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PAST MEETINGS

 

 

 

 

May 19, 2010
Vishal Khanna - Litera
Ryan Dunham & Tony McKinley - Nuance
Ted Kukorowski - DocsCorp

Kathy Rosenbaum
(Morgan, Lewis & Bockius)

  DPF Shoot Out

January 26, 2010
Julia Montgomery
(Zuckerman Spaeder LLP)

Jennifer Holehouse and Rochelle Bungie
(Sughrue Mion, PLLC)

  Is MySpace Really My Space?

November 17, 2009
Roundtable

Lynn Caban
(Epstein Becker)

  Tales from the Rollout Trenches

September 22, 2009
Julia Montgomery
(Zuckerman Spaeder) and
Jean Donaldson
(City Rep for ILTA)

Kathy Rosenbaum
(Morgan Lewis)

  The Best Thing I Learned at the ILTA Conference

May 19, 2009
Jeffrey Roach and Stacy Gittleman
EncoreTech

Theirren (Tee) Clark
(Kay Scholer LLP)

  Tips and Tricks in Office 2007

March 24, 2009
Julia Montgomery
(Zuckerman Spaeder)

Cheryl Fowler
(Dickstein Shapiro LLP)

  How is the Economy Affecting What We Do

November 11, 2008
Rhonda Gray
(Sughrue Mion) and
Denise Muse
(Patton Boggs)

  Training Styles Effectively - A Panel Presentation

September 16, 2008
Frani Wartow
(Wilmer Hale)

  New Employee Training -- the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

July 15, 2008
Dana Thompson
(Dow Lohnes PLLC)

  Training Trends

January 22, 2008
Jennifer Holehouse and Shelton Bellamy
(Sughrue Mion PLLC)

  The Best of Learning 2007

September 24, 2007
Kathy Valentine
(Consultant) and
Jennifer Holehouse (also hosted)
(Sughrue Mion PLLC)

  WebEx and Other Tools of the Trade

July 24, 2007
Jeanette Derby
(Legal eStaffing, Inc.)

Kathy Rosenbaum
(Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP)

  Employment Trends for Legal IT Professionals

May 22, 2007
Bill Sakers, Lisa Ebron, Martin Crabtree, Jill Dietz, Joyce Jarrett & Suellen Stover (various firms)

Denise West
(Hunton & Williams LLP)

 

Interwoven FileSite Panel Discussion

February 20, 2007
Jared Goralnick
(SET Consulting)

Pam Keller
(Patton Boggs LLP)

 

What's New in Microsoft Office 2007

July 11, 2006
Rhonda Gray
(Sughrue Mion PLLC)

 

Developing Firm Templates

May 16, 2006
Roundtable discussion

Kathy Rosenbaum
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

  Best of the Quick Reference Guides

March 21, 2006
Peter von Elling
(Sage Solutions Group)

Rhonda Foltz
(Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP )

  Extranet Services

November 17, 2005
Lisa Kautz
(Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP)

 

Demonstration of Omtool's AccuRoute for Scanning and Genifax for Desktop Faxing

October 25, 2005
Dr. Robert J. Spear
(Prince George's College)


Rochelle Bungie
(Feldesman, Tucker, Leifer, Fidell)

  The Positive and Negative Sides of Being a Distance Learning Instructor and Benefits of Distance Learning Classes

June 16, 2005
Theresa Lundquist and Michael Barshinger
(Perfect Access Speer)


Kathy Rosenbaum
(Morgan Lewis & Bockius)

  Using A Continuing Education Platform To Align Training With Strategic Goals

April 21, 2005
Kathy Valentine
(independent consultant)

Lisa Kautz
(Kirkpatrick & Lockhart)

  Getting Things Done

March 17, 2005

 

Due to St. Patrick's Day, there was not a meeting this month.

January 27, 2005
Mandi Woodroof 
(Spriggs & Hollingsworth)

  Informal Get Together! (There are no notes from this meeting)

 

December 16, 2004  

As usual, we did not have a December meeting.

