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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