ACLEA Gold: Refining the Standard for CLE Programs & Publications represents a milestone in the history of our organization. As our membership grows and we purposefully reach out to CLE professionals across the world, this book will serve as a showcase for our knowledge base and the expertise we offer in service to the CLE profession through leadership, education, and development. Long-time ACLEA members will recognize eleven of these papers as “winners” selected for publication in annual editions of the forerunner to this book, The Best of ACLEA 2000-2003. They are, in all respects, the “best of the best.” The twelfth paper, from the technology track at the Denver 2004 conference, was selected for publication here because it too represents the very best of what ACLEA has to offer.

• Executive Leadership Track—Fort Worth 2002: “Creating a Climate of Constant Learning” by Lawrence J. Center.
• In-House Track—Vancouver 2000: “Boosting Business and Management Skills Training for Attorneys” by Elaine M. Ohlson.
• Marketing Track—Vancouver 2000: “A CLE Administrator’s Guide to Market Research” by James L. Moffitt.
• Programs Track—Vancouver 2000: “Megacourses / Conferences / Institutes” by John M. Redenbaugh, Julene Franki, Frank V. Harris, and Cozette E. Langenkamp.
• Publications Track—Vancouver 2000: “Legal Editors and Electronic Products” by Elaine Cohen, M. Drew Jackson, and Maryanne G. Jensen.
• Technology Track—Vancouver 2000: “How to Get People Working Together to Recycle Information” by Leigh C. Webber.
• Executive Leadership Track—Chicago 2001: “Making Meetings Work” by Margaret S. Spencer.
• In-House Track—Chicago 2001: “Low Maintenance Tricks For Beyond The Talking Head” by Paul M. Lisnek.
• Marketing Track—Chicago 2001: “Releasing the Relationship Marketing Genie: Jack Sold Me These Shoes . . . I bought These Shoes From Jack” by Henry L. Lake.
• Programs Track—San Francisco 2003: “Creating the Gold Standard for Speaker Presentations” by Lisa L. DeCaro, Thomas E. Dixon, Donita Bourns Douglas, Leonard Matheo, Leslie Lynn Myers, and Sheldon J. Stark.
• Publications Track—Chicago 2001: “Publications That Project Image: Designing Books To Sell Themselves” by Michael Ambrose , Edwin Jackson, and Lisa Sindlinger.
• Technology Track—Denver 2004: “Migrating to Digital: Content Capture, Management, and Distribution— Digitizing Your Bar” by Jeffery Kirkey and Yvette Snavely.