Susan Freeman

May 19, 2020

Women Leaders, Equity

Wonder Woman in Business, Melanie Kiely

Susan Freeman

May 19, 2020

Women Leaders, Equity

MelanieKiely

Sr. Counsel, T-Mobile

Melanie Kiely is Sr. Counsel for T-Mobile's Engineering, Products and Information Technology organization’s and partners with her Technology clients in bringing the Un-carrier revolution to T-Mobile’s customers. Her practice includes legal guidance for T-Mobile’s network deployment strategy involving thousands of cell sites, distributed antennas systems (DAS), and in-building facilities providing wireless coverage to T-Mobile’s 100+ million customers and propelling 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT) into the future. She also focuses on commercial transactions involving software licenses, software as a service, cloud computing, data collection, privacy and cyber security and all aspects assisting the digitalization of T-Mobile’s systems. Melanie supports the business with acquisitions, integrations, and divestitures.

Additionally, Melanie was the Chairperson of the Women’s Leadership Network, an internal leadership organization that drives gender diversity at T-Mobile and empowers its 16,000 members across 53 Chapters nationwide reach for opportunity and thrive in their personal and professional lives. She also is a Board Member of Law360’s Telecommunications Editorial Advisory Board and advises the publication on trends in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining T-Mobile, Melanie served as Managing Attorney at American Tower Corporation and led an organization in the securitization of the company’s most valuable real estate tower assets. Melanie graduated with a J.D. from New England School of Law and a B.A. from Brandeis University, where she was a 3-sport varsity captain and recipient of the Max I. Silber award for being an outstanding student-athlete. She is a champion for diversity and advocate for gender and racial equality.

Contact Melanie

Melanie K. Kiely

Sr. Corporate Counsel

T-Mobile | 12920 S.E. 38th Street | Bellevue, WA 98006

melanie.kiely@t-mobile.com | Mobile: (617) 480.0587

Twitter: @KielyMelanie

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

May 18, 2020

Keynote Speaker, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Wendy Steele

Susan Freeman

May 18, 2020

Keynote Speaker, Women Leaders

Wendy Steele understands the impact of generosity and has been encouraging philanthropy for most of her adult life. In 2001, she launched and led an innovative pass-through foundation called Impact100 which empowers women to fund transformational grants to the communities it serves across five broad focus areas: Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, Family and Health & Wellness.

She continues to support, mentor and advise Impact 100 Chapters around the globe as her Impact100 Model has been replicated in many cities. By the end of 2019, Impact 100 organizations had given away just short of $80 million to worthy non-profits and it continues to expand at an accelerated pace.

Her work in philanthropy is also noted in several books including, The Transformative Power of Women’s Philanthropy; Women, Wealth and Giving; Women’s Giving Circles; and The Right Sisters – Modern Women Inventors. PBS Television created an hour-long documentary entitled, Impact 100: Changing Lives, Strengthening Communities, which highlights the work of Impact100 Pensacola Bay Area, the world’s largest Impact100 organization.

In 2014, Wendy was awarded the Jefferson Award for Public Service for her work with Impact100. Considered the Nobel Prize for community service, this prestigious honor was founded in 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Senator Robert Taft, Jr. and Samuel Beard to recognize individuals across the nation who improve communities through their service. In 2016, Wendy was named by Philanthropy Media as one of America’s Top 25 Philanthropy Speakers. She appeared on this list as Number 2, behind U2’s Bono, who holds the Number 1 spot.

Contact Wendy

Wendy H. Steele

Founder & Chief Executive, Impact100

OFFICE (231) 632-4034 | CELL (231) 632-3588

wendy@impact100council.org

Impact100council.org

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

May 16, 2020

Legal, Lawyer, Strategy, MarTech

Wonder Woman in Business, Anne Post

Susan Freeman

May 16, 2020

Legal, Lawyer, Strategy, MarTech

Anne Post is an experienced lawyer and entrepreneur, with a celebrated litigation career spanning more than 20 years. Anne received her BA in Political Science – International Relations at the University of California at Berkeley and her JD from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She began her career in a large Kansas City law firm before launching her own practice which she maintained for 17 years. During her legal career Anne was repeatedly recognized by her peers as Best of the Bar.

