Social media
A snoopers’ charter for employers?
With Michael Salter As the line between work and personal life blurs the media has repeatedly made reference to a right to snoop, with headlines such as “Bosses can snoop on workers’ private emails and messages” (The Telegraph), “Britain has a new human right … freedom to spy on employees’ emails” (The Daily Mail) and […]
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Twitter: how it works
Twitter is a minority pursuit. Nevertheless, it is increasingly influential and likely to be used by many Newsletter readers as an important resource for latest news, comment and analysis. This is not primarily an introduction to Twitter. Nor will I presume to tell you how to use it: there are more than enough self-proclaimed experts […]
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My Social Media: Sir Henry Brooke
Continuing our series by lawyers on how they use social media for professional and personal development. I have always been intrigued by the possibilities which electronic communications might open up for judges and lawyers. 30 years ago I led for the Bar in discussions with BT about the usefulness of an early email system called […]
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Commenting on social media: reputational risks
The use of social media in a workplace setting has gained increasing prominence alongside the rise of the internet-enabled office. Social media pervades the working day, and, whilst a number of employers have sought to limit its use during working hours, its mobile nature, accessible via smartphone or tablet, means that seeking to do so […]
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Using LinkedIn to recruit staff
The historic recruitment model to recruit staff has been either to appoint recruitment agents to find suitable staff or to advertise for staff in trade publications. Recruitment firms generally provide a pro-active service and act as an intermediary between the employer and candidate. In good times the recruitment firm can expect to receive commission in […]
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Mootis: a bespoke legal social media platform
At the beginning of 2015, I was thrilled to head up the team launching Mootis, the new social networking and microblogging platform for the legal services sector. (You’ll need to sign up to view it.) We firmly believed (and still believe!) that the novelty of large, all-purpose social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter […]
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My Social Media: Bill Jones
I often wonder how or why busy professionals find the time (or even have the inclination to find the time) to spend endless hours using Facebook and other social media sites to tell the world what they are up to, what they like and what they don’t like. I just don’t get it, but maybe […]
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Legal Web Watch March 2015
Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Continuing competence after 1 April In the March issue of the Newsletter, Ruth Bird and Natasha Choolhun consider the role digital literacy skills should […]
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My Social Media: Colin Yeo
This is the second in a series by lawyers on how they use social media for professional and personal development. Ed. Social media is a blessing and a curse for those, like me, who use it frequently. The benefits of using social media well are considerable in terms of profile, influence and attracting work. Those […]
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My Social Media: Mark Gould
This is the first in a series by lawyers on how they use social media for professional and personal development. Ed. I confess to being rather tired of the endless articles about the merits of one social media platform over another. There is no conclusive answer to the question which is best; the best one […]
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The internet, useless data and networking
As an accountant who has spent almost his whole career building businesses – mainly start-ups – I really value good data, especially those predictive of future outcomes. I have been active in building web-based businesses – businesses that “live” on the web, not just “use” the web – so they have to succeed on the […]
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Legal Web Watch June 2014
Legal Web Watch is a free monthly email service which complements the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers. To receive Legal Web Watch regularly sign up here. Follow Nick Holmes on Twitter @nickholmes. Reinventing law – the Twitter story Reinvent Law London 2014, a conference featuring presentations on "law + technology + innovation + entrepreneurship" was held […]
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