Podcast appearances and mentions of allison shields

On today's episode our host Mary Vandenack, CEO, Founder and Managing Partner at Vandenack Weaver Truhlsen talks to Dan Siegel, an attorney in the Philadelphia area and a nationally recognized authority on technology, law office practices, and workflow management, among other things. Dan recently wrote a book, co-authored with Allison Shields, entitled How To Do More In Less Time – The Complete Guide To Attorney Productivity And Improving Your Bottom Line. Tune in to learn Dan's top tips for productivity, effective workflow systems, and how to determine the technology you need for your office.A Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a digital media and commercial video production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network and learn more about our other services today on HurrdatMedia.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Building a better LinkedIn profile can help you increase professional connections, but why should you really care about this platform? Adriana Linares hears tips and tricks from Dennis Kennedy and Allison Shields from their book, Make LinkedIn Work for You: A Practical Guide for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals. They share how effective participation can help you gain more visibility in your peer community, increase your referrals, and find new professional opportunities. Adriana would love to take listener LinkedIn questions and have Dennis and Allison back for a future episode! Send your questions to newsolo@legaltalknetwork.com. Dennis Kennedy is an information technology lawyer and legal technology pioneer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dennis is also the co-host of the Kennedy-Mighell Report podcast. Allison C. Shields, Esq. is the President of Legal Ease Consulting, Inc. Special thanks to our sponsors, Clio, Nexa, Lawclerk, and ROSS.

Building a better LinkedIn profile can help you increase professional connections, but why should you really care about this platform? Adriana Linares hears tips and tricks from Dennis Kennedy and Allison Shields from their book, Make LinkedIn Work for You: A Practical Guide for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals. They share how effective participation can help you gain more visibility in your peer community, increase your referrals, and find new professional opportunities.  Adriana would love to take listener LinkedIn questions and have Dennis and Allison back for a future episode! Send your questions to newsolo@legaltalknetwork.com.  Dennis Kennedy is an information technology lawyer and legal technology pioneer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Dennis is also the co-host of the Kennedy-Mighell Report podcast. Allison C. Shields, Esq. is the President of Legal Ease Consulting, Inc. Special thanks to our sponsors, Clio, Nexa, Lawclerk, and ROSS.

LinkedIn helps lawyers increase their visibility and establish their expertise, but many aren’t using it to its greatest potential. How can you be better by using it more effectively? Allison Shields joins Tish Vincent and JoAnn Hathaway to discuss tips from the book she co-authored on this topic, Make LinkedIn Work for You: A Practical Guide for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals. Allison C. Shields, Esq. is the president of Legal Ease Consulting, Inc.

LinkedIn helps lawyers increase their visibility and establish their expertise, but many aren’t using it to its greatest potential. How can you be better by using it more effectively? Allison Shields joins Tish Vincent and JoAnn Hathaway to discuss tips from the book she co-authored on this topic, Make LinkedIn Work for You: A Practical Guide for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals. Allison C. Shields, Esq. is the president of Legal Ease Consulting, Inc.

In this episode, we’re looking at what’s coming for the Windows Insider Program. First, we’re talking about the future of the program and our goals for the new year with Ian Todd, who’s helping guide us while we search for new leadership. Then, we take a look behind the scenes at how the podcast gets made and at what’s next for the program’s marketing content with Allison Shields, our team’s content expert. Windows Insider Program insider.windows.com @WindowsInsider Listen and subscribe to other Microsoft podcasts at aka.ms/microsoft/podcasts

Are you using LinkedIn correctly? This week, Larry Port welcomes special guest Allison Shields, attorney and founder of Legal Ease Consulting. Allison recently co-authored the book Make LinkedIn Work for You: A Practical Handbook for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals. Listen as she shares invaluable tips on how to network and grow your firm using… Read More »Ep 96: Make LinkedIn Work for You with Allison Shields The post Ep 96: Make LinkedIn Work for You with Allison Shields appeared first on Rocket Matter.

