Kiffin Hope joined ALPS Corporation in 2011 as Social Media Community Manager, having spent the previous fifteen years in financial services and nonprofit fundraising. At The Vital Ground Foundation, he built a strong social media presence that has garnered the organization thousands of followers from around the world on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other platforms. At ALPS, Kiffin has created a social media strategy to match the company's long-term marketing vision. He manages ALPS's online marketing, the ALPS 411 blog, three Twitter feeds, a Facebook corporate page, and a Google+ stream. With the ALPS Educational Services division, he promotes online learning opportunities to the legal community through the company’s various social media channels and email campaigns; assists with the behind-the-scenes of new CLE production; and coordinates with our online vendor with uploading CLE videos and program documents.
Contact Kiffin at: socialmedia@alpsnet.com.
Note:
“Getting Started Solo,” a new 38-page white paper by the ALPS Risk
Management team, is available for free download at the Above The
Law Resource Corner. It just takes 10-seconds to register and then
you can select to start the download (PDF format). Click here.
Starting your own practice: exciting, scary, busy, crazy are all
words that may come to mind when you are contemplating opening your
own practice.
Following is a list of issues you should consider and some
resources that may help you. Investing time to be prepared and well
informed will be important to building a successful practice.
Are you ready to open your own
practice? Who will your clients be? Do you have a
niche/specialty? What will your ongoing costs be? Do you...
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ALPS, the endorsed professional liability carrier for the
Virginia State Bar, is offering two new Ethics CLE programs
produced by ALPS Educational Services. These online and
on-demand programs are for the 2012 VSB CLE year which runs
from November 1, 2011 to October 31, 2012.
The two courses provide invaluable information for the practicing
lawyer and are reasonably priced. Preview and register
here.
Course Descriptions
2012
Top Ten Technology Traps and How to Avoid Them
The latest in computer technology, be it hardware or software,
isn't the final answer when it comes to reducing exposure to a
malpractice claim or avoiding ethical problems. In fact, the use of
technological tools can increase one's risk. While computers can't
commit...
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Valued Clients, Associates, and Friends of ALPS,
I am proud to invite you to our latest for
you – the ALPS 411
blog. This multi-authored site features expert staff and
guest writers discussing the nitty-gritty of the daily practice of
law, and sharing cautionary tales and real-world anecdotes to keep
readers aware of and connected to current trends in the legal
world. The overall focus is on helping you be safe and successful
in the business of law.
Topics cover everything from risk management, professionalism,
ethics, international law, and the use of technology, to useful
information on malpractice avoidance, claims, underwriting,
finances, marketing, social media, legal IT, e-discovery, career
development, and more.
We invite you to...
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Have
you ever noticed that some of the people or organizations you
follow on Twitter or Facebook send out their messages and
announcements in “clumps,” say five or ten at a time? It can get to
be a bit overwhelming for followers, and earlier in our social
media endeavors at ALPS we were guilty of the same thing.
Data from
HubSpot’s social media expert
Dan Zarrella indicates that it is
best to temper your micro-messaging through stacking or buffering.
Enter
Buffer.
Yes, there are other applications for this such as
HootSuite, but Buffer is
the application that I have trialed over the last few months and it
seems to do a good job.
Buffer is a super simple app that allows you to add all the great
articles you find to your Buffer account. They...
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