Tips Tuesday

Here are excerpts from the most recent tips on SlawTips, the site that each week offers up useful advice, short and to the point, on technology, research and practice.

Technology

Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigating MS Outlook
Dan Pinnington

Keeping your hands on the keyboard is always faster than reaching to the mouse for a few clicks. Here are some handy keyboard shortcuts for basic navigation in Microsoft Outlook:Switch to Mail: CTRL+1 . . .

Research

Use the Telephone
Shaunna Mireau

I have mentioned in the past that calling a friend can be a fast path to a research answer. It can also be a quick path to resolution of a technical problem. With email and web forms being the new normal for business communication, it may simply be that a phone call or well thought out voicemail message is different enough to be ‘noticed’. . . .

Practice

Collaboration Law Firm Style Part Three
David Bilinsky & Garry Wise

Collaboration has many benefits. There are a few pitfalls and difficulties to avoid. But with solid leadership, a law firm can overcome the potential difficulties and achieve real results by adopting a collaborative model. According to Morten T. Hansen, author of “Collaboration – How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity and Reap Big Results“, the goal of collaboration is not collaboration but greater results. . . .