Trial Lawyer Communication Tips for EVERYONE!

Bryan Kramer is the President and CEO of PureMatter, one of the fastest growing private companies in Silicon Valley. He is listed as #26 by Kred as a Global Top CEO Influencer on Social Media and as one of The Top 50 Social CEOs on Twitter in the world by the Huffington Post. Bryan is the author of “There is No B2B or B2C: It’s Human to Human: #H2H” and during their chat, he and Mitch will discuss Bryan’s new book titled, “Shareology: Using The Study Of Sharing To Power Human Business”   Watch the video interview of Bryan Kramer and past interview of other people influencing change at http://Human.Social

Meet Amanda Zimmerman. During her self-curated “nomadic adventure” Amanda spent 1 month in New York City, Austin, San Francisco, and Chicago. She met awesome people who feel truly passionate about what they do and took time to be adventurous and introspective in order to answer questions that she hopes will shape the rest of her life. What were those questions? Did Amanda find answers? What’s with “dresses with pockets? Listen to the podcast to meet Amanda and learn more about the answers to life's questions. More shows (videos and podcasts) at Human.Social's Human Side Interviews http://human.social

Join Niki Black and Mitch Jackson while they chat about lawyers using tech, wearable tech and Apple Watch. More interviews (live video and podcasts) at http://Human.Social

Here are 12 good ways to share content on social media. Although we first put this information together for lawyers, it applies to most businesses and professions. Enjoy and please share your feedback and comments!

All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust.” ~ Bob Burg   Bob shares information on topics vital to the success of today’s businessperson. He speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous direct sales organizations. Bob regularly addresses audiences ranging in size from 50 to 16,000 — sharing the platform with notables including today’s top thought leaders, broadcast personalities, Olympic athletes and political leaders including a former United States President. More past and upcoming interviews at http://Human.Social

Chrissie Lightfoot tops LinkedIn ‘most connected’ UK legal list!   Four years after Chrissie Lightfoot wrote her first best selling book, The Naked Lawyer, this Leeds England solicitor turned entrepreneur and CEO of EntrepreneurLawyer.com starts 2015 off with a big bang by releasing her new follow-up book, Tomorrow’s Naked Lawyer: NewTech, NewHuman, NewLaw – How to be successful, 2015 to 2045.   In her latest work Chrissie shares her thoughts about lawyers, AI and wearable tech. Watch or listen to our interview here or over at http://Human.Social

When I’m trying a case that involves substantial money damages, I don’t tell my jury that it is their job to give my client money for injuries caused by the defendant who did something wrong. After all, who am I to tell someone else what they should do.   What I do try and do is convey a concept I read about long ago in one of David Ball’s books. That is, I make sure my jury understands that they are in a unique position to listen to the evidence and if appropriate, step up and assist someone who needs there help. They are the decision makers who can right the wrong done to someone who is just like them, and when possible, fix the harm caused to another human being. I want my jury to know that under the American justice system, only they can hold the defendant responsible for his misguided or illegal conduct. Listen to my podcast to learn the details. More communication tips can be found at my blog at MitchJackson.com Get on my newsletter and let's connect on social media. All link

Over the past year or so on social media, many of the “experts” have been jumping up and down telling you about the importance of storytelling. Every single day I see a blog post or interview claiming that if you learn how to tell a good story, your life and business will change for the better. The truth of the matter is that storytelling and the persuasive power found in a good story is nothing new. Lawyers have been using stories for centuries to argue their client’s cases and convince juries to find in their favor. Trial lawyers have always known that telling a good story to a jury is simply one of many important arrows in their persuasion quiver. In this podcast, I show you something more important than telling a good story. Hope you enjoy sharing this new communication tip!

Mark Twain is credited with once saying, “It takes me three weeks to prepare for an impromptu speech.” If you’ve ever watched a really good trial lawyer give an opening statement or closing argument, you’ll walk away from the experience moved, motivated and ready to take the requested action. Not only will you feel a strong rapport with the lawyer, you’ll also feel passionate about his or her client and the case. When you think about the dynamics of trial, this is truly amazing because of all the barriers that are set up in the first place. Most of the jurors (the audience) don’t want to be there or have anything to do with the case. They hate being away from their families and work and many have doubts about the legal system and distrust lawyers. Click here to read the entire post at MitchJackson.com

“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” -- Napoleon Hill I think people should avoid airing their dirty laundry online. It doesn’t look good, gives people the impression you don’t have your act together, and probably even stinks a bit. Letting everyone in the world see your piles of problems will probably plant seeds in the minds of people that will grow to unfavorable opinions about you. For example, let’s say you need to hire a lawyer. For the past year, you’ve connected and engaged with two lawyers on social. Both seem to be relatively smart and enjoy helping others on the various platforms. From their posts, pictures and videos, they both appear to be family oriented people and active in your local community. They both seem qualified to help with your legal matter. Now let’s also assume that every now and then, one of the lawyers shares a blog post about a personal ch

