VANCOUVER, BC and COLUMBUS, OH - MAY 14, 2012 - Affinity Consulting Group (Affinity), an independent technology consulting group dedicated to the legal profession, has joined Clio’s Certified Consultant program.

Clio is a cloud-based practice management system geared toward solo and small firm lawyers, helping manage everything from intake to invoicing. As a member of the Clio Certified Consultant program, Affinity benefits from intensive Clio training, and priority access to Clio’s technical, development and data migration teams. Such benefits further enhance Affinity’s cloud-based alternatives to traditional client-server practice management systems.

Affinity Consulting Group, an independent technology consulting group dedicated to the legal profession, today announced that Affinity University, its online legal technology training division, is now offering discounted training course bundles as well as annual subscription options for its wide array of online, on-demand legal training courses. To date, there are eight unique bundles (consisting of 2-5 classes) available including Microsoft Office, Amicus Attorney, PracticeMaster, Tabs3 and Worldox. Affordable on-demand training subscriptions are available firm-wide

Last year at this time  I reviewed the then new Fujitsu S1100 scanner (read the full article here), which had become my weapon of choice for imaging on the road.

I’m sure by now you’ve heard of ATOS- one of the largest information technology companies in the world whose CEO, Thierry Breton, recently announced they would do away with email as a form of communication within the organization.  

As managers, we spend a large amount of time thinking of different ways we can motivate our staff to give us more and to do a better job.  We are taught that by motivating our staff, we can improve performance and increase our bottom line. 

Motivation is one of the most misunderstood concepts in management today. 

Last week, I wrote about self-awareness as an essential trait of effective leadership.  And I’m guessing that some folks may be thinking, “That’s nice, but what does this have to do with my law practice?”  The answer is quite a bit.  In fact, self-awareness is a key component of the skill set that is most determinative of long-term business success, according to research conducted by the Stanford Research Institute International and Carnegie Mellon Foundation with Fortune 500 CEOs from around the world. The Stanford study found that 75 percent of long-term success in business depends upon leadership (people) skills.  

ABA TECHSHOW is right around the corner - scheduled for March 29-31st in Chicago - and we know this year promises to be better than ever. Affinity is proud to have four Partners presenting at this year's show.

We are thrilled to share with everyone an exciting project that one of our team members is taking on called LawWithoutWalls.

The ALA Regions 3 & 4 Conference and Expo is scheduled for September 15-17, at the Plaza. We hope to see you there.

Affinity Columbus is proud to announce that Partner, and 2011 ABA TECHSHOW Chair, Paul Unger, has been appointed to the Education Board as well as  Diversity Committee within the ABA Law Practice Management Section.

Paul has worked with the ABA for many years, and dedicated much of 2010 and 2011 to leading...

This month we are going to place the spotlight on some of our newest – and most popular – Affinity University classes starting with a seminar that focuses on how marketing channels are changing in today’s business world and how you can maximize them within the legal industry. Partner Steve Best has put together “Virtual Cocktail Party: Tips and Tricks on Client Marketing and Social Networking” to focus on what marketing means in 2011...