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Wolfram Alpha from Steven Wolfram (a computational knowledge engine)

By Gerry Riskin on May 19, 2009
Posted in Knowledge Management

This is the most important technological breakthrough I’ve seen in 10 years.  The fact that it was not designed specifically for the legal profession should not deter you from availing yourself of this resource starting NOW.

Google is amazing…  Wolfram Alpha transcends it.  Try it out !

WATCH THIS DEMO – 13 minutes that will change…

Want competitive advantage? Use proper names!

By Gerry Riskin on August 21, 2007
Posted in Law Firm Marketing, Law Firm Training, Up Close and Personal

If you want existing clients to like you as much as possible and even more so prospective clients then use proper names in conversation.  Now there’s PROOF if you need it.  

Most probable reasons you may not be using proper names in conversations:

  • You are not completely certain you remember (or pronounce) the name right

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ZEN and the art of lawyering

By Gerry Riskin on July 31, 2007
Posted in Law Firm Human Resources, The Legal Profession


This is a San Francisco Chronicle article in which Chronicle Staff Writer Heidi Benson begins:

“Mary Mocine, a 63-year-old Zen priest and former litigator, teaches meditation to burned-out attorneys at weekend retreats at Tassajara in Big Sur and Green Gulch Farm at Muir Beach.”

Litigators may be comforted by this:  "You can still…

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