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2008 NABE Small Bar Association
Conference:
June 27-28, 2008
Embassy Suites Sacramento – Riverfront Promenade
Sacramento, CA
2007 NABE Small Bar Association
Conference:
6/29 - 6/30/2007
St. Louis, MO
Program Handouts
Friday, June 29, 2007
Board Governance
& Working with Volunteers
Karyn Linn, ABA Division for Bar Services
Having a dynamic board is essential to the success of any bar
association. Cultivating and educating good board members is the
first step toward this goal. During this interactive session,
we will discuss roles and responsibilities of board members along
with recruitment, orientation, and education processes that will
help engage your board. We also will identify planning strategies
that can help your board and association stayed focused on its
mission (while minimizing pet projects that can drain association
resources!)
Membership
Peggy Gruenke, Cincinnati Bar Association
Members are the heart of your associations, and you need to find
ways to keep that heart pumping strong and steady. Packed into
this session will be everything about membership - recruiting
plans, retention efforts, dues collection processes, and new ideas
for member events and programs. In addition, you'll learn how
other bars are keeping their younger attorneys actively involved.
Take what you've gained from this session and learn how you can
apply your new ideas by hearing what the Communication & Information
Technology experts have to say. These three areas are a natural
fit for achieving successful member programs and membership goals.
Communications/IT
Chris Cendagorta, Washoe County Bar Association
Steven Dunn, Illinois State Bar Association
Fasten your seat belts - we're heading onto the information
highway at warp speed. In this session, you'll:
- Discuss various publications and communications, such as
newsletters, magazines and e-newsletters, and how to decide
which works best for what purpose.
- Focus on IT for bars with limited resources. How can you get
the most bang for the buck? What's the best way to identify
what you need, what it will cost and what questions you should
be asking?
- Hear suggestions for IT and software training. What "suites"
and member management systems are best suited to small voluntary
bars? Where are the deals and how can you get IT consulting
without an in-house person?
CLEs
Rae Jean McCall, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Being a small organization does not mean you can't offer quality
CLE programs for your members. From planning and organizing to
marketing and production, there are some techniques that can be
used to produce quality programs, even when you don't have a CLE
staff of twenty. Learn the top 12 tips and also hear about some
of those tricky traps to avoid in this interactive session.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Finances/Non-dues
Revenue
Anne Fritz, Memphis Bar Association
Got the budget blues? Looking for ways to bring in more revenue?
Then come hear an experienced bar executive discuss the do's and
don'ts of budgeting, pesky tax issues, and non-dues revenue sources.
And, if you're lucky enough to have money left over, you'll want
to join the discussion on reserve/investment policies.
LRIS
Crista Hogan, Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association
Carrie Witt, New Haven County Bar Association
Lawyer Referral and Information Services are "the business
of public service." They are good community outreach services
and provide potential clients to members. However, they take dedicated
staff time and resources to make them successful - the two things
that are scarce in small bar associations. This session will look
at the successes and challenges of small bars running an LRIS.
We will address financial considerations; provide several different
operational models to consider; review marketing on-a-shoestring
options; and end with a Q&A session to allow participants
to raise specific issues
Future of Associations
Adam Weedman, Affiniscape, Inc.
The Future of Association Technology & Non-Dues Revenue Generation
Integration, personalization and online communities. That is the
future for associations. The traditional association model is
changing daily, and your association can learn to take full advantage
of technology to increase your membership, better interact with
your members and generate non-dues revenue? In this session you
will learn how to streamline operations, strategically implement
non-dues revenue programs, and ultimately generate interest with
online community tools. Take a look into your future and see what
technology can do for your association.
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