Speaking Topics

Below are some of Mark's most popular speech topics. If you do not see a topic that you would like to have Mark present to your group, please contact us to discuss tailoring a presentation to fit your needs.

 
How Good Attorneys Become Great Marketers 

This presentation explores the methods and practices required to become effective at bringing high quality clients into the practice. Emphasis is placed on implementing these methods in a manner that is compatible with the beliefs, values and personality of the attorney.

 
Growing Your Practice In A Challenging Economy 

This powerful presentation focuses on the concept of how to think about changing your practice to serve you and your clients better. The attorney learns how to begin to assess and re-engineer the systems that affect the success of their practices.

 
Working Smarter Not Harder 

This presentation discusses on how to put some innovative time management and productivity tools to work in your practice. This seminar can help you manage the most precious commodity of all - time.

 
Time Management 
 Practical Solutions to Everyday Time Management Problems - Essential Time Management Tools for the Stressed-Out Attorney 

Is your practice dominating your personal life? Does it control you or do you control it? This seminar is a step-by-step guide to getting your practice focused and your life in balance. You will learn solid techniques to reduce stress and increase productivity; manage unwanted interruptions; delegate tasks effectively; and recover 15% to 25% of your billable time. You will learn how to use your staff more effectively and accomplish more with the time you have.

 
Rainmaking 
 Practical Solutions to Everyday Rainmaking Problems - Finding and Keeping Good Clients 

This program is essential for learning how to attract profitable clients to your practice. You will learn how to capture the power of your top 20 referral sources and how to increase the business they send your way. In addition, this highly interactive program will teach you how to speak about your practice in business and social settings, so that you: build your business, educate your market, and expand your referral base. This practical tips and techniques seminar will get you focused on building lifelong relationships with clients and influencers. Lastly, you will exchange marketing ideas with your colleagues and create a simple, effective action plan to increase your revenue.

 
Staffing 
Practical Solutions to Everyday Staffing Problems - Building and Retaining a Competent Legal Support Team 

This seminar is a nuts and bolts system for eliminating staffing headaches, finding and retaining great talent, finding out why most of the candidates that you interview are unqualified to work for you and how to keep them away, and job descriptions that motivate. You will complete a staff hiring diagnostic to find any holes in your system and learn secrets of successful sole practitioners from around the country. This seminar also includes sample forms, policies, and procedures.

 
Cash Flow 
Practical Solutions to Everyday Cash Flow Problems - How To Increase Cash Flow, Minimizing Collections, and Developing Profitability 

Is your practice delivering the financial rewards that it should? Are you in control of your cash flow? This seminar is filled with secrets from successful practitioners for creating a zero tolerance around collections, building a client centered collections system, providing simple systems for increasing cash flow, building a financial "dashboard" that helps guide your business, the A, B, C & D's of profitability and a profitability guide for your files. You will also learn how to leverage your legal assistants for greater profitability.