How to start strong in your next opening statement
The first 60 seconds of your opening statement are crucial.
If you get it right, you'll make a powerful first impression that will influence jurors through the entire trial.
If you get it wrong, you can lose jurors - and your case - before you've even begun.
I’m Cliff Atkinson, a trial consultant, and I've helped hundreds of top trial lawyers persuade jurors with visual storytelling.
In my new online course, I will show you how to always start strong by using powerful film and video techniques to quickly capture the attention of audiences.
I will teach you the psychology behind a strong start, and use it to build the foundation for powerful visuals.
And I will give you tools, frameworks, PowerPoint slides, and lots of examples that will help you quickly turn a snoozer into a blockbuster.
Your opening is too important to leave to chance - or to leave to the last minute.
Click the Enroll button, and I'll show you right now How to Start Strong in your next opening statement.
This course can help you...
Captivate
You'll use the latest filmmaking and video strategies to start your opening with a "boom!"
Let's get started!Clarify
You'll tee up your most complex ideas with a framework that's easy to digest and remember.
Show me how!Convince
You'll craft a strong start with one aim in mind — to win over the hearts and minds of your next jury.
Yes, I'm in!The Curriculum
This innovative and action-packed video course includes a mix of instruction, practical hands-on exercises, including:
- Step by Step Guide
- Show Flow Tool
- Checklist to Start Strong
- 5 Core Frameworks
- 6 Case Studies
- Cliff’s PowerPoint Template for Trial
- Courtroom Staging Sketchpad
- PowerPoint Tutorials
- Practice and exercise files
- Weekly office hours with Cliff
- Certificate of Completion
What's the value of starting strong?
Legendary trial lawyer Mark Lanier has used Cliff's methods to win some of his biggest verdicts.
Other successful trial lawyers pay trial consultants $20,000+ a day to make their openings stand out.
What's the value if you gain the skills yourself to create a strong start to your opening? Or equally as important, how much do you leave on the table if you don't?
Your Instructor: The Leading Expert on Visual Storytelling in Trial
Cliff Atkinson is the author of 5 bestselling books on storytelling, now translated into a dozen languages, and he speaks all over the world at business schools, tech conferences, and legal associations. Cliff has worked on over 150 legal cases, including a war crimes court of the United Nations. He synthesizes the discipline from his service as an Air Force Officer, the business savvy from his MBA, and the ability to creatively distill information from his journalism education.
Yes! I want to start strong!
For a small fraction of the cost of hiring Cliff for a day, you'll gain your own new visual storytelling skills to persuade your next jury - and every one after that.
This small investment of your time and money can continue delivering big value over the rest of your career.
"It's magic. It's a game-changer."
Can visual storytelling add value to your case? Watch Lisa Blue, past president of the American Association for Justice, answer that.
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