Allison Shields joins Gyi and Kelly to discuss the 2019 ABA Marketing Survey. We've deemed this episode "Random Acts of Marketing" because that's what the data shows are happening in the majority of small law firms. Allison C. Shields is the President of Legal Ease Consulting, Inc. where provides practice management, productivity, marketing, business development, and social media coaching and consulting for lawyers and law firms. As a former practicing lawyer, law firm manager and partner herself, Allison understands the unique challenges faced by lawyers today in trying to juggle practicing law, handling clients, and managing and growing their businesses. Allison is also the co-author of the brand-new book, Make LinkedIn Work for You: A Practical Handbook for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals, now available on Amazon.com. Introduction to the survey and survey methods. Marketing Methods in use: The leading channels for marketing across all firm sizes are email (41%), Facebook (30%), and direct mail (19%).  Solos are more likely to use Avvo, with 25% of respondents reporting that they use the platform. What are solos doing for marketing? Solos most often use email (40%), followed by Facebook (26%) and Avvo (25%).  Facebook was the most popular channel for lawyers from firms of 2-9 lawyers at 39%, followed by print at 33%.  In firms of 10-49 lawyers, respondents reported using email most often (47%), followed by print (41%). Law Firm Websites 86% of respondents have a website.  Only 57% of solos have a firm website Over 90% of respondents in all other firm sizes report having a firm website. Who is doing the marketing? 9% of respondents, (60% of solos), said attorneys do the marketing.  31% of firms overall have internal marketing staff, 17% use outside consultants, and 16% report that administrative staff performs marketing functions for the firm.  13% of respondents say "no one" is responsible for marketing in their firms, including 30% of solos and 13% of respondents in firms of 2-9 lawyers. in 2019, more solos and firms with 2-9 lawyers report using an outside consultant (34% and 41% respectively) for their firm website than they have reported in previous years.  Larger firms rely more on marketing staff, IT staff, or a firm webmaster for managing their sites.  30% of all respondents report that their firm uses an outside consultant or agency for search engine optimization (SEO). Website maintenance:  25% report their website is primarily managed by an outside consultant, 22% are managed by one lawyer within the firm, 18% by marketing staff, 12% by firm IT staff, and 9% by firm administrators.  (51%) and firms with between 2-9 lawyers (34%) were most likely to report that one lawyer was responsible for maintaining the firm’s website, which has remained steady since 2015. What are the agencies doing? - Mostly SEO over Adwords/PPC 7% of all respondents indicated that their firms were using AdWords, but 9% report using an outside consultant or agency for AdWords or pay-per-click advertising (PPC).  80% of firms are participating in some sort of social media, only 26% use an outside consultant or agency for social media.  59% of respondents report that their firms do not use a consultant for SEO, AdWords/PPC, or social media. In firms of 2-9 lawyers, 40% of respondents reported using an outside consultant for SEO, 23% for social media, and 15% for AdWords/PPC.  35% of respondents from firms of 10-49 lawyers reported the use of an outside consultant for SEO, and 32% for social media. How effective is law firm marketing? ANALYTICS: 38% of respondents say they have access to analytics or reports to monitor the effectiveness of their website or blog. 41% do not have such access and 21% do not know. Do agencies provide analytics? only 17% of respondents indicated that they work with external agencies who provide them regular reports on marketing performance. Another 11% use these agencies but do not get regular reports, and 48% do not use an external agency at all.  Lawyers confidence in their marketing efforts was a 2.9 out of 5. Blog effectiveness: 49% have gotten clients as a result of blogging and another 34% do not know whether they have gotten a client or not.  Social media effectiveness: 31% report having gotten clients as a result, 44% say they did not, and 24% did not know.

Most legal professionals either don't know or don't care about how to optimize their LinkedIn account. And why should they? Does LinkedIn bring value to users in the legal space? A new book by Allison Shields and Dennis Kennedy, “Make LinkedIn Work for You: A Practical Handbook for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals,” shows the benefits of implementing a strategic LinkedIn plan. Host Tom Mighell talks to Allison and Dennis about their tips for increasing referral networks, deepening professional relationships, and showcasing valuable content. Segment A - Make LinkedIn Work for You “Make LinkedIn Work for You: A Practical Handbook for Lawyers and Other Legal Professionals,” by Allison Shields and Dennis Kennedy. Parting Shots missinglettr https://missinglettr.com/ (Note: missinglettr is a subscription-based service with Blogger, Business, and Agency options) Google Assistant can now connect to notes/list-making apps https://www.androidcentral.com/google-assistant-gains-support-google-keep-and-other-list-keeping-services Paper.Li https://paper.li/ Don't forget to check out Dennis & Tom's, “The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, Second Edition” on Amazon. As always, stay tuned for the parting shots, that one tip, website, or observation you can use the second the podcast ends. Have a technology question for Dennis and Tom? Call their Tech Question Hotline at 720-441-6820 for answers to your most burning tech questions. Special thanks to our sponsors, ServeNow.

In this episode with Allison Shields, we pick up where left off in Episode #22, talking about productivity mindset, delegation, and how better organization sets lawyers up for success.

In this episode with Allison Shields, we pick up where left off in Episode #22, talking about productivity mindset, delegation, and how better organization sets lawyers up for success.

Many lawyers work haphazardly without making a plan for themselves, and managing projects is a constant struggle. How can lawyers take back control of their time? In this episode of the State Bar of Michigan: On Balance Podcast, hosts Tish Vincent and JoAnn Hathaway talk to Allison Shields about how lawyers can do more in less time. They discuss the importance of setting goals and avoiding the discouraging pitfall of creating never-ending to-do lists. Lawyers who learn to prioritize tasks and manage their activities can accomplish much more in a shorter amount of time. Allison also emphasizes the need for lawyers to stop overworking themselves and strategize ways to create a healthy work-life balance. Allison Shields is president of Legal Ease Consulting, Inc. where she helps attorneys create highly effective law practices and get the clients they really want.

