Archive for the ‘technology’ Category
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Now you can cleanly browse SLLP's blog from Apple iPhone / iPod touch, Google Android and other touch-based smart phones. No more excuses for not quoting Tony at all the fashionable parties!
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Monday, August 24th, 2009
The annual conference for ILTA has begun. I've seen two sessions so far.
The first was Greening the Law Office: Why It Makes Cents, presented by Joan Krajewski of Microsoft. Joan had some interesting statistics regarding the costs of business behaviors, and ways to reduce the corporate carbon footprint. ...
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
A colleage referred me to a recent article in CFO Magazine titled, Live and Learn - Companies get better at using technology to use training dollars more efficiently.
The short article highlights that while training budgets are decreasing in most businesses, learning opportunities do not have to be sacrificed. In fact, ...
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
This isn't related to legal learning, but there's an important lesson here.
Last week I joined a team from my office to migrate one of our remote offices to new systems. As we left the restaurant after dinner one night, a team member noticed that her Blackberry was missing. "I just ...
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Whether or not your firm is an ILTA member, you really should take advantage of the materials they offer. Of particular value are the webinar recordings. You'll find them on the archives page of their site.
I'll highlight a couple of recent recordings. First, Jenn Steele presented on ILTA Social Networking: ...
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
ILTA's latest issue of Peer to Peer Magazine is out (and online). The issue theme is Green Initiatives, and includes a great article called The New Classroom, written by Gina Buser of Traveling Coaches.
Gina reiterates what we've said here as well, that good training product is already green.
"One option ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
SLLP's very own Tony Hartsfield, Char LaMaire, and Donna Payne all appeared in the survey and white paper from the ILTA User Support Peer Group. There's a few things to ponder, but for now, go read them. Tony's article on alternative learning strategies is on page 5 of the white ...
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Ted Banks, former chief counsel for global compliance at Kraft Foods, vented his spleen in a recent Law.com article, What Steams Me About Technology. I like to hear what lawyers think about legal IT. I don't know Mr. Banks, but I hear echoes of his pet peeves in comments by ...
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
A partner called, asking for assistance setting up a web conference with a client. It was Thursday, and his meeting was the next Tuesday. I know what you're thinking: A partner called 4 business days before a meeting to set it up? Really?
But it's true, and we commended him for ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
A fellow SLLP member sent a link to a great blog: The Rapid eLearning Blog. Tom Kuhlmann works for Articulate, but his tips are appropriate for virtually any rapid development tool.
Check it out.
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