In a recent exercise with the Open University (where I did my MBA many, many years ago) I was asked the questions “What is a blog?” and “Why do people blog?”. They found it such a useful discussion that they asked me to film the main points and the result Read More
As a member of the Media Board of this great organisation http://www.scl.org/site.aspx?i=ho0, the topic of social media had been raised a number of times at recent meetings. So I was asked to lead a short (2.5 hour) session on social media in the legal profession generally, how lawyers as individuals can use social Read More
I am still incredulous at all the hysteria and cynicism when it comes to the subject of social media and the professions. And I am more than a little bit fed up dealing with the confusion that is caused by it amongst ordinary professionals who are just trying to run Read More
Yesterday, I ran one of the regular CLT training courses on “Business Development for Lawyers” in Holborn. We were located at the De Veer Hotel and it was a small but friendly group. A diverse range of lawyers were present from an equally diverse range of firms – a sole Read More
In many marketing and BD teams, the focus is on managing large, central client or CRM databases into which everyone enters their clients, referrers, contacts and activities so that some sort of co-ordination, planning and tracking can take place. But many lawyers, accountants and surveyors continue to resist using such Read More
