Following a lively debate on a LinkedIn group, I recently wrote an article for Professional Marketing magazine http://www.pmforum.co.uk/ which explored whether the business development challenges and approaches in a large firm were significantly different from those in a small firm. The key areas explored included: Engagement Infrastructure Bureaucracy and influence Resources Read More
Tim Prizeman’s Kelso Consulting has produced a great report on this subject which is available from http://www.kelsopr.com/downloads He reports that there has been a dramatic rise in LinkedIn usage amongst the larger firms with almost half the personnel having a LinkedIn account compared to under a quarter last year. Law Read More
On 20 December 2011 the Law Society published a 14 page practice note on social media. You can see it here: http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/productsandservices/practicenotes/socialmedia/5049.article It provides a rather brief answer to the question “What are social media?”, a summary of the pros and cons, focuses on the professional and ethical issues for lawyers Read More
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
