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Founder of Fun with Law to speak to Ole entrepreneurs

by Pat Anfinson
March 21, 2007

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater, 7 p.m.

Open to the public.

Ole Ventures will host guest lecturer and performer, Toni Halleen, in what promises to be an interesting and dynamic discussion of entrepreneurship. Halleen, President and Founder of Fun with Law, has been teaching and training professionals since 1989, during which time she has also been an improvisation performer. She combined her talents into a new approach to professional development. Toni's Think on the Spot seminars are presented across the country, and are designed to build listening, thinking, communication, team-building, and presentation skills for professionals. Working with organizations, Toni makes training more fun and engaging, and also works as a communications coach to help individuals and teams to be more effective under pressure. Toni is a practicing attorney with a Minneapolis law firm which provides outsourced, in-house counsel services to business clients.

Toni's Broadway-style musical, Soulless, Bloodsucking Lawyers: A Musical! was voted Best Musical at the Minnesota Fringe Festival of 2003, The comedy tells the story of a new lawyer learning the ropes at a large law firm while finding a way to give back to society.

Toni received her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College, and her law degree with honors from the University of Minnesota.

Contact Pat Anfinson at 507-786-3032 or panfin@stolaf.edu.