November 18, 2004
Sue Pasfield (TutorPro)

Karen Larsson
(Dow, Lohnes & Albertson)

 

Blended Learning Management Systems

October 21, 2004
Rochelle Bungie
Kathy Valentine (Covington & Burling)
Karen Larsson (Dow, Lohnes)

Denise West
(Hunton & Williams)

  Implementing a "University Style" Secretarial Training Program

September 23, 2004
Teresa Johnson & Cathy Angus
(Sidley Austin)

  Metadata - How Much Are You Revealing?

August 19, 2004
Rochelle Bungie (Chairing)

Kathy Rosenbaum
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

  Roundtable Discussion - HelpDesk, Training and Customer Service Tips

July 15, 2004

 

There was not a meeting this month.

June 17, 2004
Bill Belmonte
(Younts Consulting)

Christine Ann Laylon
(Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP)

  KwikTags by ImageTag

May 20, 2004
Kathy Valentine
(Covington & Burling)

  Customizations and Annoyances for Office XP (2002)

April 15, 2004
Frani Wartow
(Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP)

  Implementing a Learning Management System

March 18, 2004
Stacey Glover  
(Hyman, Phelps & McNamara)

  Office 2003 - Discovery Session

February 19, 2004
Rhonda Foltz
(Dickstein Shapiro)

Lisa Ebron
(Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn)

   New Employee Retention Programs
January 15, 2004  

This meeting had to be postponed due to a scheduling conflict for our presenter.

December 18, 2003  

As usual, we did not have a December meeting.

November 20, 2003
Jennifer Holehouse (Sughrue Mion PLLC)
Lisa Ebron (Arent Fox)
Karen Larsson (Dow)

Allan Schneider
(Morrison & Foerster)

  Extranets Demonstrated

October 16, 2003
Craig Keller
(Esquire Innovations)

Kathy Rosenbaum
(Morgan, Lewis)

  iRedline - A New Competitor to DeltaView

September 25, 2003
Kathy Valentine
(Covington & Burling)

 

How to Save 3 Hours a Week Using Technology

August 21, 2003

  Happy Hour / Mingler (no notes taken)

July 17, 2003
Lisa Ebron, Arent Fox
(presenter)

Karen Larsson
Dow, Lohnes and Albertson, PLLC (host)

 

Unveiling the Mysteries of Adobe Acrobat

June 19, 2003

 

Due to a last minute scheduling conflict, we did not have a meeting this month.

May 15, 2003
Pam Thompson (presenter) (consultant)

Belle Ulander (host)
(Baker & Hostetler)

  Freeware Gems

April 17, 2003
Christine Laylon
(Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky)

  Blended Learning

March 20, 2003
Presenters: Jill Krogmann and Doug Daniel
(Sage Solutions Group)
Host: Tas Ibrahim 
(Kutak Rock LLP)

  Configuring Word XP (2002) for a Rollout

February 27, 2003
Lisa Kautz 
(McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP)

  Qarbon Viewlets

January 23, 2003
(
roundtable discussion)
hosts:
Cornelia DeBose, Dorothy Rainey-Hicks and Karen Larsson - (Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC)

 

Top XP Upgrade Problems

 

December 20, 2002  

As usual, we did not have a December meeting.

November 21, 2002
Pam Thompson (presenter)
Cathy Angus (Host)
(Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP)

  Building a Web Site From Scratch

October 17, 2002
Pamela Keller   (main presenter)
Amy Donnelly & Denise Muse
(Patton Boggs LLP)

  Creating a University program at your firm

 

September 19, 2002
Sue Pasfield (TutorPro) & Christine Laylon (Dickstein)

Christine Laylon & 
Rhonda Foltz
(Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP)

  Using TutorPro to augment your training
August 15, 2002
Rochelle Bungie
(Independent Contractor)

Tas Ibrahim (host)
(Kutak Rock LLP)

  How To Create Short Courses On Long Topics

July 18, 2002
Jennifer Holehouse
(Sughrue Mion LLP)

  How to Design Class Clips

June 20, 2002
Eddie VanArsdall
(National Science Foundation)

Jamie Mitchell (host)
(Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP)

  Writing Effective User Guides

May 16, 2002
Ian Levit
Levit & James, Inc.

