By Doug on December 8, 2008
Back in June of 2007, I came across a story about Facebook at Law Firms. A Magic Circle firm had banned Facebook, then abruptly lifted the ban. The decision was made because Facebook has “business benefits as well as social uses.”
In the 18 months since then, web 2.0 and the social internet have grown immensely. [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged facebook, social networks
By Doug on September 11, 2008
Some law firms are trying to figure out what to do with Facebook. Some are blocking it, some are tolerating it and some are embracing it. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt + Mosle LLP is embracing it. They have launched a Facebook page to serve as a central component in its law school recruiting efforts: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/New-York-NY/Curtis-Mallet-Prevost-Colt-Mosle-LLP-Careers/65459295160
“We are [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged facebook
By Doug on August 7, 2008
Last summer, I surveyed The Firm’s summer associates to see how they use some of the popular social networking sites: A Survey on the Use of Social Networks and Updated Social Network Site Survey. I ran the same survey this summer to see what changes have happened over the past year.
90% of the summer associates [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged facebook, LinkedIn, social networks
By Doug on April 30, 2008
The Bar Talk piece in the May 2008 edition of The American Lawyer is focused on Legal OnRamp. To toot my own horn, Brian Baxter, the author of the piece threw in a few quotes from me:
“Social networking costs are minimal-it’s not like sponsoring a table at an awards dinner or printing brochures-so your return [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts, Quotes | Tagged facebook, Legal OnRamp, Metcalfe’s Law, social networks
By Doug on April 28, 2008
One of the challenges of knowledge management is comparing the ability to find information inside the firm, against the ability to find information outside the firm.
Google, in its quest to organize all of our knowledge, has set the bar very high for us trying to organize all of our knowledge inside the firm.
One of the [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged Enterprise Search, facebook, KM Basics, Sharepoint
By Doug on April 25, 2008
Andrew K. Burger has a story in CRM Buyer: CRM in Law Firms: The Jury’s Still Out. Carolyn Elefant at Legal Blog Watch pointed out this story in her post: Law Firms Still Not Relating to Client Relations Management Software.
The Firm uses Interaction as its CRM. I find Interaction to be much better in [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged CRM, facebook, InterAction, personal knowledge management
By Doug on April 24, 2008
I watched/listened to a webinar by Patti Anklam as part of the Community 2.0 Conference. Patti is the author of Net Work: A Practical Guide to Creating and Sustaining Networks at Work and in the World.
Patti started by thinking about whether there are sets of network properties. If so can we apply a taxonomy [...]
Posted in KM Space blog posts | Tagged facebook, social networks
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