2013 Annual Meeting

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July 20-23, 2013Parc 55 WyndhamSan Francisco, California

PresidentSuzanne KeithExecutive DirectorTennessee Association for Justice

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S A T U R D A Y 7 . 2 02:00p – 3:30p Executive Committee7:00p – 9:30p AAJ Opening Reception at the Exploratorium, Pier 15

S U N D A Y 7 . 2 18:00a – 8:30a NATLE Registration

8:30a – 8:45a Welcome to San Francisco! President Suzanne Keith, Executive Director, Tennessee Association for Justice8:45a – 9:45a Membership on the Rise: Successful Case Studies Paul Dullea, Executive Director, and Kaleigh Hickey, Membership & Special Events Coordinator, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys; Victoria Coolbaugh, Executive Director, and Julie Ostrovsky, Development Director, Nevada Justice Association; Stuart Zanville, Executive Director, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles9:45a – 10:00a Break 10:00a – 11:30a Refocus with Rodney Jew: A New Approach to Thinking Critically About Your Communications Rodney Jew, Litigation Strategist, CDS Strategy Consulting 11:30a – 12:30p Road to Relevance: 5 Strategies for Competitive Associations with Harrison Coerver, President, Harrison Coerver & Associates 12:30p – 2:00p Lunch on Your Own

2:00p – 3:30p Road to Relevance continues3:30p – 3:45p Learn about the Pound Civil Justice Institute with Kathryn H. Clarke, Esq. President 3:45p – 4:00p Let’s End Distracted Driving with Joel Feldman, Esq., Founder, EndDD.org 4:00p Adjourn

6:00p – 9:00p California Reception at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts9:00p – 1:00a AAJ New Lawyers Division Party

M O N D A Y 7 . 2 28:50a – 9:30a 11 Ways to Cut Through the Communications Clutter featuring the findings from the 2013 Association Communications Benchmarking Report with Charles Popper, Vice President of Association Relations, Naylor

9:30a – 10:10a Going Mobile and Measuring Member Engagement with TrialSmith President & CEO Kent Hughes 10:10a - 10:40a iPad Productivity: Tips & Tricks for the Association User with Ashley Hodak Sullivan, Marketing & Communications Project Manager, Maryland Association for Justice10:40a - 11:10a Selling Corporate Sponsorships with Allister Wesson, Director, Partnership for Justice Fund, New York State Trial Lawyers Association11:10a – 11:50a Creating a Culture of Giving in Your Organization Dan Burkhardt, Executive Director and General Counsel, Bar Association of San Francisco; Suone Cotner, Deputy Director, Washington State Association for Justice11:50a – 12:20p What Generation XYZ Expects from Your Association—the “New Millennium” WSAJ Membership Research with Jeff Boyd, President, Boyd Trial Consulting, Seattle, WA 12:30p – 2:00p AAJ PAC Town Hall Luncheon with Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden (Hotel Nikko)2:00p – 4:00p Visit the AAJ Exhibit Hall Meet prospective exhibitors, advertisers and sponsors. Bring media kits!

4:00p – 5:00p AAJ Reception for NATLE Members

6:30p – 8:00p Dinner for Attendees at First Crush Sponsored by

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T U E S D A Y 7 . 2 38:30a – 8:45a Public Justice: Righting Wrongs with Jack Landskroner, Landskroner Grieco Merriman, LLC, President of Public Justice8:45a – 9:30a Media Training: Delivering the Best Message with Michelle Kimmel, Press Secretary, AAJ9:30a – 10:00a AAJ Update with J. Burton LeBlanc, IV, AAJ President-Elect and Linda Lipsen, AAJ Chief Executive Officer10:00a – 11:30a NATLE Business Meeting

Noon – 2:00p AAJ Membership and Awards Luncheon (Hilton San Francisco)2:00p – 3:00p Concurrent Sessions: Executives Only: Survive and Advance Coordinated by Jack L. Harris, Executive Director, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and featuring Jane R. Bailey, Executive Director, Michigan Association for Justice and Richard M. Taylor, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, North Carolina Advocates for Justice

Professional Staff Only Coordinated by Justin Bailey, Deputy Director, Alabama Association for Justice3:00p – 3:30p Rapid Fire Hot Tips

3:30p NATLE Annual Meeting Adjourns See you next year in Baltimore!9:00p – 11:00p AAJ Closing Reception

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AAJ Meetings of Interest (Hilton San Francisco)Monday8:30a – 10:00a Council of State Presidents, Union Square 22, 4th Floor5:30p – 7:00p Membership Meeting & Elections, Continental 4-5, Ballroom LevelWednesday10:00a – 12:00p Budget and Executive Joint Committee Meetings, Continental 2, Ballroom Level1:00p – 5:00p Board of Governors Meeting, Continental 4-6, Ballroom Level

P R O G R A M C O M M I T T E EPresident Suzanne Keith, Executive Director, Tennessee Association for Justice

Justin Bailey, Deputy Director, Alabama Association for Justice

Juliette Bleecker, Executive Director, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association

Jack Harris, Executive Director, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

Laurie Klimchock, Director, Organizational Development, Consumer Attorneys of California

Gerhard Letzing, Executive Director, Washington State Association for Justice

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R E G I S T E RAll registrations must be submitted online at www.natle.org/2013Annual. If you prefer to pay by check, complete the registration and we will email you an invoice. Register before June 26, 2013, in order to take advantage of the Early Bird discounted registration rate. Questions? Email Jeanie Hinkle, [email protected].

In addition to registering with NATLE for the Annual Meeting, it is important to also register with AAJ, which is complimentary for NATLE association staff and guests. This will ensure an AAJ name badge, entry to the exhibit hall and tickets to AAJ events. Register with AAJ at www.justiceannualconvention.org. Or, call 800.424.2725, ext. 8382.

T H E H O T E LAll NATLE meetings are in the Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel. Your hotel reservation must be made through the AAJ website. If you’ve not already done so, make your hotel reservations immediately as AAJ hotels often sell out quickly.

W E H O P E Y O U W O N ’T But, if you must cancel, the NATLE cancellation policy applies to all paid meeting events, including social events. All cancellations or changes must be received in writing, phone cancellations are not accepted. Cancellations received on or before June 26, 2013 will receive 100% of the registration fee paid. Cancellations received between June 27th and July 12th will receive 50% of the registration fee paid. We regret that due to guarantees required, no refunds will be given after July 12, 2013. Thank you for understanding that your request for an exception to this policy will cost NATLE money.

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H a r r i s o nC o e r v e rHarrison Coerver, President of Harrison Coerver & Associates, is an internationally-recognized consultant, speaker and co-author of the bestselling books Race for Relevance: 5 Radical Changes for Associations and Road to Relevance: 5 Strategies for the Competitive Association. Since 1985, Harrison has consulted over 1,200 associations in  strategy, planning, governance and management. He is known for his group faci l i tat ion skills,  straightforward style and innovative approaches to association governance and management. Harrison is an honorary member of the Texas Society of Association Executives and an Allied Member of the Year at the Kansas City Society of Association Executives. He has  been recognized by the Tennessee Society of Association Executives for his contributions to  association management, and he is the recipient of the Association Forum of Chicagoland's Organizational Service Award.

This will be a most important session for all association professionals to attend, whether membership, education, communications, board relations or whatever area is your focus.

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