Budgeting transcends all sorts of fee arrangements -- whether hourly billing or alternative fee arrangements. So we should not limit the discussion to a particular kind of matter or billing approach. "This session [outlines] the essential elements required to develop a matter-based budget and how to track progress against it." Panelists: William Auther, Partner, Bowman... Continue Reading →
An #ILTA10 Survival Guide
To be honest, I found my first ILTA Conference a little overwhelming and wished I had been given more advice about how to take advantage of what was offered without crashing and burning. My solution was to do as much as I could and sleep as little as I could, but I acknowledge that this... Continue Reading →
Navigating the #ILTA10 Schedule
Too many choices! That was the reaction of one ILTA 2010 attendee. And, he is an ILTA Conference veteran. For the newcomer, those choices can seem overwhelming. The availability of so many educational options is a testament to the marvelous work done by my colleagues on the Conference Planning Committee and the ILTA staff, but... Continue Reading →
#ILTA10 Tweetup
What's a tweetup? According to the Urban Dictionary, there are at least a couple of definitions: An organized or impromptu gathering of people that use Twitter. (A meet up of people that 'tweet' using Twitter.) A gathering of nerds attempting social contact, likely for the first time. Usually disintegrates into everyone running to the nearest... Continue Reading →
Enterprise 2.0 at #ILTA10
If you've been curious about social media and how to use these tools in your law firm or law department, the ILTA 2010 Conference has several sessions that will help you. In particular, ILTA is offering a full day of sessions on Wednesday, August 25,that will lead you through some inspirational and intensely pragmatic aspects... Continue Reading →
You’ve Got Friends in Low Tech Places [#ILTA10]
Do you know who your friends are? If you're attending the International Legal Technology Association's 2010 Conference next week, then let me introduce you to a group of folks that you ought to get to know -- they are the members of the conference planning committee. In fact, some might consider them helpful "friends in... Continue Reading →
SONY Keynote: Going Social With SharePoint
James Whitmoyer, Business Applications Manager, Sony Title: Going Social with SharePoint at Sony Background: [These are my quick notes, complete with (what I hope is no more than) the occasional typo and grammatical error. Please excuse those. Thanks! From time to time, I'll insert my own editorial comments - exercising the prerogatives of the blogger. ... Continue Reading →
Learn from the E2.0 Vanguard -Part 1
Here are my notes from the first session of the Enterprise 2.o Black Belt Workshop: Learn from the Vanguard Speakers: Megan Murray, Community Manager/Project Coordinator, Booz Allen Hamilton @MeganMurray Jamie Pappas, E2.0 & Social Media Strategist, Evangelist, and Community Manager, EMC Corp @JamiePappas Rawn Shah, Social Software Practices Lead, IBM @Rawn Notes: [These are my... Continue Reading →
Tales from LegalTech: Emerging from the Wringer
LegalTech 2009 is over and we're exhausted. There's something absolutely draining about all those inputs, all those people talking at you, and all those little plastic toys. It's enough to make even extroverts like me run screaming from the conference hotel. It will, undoubtedly, take us a few days to process what we saw and... Continue Reading →
Tales from LegalTech: Day Two
You can't make this stuff up! We arrived at LegalTech 2009 yesterday ready for a full day of sessions on using Web 2.0 tools in a legal practice only to discover that WiFi was not available in the Web 2.0 conference room. The irony of that situation did not escape participants, and the live bloggers... Continue Reading →
Above and Beyond KM 