May 10- May 23: Chapters 7-8: Capitalizing on Your Political Savvy and Making Your Words Count

People who are politically savvy know where to get the right information and understand what people want to know. Understanding whether one is politically savvy allows one to reliably read a situation or seek out the advice of another who is. These activities allow us to learn the unwritten rules and gauge when information is valuable or irrelevant. By honing one’s skills, one can learn how to read nonverbal clues, quickly size of situations and spend time on those activities that have the most impact on improving your position.

• Question: How does one improve their executive presence?
• Question: What are the most effective 5 things I can do to size up a situation in the first 4 minutes?
• Question: Which of the nine elements of executive presence are most effective for my career path? Which ones should I be working on?
• Question: What is your elevator speech?
• Question: Which is the most important of the three elements of successful conversation?
• Question: What is an effective technique for active listening on teleconferences?

You're Invited: Diversity Committee Reception at the Spring Meeting

The American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation and the AIPLA Diversity Committee request the pleasure of your company at the Annual AIPLEF Spring Cocktail Reception

at

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

1133 Avenue of the Americas - 24th Floor

(between 43rd and 44th Streets)

Less than five minute walk from the Marriott Marquis

Thursday, May 6, 2010

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

The AIPLEF actively promotes diversity in the intellectual property bar including providing educational, mentoring, and employment opportunities to minority students and new minority attorneys actively seeking a career in intellectual property law.

The AIPLA Diversity Committee is committed to increasing the awareness of minority college students, particularly engineering and science students, to career opportunities in intellectual property law. The Diversity Committee is also committed to developing and implementing programs to encourage minority

attorney participation in all aspects of AIPLA and the IP bar.

To register, please email Dina Longo,dlongo@pbwt.com or call 212.336.2756.