presentations

TALENT RETENTION, DEVELOPMENT + MANAGEMENT

Presentations

Take Control of Your Career (Co-presented with Kathleen Noonan, Journalist, Sacha Drake, Fashion Designer and Dale Spender AM) for Second Chance Charity at K&L Gates Women in Business Forum Event in Brisbane, Australia on August 8, 2013

Making the Most of Your Performance Review for Queensland Law Society, Brisbane, March 15, 2012

Partner Competencies – Fact or Fiction? (co-presenters Naomi Beard, Principal, Naomi Beard & Associates and Rochelle Karr, Director of Professional Development & Alumni Relations, O’Melveny & Myers LLP) for PDC Annual Conference in Seattle, July, 12, 2012

Are You Culturally Competent? for PDC Philadelphia Chapter, March 31, 2011

New and Emerging Trends in Associate Development for PDC Seattle Chapter, June 8, 2011

The New Revolution: Developing Attorney Talent in the “New” Normal for 2011 ALA Large Firm Principal Administrators Retreat in Chicago, September 24, 2011

Business Communication Skills for the Special Librarian: Reporting Up In the New Normal Economy (webinar with co-presenters Monice Kaczorowski, Director, Library Services, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP; Holly Riccio, Library & Calendar Manager, O’Melveny & Myers LLP; Kathy Skinner, Firmwide Information Resources Manager, Morrison & Forester LLP) for the Special Librarians Association & BNA, October 20, 2011

Building Relationships in a Global Economy: Cultural Competency and International Business Etiquette for NYU Law School – Global Skills Series 2011-2012 in New York, November 8, 2011

New and Early Career Lawyers Seminar – US perspectives on managing your own brand in legal practice for Queensland Law Society in Brisbane, November 22, 2011

Law Firm Talent Management in the “New Normal”: Are You Prepared? (webinar co-presenters Susan Manch, Principal, Shannon and Manch, LLP, Washington, DC and Mike Davis, Co-Founder and Principal, Global i365 LLP, New York, NY) for West, June 21, 2010

Taking Charge of Your Professional Development for the PLI Bridge the Gap Program in San Francisco, June 15, 2010

Competency-Based Compensation: Moving Away From Lockstep (Panel session – Moderator: Susan Manch, Shannon & Manch and Co-Panelists: Eileen Billinson, Chief Human Resources Officer, Howrey LLP, Washington, DC and Laura Saklad, Chief Lawyer Development Officer, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York) for NALP Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 30, 2010

Leadership Education: Now More than Ever (co-presenter James Leipold, Executive Director, NALP) for 2010 Santa Clara Law Leadership Roundtable, Santa Clara, April 16, 2010

Associate Compensation: Merit-Based Alternatives to Lockstep Advancement (webinar co-presenters Kent Zimmermann and Mary K. Young both from Zeughauser) for Center For Competitive Management, April 14, 2010

Law Firm Talent: Creating & Retaining Female Stars (webinar co-presenters Caren Ulrich Stacy, Founder, Lawyer Development Strategies, Boulder, Colorado and Sharon Meit Abrahams, National Director, Professional Development, Foley & Lardner LLP, Miami, Florida), March 30, 2010

Service Excellence: Talent Acquisition, Management & Retention (Co-presenter Jennifer Bluestein, Director of Attorney Professional Development, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago) Breakout session for LSSO Raindance 2009 Conference, Chicago, June 4, 2009

Building and Maintaining the School/Firm Relationship (Panel session: Moderator: Courtney Fitzgibbons, BALRA President, Golden Gate; Co-Panelists: Sari Zimmerman, Hastings Law School, Mike Gotham, Director of Recruiting and Retention, Perkins Coie, San Francisco, Terrence Galligan, Berkeley Law School and Molly Coughlin, University of San Francisco Law School) for the Bay Area Legal Recruiting Association, Burlingame, April 30, 2009

The Intersection of Professional Development and Business Development (co-presenter with Silvia L. Coulter, Managing Director, CoulterCranston) for Legal Marketing Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, March 23, 2007

Women in the 21st Century, Speech Day speaker at St. Hilda’s Girls’ Grammar School, Southport, Queensland, Australia, November 30, 2006

Performance Career Management, Generational Differences and International Office Assignments – So Many Words and So Many Headaches? (co-presenter Ida Abbott, Ida Abbot Consulting, San Francisco, USA and Tony King, Clifford Chance, UK) for IBA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 20 September, 2006

Performance Management in an International Context – Challenges and Opportunities (co-presented with Ida Abbott, Ida Abbot Consulting, San Francisco, USA and Tony King, Clifford Chance, UK) for IBA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, September 19, 2006

Preparing Lawyers to Work in International Offices (co-presenter Ida Abbott, Ida Abbot Consulting, San Francisco, USA and Tony King, Clifford Chance, UK for PDC Impact of Globalization on Professional Development in Law Firms Pre-Conference Workshop in Toronto, Canada, Jul 27y, 2006

Continuing Professional Development in Hong Kong for the Legal Education and Professional Development Committee section of IBA Annual Conference in San Francisco, September14 -19, 2003

Performance Management and Career Development in Law Firm Management Practice Management day programme for the Legal Development & Training Committee of Inter Pacific Bar