{"id":5965,"date":"2015-06-08T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=5965"},"modified":"2021-11-18T10:21:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T15:21:52","slug":"levi-levi-is-at-a-conference-hell-return-your-messages-when-he-gets-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/06\/08\/levi-levi-is-at-a-conference-hell-return-your-messages-when-he-gets-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Levi Levi is at a conference, he’ll return your messages when he gets back"},"content":{"rendered":"

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And lest you think all those conference sessions were just ‘Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,’ and ‘because detective-story-nerds:’<\/p>\n

Key Note: \u00a0“The Evolution and Unending Applicability of Private Investigation”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Key Note Speakers: \u00a0Aleister Bean and Sean McCallister from the Aleister McCallister Detective Agency and stars of the new movie\u00a0A Million Ways to Kill Your Lover<\/i>, opening Thursday and followed by a pre-conference cocktail hour.<\/div>\n
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*Social Night on Friday sponsored by\u00a0Blue Moon Detective Agency\u21d2<\/strong><\/a> and Hart Industries\u21d2<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Jessica Fletcher\u21d2<\/a> -“How to Survive Becoming the Victim in Your Investigation”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Not all investigations can be conducted without coming under the scrutiny of the very person you are investigating. \u00a0This scrutiny, obvious or not, can interfere with your investigation and create a danger to you. \u00a0In this session, learn methods of assessing your position in your own investigation and minimizing personal risk without giving up your footing on a case.<\/div>\n
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D.C.I. Barnaby\u21d2<\/a> -“How to Solve the Case with Critical Thinking and Delegation”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Learn how to apply efficiency of action to your detective work and maximize the use of all resources and staff in order to minimize personal stresses and reach a timely conclusion.<\/div>\n
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Harry Dresden\u21d2<\/a> -“Using Unconventional Methods While Working with Diverse Cultures and Interests”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Learn how to adopt new and unconventional methods to succeed when dealing with challenging and unconventional clients and partners. \u00a0How flexibility and continued professional development will save your skin in a scrape.<\/div>\n
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Hetty Wainthropp\u21d2<\/a> -“Retirement, Family, and Business: \u00a0balancing the demands of the female investigator”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Private investigating as a woman comes with unique obstacles and challenges. \u00a0Examine what the cases of successful female investigators, like Phryne Fisher, Ms. Marple and Sally Lockheart, can teach us about managing life’s pressures while solving our cases.<\/div>\n
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Jonathan Quayle Higgins III\u21d2<\/a> -“Managing the Private Investigator in Exotic Locales”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Private investigators must be self sufficient, self starters. \u00a0The nature of the work eschews reliable communication and location. Yet they must be managed like any other employee, are prone to the same amounts of distraction, and subject to increased levels of danger specific to the environment and culture. \u00a0Learn tips on managing investigators with focus on exotic locations.<\/div>\n
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J. Constantine\u21d2<\/a> -“Dangerous Partnerships for Ultimate Ends”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Cultivating and tending relationships with dangerous people in order to build a network that will help you out of any jam.<\/div>\n
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Madelyn Hayes\u21d2<\/a> -“The Business of Investigation”<\/strong><\/div>\n
From opening a solo agency to two locations and five officers. \u00a0How to manage your finances, advertisements, staff to the advantage of your business and clients. \u00a0Learn about training and mentoring, payrolls and benefits, so the requirements of business do not interfere with successful investigation.<\/div>\n
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Keith Mars\u21d2<\/a> -“Best Practices in Surveillance Techniques”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Reliable surveillance as an\u00a0independent\u00a0investigator. \u00a0Using best practices in equipment and internet surveillance to track people’s movements without a constant physical tail.<\/div>\n
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Dr. R Quincy\u21d2<\/a> -“Conducting the Safe and Clean Investigation”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Techniques for protecting evidence, avoiding contamination, and managing detail in your investigation. \u00a0Dr. Quincy is the former Medical Examiner for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. \u00a0His career boasts many crimes solved, above and beyond expectations.<\/div>\n
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D.I. Lewis\u21d2<\/a> -“Standing on the Shoulders of Our Seniors”<\/strong><\/div>\n
The detectives that teach us have the ability to mold and shape our career long after they have moved on. \u00a0Learn how to take full advantage of their expertise and balance the influence and reputation of your trainer and mentor against your career and colleague perceptions.<\/div>\n
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Aurelio Zen\u21d2<\/a> -“Political Pressure and an Open Case”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Dealing with political pressure and the interests of powerful players in high profile cases. \u00a0Advice for keeping your movements out of the eye of the public, conducting your investigations with a minimal amount of invasiveness to those especially sensitive, and how to weigh the concerns of your department with the needs of your case.<\/div>\n
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Peter Chambers\u21d2<\/a> -“Good Old Fashioned Knuckles”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Simple tips for perfecting your skills at self-defense. \u00a0When and when not to employ\u00a0coercion\u00a0techniques, while staying on the friendly side of the law.<\/div>\n
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Mick St. John\u21d2<\/a> and Jack Fleming\u21d2<\/a> -“Compensating for Environmental Obstacles to Your Detective Business”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Tips and tricks for running a successful business and keeping clients happy when your movements are restricted by forces out of your control. \u00a0In this panel discussion, St. John and Fleming provide their insight from running their respective agencies.<\/div>\n
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Laura Holt\u21d2<\/a> -“Giving the Right Impression”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Laura Holt discusses how to use proxies and misdirection to entice and assure your clients. A successful investigation business requires appearing to be both exactly what your clients are looking for and nothing that your targets expect you to be.<\/div>\n
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Nora Davis\u21d2<\/a>\u00a0 -“Everyday Booby Traps”<\/strong><\/div>\n
Suggestions for new ways of using everyday objects to create traps, capture evidence, track movement and protect yourself.<\/div>\n
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Dirk Gently\u21d2<\/a> -“Cultivating Accurate Wild Assumptions”<\/strong><\/div>\n

Looking where no one looks and finding what no one would find in order to holistically solve your cases with sometimes wild but accurate assumptions.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And lest you think all those conference sessions were just ‘Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,’ and ‘because detective-story-nerds:’ Key Note: \u00a0“The Evolution and Unending Applicability of Private Investigation” Key Note Speakers: \u00a0Aleister Bean and Sean McCallister from the Aleister McCallister Detective Agency and stars of the new movie\u00a0A Million Ways to Kill Your Lover, opening… Continue reading Levi Levi is at a conference, he’ll return your messages when he gets back<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[6,7],"class_list":["post-5965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-comics","tag-levi-levi"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6262,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/08\/13\/alliester-and-maccallister\/","url_meta":{"origin":5965,"position":0},"title":"Alliester and MacCallister","author":"leems","date":"August 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0Allow me to introduce you to Aliester Bean and Sean McAllister of the Aliester & McAllister detective agency.\u00a0 You may have recognized them from the movie advertizement on Levi's conference brochure.\u00a0 They are a little more attracted to money and fame than you would expect from private investigators.\u00a0 Through elbow\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"alleister&mcallister","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/alleistermcallister-331x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7504,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2016\/10\/27\/your-name-here-posting-on-levi-levi\/","url_meta":{"origin":5965,"position":1},"title":"Your Name Here Posting on Levi Levi","author":"leems","date":"October 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A new comic:\u00a0 Your Name Here will be posting on the Levi Levi comic site on Thursdays.\u00a0 Meet a new detective duo who will be appearing in Levi Levi:\u00a0 Epic problems at APPIC. 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