Thursday, May 8th, 2008
This is a message for all my law firm readers in British Columbia.
The British Columbia Courthouse Library Society (BCCLS) is currently planning the redevelopment of the Courthouse Library Website and they would appreciate your help.
An online survey has been launched for practicing B.C. lawyers. This survey will help the BCCLS to obtain better insight into your current technology and online usage patterns as one aspect of the development process.
The short 13 question web-based survey takes approximately three minutes to complete. Please help out by taking a few moments to complete the survey and/or encourage the lawyers in your organization to take part. Your participantion will help create a more effective resource that benefits everyone in B.C.’s legal community.
Survey respondents will also be entered into a draw for one of two 8G iPod Touch music player/portable internet devices.
On behalf of the Courthouse Library Society I’d like to thank you in advance for your anticipated assistance.
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
In this crazy world of competing deadlines, priorities, sound bites and instant communication technology it sometimes seems harder than ever to nurture the important relationships in our lives. We are all under such pressure to perform and to achieve there is little time left in the day to reach out and show someone that we care. For a list of tips on how to keep in touch with the important people in our lives check out my article on Slaw.ca this week. And please, if you have some additional tips to share with the readers post a comment here or on the Slaw site.
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I am in Seattle this week attending my first ALA conference. What a great event! I want to thank the dynamic attendees at my presentation yesterday. I greatly enjoyed your comments, questions, and enthusiastic participation.
As promised I have attached three documents related to business plan development in the password protected post below. To access the documents please enter the one word password in lower case. The password is the first word in the title of the presentation I gave at the ALA yesterday morning. The word begins with the letter t.
The first document is a business plan quadrant tool to help associates evaluate where they can make the best investments of their time. The second is a detailed business plan template with different sections for each activity. I would recommend that the associates also use this as a tool for determining what kind of marketing activities to invest in. My favourite plan is the third document - a short monthly action plan. It lists some important questions for the associates to consider and leaves a blank space for writing in their monthly action items.
Please just give me a call or send me an email if you have any questions.
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