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Business Partner Newsletter – September 2020
Apply to serve on an ALA Committees or Project Teams — Applications due October 30, Legal Management Magazine September, Solutions Series Webcast, Legal Marketplace Profiles
Business Partner Newsletter – August 2020
Featured Legal Management Magazine Article, Upcoming Solutions Series Webcasts, Featured Business Partner Legal Marketplace Profiles.
Business Partner Newsletter – June 2020
ALA TODAY: The Virtual Conference this month, #ALAIsHere, COVID-19 Impact, Upcoming Business Partner Solutions Series Webcasts and Featured Legal Marketplace Profiles.
Business Partner Newsletter – May 2020
Today's climate has forced us to work remotely away from our colleagues and to figure out how to keep things running smoothly. The good news is that #ALAisHere for you to help you navigate the unknowns and help you discover new solutions to your everyday work issues. As such, ALA is excited to announce a Virtual Conference opportunity for members, business partners and other legal management professionals this summer.
Business Partner Newsletter – April 2020
ALA wishes to be a resource for our members during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We've created a webpage that will be updated regularly to help you make fact-based decisions regarding your workplace and community. Click here to access the page.
Business Partner Newsletter – February 2020
BP Prespective: Insights From a Business Partner Built to Last: 3 Successful Partnerships Between ALA Members and Business Partners
Business Partner Newsletter – January 2020
ALA BOLD Bites: Featured Article Tech Trends for Small Firms This article questions legal industry thought leaders about the tech tools they expect to see more and more small firms adopt in 2020, including online schedulers, virtual assistants and cloud-based practice management. | Attorney at Work via PDAC
Email/Mail Best Practices
Whether you are attending an ALA conference, have attended an ALA conference or are just trying to schedule a one on one meeting with one of our 8,000+ members, you are probably wondering how to be the most successful in starting a conversation. Law firm managers wear many hats and are having to do more with less. So more than ever, your first impression needs to be thought through and strategic. When you receive the membership list and/or attendee list and want to send email and/or piece of mail you need to have insight into what our members want to see or possibly even more important…not see. Below is a list of best practices which the BPRT has compiled from ALA’s membership. We hope you will find this information helpful as you continue to build engagement and relationships with our members.
Engagement Guidelines When Not the Host Sponsor
Over the last few years, we have been seeing more and more of ALA’s Chapters inviting their business partners to attend their educational luncheons/meetings even when not the host sponsor of the event. ALA’s Business Partner Relations Team is happy to see this trend catching on within our chapters. It is an excellent opportunity with which our business partners can increase their credibility and build better relationships by showing interest in the challenges our members face with their firms and organizations. Because we are seeing this more and more, the BPRT thought it might be useful to provide our business partners with some engagement guidelines specifically for these types of situations.
New Year’s Resolution: Business Partner V. Vendor
The business partner relations team would like to share with you our new year’s resolution and encourage all of you to do the same. We are abolishing the word vendor and only using business partner. Whether it’s at an ALA event, at your law firms or law departments, and even at home, the word vendor has got to go. You may be saying to yourself why or even who cares? So, let’s examine the difference between a vendor and a business partner.
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