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Collaboration Resources

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Welcome to the Collaboration Resources Page!

 

 

To learn more about the collaboration strategies and tools we mention in this book, we recommend the following books, websites, and other resources.

Recommended Books on Collaboration

Creative Collaboration: Simple Tools for Inspired Teamwork (Fifty-Minute Series) -- Bruce Honig

How to Make Collaboration Work: Powerful Ways to Build Consensus, Solve Problems, and Make Decisions -- David Straus and Thomas C. Layton

Managing Virtual Teams: Getting the Most from Wikis, Blogs, and Other Collaborative Tools (Wordware Applications Library) -- Brenda Huettner, M. Katherine Brown, and Char James-Tanny

Managing Without Walls: Maximize Success with Virtual, Global, and Cross-cultural Teams -- Colleen Garton and Kevin Wegryn

Mastering Virtual Teams: Strategies, Tools, and Techniques That Succeed (Jossey Bass Business and Management Series) -- Deborah L. Duarte and Nancy Tennant Snyder

Radical Collaboration : Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships -- James W. Tamm and Ronald J. Luyet

Teaching an Anthill to Fetch: Developing Collaborative Intelligence @ Work -- Stephen James Joyce

The Culture of Collaboration -- Evan Rosen

The Collaboration Challenge -- James E. Austin

Virtual Teams: People Working Across Boundaries with Technology -- Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps

Virtual Teams That Work: Creating Conditions for Virtual Team Effectiveness -- Cristina B. Gibson and Susan G. Cohen

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything -- Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams

Resources by Chapter

I.          Getting Started 

 

1.         Collaboration at the Crossroads

Wikipedia on Collaboration - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration

The Collaboration Continuum, C.K. Prahalad and Dr. Venkatram  Ramaswamy - http://www.providersedge.com/docs/km_articles/The_Collaboration_Continuum.pdf

The Future Law Office: Going Virtual, Ron Friedmann - http://www.prismlegal.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=62

Enabling an Efficient, Collaborative Law Firm with an Intelligent Information Network - http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/legal/law_firm.html

 

2.         Collaboration Inside the Firm

Social Networks and Partners' Desks, Bruce MacEwen - http://www.bmacewen.com/blog/archives/2007/10/partners_desks_and_the_im.html

Social Space and Social Networks Inside a Law Firm, Doug Cornelius - http://kmspace.blogspot.com/2007/10/social-space-and-social-networks-inside.html

Promoting Internal Collaboration with an Enterprise Wiki, Monroe Horn - http://www.iltanet.org/communications/article.aspx?nvID=000000010805&snvID=000000010805&h4ID=000001003305

 

3.         Collaboration Outside the Firm

DuPont Legal Model http://www.dupontlegalmodel.com

 

4.         First Steps

Spotlight on Collaboration Technologies (Theme Issue), Peer to Peer, August 2007 - http://www.iltanet.org/communications/archive.aspx?nvID=000000010805&snvID=000000011005

Elements of Collaboration

http://www.mindquarry.com/community/articles/elements-collaboration

Work Together: 60+ Collaborative Tools for Groups - http://mashable.com/2007/07/22/online-collaboration/

Being Effective with Collaboration Blog - http://www.michaelsampson.net/

MetaCollab (A collaborative resource on collaboration)

http://collaboration.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

The Collaboration Blog (Collaborative Strategies) - http://collaborate.com/cs_evl/collab.php

The Gilbane Group's Collaboration Blog - http://gilbane.com/collaboration/

Cisco Collaboration Blog - http://blogs.cisco.com/collaboration/

 

 

II.         Collaborating on Documents, Online and Off

 

5.      The Benefits of Improved Document Collaboration and Using Document Collaboration Tools

Time for Lawyers to Collaborate in Real Time, Brett Burney - http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1181207138704

Spotlight on Collaboration Technologies (Theme Issue), Peer to Peer, August 2007 - http://www.iltanet.org/communications/archive.aspx?nvID=000000010805&snvID=000000011005

 

6.         Basic Collaboration on Documents

A special thank you to Dan Woodruff, Vice President and Managing Counsel at MasterCard International, Inc. for sharing his ideas on using the table approach to collaborate on documents.

