Training

#0035: (CCT) Cultivating Connections and Crafting Your Professional Brand

In this podcast panel interview, the speakers will provide an understanding of the power of networking, share how to leverage online and offline networks, discus how to craft your own personal brand, discuss online presence/social media and more.
 
Moderator:
@Tiffany McLean - Training Manager, Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
 
Speakers:
@Stefanie Marrone - Client Development Director at Goodwin and Founder of Stefanie Marrone Consulting/The Social Media ButterflyRecorded 08-02-2024

#0034: (CCT) Mastering Management: Enhancing Interpersonal Skills with Assessments

Are you a new manager looking to improve your interpersonal skills? Join us for an insightful podcast where Glenn Hoxie, Practice Solutions Manager at Paul Hastings LLP, guides you through the benefits of behavioral and work style assessments.
In this engaging session, Glenn, along with experts Danette and Sandra, will discuss:
· What behavioral and work style assessments are.
· How these tests can help you understand your own style and improve team dynamics.
· Practical tips for implementing these tests in your organization.
By the end of the podcast, you'll understand how to leverage different types of assessments to boost your managerial success and build stronger relationships with your team and upper management.
 
Moderator:@Glenn Hoxie - Practice Solutions Manager, Paul Hastings LLP 
 
Speakers:
@Danette Shaifer - Relationship Intelligence Coach, Learning Strategist, Florishion Consulting
@Sandra Bang - Founder & Principal, Sable Group
Recorded 07-30-2024

#0031: (CCT) How Do you Get a Seat at the Table?

It is widely recognized in the industry that involving legal operations resources early in large to mid-size client engagements offers numerous benefits. Clients increasingly request the presence of project managers, tech professionals, marketing resources, and knowledge managers. Despite these advantages, why are so few of these professionals invited to crucial client meetings? In this podcast interview, you will hear from individuals who have successfully secured a seat at the table. We explored their journeys, discussed what it is like to be in that position, and learned how they have maintained their roles.
Moderator:@Natasha Tucker - Director, Business Development Operations, Bennett Jones LLP
Speakers:@Nicole McCray - Director of Enterprise Project Management, Greenberg Traurig LLP@Rebecca Wissler - Director of Business Development, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Recorded on 07-22-2024.

#0025: (CCT) Are You Ready for Your Cyber Insurance Renewal? 2024 Updates

The cyber insurance market is ever-changing and firms continue to have a difficult time understanding what their underwriters want and how to communicate their current cyber programs and needs internally to financial stakeholders (among others). Join David and David as we talk about the top 5 issues cyber insurers are worried about with Law Firms this year from privileged account management to privacy and DLP, to the ever-present and evolving ransomware threats. Further, they will discuss what resources are available when working on your cyber insurance renewal. Often times, the economic buyer of cyber insurance isn’t in lock step on what the CISO and Security Team is doing and that can result in strengths and wins not being articulated to your insurer which can result in inferior coverage. 
Moderator: @David Forrestall - CEO, SecurIT360
 
Speaker: 
@David Anderson - Vice President, Cyber Liability, Woodruff Sawyer
 
Recorded 6-20-2024

#0019: (CCT) Frenemies: Building a Collaborative Legal Ops Program with Outside Counsel

In this podcast panel, the panelists will share tips on how to work with, not against, outside counsel to achieve cost and matter management objectives.
 
Moderator:
@Andrea Webster - Associate Director, Legal Innovation and Operations, Novartis  
 
Panelists:
@Heather Newton - Lead Counsel, Wells Fargo
@J. Tracy Walker - IV - Partner, McGuireWoods
 
Recorded 05-14-2024

#0018: (CCT) Cracking the Code: Understanding and Applying the new LMA Body of Knowledge in Legal Marketing

The Body of Knowledge (BoK) is a foundational resource developed by the Legal Marketing Association for professional development in marketing that defines the core skills necessary for legal marketers to succeed. The BoK defines essential and accepted domains, competencies and associated skill sets within the legal marketing profession at every level. It helps legal marketers hone their skills, assists legal marketing managers to develop themselves and their teams and provides a universal benchmark against which legal marketers can be assessed.Moderator:@Rachel Shields Williams - Director, Knowledge Management Enablement & Insights, Sidley Austin LLP Speakers:@Holly Amatangelo - Education Director, Legal Marketing Association (LMA)@Paul Bonner - Director of Marketing, Venable LLPRecorded on 05-09-2024.

