Legal Productivity

Attorneys Take New Steps In Productivity with Treadmill Desks

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Between desk jobs, driving and television, attorneys are spending more time on their butts than ever. It’s part of a broader trend: the average American sits for more than eight hours every day. One in three Americans have body mass indexes (BMIs) classified as obese, and new measurements suggest the number of obese may be closer to a whopping 2 [...]

Free Webinar: How to Develop Business Through the Internet

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Attorneys have always gotten their best work by virtue of relationships and their word of mouth reputation. The Internet has not changed this. Learn how many lawyers are saving time and money by using the Internet to: Enhance their reputation; Grow their network of relationships; Establish themselves as subject matter experts; and Get not just clients, but high-quality clients. When: [...]

App of the Week: Access Documents on Your Mobile Device with Dropbox

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Dropbox rocks. It’s a free service that lets you access the files, pictures, music and videos stored on your computer, no matter where you are. Well, it’s mostly free. You can upgrade for a reasonable fee to more storage than you’ll ever need. For many, the free version does the job. The Dropbox folder on your computer is synced via [...]

New Evernote Update Great for Bloggers

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Evernote, the terrific note taking and information storing application is a useful tool for many things including blogging. You can use it as an Ideas File for Your Blog Posts, and to Increase Your Blogging Productivity. The new Evernote for Mac update, full of new features and redesigned screens adds even more functionality for bloggers and writers in general. Word [...]

5 Google Calendar Productivity Tips

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We use Gmail for our personal email, and for professional accounts hooked up via Google Apps for Business. Google Calendar is just as useful and like other Google products, updated and enhanced regularly. Here are a few tips to help you organize your daily Google Calendar for a more streamlined and productive experience. 1. Keyboard shortcuts Keyboard shortcuts can significantly [...]

Go Paperless with a Free Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500

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Ask any lawyer who’s attended a legal technology seminar in the past four years and they’ll tell you: the war drums beat ever louder about the need to go paperless. Katrina and other disaster victims often preach the loudest. It’s kind of a mind-boggling to imagine a law firm with no paper, filing cabinets, or accordion folders. But yet the [...]

App of the Week: Learn on the Go With iTunes U

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We’re always looking for ways to educate ourselves and increase our productivity. From Converting Blog Posts To Audio To Listen On The Go, to Converting Text To Audio With Vocalyze. With iTunes U, there is no converting to do. Just subscribe and go! The free iTunes U app for iPhone, iPad and iPod, gives you access to courses from universities, [...]

Facebook Page Tip: How to Target Your Message to a Local Audience

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More law firms, solo attorneys and legal related entities are creating their own Facebook Page to engage and foster community [We have one too!]. But like any other social media platform, managing it can be a drain on your most precious resource: Time. Especially considering the many changes Facebook enforces upon us, so when we come across a tip, we [...]

6 Free Tools to Organize Your Digital Life

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We’ve become extreme information consumers in today’s online world. Mobile adds to it as we read and save information to read later on our phones and tablets. For some of us, it’s our job, navigating social media and information sites. What’s a digital hoarder to do? Here are seven favorite tools that I use daily to help me stay organized [...]

How to Use Twitter to Gain Practice Area Knowledge

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Twitter is a great platform for sharing your thoughts, links to useful information and your own writing. It facilitates the opportunity to create and nurture relationships across a broad spectrum. It’s also a terrific tool for monitoring targeted practice areas in the legal profession and gaining valuable insight. Follow It starts with who you choose to follow. If you’re a [...]