Special Edition Using Microsoft(R) Office Word 2007 -- Faithe Wempen

Word 2007: The Missing Manual -- Chris Grover

Word 2003 for Law Firms -- Donna Payne

Staying on Track with Track Changes, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/slc03071.shtml

Track Changes While You Edit

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA012186901033.aspx

 

7.         Creating a Document Online - Getting Started with the Major Players

Google Powered: Productivity with Online Tools -- Jerri L. Ledford

How to Do Everything with Google Tools -- Donna Baker

Video: Google Docs in Plain English -- http://www.commoncraft.com/video-googledocs

Wikipedia – Online Office Suites - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_office_suites#Online_office_suites

Web Office Suites: Who's Leading the Pack - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_office_suite_comparison.php

Office 2.0 Database -- http://o20db.com/db/setup/ 

8.         Working Simultaneously on a Document

Google Powered: Productivity with Online Tools -- Jerri L. Ledford

Google Apps Administrator Guide: A Private-Label Web Workspace -- David W. Boles

Google Docs Tour - http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html

Video: Google Docs in Plain English -- http://www.commoncraft.com/video-googledocs

PB works blog-"Liveness Features" introduced at Enterprise 2.0 San Francisco 2009-http://blog.pbworks.com

 

9.  Hidden Dangers, Security and Metadata

Essential Computer Security: Everyone's Guide to Email, Internet, and Wireless Security -- Tony Bradley

Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World -- Bruce Schneier

Beyond Fear -- Bruce Schneier

Computer Security Basics -- Rick Lehtinen

Information Security for Lawyers and Law Firms -- Sharon D. Nelson

The Mysterious World of Metadata,  Dennis Kennedy http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/2005/10/the_mysterious_world_of_metada.html

Beyond Data About Data: The Litigator's Guide to Metadata, Craig Ball - http://www.craigball.com/metadata.pdf

Mining the Value from Metadata, Dennis Kennedy, Tom Mighell and Evan Schaeffer - http://www.discoveryresources.org/04_om_thinkingED_0601.html

 

 

III.        Collaboration on Cases, Transactions and Projects

 

10.       The Benefits of Collaboration in Lawsuits and Transactions

Spotlight on Collaboration Technologies (Theme Issue), Peer to Peer, August 2007 - http://www.iltanet.org/communications/archive.aspx?nvID=000000010805&snvID=000000011005

Enabling an Efficient, Collaborative Law Firm with an Intelligent Information Network - http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/legal/law_firm.html

 

11.       Instant Collaboration - From Conference Calls to IM

Communication Tools: Make Them Simple and Ubiquitous or They Won't Be Used, David Pollard -

http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2007/05/29.html#a1879

Moms' Survival Guide to Instant Messaging -- Mary B. Braun

The Cochrane Collaboration's Guide to Online Collaboration - http://www.cochrane.org/resources/guide_to_online_collaboration.htm

The Strongest Links: Instant Messaging Resources: Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/slc09051.html

Conference Call Etiquette, Lindsay Swinton

http://www.mftrou.com/conference-call-etiquette.html

 

12. How to Hold a Meeting on the Internet

Voice and Video Conferencing Fundamentals -- Scott Firestone, Thiya Ramalingam and Steve Fry

The Web Conferencing Book: Understanding the Technology, Choose the Right Vendors, Software, and Equipment, Start Saving Time and Money Today -- Sue Spielman and Liz Winfeld

The Web Conferencing Imperative for Collaboration, Productivity, and Training -- Henry E. Liebling and Ruth Ann Forrester

Smart Videoconferencing: New Habits for Virtual Meetings -- Janelle Barlow

Challenges in Virtual Collaboration: Videoconferencing, Audioconferencing and Computer--Mediated Communications -- Lynne Wainfan

Remote PC Access Tools: A Mini-Guide, Robin Good - http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/03/18/remote_pc_access_tools_a.htm

 

13.       Simple Project Management – Basecamp

Basecamp Tour - http://www.basecamphq.com/tour

Wikipedia – Basecamp - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basecamp_%28software%29

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Project Management -- Greg Horine

Rule the Web: How to Do Anything and Everything on the Internet- Better, Faster, Easier -- Mark Frauenfelder