In 2017, Anne made the jump into legal tech joining Xakia Technologies as Senior Vice President, North America. Anne brings to Xakia her passion for organization and efficiency, which translates to her heightened understanding of the needs of clients to achieve greater visibility and control over their legal function.

In 2018 Anne was appointed by then-Mayor Sly James to the board of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority and now serves as board Secretary. In her “spare” time Anne is the co-owner and Director of an elite boys soccer club serving the Kansas City metro area. Anne lives in Kansas City Missouri with her husband and two sons ages 16 and 13.

Connect with Anne

Anne Post

Sr. VP, North America

Xakia Technologies

+1 816-729-6535

LinkedIn: in/anne-post-08a90010/

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

May 13, 2020

Blogs, Legal Marketing, MarTech

Wonder Woman in Business, Rae Ritter

Susan Freeman

May 13, 2020

Blogs, Legal Marketing, MarTech

Rae Ritter is the Director of Client Service and Marketing at LISI, a boutique digital marketing agency that primarily serves law firms and lawyers. Rae provides digital marketing strategy and guidance and manages all aspects of the website design and development process from start to finish. With elevated client service as a core principle, she ensures that the websites are fully optimized and draws on more than 15 years of experience in the legal marketing industry.

Previously, Rae was the Senior Marketing Technology Manager at Ballard Spahr LLP, a national firm with 15 offices and more than 500 attorneys. During her tenure, she successfully led a new website build and the complete rebranding of all marketing collateral. Additionally, she was responsible for the firm’s external website, blogs, client relationship management (CRM) database, email marketing, and social media strategy. Prior to Ballard Spahr, Rae was Marketing Technology Project Manager at Dechert LLP, an international firm with nearly 1,000 attorneys. She managed the firm’s CRM database and spent a year seconded to the firm’s European offices deploying the CRM solution using techniques that were tailored to the cultures and languages of those offices.

Rae has been an active member of Delaware Valley Law Firm Marketing Group and Legal Marketing Association for many years. Currently, she serves as the Communications Co-Chair for the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association. Rae is a frequent speaker in these groups, plus the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Association of Legal Administrators. She presents training and educational sessions for lawyers and legal marketers on the following topics:

• LinkedIn Training for Lawyers and Marketers, both in group and one-on-one formats
• Project Management Essentials
• Social Media Check-up – What’s Missing From Your Law Firm Social Media Strategy?
• Other topics on website best practices on the LISI blog

Connect with Rae

Rae Ritter

Director of Client Service and Marketing

Legal Internet Solutions Incorporated
1500 Walnut Street, Suite 1500
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-523-8580 x122
Rae@LegaLisi.com
www.LegaLisi.com

LinkedIn: in/raeritter/

We are digital artisans.TM

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

May 12, 2020

Male Allies, Legal Marketing, Keynote Speaker

Wonder Women in Business Ally, David Ackert

Susan Freeman

May 12, 2020

Male Allies, Legal Marketing, Keynote Speaker

David Ackert, M.A., is the President of Ackert Inc. and business development mentor to thousands of high achievers in the professional services sector. Over the past two decades, David has developed and implemented revenue acceleration programs for hundreds of firms around the globe, many hailing from the top of the Am Law list and the Big Four. Widely recognized as a pioneer in business development innovation, David is the founder of the PipelinePlus suite of software products, which have won the Legal Marketing Association’s “Your Honor Award” in the US and Canada and are featured among NLJ’s “Technologies on the Rise.”

David has authored dozens of white papers and articles on the topic of business development. His work has been published and quoted in numerous business books and media, including the Los Angeles Times, the National Review, the Daily Journal, the Wall Street Journal, Voice America, Attorney at Work, The Recorder, the Los Angeles Business Journal and many other outlets. His Market Leaders Podcast is a multiple winner of JD Supra’s Reader’s Choice Award with over 250,000 downloads and counting.

David regularly keynotes at partner retreats and industry trade conferences. He serves as a guest lecturer at USC’s Marshall School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, and at the UCLA School of Law. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University, Ithaca College, and University of Santa Monica, from which he earned a Master’s in Psychology.

A MESSAGE FROM DAVID

In our current climate, relationship management is especially crucial to the survival of a professional service firm. Despite this, many firms struggle with low CRM adoption rates and fail to realize the business potential of their networks.

