Daily Dispatch

Don’t Speak Like a Patronizing ‘Parent’

The parade of presidential candidates across my television screen has reminded me of the transactional analysis best-seller, "I’m OK, You’re OK." Transactional analysis is a psychoanalytic therapy method. It defines three ego-states: Child, ...

Theda C. Snyder - March 14, 2016
Five Rules of Engagement for Lawyers on Facebook

Many lawyers create Facebook pages for their law firms because they know it’s something they "ought to do" for their online marketing. Set up website. Check! Write blog posts. Check! Have a presence on social media. Check! What often happens, ...

Jamie Adams - March 11, 2016
macs for Lawyers
Blurred Lines, Part Two: Full Disk Encryption for Your Mac

Last week in "Blurred Lines, Part One: Using Macs at Work and Home," Tom Lambotte explained the reasons your firm needs a mobile device management policy. In ...

Tom Lambotte - March 9, 2016
dealing with burnout
Solo Lawyers: Where Is Your Office?

I work with a lot of solo lawyers, both in my client base (unfortunately, ethics cases arise more frequently in solo practice), and in my network of professional colleagues. My colleagues in the ethics defense bar are frequently solos, and I ...

Megan Zavieh - March 8, 2016
Survey Results: Truths About Lawyers and Social Media

A year ago, we thought social media couldn't get any hotter as the marketing mode of choice for lawyers. Comparing results from the recent "Attorney at Work 2016 Social Media Marketing Survey" to last year's shows we may have been right. In our ...

The Editors - March 4, 2016
macs for Lawyers
Blurred Lines, Part One: Using Macs at Work and Home

If you use a Mac, your laptop, iPhone and iPad probably do double duty as your personal devices. Should you worry? At ABA TECHSHOW 2016 this month, Tom Lambotte will be speaking at the session "Home-Mac; Work-Mac." So we asked the Apple IT pro ...

Tom Lambotte - March 2, 2016
Like? Yikes!

Those of us who love language and value the ability to be well-spoken have every reason to feel, like, depressed. I fear we have lost the battle with mass culture regarding articulate speech. Witness the ...

Brian K. Johnson - March 1, 2016
LinkedIn Profile
Will Your Client Show Up?

Upon factoring together the number of appointment-based businesses and the average no-show rate across all industries, I estimate the American economy loses at least $66 billion each year due to missed appointments. You’ve likely seen how ...

Frank Cort - February 29, 2016
Tech Tips Friday Five
Tools and Tricks to Automate Your Marketing

Applied well, technology can make any task more efficient and cost-effective — and that includes your marketing activities. Whether it's tracking those marketing dollars to find out where they are best spent, managing the minutiae of client ...

Joan Feldman - February 26, 2016
Social Media
Five Principles of Smarter Social Media Marketing

Social media marketing has, unfortunately, become the techno-version of "marketing by wandering around." It can be immensely time-consuming while producing an extremely low return. You can spend considerable time chasing down likes and followers ...

Dustin Cole - February 25, 2016
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