In every single jury trial, Mitch determines who the person influence is then delivers his message to that person. In this podcast, Mitch shows you how to figure out who the person of influence is and how to present your message in a way that allows the person of influence to present your case or pitch on your behalf and when you are long gone. Mitch Jackson has been a trial lawyer for 27 years and is a 2013 California Litigation Lawyer of the Year (CLAY Award) and 2009 Orange County Trial Lawyer of the Year. When he’s not trying cases, Mitch uses social media to help good attorneys become great trial lawyers and to show everyone (not just lawyers) how to be better communicators. His law firm website is JacksonandWilson.com and his communication tips blog is MitchJackson.com  Connect with Mitch on Twitter @MitchJackson

Jeff Forte, author of The Million Dollar Mindset, The Only Guide You Will Ever Need to Making Love Last, is a Peak Performance Coach and Relationship Dynamics Expert with close to 2 decades of resolving interpersonal conflict. Mitch Jackson is a 2009 Trial Lawyer of the Year and 2013 California Lawyer of the Year. During this podcast, Mitch chats with Jeff about his new book entitled, "The 90 Minute Marriage Miracle" and how people can communicate better. You can learn more about Jeff here... http://peakresultscoaching.com and more about Mitch here... http://MitchJackson.com

Chrissie Lightfoot is the Founder and CEO of Entrepreneur Lawyer and author of one of my favorite books, The Naked Lawyer- RIP to XXX- How to Market, Brand and Sell YOU! In this podcast, Chrissie and I talk about how lawyers and business people can better communicate in today’s social and global world and we also chat about the ROAR experience? Towards the end of our podcast, Chrissie also shares some breaking news! What’s does ROAR mean? What is this “Naked Lawyer” stuff? Tune in, turn up your volumne and find out! Connect with Chrissie at http://entrepreneurlawyer.co.uk

Effective trial lawyers know that to “connect” with the jury and win their case, they need to do much more than simply stand behind the lectern and recite the facts and law. To get the results they want, exceptional trial attorneys script out on paper or in their mind different “anchor” spots in the courtroom they will be walking to and using during different moments of the trial... Visit MitchJackson.com to read the rest of this blog post and/or to listen to this and other communication tip podcasts.

Are You Using Magic Mist in Your Life? Think about the last presentation you watched or gave. How many times did you want to spray a magic mist over your face and body so that others would see someone other than the real you? Along the same lines, how many times did you want to spray someone else with magic mist so that you’d be more comfortable watching or listening to them during their presentation? When you’re in the audience listening to a presentation, don’t be too quick to judge. Listen with an open mind and an open heart. There’s always value in most messages, so digest what is being said. Make sure to walk away from the experience with new information or maybe a different perspective on the subject or topic. At the end of the presentation, how many times did you wrap things up feeling just like Percy, Annabeth and Tyson at the end of the movie? After you listened to the message and got to know the other person better, you felt a strong connection. You ended up the respecting an

Everybody makes mistakes and nobody is perfect. No matter how good you think you are at communicating your message or making your point, there’s always going to be someone a little bit more polished and better. Someone who from your perspective, may not have had the same challenging journey that you’ve been handed over the years. And that’s alright. We’ve all made mistakes and experienced bruises. Having said that, the very real relationship between bruises and good communication skills hit me during my Saturday morning run at Strands Beach. I was listening to the song “Bruises” from Train’s new album “California 37” (Vine video). Specifically the chorus about “these bruises make for better conversation… we all got bruises.” Listen to the podcast for the rest of Mitch's message...

Mitch interviews best selling author and CEO of Vaynermedia, Gary Vaynerchuk, about his new book, "Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook- How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy, Social World” Here's the deal. If you want to know the right way to communicate online using social media, listen to this podcast and get Gary's new book. If you prefer watching video, our 10 favorite clips from this Spreecast can be found here... http://mitchjackson.com/gary-vaynerchuk-jab-jab-jab-right-hook/

Attorney marketing expert, David Ward, and Trial Lawyer, Mitch Jackson, share tips on how to expand your sphere of influence using social media. They also share tips on how to correctly interact with clients to build trust and rapport.

On July 1st I’ll be chatting on Spreecast with best selling author and VaynerMedia CEO, Gary Vaynerchuk. We’ll be talking about his new book entitled, “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook- How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy, Social World.” Click here to join us and if you’re so inclined, click here to tweet out this exciting event. This topic really excites me because while it’s easier than ever to share your message with the world, the fact of the matter is that all the major platforms are crowded and the sound level can be earsplitting. What I’ve noticed over the past 5 years or so is for this reason, good people with great messages are just not being noticed. Because of this, they become disappointed, discouraged and stop sharing their beautiful songs with the rest of us. The blog post of this podcast can be found at http://MitchJackson.com

Do you Tango or are you more of a breakdance kind of person? Does your future dance partner like to follow or lead? If you’re going to do the communication dance, why not walk out on the dance floor with the confidence and flare of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire or maybe even Michael Jackson? They sure made dancing look easy. But here’s the deal, behind the scenes before they ever walked out on stage to perform before a live audience, they did their homework, prepared and practiced.   So what in the world does dancing have to do with communication? Well, before I answer that question, let me share a story that will help you choreograph your next presentation.