HR: Building a Culture of Engagement: Why and How to Build a Passionate and Engaged TeamCareers begin from a passionate place. The first day of work for our employees was exciting, intriguing, and joyful. However, with demanding roles, people often lose sight of their initial enthusiasm. Slowly our employees' daily responsibilities wear down their commitment and they can slip into complacency. Recent Gallup Poll Studies estimate that on average only 29% of an organization’s staff are truly engaged in their work. This correlates to 71% of teams at any given organization being disengaged. The question becomes “how can we can find a way to reignite passion within our teams and get them recommitted to their roles in the organization? If we are successful, then we can create environments that cultivate engagement, reduce turnover, and increase overall workplace satisfaction. In this session, learn how to become a positive catalyst, collaborate enthusiastically and build a peerless culture of authentic engagement that inspires your team. CLM Application credit: 1 hour in the subject area of Organizational Development. CLM Recertification Credit: 1 hour in the subject area of Communication and Organizational Management. Joshua M. Evans is a #1 best-selling author in Leadership/Management Training, a TEDx Programmer, an organizational engagement specialist, international speaker, and the leading expert on company culture. Joshua truly believes that for any organization to succeed they need to realize that attitude is far more important than aptitude. With 10+ years of corporate experience, Joshua is on a mission to help people rediscover fulfillment, purpose, and meaning in their work. OM: Put “Design Thinking” to Work for You and Discover the Engineer in You!Design Thinking is a method to help us in the area of process improvement for the practical, creative resolution of problems using the strategies designers use during the process of designing. It is a unique approach to solving problems – of all sorts – using a simple process. Design Thinking is a particularly good process for solving “wicked problems” – i.e. not malicious problems, but rather problems that are tricky and ill-defined. In our Design Thinking workshop, we will:
At the conclusion of this workshop, attendees will have not only learned the nuances of design thinking and how to apply the concepts, you will also be provided a rich resource list including a variety of tools and templates, and sources for additional training and information. CLM Application Credit for Functional Specialists: 1 hour in the subject area of Operations Management toward the additional hours required of some Functional Specialists to fulfill the CLM application requirements. CLM Recertification Credit: 1 hour in the subject area of Operations Management. Lesleyann Samuel earned her M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering – Technology Management from the University of Pennsylvania, and her B.Sc. in Computer Science and Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Lesleyann has served on the Board of UJAA in several capacities including Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary. IT: Perfecting the Pitch for the Managing Partner: ALANYC Meets "Shark Tank"Come learn how to sharpen your next pitch while honing your presentation skills. Learn how to be persuasive in a short amount of time. Three projects are pitched to a panel of C Suiters in the legal vertical that are responsible for selecting projects for firms and their clients. The panel of five will give feedback on the predicate and presentation of the pitches. Pitch topics are related to technology and innovation by firms seeking to develop a competitive advantage in our ever-changing legal marketplace. CLM Application Credit: 1 hour in the category of Information Technology CLM Recertification Credit: 1 hour in the subject area of (OM) Operations Management Panel Members and Pitch Presenters: Pat Mansuy serves as Practice Leader in the Project Management and Management Consulting Practice Groups at Kraft & Kennedy, Inc. Encompassing over 20 years of managerial experience in law firms, Pat’s career has focused on delivering innovative technical solutions and operational efficiencies to the legal industry. She also has extensive experience in areas ranging from strategic planning and program management to business continuity planning and infrastructure renovations. Prior to joining Kraft & Kennedy, Pat was the Director of Computer Services Operations at Arnold & Porter, LLP, an Am Law 100 law firm in Washington, DC. Paul Sperry is the President and CEO of Ivionics. Founding Ivonics in1986, Paul and his team have spent the last 30 years focused on strategizing with their client's senior management teams on ways to leverage technology in their businesses. Paul also serves as an advisor on the board of several not-for-profit organizations and small businesses throughout Long Island and NYC. Patricia Ann Nagy is CEO of Proxy PR, a PR and marketing firm exclusively focused on the public relations, content, digital and social marketing strategies of the legal industry. Patricia believes that in the highly competitive legal market, the business value of PR, branding and marketing is to differentiate and define your firm’s authentic and unique value proposition clearly, consistently and at the right pace of persistence through appropriate channels. Ed Sohn is the Vice President of Product Management and Partnerships for the Legal Managed Services business at Thomson Reuters. In his role, he oversees the product design, roadmap and lifecycle for products, either built in-house or from third party partners. Ed writes and speaks frequently on legal technology, alternative legal services, and the evolution of legal practice. He is also a co-author of a column on Above The Law called alt.legal. Brian Gertler, Partner & SVP at LDI Color ToolBox, has a history of bringing technology to the legal vertical, dating back to the introduction of computer assisted retrieval for microfilm and the advanced image processing and optical character recognition solutions that accompanied the first HP ScanJets. Brian and LDI Color ToolBox continue to bring innovation to the legal industry with integrated technologies for Multifunction Copiers, Advanced Workflows for Litigation support, Managed IT and Production Print, Pro AV, Videoconferencing and Artificial Intelligence. Ignatius Grande has been advising clients on issues relating to information management, electronic discovery, cybersecurity, and data privacy for more than 15 years. With his legal and technical expertise, Ignatius is able to bridge the gap that can exist between IT and legal/compliance personnel. He works with companies on their data privacy practices and advises companies on how they can comply with EU data privacy laws. Ignatius is a frequent writer and speaker on topics relating to eDiscovery, information governance, and the Internet of Things. He serves as co-chair of the Social Media Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial & Federal Litigation Section and teaches a course on eDiscovery at St. John’s University School of Law. Karen Leastman, a Certified Lease and Finance Professional, is the Vice President of First American Equipment Finance, an RBC/City National Company. Karen has more than a decade of equipment-leasing knowledge and dedicated experience working with the law firm industry. Since joining First American in 2003, Leastman has been a key contributor in building First American's law firm division, which now serves more than 200 law firms across the United States, including AmLaw 100 firms. Shane Hobson is a Sr. Project Manager in the Project Management Practice Group at Kraft & Kennedy, Inc. He has over 20 years of extensive management experience in law firm operations. Although focused in the legal practice, Shane has delivered innovative technical solutions and operational efficiencies in multiple industries. He has years of experience in strategic planning, business continuity planning and business process mapping and has trained and led project teams throughout the world. FI: Using Budgeting and Reporting to Enforce AccountabilityBudgeting is an essential process for every successful business, and helps achieve long-term business goals and set shorter-term business priorities. Learn what is needed to prepare and maintain a budget and how proper tracking of “budget to actual” costs can be a very effective tool in evaluating effectiveness of company functions, policies and initiatives as well as how they impact the company’s bottom line and the clients that the company serves. CLM Application credit for Functional Specialists: 1 hour in the subject area of (FM) Financial Management toward the additional hours required of some Functional Specialists to fulfill the CLM application requirements. CLM Recertification Credit: 1 hour in the subject area of (FM) Financial Management. Lavina Chan is a CPA with 20 years of accounting, tax and IT experience in private industry and public accounting. She is currently a Business Analyst Manager with Marcum LLP where she leads significant technology and automation efforts for the firm on a national basis. Through her 2 decades of experience, Lavina has learned the importance of budgeting and reporting and what they can mean to an organization on a macro level, including budgeting for a wide range of technology initiatives and assess the realization of benefits to the organization from an efficiency standpoint and effect on the bottom line. |