Lawyers as Accidental Project Managers, Grant Collingsworth - http://www.mmmlaw.com/articles/article_318.pdf

The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management -- Eric Verzuh

 

14.       Setting Up a Simple Extranet or Deal Room

The Lawyer's Guide to Extranets: Breaking Down Walls, Building Client Connections -- Douglas Simpson and Mark Tamminga

Extranet Basics, Dennis Kennedy - http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/2005/10/extranet_basics_taking_a_step.html

Online Storage:  80+ File Hosting and Storage Sites - http://mashable.com/2007/07/28/online-storage/

 

IV.       Commonly-Used Collaboration Platforms

 

15.       Email as a Collaboration Platform

E-Mail: A Write It Well Guide--How to Write and Manage E-Mail in the Workplace -- Janis Fisher Chan

Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home -- David Shipley and Will Schwalbe

The Hamster Revolution: How to Manage Your Email Before It Manages You -- Mike Song, Vicki Halsey, Tim Burress and Ken Blanchard

Ten Habits of Highly Effective Emailers, Dennis Kennedy - http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/2005/10/ten_habits_of_highly_effective.html

Taming the Email Tiger, Dennis Kennedy - http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/2005/10/taming_the_email_tiger_article.html

 

16. Sharepoint

SharePointPedia - http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/pedia/Pages/Home.aspx

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Unleashed -- Michael Noel and Colin Spence

SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide -- James Pyles, Christopher Buechler, Bob Fox, and Murray Gordon

Beginning SharePoint 2007: Building Team Solutions with MOSS -- Amanda Murphy and Shane Perran

SharePoint 2007 and Office Development Expert Solutions -- Randy Holloway, Andrej Kyselica and Steve Caravajal

SharePoint 2007 User's Guide: Learning Microsoft's Collaboration and Productivity Platform -- Seth Bates and Tony Smith

Creating Client Extranets with SharePoint 2003 -- Mark Gerow

SharePoint 2007 at Sheppard Mullin, David Hobbie - http://caselines.blogspot.com/2007/08/last-ilta-session-sharepoint-2007-at.html

 

17. Collaborating Inside and Outside the Office:  Intranets and Extranets

Intranets for Info Pros -- Mary Lee Kennedy and Jane Dysart

Corporate Portals: Revolutionizing Information Access to Increase Productivity and Drive the Bottom Line -- Heidi Collins

The Lawyer's Guide to Extranets: Breaking Down Walls, Building Client Connections -- Douglas Simpson and Mark Tamminga

Law Firm Collaboration Via Extranets, Mila Bartos - http://www.llrx.com/features/lextranet.htm

Extranets 2.0: Using Extranets to Build Client Relationships, John C. Tredennick, Jr. - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/ltt/articles/vol1/is3/Using_Extranets_to_Build_Client_Relationships.shtml

The Law Firm Intranet Blog - http://lawfirmintranet.wordpress.com/

Implementing Large-scale Extranets, Mark Gerow - http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1195207452210

eCave - http://www.ecave.net/

Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on the Internet -- Greg Siskind, Deborah McMurray and Rick Klau

 

18. Adobe Acrobat

The Lawyer's Guide to Adobe Acrobat, Second Edition -- David L. Masters

Adobe Acrobat 8 Classroom in a Book -- Adobe Creative Team

Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible -- Ted Padova

How to Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 8 -- Doug Sahlin

Acrobat for Legal Professionals - http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/

Adobe's Acrobat Solutions for Legal Professionals - http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/solutions/legal/

PDF for Lawyers Blog - http://www.pdfforlawyers.com/

 

19. Wikis - Web Collaboration

Video: Wikis in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

Wikipatterns -- Stewart Mader

Professional Wikis -- Mark S. Choate

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything -- Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams

Promoting Internal Collaboration with an Enterprise Wiki, Monroe Horn  - http://www.iltanet.org/communications/article.aspx?nvID=000000010805&snvID=000000010805&h4ID=000001003305

The Strongest Links: Wikis in the Legal Profession, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/slc02071.shtml

Legal Wikis Are Bound to Wow You, Robert Ambrogi - http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1178541412778

WikiMatrix - http://www.wikimatrix.org

WikiPatterns - http://www.wikipatterns.com

 

