PURPOSE:
Provide ILTA’s membership with useful weekly technical training tips for a variety of software or hardware used in the legal industry, which can be repurposed within the ILTA member’s organization.
ROLE: Solicit, compile, draft and publish weekly tips from ILTA’s training community on ILTA’s online communities. Participate in discussion around tips.
TERM: One year(s), renewable subject to application/interview process: Jan 1 – Dec 31
TEAM COMPOSITION: The team is comprised of the following roles:
The team will be supported by the Program Manager, Education and Content.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure that each week a relevant technology tip is published to ILTA’s Online communities. Ensure that tips cover a variety of software or hardware tools
- Abide by ILTA's Conflict of Interest Policy
DUTIES:
- Solicit and compile tip of the week topics from ILTA members, colleagues, other trainers, emails, etc.
- Draft a tip of the week to be published on a regular weekly schedule (currently the first business day of the week)
- Post message to User Support, Trainers, and Desktop Applications online communities at a minimum. Determine whether there are other appropriate online communities that would benefit from certain Tips of the Week posts and message to those online communities as well.
- Monitor replies to post and respond if necessary
QUALIFICATIONS FOR SERVICE: Experience as a legal industry trainer.
Objective Criteria:
- ILTA member or a current business partner, industry participant or associate participant in good standing
- Complete the ILTA Conflict of Interest Form
- At least two years’ experience working in legal technology
- Willingness to accept direction from volunteer leadership and ILTA staff as required
- Willingness at all times to act as a reflection of ILTA’s core values
Subjective Criteria:
- Ability to stick to weekly publishing schedule
- Professional demeanor
- Ability to convey ideas with respectfulness
- Respect for protocol and history of the organization
- Ability to put aside personal objectives in deference to the needs of the membership
- Ability to provide practical programming direction for the organization
Desired Skills:
- Deep knowledge/experience of technology in the legal profession
- Effective written communication
- Ability to work within a team environment
- Ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines
- Business acumen
- Project management experience
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Skills you can expect to learn from this volunteer position include:
- Goal setting
- Writing
- Improve subject matter expertise
- Network and learn from the challenges and successes of peers
- Communication
COMPENSATION:
ILTA volunteer leaders do not receive compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for expenses.
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