On Wednesday 9 September 2009 we will be hosting an 'Insight Event' to explore the themes covered in our comprehensive report "Social Networking for the Legal Profession" recently published by the Ark Group. 

During the event speakers from three international law firms will be looking at ways in which legal professionals are adopting and exploiting social technologies not just for their innovative novelty, but for the cost savings, value enhancement and business transformation potential they embody. 

Here's the agenda for the Event:

• 16.30 - 16.35: Welcome and Introductions

• 16.35 - 16.50: Social computing: what is it and why you need to consider using it in your firm - Headshift

• 16.50 - 17.15: Relationship between online social networking, knowledge management and social computing initiatives in the firm - Mark Gould Head of Knowledge Management Addleshaw Goddard LLP

• 17.15 - 17.40: A portrait of the social intranet: the changing shape of business processes in the firm through the use of social tools - Steve Perry, Head of Knowledge and Business Development Systems, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

• 17.40 - 18.05: What's the shape of success? How do you get started with social tools?  More about the adoption of blogs and wikis in Clifford Chance LLP - Sam Dimond Director of Knowledge Systems Clifford Chance LLP

• 18.05 - 18.30: Panel and Audience Discussion: Web 2.0 - a focal point for change?  What are the real drivers here and why is it important to you and your firm? Panel: Mark Gould, Steve Perry, Sam Dimond and Headshift

• Post-18.30: Drinks and (social) networking.....

Do let us know if you'd like to join us on Wednesday 9 September 2009 from 16.30 onwards at our offices.  RSVP by 31 August 2009 by:

• Email: rachel@headshift.com
• Phone: 020 7357 7358
• or leave a comment here!