Professional Liability Fund presents
Happier Clients, Higher Profits
Location:
Oregon State Bar Center
Columbia Rooms A & B
16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road,
Tigard, OR 97224
Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Check In:
11:45 a.m.
Time:
Noon - 3:45 p.m., bring your own lunch,
beverages will be provided.
Fee:
Free! Application for MCLE credits will be submitted.
Speakers:
Larry Port, Rocket Matter founder and CEO
Tim Baran, Rocket Matter Content Director
How to Run a Profitable Business: Key Numbers You Need to Know (60 minutes)
The old joke is that lawyers became lawyers to avoid doing any math. But numbers tell you a lot about
the health of your practice. It’s not enough to judge profitability based on whether there is any money
left in the account at the end of the month (or year). Chart a new course for the future of your law firm!
Growing a Law Firm with Lean and Agile Practices (60 minutes)
Looking to grow revenue and decrease expenditures? For your law firm to start building a highly profitable, scalable business, you need to get a handle on your systems and processes. “Lean” techniques,
originally pioneered by manufacturing companies and evolved in the software industry, offer a simple
playbook you can adopt today to reduce your errors, increase your profitability, and reduce uncertainty
in your life. Learn how Kanban boards, lean philosophies, and meeting rhythms and agendas can better
align your team and achieve your objectives!
Introduction to Practice Management Software (60 minutes)
Practice management software makes running a law firm easier and more profitable. Honest! It improves efficiency, reduces operational error, increases lawyer mobility, and keeps your law firm on the
same page. Come look at what practice management software is, how it works, and what it can do for
you and your law firm.
Law Firm Marketing: Build Your Brand With Content, Social Media and SEO (30 minutes)
Increasing online brand awareness is not easy. It takes consistent, relevant, useful content, effective use
of social media and the adoption of SEO best practices to really drive it. While most law firms consider
each of these different elements separately, successful firms know that driving their brand takes an
integrated approach that combines them all and allows them to work synergistically.
Please see page 2 for information on speakers and how to register for the program.
About Our Speakers
Larry Port, Rocket Matter founder and CEO, is a speaker and award-winning writer at the
crossroads of the legal profession, cutting-edge technology, and law firm marketing. He frequently discusses design, efficiency, and quality techniques in the software industry that can
be leveraged by lawyers and legal professionals. He was named to the 2012 Fastcase 50 honoring the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders.
Tim Baran is the content director for Rocket Matter and editor of the highly regarded Legal
Productivity blog. He enjoys using his experience as a law firm library director and CLE consultant to work with law firms to understand how they use efficiency and management techniques in the day-to-day practice of law. Tim is the author of A Lawyer’s Guide to Evernote and
Working Remotely: A Telecommuter’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Happier Clients, Higher Profits
September 20, 2016, OSB Center,
16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road, Tigard, Oregon
Registration deadline: Friday, September 16, 2016
Please complete form and mail to PLF, Attn: DeAnna Shields,
P.O. Box 231600, Tigard, OR 97281-1600,
or register online at www.osbplf.org >CLE>Upcoming.
This seminar is free.
Name:
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Application for MCLE credits will be submitted.
For information about accommodations for disabilities, please call DeAnna Z. Shields at 503-639-6911 or 1-800-452-1639.