NABE Board Meeting Highlights (September 4, 2019)
The NABE Board met by phone on Wednesday, September 4. The Board accepted the financial report and heard reports from several committees and sections about ongoing activities and the upcoming Communications Section and Governmental Relations Section conferences. Additional highlights include the development of eight webinars, the upcoming compensation survey, the first town hall for Small Bar associations with the second one on policies that every organization should have in place scheduled for September 23, and continued outreach to gather input for an alternative to the mid-year meeting. As membership renewal season comes to a close, the Board discussed efforts to encourage member renewal. The Board also noted the significant energy and tremendous programming provided during NABE’s Annual Meeting, and thanked the Professional Development Committee for its planning efforts. The Board’s fall in-person meeting is scheduled for late October.

Respectfully submitted,
Sebrina Barrett, Secretary

Governmental Relations Section Workshop Scholarship Deadline Tomorrow!
There is one day left to apply for the chance to win one of the three scholarships being offered this year by the NABE Governmental Relations Section for the workshop. These scholarships are open to section members and will be awarded on the basis of demonstrated need and include a registration fee waiver and $500 in travel reimbursements toward hotel, airfare, and airport ground transportation. Don't miss out on your chance to participate in what is sure to be an exciting and productive meeting. Apply by tomorrow, September 20, here.

Register for the October 3rd Webinar - How Modernizing Your Marketing Practices Can Help You Reach More Members
If you feel like you're marketing your bar association like it's 1985, you're likely . . . pretty advanced for a bar association.  The good news is, to modernize your marketing practices, you don't have to hop into a Delorean.  You can just attend this webinar! Speaker Jared Correia from Red Cave Law Firm Consulting will share how modernizing marking practices can help you reach more members. During this session, you’ll learn how to: build the kind of communities modern lawyers seek out; leverage content marketing to your advantage; use social media more effectively; rethink what networking means for young lawyers; and work with vendors in new ways. Follow this link for more information and to register.

Save the Date for the 2020 NABE Midyear Meeting
Even though we are still five months away from the 2020 Midyear Meeting, start marking your calendars now! The conference will be in the Live Music Capital of the World, Austin, Texas, from February 11-13. Get ready for some toe-tapping topics to make your team shine; ideas to take you far past the city limits; mouth-watering Tex-Mex tips 'n tricks; and networking, NABEXSW-style. Watch this page for registration and hotel information. We look forward to seeing you in Austin!

Steal This Idea: Report on Lawyer Wellness
Like many bars, the Utah State Bar decided to take on lawyer wellness following the 2016 Hazelden Study. The bar formed the "Utah Task Force on Lawyer and Judge Well-Being," which developed a report with recommendations for lawyers, judges, and law students and the first steps for creating a wellness movement in their legal community. Read the report here.     

Share with Your Members: Social Media Ethics Guidelines
The New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section has created a comprehensive guide to social media ethics for lawyers, inclusive of the applicability of lawyer advertising rules, guidance on retaining social media communication with clients, and information on social media related to juror conduct. Find this resource here.

Food for Thought: Could a Robot Be Your Next Director?
“In the nonprofit sector, working together or ‘augmentation’ is the clear theme. AI technologies will enable time shifting to more human-centered tasks through using a combined machine/human approach.” Non-profit guru Beth Kanter takes a look at the intersection of AI and non-profits in her blog.

Email Effectiveness
Want your members to read your association’s emails? According to Associations Now, perhaps you should consider sending them less often. Learn more here.

Bulletin Break
Next week, there will not be a NABE Bulletin while the Bulletin production team is in Cleveland for the 2019 NABE Communications Section Workshop. Look for the next issue of the Bulletin on October 3.