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In this issue . . .
January/February 2012
Career Chronicle
Sometimes it is important to look back on yourself and consider what can advance your paralegal career. The annual Career Chronicle issue of Facts & Findings offers observations and insights from paralegals and professionals in various areas of expertise that can spark insights into your progress.
Technical support guru Richelle McFate presents in this issue detailed advice on how to stay on top of computer skills in Quick-Change Skills on page 6. Then paralegals Candace Russell, ACP, NCCP, and Sharon Robertson, ACP, NCCP, present viewpoints from a number of paralegals as to how they arrived at their current places in the profession in Career Change-Ups on page 8, and Different Paths, Same Goal on page 9. Public speaking is a critical skill for paralegals. Well-known authority Kathryn Myers has some valuable tips for speakers in It’s Still ‘Easy Speech’ on page 16.
Are you sure you heard what you think someone said? Effective listening is a crucial part of communication that management coach Debra Bruce presents in her article, Are You ‘Tuned in?’ on page 14. In more routine matters, Jennifer Karns, a legal professional training manager, offers extensive information on Legal Project Management that is useful for paralegals working in any specialty practice area. Keeping up with technology is tough, and your next PowerPoint presentation will benefit greatly from the information presented by Kathy Miller, ACP, CAS, on PowerPoint 2010, page 26. The Power of First Impressions on page 28 is a reprint by consultant Deborah Johnson that we felt was worth revisiting.
And, it all comes down to self promotion…if you don’t toot your own horn, who will? Vicki Voisin, ACP, our highly regarded authority on paralegal ethics and Internet social media, provides sound advice for the “wired” on using social media to Promote Yourself on page 30.
The rest—
NALA President Karen Greer McGee, ACP, opens the magazine with why education is worthwhile in Why Bother? (page 2).
Professional Development Committee Chair Annette Brown ACP, follows with her advice that weathering the storms is about Dancing in the Rain (page 4).
Ethics Tips is a redux of the NALA Code of Ethics & Professional Responsibility (page 34).
Membership offers help in Membership Toolbox by Kelly LaGrave, ACP, (page 37.)
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January/February 2012
Career Chronicle
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Volume XXXVIII, Issue 4
Departments
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President's Message
Education
by Karen G. McGee, ACP
From the PDC Chair
Dancing in the Rain
by Annette R. Brown, ACP
2012 Election Notices
and Information for Candidates
by NALA
Ethics Tips
NALA Code of Ethics and
Professional Responsibility
by Michelle Doyle, ACP
Membership
Membership Toolbox
by Kelly A. LaGrave, ACP
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