#0015: (CCT) Clear is Kind Providing Actionable Feedback and Setting Up Your Team for Success

We've all been there: a boss cushions their language so much we leave meetings unclear on whether we were doing a great or terrible job.  
 
In this podcast panel interview session, seasoned managers will discuss on what things to include & avoid in feedback sessions, and how providing feedback on the go is much more valuable than waiting for formal performance reviews 
 
Moderator:@Harriet Joubert-Vaklyes, Director, Legal Operations, CBRE   
 
Panelists:
@Janelle Eveland Belling,  Director of Legal Project Management, Perkins Coie @Amy Monaghan, VP of Client Success and Product Innovation, Infodash@Nicola Woodfall, Senior eDisclosure/eData Manager, Travers Smith
 
RECORDED 4-25-2024

#0013: (CCT) Data Mapping and Why Every Firms Needs to Do It

Firms are getting it, making business decisions based on data is a good idea. There are different areas within law firms where this could be beneficial (enterprise wide, client specific, practice specific). With different places where data is housed, a great first step to connect data sources is by identifying where everything is. This will be a step-by-step guide of data mapping principles and how to get started.
Moderator:@Kate Hathaway - Innovation Project Manager, Greenberg Traurig
Speaker:@Paul Giedraitis - CEO, Orgaimi
Recorded on 04-17-2024. 

#0012: (CCT) Sitting in the Hot Seat 2: Trial and Terror

Success in the courtroom depends on comprehensive trial support that starts long before the trial date.  How do you turn a compelling story into something that’s easy to understand and memorable for the judge and/or jury. Enlisting the assistance of a trial support professional early on is key. 
In Part Two of our Sitting in the Hot Seat podcast, our esteemed panel will discuss preparation tips and tricks, effective communication strategies, logistics (in its many forms), technology considerations, and some ideas for you to help your team win.
Moderator:  Jill Okerlund - Legal Process Coordinator,  Robinson Bradshaw 
Panelists:    Stephanie Mills - Manager, Discovery Services, Cassels Brock &  Blackwell LLP Tim Piganelli - CEO, The Piganelli Consulting Group, Inc. David Gomez - Practice Support Project Manager, Robinson Bradshaw

#0010: (CCT) How and When to Train Attorneys for Best Long-Term Technology Success

The speakers shared how and when to train attorneys for best long-term technology success. Does this occur in summer or first year? In addition, they discussed how does training needs evolve over the course of an attorney's careers for best long-term technology success. 
Moderator:@Virginia Ong - Legal Innovation Manager, Greenberg Traurig  
Speakers:@Jake Brown - Head of Legal Technology, Josef@Ana Toft-Nielsen - Attorney Development Innovation Manager, Greenberg Traurig
Recorded on 04-03-2024.

#0009 (CCT) Where’s Better to Build a Career in eDiscovery Within a Law Firm or At An External Consultancy

In this podcast panel session, the panelists will share the pros and cons for eDiscovery professionals for working in-house at a law firm as opposed to externally at a service provider.
 
Moderator:@James MacGregor - Managing Director, Ethical eDiscovery
Panelists:@Rachel McAdams -  Senior Consultant, Sky Discovery
@Dina Hetherington - eDiscovery Technology Manager, A&L Goodbody LLP
@Jakub Kur - Head of Forensic Technology, Bird & Bird
@Tom Quinn - Head of eDiscovery, Simmons & Simmons
Recorded on 3-15-2024