2025-201: Hit It Out of the Park! Tips and Tricks for Depositions and Trial Prep

2025-201: Hit It Out of the Park! Tips and Tricks for Depositions and Trial Prep

**Webinar 201: Live Broadcast Date: May 27, 2025, 1:00-3:00 pm ET**

VPS STRAIGHTtalk Webinar Series:

Speakers:  Sheri Fiske Schultz CPA/ABV/CFF, Katie Gilden CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE, CVA, and Brian Koch Esq.

Description:

• Fundamental Suggestions: Emphasizes the importance of maintaining integrity, being confident, and retaining control during testimony.
• Deposition Testimony: Offers tips on handling logistics, being prepared, and avoiding common mistakes during depositions.
• Trial Testimony: Provides guidance on knowing your audience, scripting without being scripted, and maintaining credibility.
• Final Recommendations: Includes advice on practicing positive body language, avoiding absolutes, and focusing on telling a compelling story.

 Learning Objectives:

The participant will learn and be updated on the following:

• • Maintaining Integrity: Emphasizing the importance of honesty and being an advocate for your opinion, not the client.
  • Being Confident: Tips on dressing conservatively, avoiding nervous mannerisms, and confidently handling questions.
  • Retaining Control: Strategies for staying calm, speaking clearly, and understanding questions fully before answering.
  • Handling Logistics: Understanding the logistics of depositions, including location, length, and payment details.
  • Being Prepared: Mastering the facts, knowing your expert report, and staying organized under pressure.
  • Trial Testimony Tips: Knowing your audience, scripting without being scripted, and maintaining credibility.
  • Final Recommendations: Practicing positive body language, avoiding absolutes, and focusing on telling a compelling story.

 Handouts:

• VPS Webinar slides
• Following the webinar, attendees will have access to a video recording of the program

With our simple flat pricing plan, your entire office (up to 20 people) can join us for this 100-minute presentation, earn two hours of CPE credit, and receive an archive recording for $269. Contact jkern@valuationproducts.com if your firm will have more than 20 attendees.

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Program Level: Intermediate
Delivery Method: Group/Internet based
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of business valuation concepts
CPE Credits: Two 50-minute CPE hours / Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
For more information on CPE credits, refund policies, and complaint resolution visit our CPE page at www.valuationproducts.com/cpe.html.

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