On Wednesday 9 September 2009 we will be hosting an ‘Insight Event’ toexplore the themes covered in our comprehensive report “SocialNetworking for the Legal Profession” recently published by the ArkGroup. 

Duringthe event speakers from three international law firms will be lookingat ways in which legal professionals are adopting and exploiting socialtechnologies not just for their innovative novelty, but for the costsavings, value enhancement and business transformation potential theyembody. 

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, knowledgemanagement and social computing initiatives in the firm – Mark GouldHead of Knowledge Management Addleshaw Goddard LLP

• 17.15 – 17.40:A portrait of the social intranet: the changing shape of businessprocesses in the firm through the use of social tools – Steve Perry,Head of Knowledge and Business Development Systems, Freshfields BruckhausDeringer LLP

• 17.40 – 18.05: What’s the shape of success? How doyou get started with social tools?  More about the adoption of blogsand wikis in Clifford Chance LLP – Sam Dimond Director of KnowledgeSystems Clifford Chance LLP

• 18.05 – 18.30: Panel and AudienceDiscussion: Web 2.0 – a focal point for change?  What are the realdrivers here and why is it important to you and your firm? Panel: MarkGould, 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!