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#27: Spring Cleaning Tech Tips: Interview with Margaret Martin from Bungalow Tech May 20, 2021

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Spring is here! I invited Margaret Martin, owner of Bungalow Tech, to talk about spring cleaning your office's technology - from determining what to keep, what and how to store, how to dispose of protected hardware properly, and more! Her company provides technical support and tutoring for Apple products in people's homes and businesses. Margaret provides COVID-Compliant one-on-one technical support (through voice and video calls). She can also take your equipment back to her office to do detailed troubleshooting, software upgrades, and new computer set-up.

The Tech Tips Margaret and I discuss are applicable to Android, Apple and Window's technology.

Enjoy!

How to Reach Margaret!

hello@bungalowtech.com
www.bungalowtech.com

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#26: Digital Marketing for Lawyers: Interview with Steve Ryan, CEO and Founder of RyTech Apr 22, 2021

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Steve Ryan is the CEO and founder of RyTech. Steve saw an unmet need in an expanding digital market. Through RyTech, Steve partners with businesses to help keep up with the changing digital landscape, especially when it isn't one person's primary responsibility. What started as nights and weekends at Steve's kitchen table has transformed into an award-winning digital marketing firm working with clients across the United States since 2012.

Join Steve and I as we discuss the following three topics: Q1 - What are Three Ways Attorneys are Under Utilizing Their Firm's Webpages? Q2 - What are Three Ways Attorneys Can Use Tech to Improve Their Internet Presence? Q3 - What are Three Ways RyTech Can Provide Solutions to Attorneys That They May Not Even Think about When It Comes to Digital Marketing?

Enjoy and Happy Lawyering!

How to Reach Steve and RyTech:

Items of Interest Discussed on our Episode

#25: Setting up Automation in Your Law Firm: Interview with Dorna Moini, CEO of Documate Apr 08, 2021

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My next guest is Dorna Moini. Dorna is the CEO and co-founder of Documate, a no-code platform for building document automation and client-facing legal apps. Prior to starting Documate, Dorna was a litigator at Sidley Austin. There, in her pro bono practice, she worked with legal aid organizations to build a web application for domestic violence survivors to complete and file their paperwork, which led to the idea for Documate.

Where to Find Dorna:

@documatelaw
@dorna_moini
Dorna@Documate.org

Documate Information:

Platform Examples

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#24: Embracing Comfort in Work: Interview with Adriana Linares Mar 31, 2021

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My next guest is Adriana Linares. Adriana is the owner of LawTech Partners. At LawTech Partners, Adriana provides law firm management consulting, legal technology assessments, migrations to cloud-based services and law office software training. She assists law firms, legal departments, legal aid groups and Bar associations. Adriana specializes in helping individual lawyers and law firms become more secure, more productive, and deliver better client service.

Adriana and I discuss the following three questions and more! 1. What are the three most common issues you have seen attorneys grapple with over the past 15+ years? 2. What are three areas of technology have you been assisting attorneys with in this work-from-home COVID era? And 3. What are three tech tips you would suggested to any attorney attending a virtual hearing?

Enjoy!

#23: Return of the "Paperless" Jedi: Interview with Author David Sparks Mar 15, 2021

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I am excited to have back (Episode 3.1, 3.2) your pal and mine, David Sparks. David is a California based attorney and host of the ever popular Mac Power Users. In addition to several other podcasts that David hosts, David has also published several field guide manuals on computers, software and workflows at learn.macsparky.com. Although these field guides are driven for the Mac user, many of the software tips and workflow concepts can be utilized by a windows user.

I invited David back because he recently released a field guide on going paperless. Having talked with David before and having reviewed his field guide, I think all attorneys could take a lesson on either going paperless or improving their paperless workflows. Join David and I as we discuss the following three questions: 1. What are three ways to alleviate attorneys fears about going paperless, 2. What tools do attorneys need (v. what they may already have) in order to go paperless; and 3. What are the Best Practices for going paperless.

