Communicate Telephone Seminars

Litigation Support for Paralegals BenefitsNot every firm, corporation or agency has an in-house litigation support team. Often paralegals and legal assistants are held responsible for the work flow related to litigation support. Paralegal education has been changing over the years to include litigation support practices; although faculty applies direct professional lessons to the coursework and graduates are prepared to enter  more...

Intellectual Disabilities and Employer ADA Obligation ...ies, which may include the ability to think, concentrate, communicate, interact with others and disorders including e.g., major depressive, post-traumatic stress, obsessive compulsion, bipolar and schizophrenia, are among the more challenging disabilities facing employers. The ADAAA means most ADA issues will now turn on whether an individual is qualified, whether a reasonable accommodation  more...

Tips and Techniques for Writing Effective Legal Briefs ... your knowledge of the facts and the law, your ability to communicate concisely and powerfully is crucial to your success. With a particular focus on writing legal briefs, this live audio conference will show you how to focus your writing to a specific audience; streamline and strengthen your writing; avoid grammar, spelling and punctuation errors that detract from your message; and provide  more...

Ethical Considerations in Utilizing Social Media ...t ethical traps abound for lawyers who use these tools to communicate with clients, potential clients, and even friends and family. State bar discipline, compromised cases and malpractice exposure, even job loss, has resulted from ill-advised use of social media by lawyers. Worse, courts, state bar associations and disciplinary counsel have offered scant guidance on potential ethical violations  more...

Online Collection Techniques: Do's and Don'ts ...communicate and do business. Debt collectors have the added challenge of trying to contact debtors who may only correspond via email or online portals. Some debtors no longer have a land line phone and only use cell phones, texting, email and instant messages to communicate. How can debt collectors face this challenge while following debt collection laws that are outdated and don't cover new  more...

Understanding Your Summary Plan Descriptions ...or ERISA-covered health and welfare plans are required to communicate the terms of the plan to participants in a summary plan description. The SPD is an important disclosure document that describes, in understandable terms, the rights, benefits and responsibilities of participants and beneficiaries in ERISA-covered health and welfare benefit plans. The SPD must include important information  more...

Legal Ethics and Loss Prevention Issues with Electronic Communications and Security ... technology provides many means through which lawyers can communicate with clients, publicize legal services, work remotely, and share information. When selecting and using a technology for communicating with clients, storing client data, or performing work for clients, a lawyer should consider whether that medium is effective and whether its use complies with the lawyer's ethical obligations.  more...

Email Collections: Do's and Don'ts ...communicate and do business. Businesses and collectors have the added challenge of trying to contact customers or debtors who may only use cell phones, have given up their landline phones, and use email, instant messages, social media websites and text messages as their primary form of communications. In this live audio conference, you will learn how you can use email to enhance your  more...

Effective Use of the Internet in Criminal Investigations ...ger number of activities online. They use the Internet to communicate, store data, and even perpetrate a new class of digital crime. This live audio conference will cover several recent case studies along with the methods used to track the offenders, cover new forensic issues in cyberspace, and introduce the attendee to a new frontier in online investigation. This live audio conference is  more...

Putting the Finishing Touches on Legal Writing: Editing, Polishing, and Proofreading Essentials ... your knowledge of the facts and the law, your ability to communicate concisely and powerfully is crucial to your success. This live audio conference will show you how to focus your writing to a specific audience; streamline and strengthen your writing; avoid grammar, spelling and punctuation errors that detract from your message; and provide meaningful suggestions when editing the work of  more...

How to Handle Travel Pay Legally ...his live audio conference will show how critical it is to communicate the rate of pay, the requirements of travel and the travel tracking necessary to compensate the employee properly. You will also learn about typical problems that arise with travel and other FLSA issues, such as meals during travel. This program will focus on federal law rather than individual state law. This live audio  more...

Statement of Work Contract Fundamentals ... the details of the SOW. Without it, you can't compete or communicate. Those who have managed contracted work know that poorly written SOWs can lead to communication breakdowns, misunderstandings, disputes, rework, delayed completion and added expense. In this teleconference, you will learn how to write a SOW that is easy to understand and manage. You will learn how to create a SOW that meets  more...

How Can End-of-Life Planning Resources Benefit Your Workplace? BenefitsEnd-of-life issues can be a major distraction for employees. MetLife estimates that U.S. businesses lose between $17 billion and $33 billion per year in productivity of full-time workers with caregiving responsibilities. Employers need to place a priority on addressing end-of-life issues. These issues affect their employees who serve as caregivers to aging parents, children and other  more...

Using Social Media in Collections ...communicate and do business. Business owners and collectors have the added challenge of trying to contact debtors who may only have a cell phone and no landline, and use email, text messages or instant messages to communicate. How can you face this challenge while following the laws, following your ethics and without breaking any debt collection laws? In this audio conference, 'Using Social  more...

