How to Instantly Upgrade Your Practice with Technology with Special Guests Susan Guthrie and Gary Doernhoefer

There is no denying that the Pandemic has forever changed the way that we practice as dispute resolution professionals. The massive adoption of technology in the form of video-conferencing and other assistive programming has been a boon to practitioners and has opened the minds of many to wondering how else technology might benefit our practices.

One key area where technology use is soaring is in marketing and practice building. Through the use of programming and automation, today’s dispute resolution professional can expand their network and reach a much larger pool of potential clients.

In this of-the-moment program, Susan Guthrie & Gary Doernhoefer will share some innovative technology tools designed to be of immediate use in your practice and marketing plan and help you build a “GREAT” Mediation and Collaborative Practice!

Some topics covered will be the use of technology to:

• Create and post graphics on social media to establish your expertise and expand your reach
• Automate client appreciation and the gathering of feedback and reviews
• Workflows for effective client lead conversion
• Update your website with innovative and helpful content
• Use AI to make it all easier, citing some of the most recent technology news like ChatGPT and Emotion AI

We will discuss how new technologies might impact practitioners in all aspects of conflict management or dispute resolution, from formal mediators to professional family counselors.

Susan Guthrie® has been one of the leading family law attorneys and mediators in the country for more than 32 years and as world-wide expert in online mediation she has trained over 25,000 professionals in the ethical and practical considerations in transitioning to a virtual practice with her innovative Learn to Mediate Online® Program. In late 2020, Susan and legal legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten partnered together to found the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide top of the line training for family lawyers, mediators and collaborative professionals world-wide in a virtual format. Her award-winning podcast, The Divorce & Beyond® Podcast, is one of the top 1.5 % of podcasts worldwide and she is known to millions of listeners around the world as the “divorce voice you can trust!” She also produces and hosts the Make Money Mediating Podcast to support and advance dispute resolution professionals and practitioners. Susan regularly presents at professional events and conferences around the world and her recent featured programs and keynote addresses include the 2022 APFM Annual Conference, the 2022 NADN Annual Advanced Mediation Training Retreat, the 2022 NJAPM Annual Conference, the 2023 NYCDM Annual Conference and the 2023 CILS Symposium in Salzburg, Austria. She is honored to serve as the Vice-Chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to leading the Section as Chair in 2024.

Gary Doernhoefer has 30 years of experience as an in-house attorney including roles as a general counsel and entrepreneur in two successful technology startup companies. His legal experience and subsequent work with the faculty at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University led to his conviction that ADR was nearly always a better choice for resolving disputes and inspired him to apply his entrepreneurial skills to the development of supporting technology for dispute resolution.

Date:

• March 29 , 2023, 4 pm – 6 pm

Cost:

• Members: $45 for one program; $45 for both programs
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