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<td style="padding-left:10px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-right:15px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><strong>Welcome to Bar Briefs, your quick weekly collection of practice tips,<br />
membership benefits, upcoming events, new products, and more!
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<h2 style="color: #045394;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/People_Bubble_200w.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="163" align="right"/>You talkin’ to me?<br />
Then you’d better make it interesting. </h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px;">You have a strong point with lots of support. You know your idea/plan/case is a winner. So how do you convince the board/boss/team/judge/jury to see it your way? The answer: solid presentation skills.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">No matter where you’re presenting – conference room, boardroom, or courtroom – here are some tips for constructing a more effective presentation from national presenter, author, and sought-after coach <a href="
http://www.hityourstride.com/index.php?section=6">Steve Hughes</a>.</p>
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<li><strong>Determine the goal of the presentation.</strong> In one sentence, you should be able to state <strong>what</strong> you want the audience to do, think, or feel and<strong> why</strong> they should want to do, think, or feel that way. </li><li><strong>Create a strong opening.</strong> You have precious few moments at the start of your presentation to make an impact. Make sure to capture audience interest right away with a surprising fact, picture, anecdote, real-world example, or opening question. </li><li><strong>Visual aids should be supporting. </strong>When it comes to slide presentations, stick to phrases – not sentences or paragraphs – and leave plenty of white space. You should be filling in that space with what you say. Remember: if all your content is on the slides, there is no need for a presenter. </li><li><strong>Don’t end with a Q & A.</strong> Contrary to popular practice, the question and answer portion should be second to last. Let the audience know
you have one last important point to go over but first you want to know if there are any questions. If none are asked, share some common questions and their answers to avoid uncomfortable silence. </li><li><strong>Save a call to action for the end.</strong> To hammer it home, you should end with a strong statement that comes back to the goal of your presentation – what the audience should do, think, or feel.</li></ul>
<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/SecDiv_Connect_175w.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="145" align="right"/>Division and Section Connection</h3>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px; color: #045394;"><strong>Special networking event for NRLD and International Practice members!</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>The Greater Chicago NRLD Chapter and the State Bar of Wisconsin International Practice Section</strong> are hosting a networking reception for NRLD and International Practice members in the Chicago area. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">Thursday, November 10, 2016<br />
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.<br />
O’Callaghan’s Pub<br />
29 W Hubbard St. <br />
Chicago, IL 60654</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">Food and refreshments provided by the Nonresident Lawyers Division. RSVPs are appreciated. For more information, <a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/eventDetails.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=SA6534">click here</a>.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px; color: #045394;"><strong>Ryan Klesh Public Interest Legal Worker Award nominations sought </strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">The award will be given to an individual who captures the essence of Ryan's selflessness, work ethic, and humor in working to seek justice for our low-income neighbors, family, or friends. This new award is named after Ryan Klesh, an administrative staff person for SeniorLAW at Legal Action of Wisconsin's Milwaukee office from 2001 until his death in 2006. Please submit nominations to Colin Good (<a href="
mailto:cgood@hq-law.com">cgood@hq-law.com</a>) by December 20, 2016.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">For more information, <a href="
http://www.wisbar.org/aboutus/awardsandrecognition/Pages/Ryan-Klesh-Public-Interest-Legal-Worker-Award-Application.aspx">click here</a>. </p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/PeaceDove_175w.jpg" alt="" width="118" height="74" align="left"/>In their own words </h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">“If you want peace, work for justice.”<br />
Pope Paul VI</p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/FastCase_175w.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="79" align="right"/>Fast facts about Fastcase<sup>®</sup></h3>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Fastcase is a leading legal research resource that puts a comprehensive, online national law library and sleek search tools at your disposal. As a State Bar member, you have FREE, unrestricted access to Fastcase. What makes Fastcase such a great research help?</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>Search your way.</strong> Whether you want to search using natural language, use keywords (called a Boolean search), or look up a citation, Fastcase gives you options.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>Filter your search results by jurisdiction.</strong> Narrow the number of cases you want to see by running a search and then choosing a jurisdiction filter option. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>Seminal cases are included. </strong>Thanks to a Fastcase tool called Forecite, when you perform a keyword search on Fastcase, Forecite goes the extra mile and identifies seminal cases that can be easily missed by ordinary keyword searches. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>Citations are simple.</strong> Just highlight the appropriate text, click “Copy Citation,” and get a Bluebook-friendly cite.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">Learn more on the WisBar.org <a href="
http://www.wisbar.org/formembers/membershipandbenefits/pages/legal-research-services.aspx">Legal Research Services page</a>. Plus, hear Fastcase founders Phil Rosenthal and Ed Walters share their research philosophy on the <em>ABA Journal’s</em> “Legal Rebels” podcast <a href="
http://www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/article/rebels_podcast_episode_009">here</a>.</p>
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<div align="center"><img src="
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Ends Friday, October 21</h3></div>
<h3 style="color: #045394;">The Public Records and Open Meetings Handbook</h3>
<p><span class="black" style="color: #000"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=AK0199">Print Book</a>:<br />
List:<s> $129 member</s> / <s>$159 nonmember</s><br />
</span><span style="color: #E31B1B"> <span style="color: #E31B1B"><strong>Sale price: $103.20</strong></span><strong> member / $127.20 nonmember </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="black" style="color: #000"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?cat=WISBAR&pid=AE0199">Books UnBound</a>:<br />
List:<s> $159 member</s> / <s>$199 nonmember</s><br />
</span><span style="color: #E31B1B"> <span style="color: #E31B1B"><strong>Sale price: $127.20</strong></span><strong> member / $159.20 nonmember </strong></span></p>
<p>To redeem your discount, enter priority code <strong>B4789BB</strong> when ordering online or mention it when calling Customer Service (800) 728-7788.*</p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;"> *This offer is not available with any other discount and expires October 21, 2016. Discount cannot be applied to previous purchases, or used for renewals of subscriptions, auto-supplementation subscriptions, or Books UnBound full library subscriptions.</span></p>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;">MKT421E </span>
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