This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
I’m not an office organization guru or projectmanagement pro (for help with that, check in with Andrea Cannavina on controlling chaos and Karen Dunn Skinner and David Skinner ). Create a master list: Check your calendar. First step? Write down upcoming meetings, deadlines and other commitments.
Use your calendaring and projectmanagement tools to help make it happen. Make sure you are able to get as much out of the “must-do” pile as possible before you go away. Get the items with looming deadlines done and out the door. This creates space to unplug. Set the expectation.
Your cubicle used to be your little chunk of the universe, with sticky notes all over the whiteboard, that one calendar with pictures of Turks & Caicos and your favorite coffee cup, left behind when you were sent home for 43 years. Krista Chambers is a busy projectmanager at Chicago’s Orbit Media.
Having the ability to workfromhome while accessing software and files in the office was a clear advantage during the pandemic. ProjectManagement. Calendaring. For many years the most important software for solos and small firms continues to be word processing, calendaring, and time & billing.
Polling – Use apps like GoSurvey, Survey Monkey, or Zoho Survey to get testimonials from clients and engage team members in decision making. ProjectManagement – Use projectmanagement apps like Liquid Projects, Teamwork, or Zoho Projects to assign responsibility, schedule tasks, and track status.
There was a surge of workingfromhome and virtual working as a result of the pandemic, and many firms may still be operating like that. Overall, general office use is the most popular reason to have software, with projectmanagement coming at least used. Legal-Specific Software.
Dennis Kennedy and I also use Teams to facilitate our podcast and bookwriting efforts, and we used Teams to write the latest edition of our book, The Lawyer’s Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies, WorkfromHome Edition.” RT : Currently, we are exploring Monday.com to use as our projectmanagement tool.
Invest in universal access If we’re honest, the ability to workfrom anywhere plays a significant role in many attorneys’ decisions to open a solo firm. While cloud-based computing programs like Outlook and Google Drive make workingfromhome or the beach easier for everyone, they aren’t designed for law firms.
Since then, I’ve been using Monday.com with my team to manage multiple lawyer well-being projects with a variety of people and to track recommendations from a voluminous report we are working to implement. At its core, it tracks and reports on any project or process. Monday.com is simple yet sophisticated.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 99,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content