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Tip of the Week.... PowerPoint Transition to Live Program

By ILTA Tips
Here’s a tip for all starting to do training or other kinds of presentations in a Windows 10 environment that makes the transition between presentation slides and live program demonstration a breeze.   -Prior to starting your PowerPoint show (or showing other onscreen documentation), open a second desktop using the Task View with any programs and materials that you will be live demonstrating from (or keep it blank for general windows topic training).    -In Desktop 1, start your PowerPoint show.  When you reach the point where you wish to switch to do a live demonstration press CTRL-WIN-*Right Arrow* to seamlessly pop over to Desktop 2 and begin your ...
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ILTACON 2019 - Know Before You Go

By ILTACON Conference
ILTACON is almost here and we are super excited for all we have planned.  We do have a few things we want to point out before you go make your trip more enjoyable.   Dawn Hudgins our VP, Events & Conferences and Nicole Martinez, Program Manager, Education and Content have made a great video with details to make you more familiar with the property and program before you even arrive ALL ABOUT YOU: These events do take a toll on your body, so there are a few things to keep in mind…   YOUR FEET  – Plan to wear comfortable, supportive shoes to this event. Although the distance between where you sleep and where you need to be is a shorter ...
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Designing Your Project with Adoption in Mind

By April Heimerl
Designing Your Project with Adoption in Mind by @April Heimerl  and @Heather Ritchie If you build it, they will come … right? Perhaps in movies about baseball. But in law firms - not necessarily. Starting any new initiative involves a significant amount of thought and planning. Surprisingly, user adoption, which is critical to a project’s success, can often be an afterthought, or overlooked. In this blog post, we explore ways you can design your projects to better ensure that they are adopted. We cover key strategies to involve your users throughout the process and embed their input in the project lifecycle, so they are interested and invested ...
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Tip of the Week - Vertical Selection in Word

By ILTA Tips
Vertical Selection in Word Ever need to select a "weird" portion of an MS Word document? I'm talking about a selection that doesn't follow the usual line by line highlighting the program implements by default. Maybe you're looking to copy a vertical column of information from the center of your document, which is a difficult prospect with the usual methods. You could highlight and copy/paste each item on the list individually, but that could take a very long time. Looking for a way to highlight and copy/paste the list in one move, without taking extra text with you? Yep, I agree. It could be a handy skill to have. You just never know when it might ...
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Tip of the Week - Shortcuts for PowerPoint

By ILTA Tips
Function and Combo Key Shortcuts for PowerPoint Key Combinatio
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An Non-Technical Introduction to Machine Learning Algorithms

By Shawn Hainsworth
In preparation for the conference, I will be creating a series of machine learning blog posts.  These will cover the basic concepts, as well as practical examples of real world machine learning experiments using R, Python, the Azure Machine Learning Studio, and SQL Server.  I hope this will provide for a lively conversation during our session:  Machine Learning and AI in Action (AI Series, Session 2).  I also hope this will start you thinking about ways that machine learning can be used at your firm. To begin, let's start with a non-technical description of different types of machine learning algorithms. Machine Learning Algorithms We use different ...
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2019 ILTACON - Session Highlights for Marketing Technologies Members

By ILTACON Conference
What? You haven’t already figured out why ILTACON 2019 is so relevant to Marketing and Business Development professionals? Check these out and then register! ILTACON is the legal technology industry’s premier event for peer-driven educational programming, with advanced content offered in a variety of formats to suit every learning style.  Several collaboration times carved out specifically to gather with colleagues in similar marketing roles. Numerous networking opportunities are provided so that you can meet and talk to legal professionals outside of marketing whose different perspectives will help you broaden your knowledge. The ...
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2019 ILTACON - Session Highlights for Litigation Support Members

By ILTACON Conference
Believe it or not, ILTACON 2019 is less than 2 months away!  Are you still trying to get approval to attend?  Come and get a jumpstart on mapping out your week in Orlando with us:  we have compiled a list of sessions that may be of interest to Litigation Support Professionals… and you can even share this with your boss! First things first: Arriving on Sunday? Start your conference off by joining your Litigation Support peers at the Litigation Support Collaboration Kickoff on August 18th, from 4:00 – 5:30 PM.  Two additional Litigation Support Collaboration sessions will occur on Tuesday and Thursday . ILTACON is launching a ...
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2019 ILTACON - Session Highlights for Knowledge Management Members

By ILTACON Conference
If you haven’t already figured out why ILTACON 2019 is so important to Knowledge Management professionals, check out the below! There are a number of reasons you should register and join all your ILTA colleagues in Orlando!   To start: ILTACON is the organization’s premier event for peer-driven educational programming, with advanced content offered in a variety of formats to suit every learning style. The exhibit hall is packed with business partners ready to show you their products and services in a friendly and low pressure environment. And numerous networking opportunities are provided so that you can meet and talk to speakers, other attendees and exhibitors ...
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2019 ILTACON - Session Highlights for Financial Management Members

By ILTACON Conference
Are you a finance person?  Do you want to learn what finance people have to deal with every day?  Still  thinking whether to register for ILTACON 2019 ?  Here to make your ILTACON decision easier is a summary of some of the finance-related sessions you can attend at the conference: There are three things that are certain in life:  death, taxes, and … financial system migration. Whether your firm is considering 3E, Aderant, or another solution altogether, come and hear from those who have successfully implemented a new solution and survived to tell about it.  Come and attend the Financial Systems Migration:  Success Has Many Parents session ...
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2019 ILTACON - Session Highlights for Corporate Legal Members

