Collaboration Tools and Technologies

post # 526 — April 14, 2008 — a General post

The Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association has just published a book entitled “The Lawyers guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together” It was written by Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell

Here’s a list of the Chapter headings:

1. Getting Started
2. Collaboration at the Crossroads
3. Collaboration Inside the Office
4. Collaboration Outside the Office
5. First Steps
6. Benefits of Improving Document Collaboration
7. Basic Collaboration on Documents
8. Creating a Document Online
9. Working Simultaneously on a Document
10. Hidden Dangers, Security and Metadata
11. Benefits of Collaboration in Lawsuits and Transactions
12. Instant Collaboration – from Conference Calls to Instant Messaging
13. How to Hold a Meeting on the Internet
14. Simple Project Management: Basecamp
15. Setting up a Simple Extranet or Deal Room
16. Email as a Platform
17. Sharepoint
18. Extranets and Intranets
19. Adobe Acrobat
20. Wikis: Web Collaboration
21. Other Web 2.0 Tools
22. Specialized, High-End and Alternative Collaboration Platforms
23. Must-Have Features for Your Collaboration Tools
24. Collaboration Tools: Free vs. Pay
25. Involving Clients in Your Decisions and Choices
26. Determining Which Factors will drive your Strategic planning
27. Getting the Word Out to Your Collaborators
28. Ethics, Metadata and Other Practical Issues
29. Ownership, Control and Other Legal Issues
30. Potential Pitfalls: Where to be Wary
31. Implementing Collaboration Tools
32. Recommended Choices from Solos to Large Firms
33. Creating a Culture of Collaboration
34. The Future of Collaboration in the Practice of Law

All this in 250 pages plus some appendices!