20. Other Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog - http://web2.socialcomputingmagazine.com/

Unleashing Web 2.0: From Concepts to Creativity -- Gottfried Vossen and Stephan Hagemann

Web 2.0 Patterns: What entrepreneurs and information architects need to know -- Duane Nickull,  Dion Hinchcliffe and James Governor

ReadWriteWeb Blog - http://www.readwriteweb.com/

Does Web 2.0 Point Us Toward Law 2.0? - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/tch01061.html

The Strongest Links: Web 2.0, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/slc01061.html

Ed Yourdon's Web 2.0 collection  - http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=dd2trp3s_0tj8txc

Real Lawyers Have Blogs - http://kevin.lexblog.com/

 

21. Specialized and High-End Collaboration Platforms

Effective Knowledge Management for Law Firms -- Matthew Parsons

Social and Enterprise Groupware Primer - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/groupware_primer.php

Collaboration Loop - http://www.collaborationloop.com/index.php

Spotlight on Collaboration Technologies (Theme Issue), Peer to Peer, August 2007 - http://www.iltanet.org/communications/archive.aspx?nvID=000000010805&snvID=000000011005

Wikipedia's List of Collaborative Software - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collaborative_software

LifeHacker: Collaboration Tools - http://lifehacker.com/software/collaboration-tools/

TechMagazine's List of Best Collaboration Tools -

http://techmagazine.ws/the-best-collaboration-tools/

The Great Software List - http://www.anova.org/software/index.html

Collaboration Software: Best Directories - http://www.bioteams.com/2007/08/12/collaboration_software_best.html#more

Elements of Collaboration -

http://www.mindquarry.com/community/articles/elements-collaboration

Download.com's Collaboration Tools Category -

http://www.download.com/3150-2654_4-0.html?tag=catat.8

Revolutionizing Client Relations with CaseMap's New Reportbooks Feature, Dennis Kennedy - http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/2005/10/revolutionizing_client_relatio.html

Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step -- Carl Chatfield and Timothy Johnson

Wikipedia – Enterprise 2.0 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_2.0

 

 

V.        Developing a Collaboration Strategy

 

22.       Must-Have Features for Your Collaboration Tools

Checklist: What to Look for When Choosing Collaboration Software - http://www.aconex.com/Media/docs/CollaborationChecklist-d00b3a03-5204-44d8-8901-acf21f56b662.pdf

23. Free vs. Pay

Open Sources 2.0: The Continuing Evolution -- Chris DiBona, Mark Stone and Danese Cooper

The Success of Open Source -- Steven Weber

SourceForge – http://www.sourceforge.net

Download.com's Collaboration Tools Category

http://www.download.com/3150-2654_4-0.html?tag=catat.8

Open Source Initiative - http://www.opensource.org/

DVD: Revolution OS

 

24. Involving Clients in Your Decisions and Choices

DuPont Legal Model - http://www.dupontlegalmodel.com/

Placing Your Bet on Client-Driven Technologies, Dennis Kennedy - http://www.denniskennedy.com/archives/000883.html

Law Partnering Institute - http://www.lawpartnering.com/index.tmpl

 

25. Determining Which Factors Will Drive Your Strategic Planning

Creating Dominance: Winning Strategies for Law Firms -- H. Edward Wesemann

The Lawyer's Guide to Strategic Planning -- Thomas C. Grella and Michael L. Hudkins

60 Minute Strategic Plan -- John E. Johnson and Anne-Marie Smith

 

VI.       Practical Issues, Tips and Techniques

 

26.       Getting the Word Out to Your Collaborators

RSS and Atom: Understanding and Implementing Content Feeds and Syndication -- Heinz Wittenbrink

Syndicating Web Sites with RSS Feeds For Dummies -- Ellen Finkelstein

Video: RSS in Plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english

How to Do Everything with Google Tools -- Donna Baker

RSS Resources You Can Use, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/slc11061.shtml

Top Ten Uses for RSS in Law Firms, Steve Matthews - http://vancouverlawlib.blogspot.com/2006/09/top-10-uses-for-rss-in-law-firms.html

 