Denise West (host)
(Hunton & Williams)

  Great 3rd-Party Microsoft Word Tools (better than Reveal Codes; fast and easy styling)

April 18, 2002
Tammy Toth
(Covington & Burling)

Allan Schneider (host)
(Milbank, Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP)

  Using DocXTools and DocXStyles

March 21, 2002
Ted Korowski &
Karen DeLucia 
(Elite Information Systems, Inc.)

Joyce Jarrett (host)
(Coudert Brothers LLP)

  Demonstration of Encompass by Elite (a new document management portal)

February 21, 2002
Pam Thompson (presenter) (consultant)

Belle Ulander (host)
(Baker & Hostetler)

  How To Deal With Problem Students (the short version!)

January 17, 2002
Dina Lewis
(McKee Nelson LLP)

  What's Goin' On (At Your Firm)

December 2001

  As usual, we did not hold a meeting this month.

November 15, 2001
Judy Pritzker
(Silverstein, Mullens..) &
Kathy Valentine
(Covington & Burling)

  Wireless Data Communication

October 18, 2001
Rochelle Bungie
(independent contractor)

  Using E-Learning Tools in the Legal Environment

September 20, 2001
Rhonda Gray
(Akin, Gump)   and
Camille Brooks
(McKee Nelson)

  DeltaView Document Comparison

August 17, 2001
Stacy Gittleman
(Perfect Access Speer)

  Office XP – New Features for the Legal Community
July 19, 2001  

Happy Hour / Mingler (no notes taken)
     In place of our regular July meeting, WTF members were invited to Tony & Joe's on the Washington Waterfront for casual socializing. We enjoyed good drinks, good food, and great techie conversation (especially the Microsoft bashing)!

June 21, 2001
Randy Brown
(iManage, Inc.)

  iManage Work Site demo

April 26, 2001
Jennifer Dougherty
(Sughrue Mion)

  Continued from January - How to Set and Achieve Realistic Training Goals...

March 22, 2001
Rochelle Bungie
(Jenkens & Gilchrist)

  Helpful Training Tips

January 25, 2001
Jennifer Dougherty
(Sughrue Mion)

  How to Set and Achieve Realistic Training Goals While Managing and Juggling Other Job Responsibilities

November 16, 2000
Rochelle Bungie
(Jenkens & Gilchrist)

  Remote Tools and Online Learning

October 19, 2000
Pam Thompson
(Sidley & Austin)
 

  Continued from September - How to Deal with "Problem" Students

September 21, 2000
Pam Thompson
(Sidley & Austin)
 

  How to Deal with "Problem" Students

July 20, 2000
Jennifer Dougherty
(Sughrue, Mion)
 

  Training Tips: How to Teach Effectively  
June 22, 2000
Rochelle Bungie
(Jenkens & Gilchrist)
  Stress Relief and Ergonomics
May 18, 2000
Kathy Valentine &
David Finnegan
(Covington & Burling)
  Document Security

April 21, 2000
Rochelle Bungie
(Jenkens & Gilchrist)
 

  New Employee Training Programs  

March 16, 2000
David Finnegan
(Covington & Burling)
 

  Creating Word Form Templates  

February 17, 2000
Thierren Clark
(Kay Scholer)
 

  Internal Testing of Employees Computer Skills  

January 28, 2000
Jennifer Dougherty &
Carey Husted
(Sughrue, Mion)
 

  Spice Up Training with Animation  

October 21, 1999
Gwendolyn Edwards
(P.G. Community College)
 

  Using PowerPoint As a Visual Tool to Enhance Training  

August 19, 1999
Ian Dunnington
(Ziff-Davis Education)
 

  LearnItOnline Web Based Computer Training  

July 30, 1999
Lori Riddelmeyer
(Tamaroff Associates, PPI)
 

  Word 2000 Preview  

June 23, 1999
Jennifer Dougherty
(Sughrue, Mion)

  Designing Case-based Classes and the Benefits of Them  

 

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