Knight, will show you how to start the process of applying for board certification. She also will discuss other recognitions that might help enhance your name and reputation. Registration will be confirmed when section membership is verified.
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Aug. 28 Zoom Webinar, 12-1 p.m. Free CLE. Join the Solo & Small Firm Section for “Trust Accounting Procedures and Steps to Protect Your Clients’ Funds,” a live audio webcast by Florida Bar Chief Branch Discipline Counsel Sheila Tuma. This presentation will address the trust accounting process and procedures to help participants maintain all required records and be in full compliance with the rules. Solo & Small Firm Section members only. Registration will be approved when section membership is confirmed. 1.0 General CLE. Course No. 3636.
Free, members-only, Wednesday Wisdom Zoom webinar presented by Joshua Hertz and Paula Black. This webinar will discuss ideas dealing with happiness in solo and smaller firm practices, which is the foundation of mental health and well being. Topics to be discussed include how to successfully run your firm and to develop business that fits into your lifestyle while making you happy as you help others. Solo & Small Firm Section members only. Registration will be approved when section membership is confirmed.
Wednesday Wisdom: “Attracting and Retaining Clients” by Bill Curphey. Zoom audio webcast, free for Solo & Small Firm Section members.
Whether you are starting as an associate at a firm, working for the government or a business, or starting out on your own, Bill Curphey will share his insights on how he built his successful private practice after transitioning from a federal trial attorney and corporate in-house counsel and how he continues to grow and keep his client base throughout his over 45 years of practice. CLE credit pending. Registration will be confirmed when section membership is verified. REGISTER
Free, members-only Zoom webinar presented by Jamie Billotte Moses, an appellate specialist with Holland & Knight. What makes the practice of law so stressful? What are you doing or not doing that might be contributing to your stress? Are you making things more time consuming and frustrating than they need to be? Are you sabotaging your peace of mind? Jamie Moses will share with you some of her strategies for balancing work, raising children and trying to be a contributing member of the community.
“Wednesday Wisdom: Trustbooks for Solo and Small Firms” is a live Zoom webcast, free of charge to members of the Solo & Small Firm Section. Renee E. Thompson of Upchurch Watson White & Max will moderate a discussion about the Trust Accounting Software Program, a new Florida Bar member benefit. Course number TBA. 1.0 CLE credit. Registration will be approved when section membership is confirmed. REGISTER