Business Conference 2007

As you may know, Lawpportunities will be hosting a conference entitled Secrets of Successful Business Professionals Revealed. The conference is for anyone interested in business development and leveraging technology to further their careers. Even if you have absolutely no technical background, this seminar will help you use the skills you already have to grow your business. All you need is the motivation. What will make this conference great is the input we get from you, the audience and the connections you make with the incredible line up of speakers. Rush and I hope to see you on July 20th!

July 20, 2007

8:30AM - 4:00PM
(registration 8:00AM)

$149

Professional Solutions Insurance Services Center
14001 University Avenue | Clive, IA 50325 (map)

New professionals have at their fingertips the tools and ability to make networking better, faster, cheaper and more effective than their predecessors ever could have imagined. LAWpportunities offers you the strategies, insights and secrets of successful professionals, showing you how to fill the gap left by businesses unwilling to adapt.

Network with the speakers and other business professionals including nationally renowned online business entrepreneur KEVIN O’KEEFE of LexBlog.com. Learn the secrets of taking your business and your career to the next level. Topics include:

• Brand Strategy



• New Networking



• Blogging for Business



• Managing Office Politics



• Business Mobility



• Leveraging Technology



• Making Work Fun Again

Speakers:

Kevin O’Keefe
Entrepreneur and blogger extraordinaire O’Keefe is the President and founder of LexBlog of Seattle, Washington, the leading provider of marketing blogs to lawyers and other professional service firms. Prior to forming LexBlog, O’Keefe founded PrairieLaw.com, an online law community for consumers and small business people, sold to LexisNexis in 2001 and now incorporated into lawyers.com. A trial lawyer for 17 years he successfully marketed his own firm in such a positive way that USA Today said, “If O’Keefe isn’t careful, he may wind up giving lawyers a good name.”

Drew McLellan
Drew McLellan gets marketing and branding and he desperately wants you to get it too.  Drew not only has survived 20 years in the advertising industry, he has thrived in it.  A national branding expert, Drew is the Top Dog at McLellan Marketing Group in Des Moines.  Over the years, Drew has lent his expertise to clients like Nabisco, IAMS pet foods, Kraft Foods, Meredith Publishing, John Deere, Iowa Health System, Make-A-Wish, University of Central Florida, SkiDoo and a wide array of others.

Mike Sansone
Mike Sansone is changing how professionals talk with their clients and customers. No one has done more in Central Iowa to evangelize the positive impact blogs can have on your business. Do you wish to connect with clients and customers? Sansone has coached many of the top bloggers throughout the country in techniques and strategies to make connections at levels never seen before by business professionals. His business blog, ConverStations, is one of the most popular in the country with over 900 different links to his blog.


Adam Steen
Networking is a key for every successful professional. A growth capitalist with Transition Capital Management in West Des Moines, Adam teaches professionals how to connect with others on many different levels. He helps small to medium sized companies gain access to key relationships and resources in order to grow and gain value. Adam’s speed networking events in Central Iowa have been a huge success.

Jim Goodman
Jim Goodman is the CEO of Customer Ease and Emerging Growth Group in Des Moines. He is a frequent speaker on business topics and is the host of the Iowa Business Hour. Jim’s program emphasizes the 4 M’s of creating a successful business venture – Money, Management, Marketing and Model. Jim will show professionals how to network with others to achieve success by helping their clients succeed. 

Shirley Poertner
But how often have you - or someone you know - talked all around an issue in a meeting rather than bringing up and discussing "the elephant in the room." The elephant is implicit and considered undiscussable. President of Poertner Consulting Group, Shirley has over 20 years of experience working in private, public and not-for-profit sectors. She is a master trainer of award-winning training programs Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confrontations. She will help us learn how to deal with “the elephant in the room.”

Tre Critelli
Both an English barrister an accomplished United States trial lawyer, Tre takes networking beyond artificial boundaries. Choosing the right mix of professional networking, social networking, blogging, technology and real world connections is what Networking 2.0 is all about. Tre will help you take your career from being the small fish in one big pond to being the big fish in lots and lots of of small ponds. 

Victoria Herring
Bigger isn't always better. Victoria Herring is a successful sole practitioner who practices in the areas of civil rights and discrimination law in Des Moines. She is a believer in cutting-edge technology including the latest Apple technology, Web-based communication and online research. She will lend her expertise in how professionals can start their businesses on a shoe-string and use technology to gain an advantage over the slower moving “big boys.”

Timothy Johnson
Office-politics is a fact of life. Timothy Johnson is an energetic and accomplished speaker, sharing his message on how to manage office-politics. Timothy is the Chief Accomplishment Officers of Carpe Factum and the author of two business management books including his latest, GUST – The “Tale” Wind of Office Politics. He is a contributing writer on Office-Politics and an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Drake University.


Mitch Matthews
Life / Work balance is elusive for all business professionals. One of Mitch’s colleagues said, “When you meet Mitch the first time, you’ll get him instantly. You won’t exactly know why, but you’ll want to know what he had for breakfast: you’ll want whatever he’s got!”  Mitch coaches business executives through his business, A Kick in the Pants. He focuses on life / work balance, goal attainment and career decisions. He also founded a new series of games called “Q” to bring people together for networking and fun.

Register Today!

Make your check payable to LAWpportunities and mail it to:
LAWpportunities
c/o Law Offices of Brett J. Trout, P.C.
516 Walnut Street
Des Moines, IA 50309-4106

Questions?  Email Brett Trout at trout@bretttrout.com or Rush Nigut at rnigut@sullivan-ward.com


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