27.  Ethics, Metadata, and other Practical Issues

Legal Ethics in a Nutshell -- Ronald D. Rotunda

The Strongest Links: Ethics, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/slc12051.html

More Data on Metadata, Peter Geraghty - http://www.abanet.org/media/youraba/200612/article11.html

ABA Formal Opinion 99-413

 

28. Ownership, Control, and Other Legal Issues

Mind Over Matter: Why Intellectual Capital is the Chief Source of Wealth -- Ronald J. Baker

Einstein in the Boardroom: Moving Beyond Intellectual Capital to I-Stuff -- Suzanne S. Harrison and Patrick H. Sullivan

Edison in the Boardroom: How Leading Companies Realize Value from Their Intellectual Assets -- Julie L. Davis and Suzanne S. Harrison

Law Firm Partnership Agreements -- Leslie D. Corwin and Arthur J. Ciampi

 

29. Potential Pitfalls of Collaboration - Where to Be Wary

Information Security for Lawyers and Law Firms -- Sharon D. Nelson

 

30. Implementing Collaboration Tools

Communication Tools: Make Them Simple and Ubiquitous or They Won't Be Used, David Pollard

http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2007/05/29.html#a1879

Selecting and Implementing the Best Collaboration Tools for your Practice, Stewart Levin  - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/mba10071.shtml

The First Great Myth of Legal Management is that It Exists: Tough Issues for Law Firm Managing Partners and Administrators -- H. Edward Wesemann

Implementing Your Strategic Plan: How to Turn "Intent" Into Effective Action for Sustainable Change -- C. Davis Fogg

The Successful Lawyer: Powerful Strategies for Transforming Your Practice -- Gerald A. Riskin

Elements of Collaboration --

http://www.mindquarry.com/community/articles/elements-collaboration

The Strongest Links: Outsourcing, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/slc04061.shtml

Being Effective with Collaboration Blog - http://www.michaelsampson.net/

 

VII.      Conclusion

 

31.       Recommended Choices for Common Scenarios -- From Solos to Large Firms

Selecting and Implementing the Best Collaboration Tools for your Practice, Stewart Levin  - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/mba10071.shtml

 

32.       Creating a Culture of Collaboration

The Culture of Collaboration -- Evan Rosen

Managing Interactively: Executing Business Strategy, Improving Communication, and Creating a Knowledge-Sharing Culture -- Mary E. Boone

Common Knowledge: How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know -- Nancy M. Dixon

First Among Equals: How to Manage a Group of Professionals -- Patrick J. McKenna and David H. Maister

Communication Tools: Make Them Simple and Ubiquitous or They Won't Be Used, David Pollard - http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2007/05/29.html#a1879

Collaboration is about People, James Robertson - http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_collabpeople/index.html

Being Effective with Collaboration Blog - http://www.michaelsampson.net/

Collaborative Thinking Blog - http://mikeg.typepad.com/perceptions/

The Bumble Bee Blog - http://www.bioteams.com/

 

33.       The Future of Collaboration in the Practice of Law

Managing the Modern Law Firm: New Challenges, New Perspectives -- Laura Empson

Creating Dominance: Winning Strategies for Law Firms -- H. Edward Wesemann

The Firm of the Future: A Guide for Accountants, Lawyers, and Other Professional Services -- Paul Dunn and Ronald J. Baker

Transforming the Law: Essays on Technology, Justice, and the Legal Marketplace --Richard Susskind

The Future of Law: Facing the Challenges of Information Technology -- Richard Susskind

Outside Counsel Inside Counsel Partnering: Through Technology to the Virtual Law Firm, Dennis Kennedy - http://www.llrx.com/features/counseltech.htm

DuPont Legal Model - http://www.dupontlegalmodel.com/

The Fully Connected Law Firm, Dennis Kennedy - http://www.denniskennedy.com/blog/2005/12/the_fully_connected_law_firm_a.html

Does Web 2.0 Point Us Toward Law 2.0? - http://www.abanet.org/lpm/lpt/articles/tch01061.html

eCave - http://www.ecave.net/

The Clementi Report - http://www.dca.gov.uk/legalsys/lsreform.htm

The End of Lawyers?, Richard Susskind - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/system/topicRoot/The_End_of_Lawyers/

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