Category: Affinity University
Affinity Consulting Launches New Web Site and 2010 Affinity University Schedule
Posted by Ed Emmerson in Affinity University, In The (Legal Technology) News Wednesday, 13 January 2010 21:39 No Comments
National Legal Technology Consultancy Dramatically Expands Online Presence to Deliver Education, 
Discussion Forums, Social Networking and Consulting Help
ALPHARETTA, Ga., Jan 13, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Lawyers and legal staff have traditionally struggled with five “Ws” of legal office automation: Which technology do I need? Where can I buy it? Who can install it for me? When can I get the training I need? What will it cost?
Affinity Consulting, a nationwide alliance of the top law office automation specialists for small and mid-sized firms, provides the answer to all five “Ws” by launching its new interactive web site, www.AffinityConsulting.com. Also, Affinity introduces its 2010 schedule for Affinity University (www.AffinityUniversity.com), a fun, fast-paced educational online resource for lawyers and legal professionals offering affordable one-hour courses taught live by experts.
The new Affinity Consulting web site is now your single resource for legal technology for small and mid-sized law firms. Affinity’s partner companies, Automated Horizons, Best Law Firm Solutions, HMU Consulting, InTouch Legal and Legal-Tech Solutions, Inc., have joined forces to offer streamlined access to a number of resources.
Affinity Consulting’s new web site features include:
– Find a Consultant — Whether you need help with document management or assembly, case management, payroll and accounting, trial technology, or a number of other law office automation needs, AffinityConsulting.com can route you to the right consultant for the job. Enter your search parameters and the site immediately selects the right consultant for you.
– New Affinity University Schedule for 2010 — Affinity continues its popular program of live online training taught by legal tech experts. Learn legal-specific software or standards like Microsoft Office products from scratch, or brush up on your skills. http://www.affinityconsulting.com/featured/featured/affinity-university
– Affinity Store — Purchase boxed off-the-shelf software and training materials from Affinity partners. Purchase is authorized, secure, easy and convenient. http://www.affinityconsulting.com/online-store/vmchk
– Social Networking and Discussion Forums — Affinity is developing its own social network, a dynamic online discussion forum where legal professionals can post questions, discussion topics and request responses from their peers and Affinity’s technology experts.
Steven Best, President of Best Law Firm solutions, and a founding member of the Affinity Consulting Group, remarks, “In 2010, Affinity Consulting’s commitment is to provide the most state-of-the-art, intelligent products and information available today to its customers and the legal industry. The new Affinity Consulting web site will be an extremely useful resource for law offices and legal departments. In addition, the new Affinity University schedule for 2010 is up and running to provide a host of dynamic online training options for all levels of education.”
About Affinity Consulting Group
Affinity Consulting Group is comprised of five of North America’s leading independent consulting firms with offices in Atlanta, Columbus, Roanoke, Tampa and Naples, FL. Affinity brings its clients depth of experience and expertise resulting from a combined client base of several thousand law offices and legal departments. Affinity companies hold elite level certifications for major legal industry software such as LexisNexis PCLaw(R), LexisNexis Time Matters(R), Amicus Attorney(R), Worldox(R), Tabs3(R), PracticeMaster(R), HotDocs(R) and Dragon NaturallySpeaking(R).
Affinity offerings include products and solutions for the following areas: practice management; time, billing, and accounting; document management and scanning; litigation and trial support; document assembly; software education including Affinity University online training and on-site training; voice recognition and speech solutions; network administration; remote computing; law firm retreat planning and productivity and financial management consulting.
Free tech help from HP
Posted by Scott Bassett in Affinity University, Other Stuff..., Web/Tech Friday, 4 December 2009 07:46 No Comments
A key source of information about law office technology is the TechnoLawyer email newsletters. If you don’t subscribe, you should do so now. One gem in a recent newsletter was the tip that Hewlett Packard has an extensive free on-line Learning Center with information on many technology topics of interest to lawyers. There are classes on basic PC security, digital photography, and Microsoft Office. Unlike our Affinity University classes, the HP classes are not designed to address the specific needs of law offices. But it might be a good place to gain some basic familiarity with a software application such as Word or Acrobat prior to attending one of our webinars or for help on a more generic topic not covered by Affinity University, such as digital photography.
Webinars: Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Posted by Affinity Consulting in Affinity University Thursday, 25 June 2009 11:11 No Comments
Dramatically Improve Transcription Turnaround Times
The Key to Improving Productivity, Efficiency and Client Service
Join us for a FREE webinar and learn how to save time and money!
The time and cost involved in creating case documentation and other legal materials is staggering. In today’s competitive legal market, traditional reliance on support staff and outside transcription services just drags down productivity and eats into profits. Thankfully there’s a better way.
Imagine the ability to complete detailed briefs and contracts in a fraction of the time. Consider the efficiency of using support staff to proofread documents instead of keying them in from scratch. Ponder the convenience of dictating notes from anywhere, at anytime for automatic transcription when your return to your PC. Speech recognition makes all this – and more – possible for law firms and corporate legal departments alike.
In this Webinar you’ll learn how speech recognition software can change the way legal professionals produce legal documents and complete routine tasks for dramatic efficiency gains and cost savings. You’ll gain practice advice for leveraging speech recognition software to:
- Speed document creation – Turn your voice into text three times faster than most people type – with up to 99% accuracy – using virtually any Windows-based application.
- Eliminate document development bottlenecks – Streamline the editing and correction process to cut down turnaround time and reduce dependencies on support staff.
- Increase efficiency and profitability – Increase billings without raising staff support costs through a more efficient documentation creation process and automation of routine tasks.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the Legal Environment
Date: September 10, 2009, Thursday
Time: 11 AM – 12 PM EST
Cost: Free
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