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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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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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
An article by Lynn Traverse on Law.com got a lot of hits on the interweb. She offers strong advice to law students about what you post about yourself online.
Every professional should heed the advice, however.
Advice to Fall Recruits: Keep Your Cyberspace Clean
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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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Friday, October 17th, 2008
I've had a Gmail account for a few years now. Their logo still has the word "beta" in it.
I used to ask, "When are they going to take 'BETA' off the logo? Aren't they ready to release the final version?"
Now I get it. When your business is about constant improvement, ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
I'm behind the legal blog curve on summaries of ILTA 08, but here goes:
As usual, ILTA produced another great conference. Most attendees look forward to the colloquy, including me. The peer exchange, access to experts and vendors in the legal vertical, and just plain fun make it a worthwhile trip.
The ...
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
The ILTA conference is next week. I hope to see many of you there. The User Support Peer Group track is on Monday, with sessions for trainers, help desk, and user support staff. Good stuff.
Conference sessions are structured into a few mini-themes this year, including Office 2007. I'll be hosting ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Social Networking on the Web is big in business circles, and the legal market has started to notice. I’ve read sources that suggesting as many as 50% of lawyers in US firms have online profiles on a variety of networking sites. The percentage will likely increase as new ...
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