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30 Technology Tips to Enhance Your Everyday Practice

Kristy Boyer, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago Gwen Daniels, Illinois Legal Aid Online. 30 Technology Tips to Enhance Your Everyday Practice. Legal Resources on the Net. 1. Free Sources of Legal Research.

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30 Technology Tips to Enhance Your Everyday Practice

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  1. Kristy Boyer, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago Gwen Daniels, Illinois Legal Aid Online 30 Technology Tips to Enhance Your Everyday Practice

  2. Legal Resources on the Net

  3. 1. Free Sources of Legal Research • Jureeka! transforms legal citations in web pages into hyperlinks that point to online source material. (Firefox only) • Cornell University’s US Code system includes free code updates via RSS • Illinois Legal Advocate • ABA’s LawLink

  4. 2. Legal News Feeds • ABA Law Blawgs Directory • National Support & Law RSS Feeds • Feeds from Illinois Legal Advocate

  5. 3. Automated Forms • Advocate forms include: • Divorce • Simple Will • Civil Procedure Forms • Powers of Attorney • Client forms include: • Divorce • Orders of Protection • Guardianship • Fee Waiver • Security Deposits • Advocate Library • Pro Se Library

  6. 4. Free MCLE Webcasts Request credit from the live webcast page on IllinoisLegalAdvocate.org

  7. 5. Google News Custom News Feeds http://news.google.com

  8. Tools and Tips to Manage All the Information

  9. 6. Add RSS feeds to Outlook Outlook 2003: Attensa offers a free plug-in RSS reader

  10. 7. NetVibes: Custom Online Newspaper http://www.netvibes.com

  11. 8. Four Ways To Better Manage Your Inbox • Flag Email that Needs Follow-Up and A Task Will Automatically Be Created • Use Categories to Group Emails with Visible Color-coding • Use Folders to Organize Information • Create filters to keep less important email out of your inbox • More tips: Managing Information Overload

  12. 9. Find Information Faster With Desktop Search

  13. 10. Delicious http://delicious.com/

  14. 11. EverNote http://www.evernote.com

  15. Collaboration & Project Management Tools

  16. 12. BaseCamp Messages, To-Do Lists, Milestones, Whiteboards, chat http://www.basecamphq.com

  17. 13. Central Desktop: For Project Management Files, Discussions, Tasks, Milestones, Calendar, Reports, Forums http://www.centraldesktop.com

  18. Central Desktop: For Help Desks

  19. Central Desktop: For Wikis

  20. 14. Google Apps For NonProfits • Free Education Edition for NonProfits • Includes: • Gmail • Google Calendar • Google Talk • Google Docs (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations) • Google Sites (websites/wikis) • Google VOIP and Video Chat Google Apps

  21. Tools for Better Meetings

  22. 15. Meeting Wizard Send a meeting request to your colleagues…. http://www.meetingwizard.com

  23. …and review the responses

  24. 16. Adobe ConnectNow http://www.acrobat.com

  25. 17. LegalMeetings http://www.lsntap.org/aboutlegalmeetings

  26. 18. Campfire: Free Chat Room http://www.campfirenow.com/

  27. Tools for your Phone* *(and some work without a phone)

  28. 19. Remember the Milk! http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

  29. Works with… • Any web browser • iPhone/iPod touch • Blackberry • Windows Mobile • GMail • Google Calendar • Twitter

  30. 20. GotVoice? http://www.gotvoice.com/

  31. 21. Jott http://www.jott.com

  32. 22. Google Mobile • Send a text to “Google” (466453 ) for: • Flight status • Restaurant locations • Driving directions • Sports scores • Translations • Weather • Web snippets http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mobile/default/sms/index.html

  33. 23. iPhone Applications • iPhone integration with Exchange • Truilia iPhone Application

  34. 24. Blackberry Applications • IM+ All-in-One Messenger: AIM, Jabber, MySpace, Yahoo, MSN/Live, ICQ • eOffice to edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents • AlertMatrix supports filters on when you get notified on your phone • More available through Handango.com

  35. Online File Storage and File Sharing

  36. 25. Box http://www.box.net

  37. 26. YouSendIt http://www.yousendit.com/

  38. 27.Mozy: $5 online backup

  39. Social Networking

  40. 28. Social Networking Sites • Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace • Why they matter: • Client use: Could be a problem if your client has damaging information on a social networking site • Networking with other professionals • Marketing your organization • Job Postings • Getting Information Out

  41. MySpace Best Practices • Facebook Best Practices

  42. 29. YouTube’s Nonprofit Channel • Videos featured on the nonprofit channel • Can be combined with Google Checkout for online donations • A YouTube video can be embedded in any web page • YouTube Best Practices

  43. 30. A Few Fun Tech Toys

  44. Pandora http://www.pandora.com/

  45. Twitter http://twitter.com/

  46. Flickr http://www.flickr.com/

  47. StumbleUpon http://www.stumbleupon.com

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