Embracing Social Media to Build Concrete Relationships in a Bricks-and-Mortar World ...te of time. In reality, social media is a shift in how we communicate. It's about relationships, not technology. It's changing our business world faster than we thought possible. Many within the more traditional bricks-and-mortar A/E/C industry are getting left behind. Attend this audio conference and you will learn how some companies in the industry have already embraced social media and  more...

Developing a Sound HR Metrics System BenefitsDoes your organization's HR metrics system fall short of expectations? How can we effectively measure the value that our employees bring to our organizations? How do we measure the effectiveness of our human resources department? Utilizing proper metrics and benchmarking can provide the answers to these questions. Attend this teleconference and learn the importance of demonstrating HR's  more...

Rewards Transformation: A Unique Approach to Total Rewards Strategy and Design in the Current Economy ...loyees' views, opinions and preferences about rewards and communicate back with employees and 3) measuring rewards ROI. This teleconference will present multiple case studies and examples, including some sample cost reduction solutions. The material is especially useful to business leaders, HR, finance and total rewards professionals who are interested in retaining top talent while reducing  more...

Return on Investment for Wellness Programs ...that is comprehensive, business-focused and will help you communicate effectively with your executive team and, equally important, secure their buy-in. Finally, we'll wrap up with a real-world conversation that highlights a case study of how one company developed a proper strategy, measured their results and delivered staggering and impressive results. Human resource and benefits  more...

FASB Statement 157 - Fair Value Update on Corporate Asset Valuation ...g for many companies - the rule aims to make it easier to communicate value to shareholders. This teleconference will provide an overview of FAS 157 (ASC 820) guidelines, including the definition of fair value, defensive value, and the three-tier hierarchy. We will discuss measurement assumptions, disclosure requirements, and summarize the key differences in this standard. We will help you to  more...

Tools for Persuasive Legal Writing ...rategic lens. The ability to effectively and persuasively communicate remains the dominant skill needed for a successful legal practice. No one is born a perfect writer - as anyone who teaches writing will happily assure you. Rather, legal writing is always a learning process. For that reason, lawyers should regularly brush up or learn new strategies. The field of legal writing has expanded  more...

Financial Planning After Retirement: Coordinating the Retirement Plan with the Estate Plan BenefitsA wrong determination of whether a trust qualifies as a designated beneficiary of retirement benefits can cost the owner decades of tax deferral as well as 50 percent excise tax penalties. Learn how to provide the best asset protection and estate planning benefits for large retirement plans so that the valuable 'stretch out' does not become a 'blow out.' Most trusts are inadequately  more...

From TV to Twitter: Working With the Media During a Crisis ...communicate during a crisis can be just as important - sometimes even more important - than how they manage the problem itself. Whether it's a natural disaster, accident, sensational crime or political controversy, the public and the media demand answers and information now, whether through traditional or new social media channels. Managing and surviving a crisis depends on your ability to  more...

Commodity Risks: How to Identify and Implement a Corporate Hedging Program ...entify the risks of commodity price changes to your firm, communicate them clearly to executive management, follow a framework to identify and evaluate risk management options, and gain concurrence on a course of action and follow through with implementation from the supply chain through sales contracts and into the boardroom. This teleconference is critical for firms with significant exposure  more...

Claims Management Techniques in Workers' Compensation Cases BenefitsThe aftermath of a workplace accident produces difficult and costly ramifications for management personnel in all business and industries. Many parties are involved in every aspect of a claim, including your insurance carrier or servicing agent and counsel, but each of them has to be dealt with in a very different manner. You will learn how to successfully investigate an accident and use  more...

Total Compensation Statements as a Tool to Communicate Total Value BenefitsOften employees look at their base salary as the total value provided by your organization. During these challenging economic times when salary increases are low or nonexistent, creating customized compensation statements for your organization can be a valuable communication tool. Generally, total compensation ranges from 30 to 50 percent above base compensation for an organization and  more...

Understanding the Language of Mold Assessment Reports ...ons inherent to microbial sampling and they often fail to communicate to their clients the inherent uncertainties associated with mold sampling, analysis and the interpretation of laboratory results. The consultant's background and the laboratory's history and experience must always be questioned. If taken to task, would these parties survive a Daubert Motion? If not, their "evidence" could be  more...

Workplace Flexibility: Innovative Strategies for an Evolving Workforce ...iness and employee outcomes. You will gain the ability to communicate effectively about policy approaches on workplace flexibility currently being considering in Washington - and understand how those policies may impact your business practices and strategies. More critically, you will learn about the challenges and opportunities for business and government to work together to develop workplace  more...