Basic Skills: Technology

Basic Skills:
Technology
Franklin H. Coxwell III,
Coxwell & Associates
Bridge the Gap:
A Course in Practical Legal Skills and
Professionalism CLE Seminar
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Basic Skills: Technology
Components for Lawyers
Frank H. Coxwell
Coxwell & Associates, PLLC
500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39201
601 948-4450 voice
601 608-7858 fax
frankc@coxwelllaw.com
frankc@coxwelllaw.com
All Technology Should
Make Work Easier
The Old Office
“The New Office”
Voip Telephone System
A Scanner on Every Desk.
• Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500
• Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100
The Office Copy Machine
Virtual Receptionist
Virtual Assistant
Former Back Office Support
Cloud Back Office Support
Cloud Practice Management
Cloud Document Management
• Central location for files.
• Sharing and editing.
Back Up Your Data!
Make it automatic.
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For All Devices:
Office Computers
Home Computers
Laptops
iPad, Tablet
Smartphone
Legal Research
PDF Software
• Adobe Acrobat Pro $449 or $240 yr
• CutePDF Pro (Win) $49.95
• PDF Studio Pro (Win, Mac) $129
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(Mac) $99
• Nuance Power PDF Advanced $200
Improve Your Typing
Wireless Headset
Plantronics CS50 Headset
For the Office Phone
Plantronics Voyager Pro
For the Office & Cellphone
Get Set Up For Plastic
Increase Computer Memory
• Use Crucial.com’s System Scanner.
• Installation how-to videos.
Multiple Service & Fee Options
Use Varied Options not the Same Old Options
What Do Customers Remember?
Relationships Are More
Important Than Technology
Full book contents are at
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Available on
Amazon $23.75
Kindle $9.99
Don’t Re-type Discovery
No Laptops For Taking Notes.
• Magazine articles are available online.
• June 3, 2014
• May 1, 2014
• April 24, 2014
Turn Your Notes Into Photos.
Should You Get a Tablet?
yPad
Cornell Method of Note Taking
Listen Twice, Talk Once,
Multiple monitors for your
Desktop and Laptop.
Wide Screen Monitor
2 Wide Screen Monitors
Four programs open at once.
Your
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Comm Device
Email
Calendar
Web Browser
Text Messaging
Tape Recorder
Camera, Video
Books, Audiobooks
iPod, Music, Podcasts
Maps, Weather, Time
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Copier, Scanner
Calculator
Remote control
Research, Notes
Files & Documents
Wi-Fi & Cell access
Apps to do anything
Games, TV, Movies
Telephone
Seminar CDs, MP3s, Podcasts
Questions for Interviews,
Discovery and Depositions
• MySpace, FaceBook or Twitter account?
• Website, Blog, YouTube, or Video sites?
• Have you talked, written, blogged, emailed
or complained about ___ on any web site,
BBB, blog, web page, or to a gov. agency?
• What email addresses do you use?
Be “The Guy” For What You Do
Useless Information Lawyers
Think Customers Want To Know
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Where I went to college and law school.
Law Review articles I wrote in school.
The judge I clerked for.
Courts I am admitted to.
Professional groups I belong to.
Every type of case I have handled.
Martindale and Superlawyer ratings.
My community service.
What Customers Want To Know
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Will you return my phone calls?
How are you going to treat me?
Are you a pompous jackass?
What do your other clients think of you?
Do you have experience in what I need?
Can you solve my problem?
How much is this going to cost?
What Makes You Profit?
Making Money
Making Profit
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