Ward and Smith, P.A. Partners with Traveling Coaches for Office 2010 Rollout
 

February 3, 2011, DALLAS, TX - Traveling Coaches, the nationally recognized training, application integration and user adoption consulting partner to law firms, announced that New Bern-based Ward and Smith, P.A. has selected the company as its training and support partner for the law firm’s rollout of Office 2010.
 

Ward and Smith, is committed to providing the firm’s user community with best in class education and support before, during and after the deployment of Office 2010. This partnership with Traveling Coaches equips the law firm with outside expertise in educating and preparing IT support staff team members, training and supporting users and building and executing an overall communication and user adoption plan for a successful Office 2010 rollout.

 

“Ward and Smith, P.A. is pleased to partner with Traveling Coaches for our upgrade to Office 2010 and Windows 7.  In an ongoing effort to streamline our solutions, it was important for us to select a company with extensive experience in training as well as application integration solutions for the legal industry.  Traveling Coaches is that solution.  Their Office 2010 Rollout kit is an exceptional product, providing us with a multitude of valuable training materials such as suggested learning plans, technology commercials, and classroom training materials.  Combined with their project management, training and floor support, we anticipate a successful implementation,” said Vicki L. Spillane, Applications and Litigation Technology Specialist for Ward and Smith.

 

The project team, comprised of members from Traveling Coaches and Ward and Smith, will leverage materials and best practices from the Traveling Coaches’ renowned Office 2010 Rollout Kit. The Office 2010 Rollout Kit is a collection of communications, project marketing, e-learning, classroom and floor support tools which are legal-specific and delivered in soft copy for easy customization by law firms. While the project team will customize the materials and communication pieces to fit the specifics of Ward and Smith’s project, the law firm will avoid the cost and time associated with developing these tools from scratch.

 

“Our experience with hundreds of firms is that complete adoption of Microsoft Office 2010 requires a comprehensive communication and education strategy including myriad ‘learning moments’ to accommodate the various roles and learning styles in a law firm,” said Charlene LeMaire, co-founder and Chief Learning Officer for Traveling Coaches.  “Our Office Rollout Kits are the distillation of our proven best practices delivered in a format law firms can immediately implement to ensure success.”

About Traveling Coaches

 

Traveling Coaches (www.travelingcoaches.com) is the established authority on user adoption of technology.  More than a training company, Traveling Coaches’ comprehensive solutions ensure increased productivity and reduced support cost for the legal industry’s mission critical processes:  document production and management.  Since 1995, over 900 law firms and corporate legal departments, including the majority of the Am Law 100, have partnered with Traveling Coaches to increase the return on their technology investments.  From consulting to application integration, coaching to curriculum, skills assessment to learning management, Traveling Coaches is the common denominator of successful technology initiatives. 

 

About Ward and Smith, P.A.

 

Ward and Smith is the successor to a practice founded in New Bern, North Carolina in 1895.  Our Firm serves clients locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally from offices in Asheville, Greenville, New Bern, Raleigh, and Wilmington.

 

The Firm is committed to quality and responsiveness and to building and maintaining a relationship with every client.  We understand that each client's needs are unique.  We strive to learn about those needs and to deliver a product tailored to meet them.  When needed, we form teams of knowledgeable professionals, from within the Firm, from outside the Firm, and from related disciplines, to develop strategies to help our clients prepare for future challenges and overcome current obstacles.

 

The quality and responsiveness of our representation are reflected in our consistently receiving the highest ratings available by the most recognized legal rating authorities.  We are proud of these accomplishments and recognize that we could not have achieved them without our clients.