I’m releasing an updated version of my Social Networking for Lawyers Group. This version contains some more information on Twitter, a diagram of the Social Networking Continuum and a sample email showing how you might approach online connections to develop an offline relationship. If you’ve already downloaded the first version, you will automatically receive the
Social Networking Continuum
I’ve just updated my online book on Social Networking — it should be available for download in the next day or two (if you’ve already downloaded a copy, you’ll automatically receive the update). But I thought I’d share a diagram that I’ve included in the new version, which focuses on the intermediate step of taking
Making the Most of Solosez
In a response to my last post, the Underground Solo Railroad, a reader wrote asking for advice on the best way to manage Solosez, the ABA Solo listserve that’s now grown to 3500 members. Without a doubt, the listserve generates over one hundred messages daily. Though I joined the group when it stood
The Underground Solo Railroad
Remember the Underground Railroad, the hidden network of safe houses and secret routes created by abolitionist sympathetizers to help slaves escape to freedom during he pre-Civil War era? After spending time in the company of my fellow solos at the National Solo and Small Firm Conference this past week, I realized that another type
A Lawyer’s Guide To Collaboration: Re-imagining Your Law Practice
I’ve waited far longer than I ever intended to review The Lawyer’s Guide To Collaboration by familiar lawyer-bloggers Tom Mighell and Dennis Kennedy. It’s not that I haven’t had time to read the book – in fact, I devoured it the moment it arrived and reference it frequently for various projects in my practice.
Twitter: A Downpour of Information But the Sun Always Shines
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Like some of my lawyer buddies on Twitter, I’ve noticed that I’ve had an increase in followers ever since JD Supra published this list of lawyers on Twitter. While I’m flattered to have you all as new friends, don’t expect my tweets to give all that much insight on what
NEW- Free e-book: Social Networking for Lawyers: The What, Why and How
This past Friday, I hosted a proof of concept course on Social Networking for Lawyers. As part of the course materials, I prepared a 30 page ebook, entitled Social Networking for Lawyers: What, Why & How that gives an overview of social networking tools for lawyers (the “what”), describes how these tools can help build
A New Kind of Powerpoint
After a few recent presentations that were so dull that I nearly snoozed through them myself, I picked up a copy of Cliff Atkinson’s Beyond Bullet Points for some new inspiration. Atkinson’s main point: treat a presentation like a Hollywood production. While that’s a tall order with a topic as dull as regulation, I decided
Eric Turkewitz’s April Fools Joke Shows the Importance of Ledership in Blogs
If you’re scanning this in your news aggregator, I’ll bet my headline, with its apparent misspelling probably jumped right out at you. In fact, I meant to spell “ledership” just as I did. A lede is the introductory section of a story, and New York Personal Injury Law blogger Eric Turkewitz’s
recent masterful April Fools’
Do My Readers Want Form[s] Over Substance?
In reviewing my blog’s stats since I’ve moved to a Lexblog platform, I’ve noticed that Soloformania is consistently, one of my site’s top traffic draws. Most visitors come to the Soloformania page through Internet searches for terms like “sample client engagement letters” or “free client interview checklists.” Apparently, there’s a substantial need for easy access