By ILTACON Conference
As a Corporate or Government ILTA member, it is often hard to get the sign-off to attend ILTACON.  Are you interested in attending this year’s conference but don’t know if there are enough sessions of interest to make it worth it? Do you have to convince your boss? Here are some of the many sessions at ILTACON 2019 that should prove valuable to Corporate and Government members. Sunday Collaboration Kickoff , Tuesday Collaboration Session , and Thursday Collaboration Session These collaboration sessions for Corporate and Government attendees are often some of the most valuable at conference, as they present an opportunity to ...
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2019 ILTACON - Session Highlights for C-Suite Members, Small-to-Midsize Firms and Young Professionals

By ILTACON Conference
One great thing about ILTACON 2019 is that there is truly something for everyone!  In this blog, we will highlight resources for Small and Midsize Firms, C-Suite Professionals, and Young Professionals.  No matter your role or experience, you’ll find many sessions that will benefit you this year! Below are just a few of the reasons why you should register for ILTACON: ILTACON is the legal technology industry’s premier event for peer-driven educational programming, with advanced content offered in a variety of formats to suit every learning style.  Several collaboration times carved out specifically to gather with colleagues in similar marketing ...
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Virtual Reality

By Terry Loyd
Have you heard of "VR” being used in law firms, law practices, etc. If so, please share any articles or studies that you know of that explore the use of Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality in Law Firms
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Best Practices & Overcoming Challenges When Going Through a Major Software Replacement Project

By FARZAD GHORBANI
Best Practices & Overcoming Challenges When Going Through a Major Software Replacement Project Overview When it comes to replacing a major piece of your software, this is the perfect time to start analyzing all your data integrations between your systems, dashboards, reporting, and procedures to really understand the “why” and actual benefits.  Additionally it is the perfect time to initiate procedural changes as innovation increases efficiency increases.  This allows your organization to either eliminate or reduce the time and level of effort for many processes and utilize that for other business process executions. Data, Reporting & ...
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Tip of the Week - Happy iPhone messaging!

By ILTA Tips
iPhone - Easily Fixing Typos in Messages I learned about this tip a few months back and it has been life changing.   Trying to use my fat fingers to click in the little print to edit incorrect words is challenging and backspacing to just fix the capitalization/mistyped words is just plain annoying.  So . . . without further ado . . . the next time you need to edit a message (before sending):   Hold down the space bar on the keypad and wait for the keys to go blank (see screenshot below). Then (without releasing the hold on the pad) move your finger up / down / left / right on the blank keypad area to move the I-bar cursor to the correct spot.   ...
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Tip of the Week - Tips Quiz (based on Jeopardy)

By ILTA Tips
When I do these tips for you all, of course I do them for my firm as well. Back in February my Office Admin and I came up with the idea to quiz the staff on the tips... so we did that last week - with a Jeopardy Game. We divided the staff into four groups of 7-8 each, so they could work together on the answers; and had $15 Amazon cards for the winning team; $10 Amazon cards for the 2nd place group; and Certificates of Knowledge and Participation for the rest. We used the Jeopardy game music to time the answers. It was fun and amazing to see the fun and competition during the lunch hour we had.... it took about 50 minutes total... and some of the answers ...
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The Geography of Legal Innovation – Firms, People, Tech

By Gordon Vala-Webb
I was recently talking with Professor  Dan Linna  at Northwestern about his very provocative  Legal Services Innovation Index . It is a “pilot project to create an index of legal-service delivery innovation” using “indicators of innovation on [260] law firm websites” (pulled using Google Advanced Search against those firms’ websites organised into categories and jurisdictions). It consists of both a catalogue of innovative offerings and an “Index” of innovation. It made me wonder if this Index for  firms  matched two other possible indicators of innovation in the legal services / law practices industries across eight key jurisdictions (United States, United ...
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Tip of the Week - F12

By ILTA Tips
I’ve always wondered what that F12 key was for!!! F12 Finesse Here's a quick tip for any readers who love to use the function keys! It turns out the F12 key is very versatile in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint. •    F12   (alone) is the Save As command. •    Shift + F12   is the Save command. •    Ctrl + F12   is the Open command. Now, I realize there are other key combinations that will accomplish these same things, but it’s always nice to have other options
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2019 LegalSEC® Summit Audio Recordings and Session Materials are now available

By Online Services
Session recordings now available! If you were unable to attend the 2019 LegalSEC Summit in DC this past week, or attended and had to choose between the great sessions being offered, we've now uploaded the recordings and presentation materials to the LegalSEC Resource Library under the  2019 LegalSEC Summit folder .  Please note that due to the nature of the content - the access to the materials and recordings will be restricted to  members only  so members must be logged in when clicking on the links below. THE LIST OF SESSIONS (AND MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE) FOR THIS YEAR ARE BELOW: Welcome and Introduction to Incident Response Incident ...
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Women Who Lead: Leadership Development through Volunteering - Takeaway Document (June 4th Webinar)

By Melanie Prevost
Please enjoy this key takeaway document from our June 4th webinar entitled "Women Who Lead: Leadership Development Through Volunteering."  Takeaway - Please click here
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