On this week's episode of the 10 Minute Law Firm Podcast, Larry Port chats with Allison Shields, founder and president of Legal Ease Consulting, Inc. and co-author of the ABA-published book LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers.  Hear some awesome tips about how to optimize your LinkedIn profile, as well as what Allison believes to be one of the biggest… Read More »Ep 43: Add Value to Your Practice with LinkedIn and Automation The post Ep 43: Add Value to Your Practice with LinkedIn and Automation appeared first on Rocket Matter.

Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway interview Allison Shields, co-author of “How to Do More in Less Time: The Complete Guide to Improving Your Productivity and Increasing Your Bottom Line.” Allison discusses why she wrote the book, productivity mistakes lawyers often make, and specific suggestions she has for increasing time efficiency.

In today's show, Allison Shields talks about how to be more productive, also the subject of her new book, How to Do More in Less Time. But first, Sam and Aaron talk about Lee Rosen's advice to block your firm website from your firm computer.

Legal Talk Network producer Laurence Colletti and Kennedy-Mighell Report host Dennis Kennedy interview legal technology authors Allison Shields, Dan Segal, and Tom Mighell about the Author’s Track at the 2015 ABA TECHSHOW. Together, they discuss the challenges in writing for lawyers and what it was like to present during the Author’s Track at the conference. Shields, Segal, and Mighell all urge lawyers to make a couple of changes in their technological processes in order to have a more efficient practice.

LinkedIn had a major interface overhaul in 2013. With so many changes to the graphics, connection management, and new ways for lawyers to take advantage of this important tool, the ABA just released a second edition of LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers. Authors Dennis Kennedy and Allison Shields monitored the developments and began conducting new experiments to uncover new ways to utilize lawyers' top social media platform. In this episode of The Kennedy-Mighell Report, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell discuss how LinkedIn has changed, its continuing importance for lawyers, and practical ways lawyers can enhance the benefits of the LinkedIn platform. The second half of the episode will cover Tom's upcoming trip to China and what security precautions travelers should take to protect their data.

In Part 2 of Lawyers and Social Media, Jim and Sharon are joined by Allison Shields and Dennis Kennedy who talk about their favorite tips for ethically using Facebook and LinkedIn.

Lawyers consistently tell us that LinkedIn is the social media platform that makes the most sense for lawyers and other legal professionals. They like the professional and business focus of LinkedIn as compared to the "personal" focus of Facebook and other platforms. However, lawyers also always tell us that they wish they could use LinkedIn better than they do now. In this episode of The Kennedy-Mighell Report, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell and special guest Allison Shields discuss the new book, LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers, how lawyers can make better use of LinkedIn, and some practical tips lawyers and others can implement right away with LinkedIn.

Are you on LinkedIn? Un-Billable Hour host Attorney Rodney Dowell, Executive Director at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers and Director of LCL’s Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program chats with Dennis Kennedy, lawyer and co-host of The Kennedy-Mighell Report and Allison Shields, author of Legal Ease Blog, about their recently published book, LinkedIn in One Hour for Lawyers. Dennis and Allison talk about how attorneys are using LinkedIn, and the key features that make LinkedIn a valuable networking and client development tool without consuming all of an attorney’s time.

"Do more with less" is a mantra of the day. One of the great promises of the day is that technology will organize and optimize us, as computers take over the work we don't need to do and make our lives easier. The reality feels more like a jammed email inbox, a mountain of to-do lists and technology we often fight with. In this episode, co-hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell and special guest Allison Shields, discuss the importance of improving personal productivity and the role technology, when done well, can play in optimizing your work, enhancing your productivity and simplifying your life. After you listen, be sure to check out Tom & Dennis' co-blog and book by the same name, The Lawyers Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies.

o you know how to delegate effectively? Many lawyers don't. Being able to let go of work that others can do and knowing how to follow up are key abilities in learning how to lessen workloads and reclaim your life. Allison Shields of LegalEase Consulting Inc. and the popular website LawyerMeltdown.com hosted Rocket Matter's May Webinar… Read More »How to Avoid A Lawyer Meltdown – Learn How to Delegate With Allison Shields The post How to Avoid A Lawyer Meltdown – Learn How to Delegate With Allison Shields appeared first on Rocket Matter.

Do you know how to delegate effectively? Many lawyers don't. Being able to let go of work that others can do and knowing how to follow up are key abilities in learning how to lessen workloads and reclaim your life. Allison Shields of LegalEase Consulting Inc. and the popular website LawyerMeltdown.com hosted Rocket Matter's May… Read More »Notes from the Legal Productivity Webinar: How to Avoid A Lawyer Meltdown with Allison Shields The post Notes from the Legal Productivity Webinar: How to Avoid A Lawyer Meltdown with Allison Shields appeared first on Rocket Matter.