Event Summary

WALA Creative Entrepreneurs Series

(Legal Issues for Creative Entrepreneurs)

WALA’s Creative Entrepreneurs Series is a series for creatives of all kinds who want to take the next step in their professional career by creating their own business. Explore the basics of forming a business for your creative endeavors, from deciding whether to incorporate as a non-profit or for-profit entity, to understanding copyrights and trademarks, to contract and negotiation skills, and finally to taxes and understanding the grants process.

The series comprises of six sessions to be held on consecutive Mondays, starting Monday, September 20, 2021, and continuing through Monday, October 25, 2021 from 11am – 12:30pm.

* Session #4: Monday, October 11, 2021 ~ Negotiation Strategies

(Select this date to attend this session

Presentation and Q & A with:

Marjorie Conner

Covered in this session:

"In business and in our personal lives, we are constantly needing to negotiate and collaborate with other people – people whose interests differ from our own.

Success in our lives therefore can hinge on how well we engage in these necessary interactions with others. This program offers attendees tips and tools for being a successful negotiator and collaborator."

Learn:

• the fundamentals of interest-based negotiations and avoiding the zero-sum game,

• the power of language in negotiations,

• what mediation is...and is not,

• when to consider facilitated negotiations,

• how to facilitate meetings and avoid breakdown and deadlock, and

Marjorie Conner brings over 30 years’ experience in negotiation to this session. Marjorie has negotiated resolutions in deals, litigation, the breakup of partnerships and businesses, and even disagreements among family members. Marjorie generally advocates an interest-based approach, using the other party’s needs to accomplish her client’s goals. Marjorie served on the WALA board from 2005 until 2012.

Visit MK Conner Law online at http://www.mkconnerlaw.com/mediation.html

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The series is free for WALA members and *$20 per workshop for non-members.

*Reduced rate tickets available.

This WALA Creative Entrepreneur Series is supported by a special collaborative effort between East City Art, Community Arts at Montgomery College, the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Complimentary tickets are available via these organizations.

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Event Details

• Date

  October 11, 2021

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• Time

  11:00am - 12:30pm

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• Partner

  East City Art, Community Arts at Montgomery College, the National Museum of Women in the Arts

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• Venue

  Online