LMASE Cares Project April 2015 - Mother's Day Care Packages

LMASE Tampa Bay Presents

LMASE Cares Project

Mother's Day Care Packages

Please join us for a special evening as we help serve our local Tampa Bay community. In honor of Mother's Day, we are partnering with the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay to assemble care packages for the visiting moms (and grandmas) staying at the house. This is a great time to make the moms the focus, to show them they have the love, support and well wishes of their community, as they go through such a difficult time in their children's lives.

Please see the suggested donations below. We will also take donations of cash to purchase the care package items.

*Lotions

*Journals

*Bubble Bath

*Loofah sponges

*Body Soap

*Slippers

*Eye/Face Masks

*Photo Frames

*Disposable Cameras

*Inspirational Books

*Notepads and Pens

*Coffee/Tea and Mugs

*Gas Gift Cards

*Starbucks Gift Cards

*Hand Sanitizer or Hand Wipes

*Playing Cards

Please make arrangements with Deborah Frantz at 813.769.4363 for collection of the donated items. All items will be collected by Friday, April 17, 2015.

Space is limited. Please respond by Wednesday, April 22, 2015 if interested in assembling the care packages.

Parking: Please park in the dentist office parking lot adjacent to the RMHCTB administration building (28 Columbia Drive).

Special thanks to Butler Pappas for sponsoring our community service project.

LMA Tampa Bay March 2015 Program

Dealing with Difficult People

Increasing Your Emotional Intelligence

Just as we each have our own unique appearance, skills and talents, we also have our own unique ways of doing things and relating to others. People usually don't do things intentionally to make our jobs difficult. However, they may annoy us because they behave differently than we do.

 

In today's rapidly changing work environments, our success is dependent on our ability to develop and maintain productive relationships. Successful people create effective relationships by first developing a thorough understanding of themselves, their priorities and motivators, and then by understanding others.

 

Which do you prefer: frustration with some, success with others....or the flexibility to work effectively with different people? Participants will explore their own behavioral style, as well as learn about the styles and preferences of others. Everyone can put these skills into action to improve their performance. This session is a great starting point to developing Self Awareness, which is the cornerstone competency of Emotional Intelligence. Building on self awareness, participants will be provided with strategies that can be implemented immediately to improve relationships and communication with others. 

SPEAKER

  

Carole Gill, CRG Coaching Partners

   

Carole Gill is a Professional Speaker, Executive Coach and Management Consultant focused on optimizing individual, team and organizational performance. Known as an "Attitude Expert" and "People Developer," Carole takes a dynamic approach that uses current best practices in leadership and emotional intelligence to teach individuals to become more effective leaders, communicators, collaborators and team builders.

 

Special thanks to Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP for providing the meeting space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is a full service business law firm with more than 240 lawyers in five locations - Toledo and Columbus, Ohio; Tampa and Sarasota, Florida; and Charlotte, North Carolina. Whether it's our commitment to our clients, or to our work in the community, involvement lies at the core of everything we do.

WHEN: Thursday, March 19, 2015

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

WHERE: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Bank of America Plaza

Suite 2800

101 East Kennedy Boulevard

Tampa, FL 33602

LMA Members: $20

Non-LMA Members: $40

RSVP: Deborah Frantz, Tampa Bay City Group Chair

deborah.frantz@hklaw.com

813.769.4634

LMASE Tamp Bay February 2015 Program

Enhancing Creativity
in the Workplace

Everyone can be creative - however, years of education and work environments have not developed or emphasized that creativity. To stay competitive in the marketplace, organizations now prize creativity. Participants will learn how to enhance their own creativity, spark the creativity that may be dormant in those that they work with, and connect that creativity to the business environment. Participants will also learn how to challenge themselves to be more creative and integrate creativity into their day-to-day activities. The workshop will include some hands-on artistic exercises.


SPEAKER
Kathy Durdin, Durdin Consulting 
Kathy uniquely combines a varied background in management consulting, leadership development and arts, and applies all of these experiences and disciplines to meet her client's needs.


Kathy has had a broad based career that encompasses client service and organizational management in both the consulting and non-profit environments. After over twenty five years of management consulting experience, Kathy changed her focus to an area about which she has always been passionate - enhancing and encouraging individual development and expanding inclusive leadership. Over five years, she envisioned, developed and implemented the Women's Leadership and Diversity & Inclusion Programs at Navigant, emphasizing leadership development and employee management. She also expanded the programs to focus on the leadership development and engagement needs of millenials and young professionals. Working with small groups and one one one, she coached individuals on career and skills development to achieve their desired objectives.


Special thanks to Hill Ward Henderson for providing the meeting space.

Headquartered in downtown Tampa, Hill Ward Henderson is a full-service commercial law firm with over 100 attorneys that cater to the varied needs of clients spanning a broad range of industries and professions. Since its inception in 1986, Hill Ward Henderson has as its cornerstone an obligation and a commitment to valued clients to provide the highest degree of integrity, professionalism and competence to ensure the timely, efficient delivery of high quality legal services.


