Experts from Hattaway Communications will lead an interactive workshop using Hatch for Good (), a digital platform designed to turn social impact organizations into powerful storytellers. Participants will be trained on laying the foundation for strategic storytelling, building capacity, crafting compelling content, choosing the best technology to promote stories, and using best practices for measuring impact.
Learn how to go beyond the buzz of storytelling to create powerful stories that advance justice for all.
Tuesday, November 3, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., and Wednesday, November 4, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
This intensive, two-day program will show you why alternatives to lengthy lectures are essential for adult learners. You will see demonstrations of what works in legal training from a trainer who has designed hundreds of programs for lawyers. From demonstrations, you will move to practice and design. You will leave this program with a head start on a training plan for a new course in your organization or region. The course is provided by NLADA with the generous sponsorship of the Practising Law Institute (New York, San Francisco). The Practising Law Institute (PLI) is contributing to internal and external professional development for legal aid and defender organizations through this and other initiatives with NLADA.
Who Should Attend?
New trainers who will conduct training programs within the next six months
Experienced trainers who are looking to sharpen and expand their understanding of adult training methods and move beyond lecture-based models
Representatives of regional training consortiums who have the capacity to support and export these skills on a regional level
State-based trainers with the capacity to support and export these skills on a state level
The course will be delivered by David Cruickshank, partner, Edge International, where he advises law and other professional services firms on practice management, strategy, governance, and leadership development. He previously served as Director of Professional Development at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison in New York. David has offered this program at the NLADA Annual Conference for many years, and it continues to be one of our best-received pre-conferences.
Attendance at this pre-conference is limited to 18 participants who must commit to the entire 2-day session. This program must be well-subscribed for it to be offered.
Tuesday, November 3, and Wednesday, November 4 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. each day
This two-day training is newly updated and more relevant than ever to the challenges facing the legal aid executive director today. It is designed for the new directors of LSC-funded, IOLTA-funded, elder law, pro bono, and protection and advocacy programs.
The intent of the New Executive Director training is to help new directors, who typically learn on-the-job, to more quickly achieve deeper insight into their work. The training stresses both: (1) knowing what should be done to lead an effective program, and (2) actually doing what needs to be done.
Trainers will include John Arango, MIE consultant; Jan Allen May, executive director of AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly and MIE Board Member; and Patricia Pap, MIE executive director.
To register for this preconference, visit www.mielegalaid.org or contact Patricia Pap, MIE executive director at or .