MINNEAPOLIS
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
9:00 AM - 4:15 PM | Check-In: 8:30 AM
Minnesota CLE Conference Center
600 Nicollet Mall # 370
3rd Floor, City Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402
The best lawyers agree: Without skilled delivery, the soundest arguments fail.
David Mann, who specializes in persuasive presentation skills and storytelling, will share with you the fundamental theater skills he relies on when advising trial attorneys with difficult arguments on how to successful craft and deliver their client’s story. This seminar will help you learn the secrets of powerful, engaging presentations that can apply to openings, closings, mediations, arbitrations, depositions, witness preparation, witness interrogation, oral arguments, and prospective client interviews.
You will take away from this course the ability to:
Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to learn practical tips on delivering persuasive, powerful, and effective arguments in any legal setting.
"Mann was great! Dynamic, held our attention, paced and structured his presentation well. He understands what a trial lawyer does and brings a helpful perspective to what he’s teaching."
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
David Mann specializes in persuasive presentation skills and storytelling. A theater artist for over three decades, David now trains attorneys and business professionals how to use performance and storytelling techniques to win. He has spoken at Fortune 500 events nationwide, inspiring groups to use the power of storytelling and effective delivery to get results every time.
As a persuasive presentation specialist for lawyers, David has taught with the Professional Education Group, NITA, Loyola School of Law in Chicago, and Louisiana State University Law School. He works with private firms in Minneapolis, Pennsylvania, and Chicago to develop opening statements, motions, and demand letters that combine careful wording, engaging storytelling, and dynamic delivery. With David’s storytelling guidance, lawyers are armed with powerfully persuasive arguments that win.
David’s approach is based on his background in the art of theater. He has performed or directed for the Guthrie Theater, The Children’s Theater Company, Great River Shakespeare Festival, and many other theaters in the thriving Twin Cities scene. He has written and performed five critically-acclaimed one-man shows, and he is the recipient of a Bush Artist Fellowship for Storytelling. David is a graduate of Northwestern University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
David Mann is a faculty member of The Professional Education Group.
SCHEDULE:
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
BREAK
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
12:15 – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH BREAK (on your own)
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
BREAK
2:45 – 4:15 p.m.
LIVE IN-PERSON
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Minnesota CLE Conference Center
600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 370
Seventh Street & Nicollet Mall, Third Floor City Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ONLINE REPLAY
Friday, January 6, 2023
Attend online
A moderator will be available to answer questions by email.
$245 MSBA members / $245 paralegals / $295 standard rate
Other discounts that may apply:
Scholarships available!
Need-based scholarships are available for in-person and online seminars. For further information or to obtain a scholarship application, contact us at 800-759-8840 or customerservice@minncle.org.
Minnesota CLE is applying to the Minnesota State Board of CLE for 6.0 standard CLE credits. The maximum number of total credits attendees may claim for this program is 6.0 credits.
Minnesota CLE also has applied to the Minnesota State Bar Association for 6.0 civil trial specialist credits.
Minnesota CLE also has applied to the Minnesota State Bar Association for 6.0 criminal law specialist credits.
