EXPERT TIP:
     PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Implement �Green Think� into your project management model. When you�re planning a new project, have a discussion to determine the impact that project will have on the environment. Does your project require retiring obsolete hardware? If so, find a recycling company to take the hardware, determine if the new hardware is energy efficient and include recycling costs in your estimate for when the new hardware will need to be recycled.


November 3
MS Word 2007 Webinar
Traveling Coaches, Inc.
 
November 5
MS Excel 2007 Webinar
Traveling Coaches, Inc

November 10
MS Word 2007 Webinar
Traveling Coaches, Inc
Creating & Distributing Useful Style Sets for a Law Firm

November 10
ILTA Regional Event
Milwaukee, WI
Knocking Down Roadblocks to Educational Excellence
 
November 12
MS Excel 2007 Webinar
Traveling Coaches, Inc
Logical Functions, Formulas, Tips & Tricks

November 12
San Francisco, California
Bay Area Legal Trainers Organization
Distance Learning
 
November 13
Free Webinar
ILTA User Support Peer Group
Top Features You Need To Know About Excel
 
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Distance Learning
Going the Distance!
 
Here are my top tips for delivering great distance training:
 
1)   Keep content relevant and timely.
2)   Make sure the environment you are teaching from is  
      configured appropriately for webinars. Use a training  
      ID so that when teaching email related topics the   
      trainer inbox is not viewed.
3)   Script the session � don�t wing it!
4)   Although scripted � don�t read it!
5)   Practice and time your session prior live delivery.
6)   Don�t rush the delivery � allow time for questions,      
      participation and review.
7)   Provide learners with training materials prior to the live 
      event.
8)   Consider using a moderator to monitor questions 
      from learners and keep them engaged.
9)   Get learners involved by providing ways for them to 
      interact with you and the other learners.  This will help
      build your firm�s learning community.
10) Provide the next steps to further learning and 
      retention. 
 
For those of you on the West Coast, join me on November 12th at the Bay Area Legal Trainers organization meeting to learn more about great distance learning events.

Char LeMaire, Chief Learning Officer

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A SPRING IN THEIR STEP
CLASS-ifying Materials 
When it comes to a good book, every novelist has a distinct writing style.  Technical writing is no different.
 
While each of us have our own preferred style, �best practices� for writing curriculum remain constant.  Whether working solo or as part of a team, establishing a writing style will help take your training materials to the next level and, in fact, make writing easier.  Our CLASS� materials have a very distinct flavor, the adoption of which I affectionately refer to as the �class-ifying� of materials.  While our detailed Writing and Style Guide that accompanies our CLASS� materials is several pages long, it can be summed up into one word:  consistency.
 
Consistency governs every aspect of technical writing and is the foundation of all best practices.  The more consistent the materials, the easier they are for users to follow.  Consistency is made up of two parts: instruction and design.  Clear instructions are always necessary for good training materials, and design is the element that helps deliver the message.
 
Carolyn Humpherys, Learning Development Consultant
CORE VALUES AT WORK
Innovation
We lead our industry by fostering an environment where energy and creativity are encouraged. We look forward rather than backward, always crafting better solutions for our clients.

A great example of innovation is the introduction of CLASSroom. CLASSroom is an online, legal-specific technology education program including a variety of training and support services for smaller firms (200 users or less). �Our goal in developing CLASSroom is to provide smaller firms with the expert training that until now, only large firms could afford�, said Gina Buser, Chief Executive Officer of Traveling Coaches. �CLASSroom will increase a firm�s competitive advantage during these tough economic times without adding the overhead cost of trainers, training rooms and curriculum development�. For a fraction of the cost of implementing an in-house training program, you can access the same expert Coaches and training materials as the largest law firms in the world. CLASSroom will improve the quality and quantity of your work product so you can focus your efforts on the practice of law.