Talking With Pictures

Compelling and carefully tailored to today’s multimedia trial presentations, Kevin Thompson demonstrates and discusses critical presentation techniques and modern skills ~ molded to practice reality — for both seasoned and novice litigators.

His presentation focuses on what you need to say, show, and do to get the most persuasive impact from computer presentations in the courtroom. Thompson is a veteran user of multimedia presentations during his trials across the country. He also calls upon years of successful trial support experience for some of America’s most noted litigators.

• Introducing Evidence in a Wired Courtroom
• PowerPoint™ Traps and Pratfalls
• Weaving Visuals into the Examinations
• Different Techniques for Different Courtrooms
• Multimedia Stage Craft for the Lawyer

Thompson will break down for you and your staff how to make an easy transition from a trial’s paper-based discovery/motion practice into a paperless trial presentation.

Sun Tzu said that every battle is won or lost before it is fought. Thompson’s knowledge, his effective presentation style, and the checklists in his presentation will give you the skill to win the very next time you plan and create a trial presentation.

Program Outline & Schedule (6 hours)

[Part I: 90 minutes]

Multimedia Stage Craft

• Visual Society, Visual Learning, Visual Juror
• Great Lawyers’ “Once the Jury Saw That, It Was Over” Moments
• TV News Techniques and Modern Trial Presentation
• Ethical Responsibilities — Talking with Pictures Outside the Courtroom

[15 minute break]

[Part II: 90 minutes]

Trial Presentation Parts

• Opening — Respecting & Bending the Rules
• Examination — Visual Questions/Visual Answers, Smoothly
• Closing — Visual Power Brought to Bear
• I’ve Been Pic’d! Fighting the Picture-Based Attack

[Lunch]

[Part III: 90 minutes]

Taking & Making Pictures That Talk

• Taking Pictures & Video that Persuade
• Making Pictures That Persuade
• Pictures of Pain — Medical Damages, Pictures and Jurors
• Surveillance Video — Real-World Pictures in the Courtroom
• Ethical Use of Visual Evidence vs. Pictures that Lie

[15 minute break]

[Part IV: 90 minutes]

Do-It-Yourself Talking with Pictures on a Budget

• PowerPoint™
• Adobe Acrobat
• Microsoft MovieMaker & Other Video Tools

[Adjourn]