Last year, we conducted our fourth annual survey into the state of CRM & CRM adoption in our industry. Our subsequent white paper illustrated our findings and included concrete recommendations firms can follow to enhance business development. We are inviting you to participate in this year’s survey, which should take no more than 10 minutes. Participants will receive a full copy of the survey results, including industry-specific insights, and be entered into a drawing to win a $50 Amazon gift card.

The insights you will learn from the report include:

The most common barriers to marketing and business development at service firms
The percentage of firms that have and use CRM successfully
The CRM platforms utilized most by each industry segment
The CRM features that are most helpful in managing marketing and business development initiatives
How business development culture feeds into CRM adoption, and vice-versa
How the most successful firms maximize their CRM investment
How, and with what frequency, auxiliary platforms like ERM & Pipeline Management are employed at firms in each sector

All results will be kept anonymous. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Take the 10-minute survey here

Contact David

Email:

David@AckertInc.com

LinkedIn:

in/davidackert

Twitter:

@davidackert

Freeman Means Business

Susan Freeman

May 11, 2020

Wonder Woman in Business, Meg Manke

Susan Freeman

May 11, 2020

Meg Manke

Meg Manke has years of experience in leading through transition. From major changes in highly-regulated industries to managing through $100M acquisition, Meg has refined skills in understanding people through change. Her studies in organizational psychology and mastery in leadership concepts ensure that your people are taken care of. Period.

Meg has a passion for helping others realize their full potential - breaking down social and personal barriers - changing their story. Her innate ability to recognize opportunity in weakness and present a strategic solution is unprecedented in today's business world.

Meg is a ranch kid from western South Dakota, where she still puts in a hard day's work on the family place. Ranch life gave her sticktoittiveness, passion for family and outdoors, and maybe a touch of stubbornness. Meg is an avid runner, an advocate of the well-rounded education of youth, and a major supporter of finding humor in all things.

Partnering with Dr. Rachel MK Headley at the Rose Group Int'l, they developed the critical, new (and practical) iX leadership framework which allows you to actually solve problems in your team, address generational issues, guide people through big changes, and accomplish your most ambitious goals.

iX Leadership: Design an Exceptional Internal Experience

It’s time for the next powerful new leadership style: iX Leadership. iX Leadership is a style that focuses on developing the Internal Experience of the staff in an organization. By designing an exceptional iX, leaders will solve a host of other challenges, such as revenue, customer satisfaction, retention, on-time delivery, and others.

iX Leadership begins with the identification of Culture Types in the organization. Using this knowledge, innovation, change, and transformation can be implemented more quickly and effectively.

An understanding of Culture Types and how they deal with change provide leaders with insightful solutions on how to implement change, resolve issues, and win in business.

Paired with iX Leadership: Create High-Five Cultures and Guide Transformation.

Culture Types: Overcoming the Barrier of Generational Differences

A lot of attention has been focused on differences in how different generations like to work. But, if you really look at it, we all know diligent young people and techie retirees – despite generational “norms” that tell us they shouldn’t exist.

In our experience, we see barriers between the senior leadership and younger staff – but it rarely is simply because of generations. It’s often because of the processes in place that we have to get things done that are different, too.

Culture Types is a intuitive and powerful tool to use to break people out of their he said/she said mentality and refocus on shared goals and find ways to get things done in new and exciting ways.

The #1 Killer of High-Performing Teams: Unspoken Conversations

Unspoken conversations are the root of misunderstands, hurt feelings, a sense of unfairness. When there aren’t needed conversations, people just make stuff up. And, the made-up stuff is often incorrect.

It’s shocking how fast things turn around once you have the Conversation. People don’t want to feel awkward and unhappy, so once we have the conversations that need having, everyone pivots very quickly to working together. Long-lived misunderstandings have been resolved in a single session.

Training to watch out for and address Unspoken Conversations will support your team, your mission, and your business and make you stand out as an exceptional leader.

Innovation from Within: Don’t Throw Away Your Best Opportunity for Innovation.

When we think about our own actions, we, as C-Suite leaders, are comfortable (even eager) for change. We love to disrupt an industry or bring a new technology to bear on an old problem or find a new group of people to support. It’s dynamic and interesting and attention getting (and money making).

Keeping your people in that intellectually creative space is what will serve your organization the best. Your team will be willing to take on new things much easier, and they will have more fun, and be more excited to keep pushing. These tools are the most powerful tools that you can have in our ever-changing world.