As regular HOB readers will know we now publish the CCH Australia legal blog CCHchatter via our entry page at Practice Source... see top right..
CCH Australia's legal publishing division are looking to engage the Australian and wider Asia Pacific legal library and KM community in what the company are doing and via the CCHChatter blog are seeking feedback and comments about their approach to legal publishing in 2009.
Only recently launched the blog is being updated regularly... at http://www.cchatter.com.au/
Or as we mention above the blog can be accessed via the home page of www.practicesource.com
here are some of the latest entries
CCH’s CEO Sleeps Out
June 25th, 2009 by Dave Lampert
Last Thursday night I took part in the St Vincent De Paul Society (“Vinnies”) CEO Sleepout in Luna Park, Sydney. The Sleepout challenged me and other CEOs to experience homelessness for a night to help raise money and awareness of homeless people. Well, it was an incredible experience – inspiring, moving, exciting, exhausting and ultimately fulfilling – all in one night!
Lawyers and social networks – playing with numbers
June 19th, 2009 by Linda Moore
The number of lawyers on business social network LinkedIn has hit 840,000, according to Stem Legal’s Steve Matthews. Apparently the number of lawyers on LinkedIn is growing at approximately double the rate of LinkedIn’s overall growth, and roughly 4% of LinkedIn users identified their industry as legal. Steve observes that the number of lawyers who perceive value in LinkedIn is growing. But how does this compare to other social networks?
How to ensure a bright future
June 13th, 2009 by Jessica Hobson
Over the last couple of months I have spent a fair bit of time thinking about the future. While working on our three year business development plan I was looking at what new services CCH should create and in which direction we should take the business. Last week I attended a two day CCH leadership and innovation program In Kuala Lumpur and enjoyed some intelligent, exciting and creative discussion around what CCH might look like in 2012.
Networking and KM practitioners
June 13th, 2009 by Elizabeth Kangro
I have been a member of the Legal Knowledge Management Forum (previously the Precedents Network and now hosted by the Law Society of NSW) for years but since joining CCH I have been amazed by the number of other KM groups out there. A major aspect of my role is staying in touch with what’s going on in the legal industry. Part of staying in touch with the legal industry is staying in touch with people I’ve worked with so earlier this year I signed up with Linked In.
This desire for engagement with the library / KM community and talking about new ideas and products.. to us anyway, is a first in Australian legal publishing.. We know that LN & Westlaw will disagree with us because they see control of sponsorship of various bodies and their conferences / workshops etc as a way of working with the library community..but no amount of throwing money at organisations / groups and then taking that back in increased subscription fees can really be interpreted as working with clients. As with the Kluwer group internationally, it seems to us, that CCH Australia do have a desire to open themselves up and talk openly about how they wish to go forward with clients .. so we say... do engage with them