WHEN:
Thursday, February 19, 2015
11:30 am - 1:00 pm


WHERE:
Hill Ward Henderson
Bank of America Plaza
101 East Kennedy Boulevard
37th Floor
Tampa, FL 33602


COST:
$20 LMA members
$40 Non-LMA members


CONTACT:
LMA Tampa Bay Chair - Deborah Frantz
Holland & Knight
813.769.4363
deborah.frantz@hklaw.com

LMASE Tampa Bay January 2015 Program

Drive Performance
to a Higher Level
with Marketing Analytics

Large companies that produce consumer products (such as Coca-Cola) gather mountains of data that support a highly analytical numerical approach to marketing. In the legal industry, the collection and analysis of such data is uneconomical. However, there are a large number of analytical methods capable of helping you achieve a higher level of performance, and that can be applied with little cost in a qualitative or semi-quantitative manner without mathematical skills. These tools can increase your return on investment in marketing and business development and give you a competitive advantage because few firms in the legal industry know about them or use them. In this session, you'll learn how to and when to use five analytical tools that will improve the effectiveness of your marketing approach, strengthen your decision making, enhance your value to the organization and enable you to achieve greater success.

SPEAKER
Chuck Roberts, Founder, President and CEO of Performance Management Group, Inc.
Chuck knows the industry well because he has more than 30 years of experience working at professional services firms ranging in size from less than $5 million to over $3 billion in annual revenue, holding positions that have included professional seller/doer, Corporate Director of Business Development (with nationwide responsibility for marketing and sales), COO and CEO. He has experience developing and implementing strategic plans, launching and leading new market segment, service and geographic initiatives, performing company and office startups, turning around underperforming business units and performing acquisitions.

Chuck is a highly experienced trainer and coach and frequently requested speaker, having delivered educational and motivational presentations at more than 35 professional organization conferences and meetings in the past four years, as well as at many private company events. He has authored more than 50 published articles and his most recent book, Seven Secrets to Superior Presentations, was released on Amazon in June 2014.

Organization nationwide engage Chuck to help them with matters such as implementing best practices, strategic planning, change management, marketing and business development, communication, professional development and operational management. Chuck is the Founder, President and CEO of Performance Management Group, Inc.

Special thanks to Phelps Dunbar LLP for providing the meeting space.



Since our founding in New Orleans in 1853, Phelps Dunbar has successfully combined valuable traditions and progressive ideas to become one of the oldest and largest firms across the South. Our firm values practices that foster creative legal analysis and provide practical solutions to legal problems. Each of our five core practice groups - admiralty, business, litigation, labor and employment, and insurance and reinsurance - features attorneys well-versed in specific matters and industries that allow us to individually tailor our services to clients' specific needs.

When
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Where
Phelps Dunbar
100 South Ashley Drive
Suite 1900
Tampa, FL 33602

Register to attend here: http://conta.cc/1IJvWPo

LMA Tampa Bay Holiday Social

Please join us for the LMA Tampa Bay Holiday Social as we wrap up a successful 2014 and usher in the holidays. Mingle with your LMA friends while you siip delicious wine and sample delectable hors d'oeuvres.

Unwrapped toys will be collected to support the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay.

We look forward to seeing you!

When
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
5:00 - 7:00 pm

Where
Crumb & Cork
501 N. Franklin St.
Tampa, FL 33602

RSVP
Deborah Frantz
deborah.frantz@hklaw.com
813.769.4363

Slaying the Web Analytics Dragon

Getting value from web analytics is hard. This is true for ecommerce websites and even more so for professional services websites. There is so much data and so little time. How can a legal marketer determine what is worth measuring in order to show firm leadership that the website is a success?

Our February 19th program featured Steve Hennigs of Siteimprove, who provided us with a strategic framework for law firm web analytics as well as the tactical application of that approach as well. By applying this strategy, legal marketers can take out the guess work when analyzing their firm websites and begin providing firm leadership with recommendations on how to continually improve the website based on the data that is right for their firm. 

This framework outlines the key components of a web analytics strategy:

• Identifying with firm leadership key metrics to track Implementing the appropriate technology to track those metrics
• Adjusting outbound marketing processes to better gather data
• Focusing on smaller sets of data for improved clarity
• Reporting to leadership with recommendations rather than basic numbers

If you have a hard time getting value from your web analytics or if you simply want to refine your strategy a bit, then take a look at the slides from Steve's presentation via the link below. Let's slay the web analytics dragon for good!

Special thanks to Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP for hosting our program!

VIEW SLIDES: SLAYING THE WEB ANALYTICS DRAGON



                   

December Holiday Social

You are invited to join LMA Tampa Bay for a holiday celebration at Pelagia Trattoria to mingle with other marketing professionals

Complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres
Wednesday, December 5th
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Pelagia Trattoria
International Plaza (next to Renaissance Hotel entrance)

FREE with donation for Lazydays Homeless Youth Program (see wish list below)
Without donation, $20 members and $40 non-members

Lazydays Homelsss Youth Program is a program of Eckerd Community Alternatives.  The program assists 18-23 year old former foster children transitioning to independent living.

Donations of items listed below will be holiday gifts for homeless teens in the program.

Wish List/Desired Items

• Hygiene items (male and female)
• Clothing gift cards
• Move-In kits for college students
• Socks
• Make-up kits
• Perfume
• Journals
• MP3 Players
• Restaurant gift cards
• Roller Blades
• Cooking items (pots and pans)
• Nursing bras
• Bath towels and Wash cloths

Teen Moms

• Wipes
• Baby bottles
• Shampoo
• Sleepers
• Diaper bags
• Thermometer
• Learning Toys
• Diapers (size 0-5)
• Receiving blankets