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Past Conferences

Winter Conference 2007, San Antonio
February 1-3, 2007

The San Antonio Winter Conference included the following programs:

• The Business of Law:  What Law Firms Can Learn From Business Schools
• Bridging the Gap:  Toward a Coordination of Law School and Law Firm Education
• MCLE and Law Firms
• At the Crossroads:  Attorney Professional Development as a Collaborative Enterprise
• Post-Qualification Training and Assessment:  The Case of Scotland
• Rules for Using the PDC Discussion List
• vi Desktop:  Software Solutions for Law Firms

Summer Conference 2006, Toronto
July 27-29, 2006

The Toronto Summer Conference included the following programs:

• Management Competencies:  What's Next for You
• The Best PD Resources
• Let's Think Outside the Box: Organizational Change
• PD & KM for Maximum Performance
• Associate Panel - Listen Up!
• Women's Initiatives Network
• Trends in Corporate Training

Winter Conference 2006, Ft. Lauderdale
January 26-28, 2006

The Ft. Lauderdale Winter Conference included the following programs:

• An Icebreaker of Icebreakers
• Effective Use of Video-Conferencing
• Live E-learning Demonstration & Tips
• Laugh and Learn:   How to Use Humor to Boost Training Results
• Measuring the Success of Mentoring and Diversity Initiatives
• Personal Management Styles
• PDC Roadshow
• Mid to Senior Associate Skills Curriculum and Individual Development Plans
• Mid to Senior Associate Substantive Curriculum Development
• Finding and Selecting Executive Management Coaches
• Integration of New Partners and Lateral Associates

Summer Conference 2005, Philadelphia
July 28-30, 2005

• PDC Live! Make Your Program a Scene Stealer
• E-Learning in Law Firms
• How One Firm is Making E-Learning a Virtual Reality
• Learning Management Systems
• Delivering Training to Clientsk)
• PDC Roadshow
• Negotiation and Presentation Skills
• Diversity Initiatives
• Alternative Career Paths for Lawyers
• Work Assignment Systems
• E-Learning in PDC Firms

Winter Conference 2005, Santa Monica
Performance, Career, Development
January 27-29, 2005

The Santa Monica Winter Conference included the following programs:

• What are Competencies? Is it really everything but the kitchen sink?
• Best Practices in Creating Competencies: There is always more than one way to get there!
• So You Have Competencies: So now what?
• Effective Evaluations: Halos, horns and everyone in between
• Development Planning: Helping associates plan a future instead of "falling" into one
• Career Counselors: An emerging role in PD
• Exit Programs and Outplacement: How they leave can make or break your firm

The Chicago Summer Conference included the following programs:

• How and Why Generations Differ: Attitudes, Values and Behaviors
• From WW's to X's and Y's: Building Bridges between the Generations in the Legal Workplace
• Managing the Differences in Generational Expectations in Your Law Firm
• How to Develop In-House Management Leadership Programs
• Different Aspects of Professional Development for Different Generations - Shaping your role to add more value to the Firm and yourself; building your path as a PD professional; the importance of forming relationships within your Firm; benchmarks for PD Professionals; getting started as a new PD professional; positioning ourselves strategically in our Firms
• The Professional Development "Roadshow" - Size does matter: issues particular to small law firms; creative ways to train in the smaller offices of large firms; litigation training; designing and implementing orientation programs; creative training ideas

The Austin Winter Conference included the following programs:

• Negotiating Skills for PD Professionals: How to Get the Edge You Want, When You Need It
• Beyond Flip-Charts and Markers: What Every PD Person Should Know About the Technological Possibilities That Can Improve Your Programs and Make You IT-Independent
• No Talking Heads! Interactive, Innovative Programs that Worked
• Measuring Effectiveness of Your Programs: A Case Study of How One Firm Captures Value from Training on All Four Levels
• Professional Development "Roadshow" - Business development skills training; mentoring programs that work; corporate training programs; overall tips for effective curriculum design; mid-level associate training; senior associate/partner training

The San Francisco Conference included the following programs:

• Communicating with Impact
• Measuring the Effectiveness of Professional Development Programs
• The Best and Worst of 2003
• The Future of the PDC
• Expanding Your Influence and Effectiveness

The New Orleans Conference included the following programs:

• Pre-Conference Workshop - Learning and Development: Implications for Continuing Legal Education - Four key learning styles, designing learning activities that incorporate the four key learning styles, life cycle issues and continuing legal education, cognitive development and continuing legal education
• Leadership Training and Professional Development Part I: Defining Leadership - Where to Begin...
• Leadership Programs of 2002: Judges' Choices
• Management and Leadership Training for Lawyers
• Leadership: Benchmarking & Competencies/Non-Lockstep Compensation
• Litigation Skill-Based Training: Using In-House Personnel and External Trainers
• Leadership Training & Professional Development Part II: Applying Leadership Skills - A Live Exercise

The PDC Montreal Conference included the following programs:

• Pre-Conference Workshop: Who am I and what am I supposed to be doing?; Putting the pieces together - curriculum building and planning; MCLE - Why me?
• Innovative Ideas: Best and Worst Initiatives of 2002
• Lice from the Listserve: An In-Depth Look at One Topic that Has Recently Dominated the Wires - Benchmarking
• The "How To's" of Developing a Litigation Training Program at Your Firm From Scratch
• Roundtable Discussions - Part I: Being Empowered at Your Firm
• Roundtable Discussions - Part II: Being an Asset to Your Firm

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