David can be found at:

David's Podcasts at Relay.FM:

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#22: Analog to Digital Marketing: Interview with GNGF's CEO Mark Homer Feb 24, 2021

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Mark Homer is founder and CEO of the law firm marketing agency Get Noticed Get Found, Mark brings over twenty-five years of experience in marketing and technology to help lawyers grow their law firm business. He leads an amazing team that delivers effective results to clients with a focus on matching marketing strategies to a law firm's business goals. Through his best-selling book, Online Law Practice Strategies, his speaking, active blog, and online videos, Mark's goal is to help law firms of all sizes whether they are a client or not.

Join Mark and I as we discuss the following three questions and more:

1. What are three things you are finding that you have to teach lawyers about their digital marketing,

2. What are three tech tools attorneys are under utilizing in their online marketing, and

3. What are three areas Get Noticed Get Found can help attorneys with their digital presence.

#21: COVID, Bar Exams, and Computer SNAFUS with Megan Zavieh Feb 11, 2021

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COVID has turned our lives upside down. As we are all trying to figure out the norm, the state bar associations, to their credit, are trying to move forward. Unfortunately, the news has reflected that it has not been a smooth process for some bar examinees.

Join CA Ethics Attorney and returning podcast guest Megan Zavieh as we take an in-depth discussion of the tech problems from the last bar exam, how it is affecting examinees, and what may be done in the future to alleviate these issues.

Enjoy!

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Megan Zavieh can be found at https://zaviehlaw.com/

Her blog https://californiastatebardefense.com/

Her podcast https://zaviehlaw.com/podcast/

Twitter: @ZaviehLaw

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Deborah Savadra of Legal Office Guru. Dec 22, 2020

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Deborah Savadra is a current legal assistant at a large U.S. law firm, a former IT consultant, and the owner of the Legal Office Guru website. She teaches lawyers and other professionals how to produce their legal work products better, faster & easier with Microsoft Word. Too often, I have had to train new law clerks and show other attorneys functions in MS Word that make writing and formatting briefs easier and less time-consuming. Remember, Lawyers no longer have secretaries to do this kind of work for them. We need to know how to do this ourselves.

Deborah and I have a great conversation covering the following three questions and more! Questions: 1. What are three ways Deborah has observed attorneys under utilizing their tech in their practice? 2. What are the three biggest fears attorneys have about moving from WordPerfect to MS Word? 3. What are the top three ways attorneys are under utilizing MS Word?

I would encourage you to check out Deborah's online courses at https://legalofficeguru.com/legal-office-guru-courses/. Courses include "Basic Word Skills for Legal Professionals," "Pleading Paper Course," "Assemble Documents Faster," "Brief Builder's Workshop," "Document Collaboration in Microsoft Word," and "Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word Styles." Take a look around her site; she has some freebies! ;)

Happy Lawyering!!!

Where to Find Deborah:

Legal Office Guru
Legal Office Guru Blog
Legal Office Guru on Facebook
Freelance Business Writer
Deborah's E-mail: info@legalofficeguru.com

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2020 Happy Holiday Round Up of Dec 03, 2020

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2020 is almost at an end and the TSL.P Podcast season is almost over! Before the year escapes us, I am providing with a list of "guilty pleasures" our prior guests have shared with us! The clips from this compilation have never been published and will hopefully give you some ideas about spending/doing a little something specially for yourself, loved one or friend this Holiday Season!

Special Thanks for Our Two New Sponsors: Free Lunch Coffee & Couch and Cork

Happy Lawyering for the rest of 2020 and into 2021!!!

Learn How to "Do It Yourself" with DIY Software! Nov 25, 2020

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My next guest is Erin Levine. Erin is a California Divorce Attorney based in the East Bay. She has taken her 15 years of legal experience to the internet and started the DIY divorce service, "Hello Divorce." You'll be impressed by not only the great web platform she created but also by how she used various DIY software to help her create her own web business separate from her law practice!

Erin and I discuss the following topics (and more!): 1. Three Tech Tips for Creating your DIY Service; 2. What are Three Ways You Use DIY to Help Manage Your Clients; and 3. What are Three Software Applications to Integrate DYI with your practice?

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