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In the January Issue
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Recent Content and UI Updates to the SSCL and LMS
  • Windows 
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    documentation, including tutorials, quizzes, quick reference guides, topical manuals, final exam, instructor manual
  • Adobe Acrobat DC documentation, tutorials, quizzes, quick reference guides, e-learning
  • Flipped Learning presentation (from January SSCL meeting)
  • Tables of Authorities in Word (all versions) webinar & handout
  • LMS: provide a URL for "deep link" to existing course for enrollment. 
  • LMS: Enrollment Wizard + Course Metadata + Custom User Data
  • LMS: More options for Exam results
Dear Friends,
  
'Tis the season of New Year's resolutions! Generally, we all start the new year with shiny hopes for improving our lives, but often those plans fade as old routines and habits take over. That's why it's important to keep it simple and to also keep in mind the deeper motivation behind your goals: to be healthier, smarter, more competitive in the marketplace, and so on.
 
If one of your goals is to advance your legal career or to maintain (or create) an edge in the very competitive legal industry, you should strongly consider improving your technological capabilities.
 
Consider this wake-up call written by D. Casey Flaherty and published in the ABA Journal: "I am corporate counsel at Kia Motors America, Inc. I have developed a basic technology competency audit that I administer to my outside law firms. The firms have not fared well, and I have, among other things, cut their billing rates unless and until they pass a subsequent audit."
 
This is a perfect example of the client demanding a lower hourly rate due to technological incompetency, a trend I foretold two years ago when the legal industry finally started to emerge from the slump that started in 2008.
 
So, how can you move your career forward and achieve technological prowess? Follow these steps:




Sincerely,

Doug Striker, CEO
  
     

Training New Hires in Your Law Firm: The Case for a Learning Management System

Training new hires in your firm: It can seem like Groundhog Day. With the revolving door of today's marketplace, law firms are constantly saying goodbye to employees and hiring their replacements. While new blood can infuse a firm with energy and new ideas, it can also disrupt systems and efficiency.
 
Seasoned attorneys who join your firm have their own way of doing things, which may throw a monkey wrench into your firm's systems. Fresh-faced new attorneys may know all the latest technologies and software programs but have zero idea how to apply it properly in your environment.
 
Your new hires need to be trained in "The Company Way," and fast! 

The most obvious way to streamline this constant training demand is through a Learning Management System that you can roll-out for each new hire and then also customize to each hire's specific needs.  Here are some benefits of using a robust LMS for new hire training:


Need a speaker for your next meeting? Bring Savvy Training!

"The Era of Lean Training"
Presented by: Doug Striker, Savvy Training & Consulting
 
Description:
In today's legal marketplace, clients have far more power than they used to have. The recession made clients much more savvy and diligent when it comes to hiring legal help, including the way they are willing to pay (fee agreements) and how much they are willing to pay. Simply put: Today's clients are demanding proof that their legal teams are working efficiently to achieve their goals. This expectation is driving firms to focus more energy on staff training so that everyone is working at maximum efficiency. Yet, very few law firms have limitless resources to pour into training.
 
Law-firm-COO-turned-trainer Doug Striker will share tips and techniques to achieve Lean Training: "When you marry technology with a culture of accountability, you can conduct a highly effective training program for far less than you might imagine."


New Website!

We have completed a total website makeover! The new Savvy Training & Consulting website is much easier to navigate and it better communicates what we can do for you. Check out our list of existing clients and affiliate partnerships. Visit the Resource page to download articles and whitepapers, view examples of existing content, and take a quick overview demo of our SavvySMART Content Library and SavvyAcademy LMS. We hope you enjoy our new look! We'd love to receive your feedback! Check it out at www.savvytraining.com



 

Savvy Training & Consulting is helping its customers stay on the frontlines of technology via our Learning Management System, SavvyAcademy. Among many other benefits, SavvyAcademy offers:

  • Both a state-of-the-art, intuitive delivery system as well as rich, continuously updated content - at an affordable price. Prior to now, clients had to purchase an LMS and the content separately and usually they paid a very high cost for both.
  • Off-site hosting and 24/7/365 support provided by Savvy Training & Consulting.
  • Trackable, reportable data down to each individual user.
  • Access to a social network of subscribers who continuously discuss challenges, ideas and successes that they are facing in their firms.
  • Complete control and customization opportunities for trainers and administrators who need to tailor their continuing education to individual attorneys, from new hires to seasoned legal eagles.
  • INCLUDES the entire SavvySMART Content Library: hundreds of training modules, e-learning videos and tutorials, mini-lessons, interactive quizzes, software rollout kits, classroom materials, post-training materials, and hundreds of recorded webinars.
We believe that SavvyAcademy is a glimpse into the future of what training will and should look like in the legal industry. Contact Savvy Training if you'd like more information about this innovative system. 

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About Savvy Training & Consulting

Savvy Training & Consulting works with leading companies and technologies to deliver the most up-to-date training solutions and curricula to law firms. Savvy recently unveiled an award-winning Learning Management System (LMS) for law firms, SavvyAcademyTM, which delivers scalable training capabilities, reportable data down to the individual user and 24/7 support, all for a fraction of the cost of traditional LMS services. For a free demo, click here