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The AALA Board members have missed seeing many of you at our monthly speaker series events. We thought we had tried everything to get people out of their offices, but low and behold a new idea has emerged – “Let’s Bribe ‘Em!” Be sure to read about the 500 little ways the Board has decided to entice you to show up!

The annual ALA Conference in Boston was true to the Chapter’s promise of being an “adventure.” Over 25 members of the Atlanta Chapter made the journey to “Beantown” to attend the National Conference. The conference provided a wide genre of professional education classes to attendees ranging from information on 401(k) compliance to lease negotiation and management.

Get up to date salary information on legal administrative positions from management level to support staff. Information is broken down by experience and firm size. Before the information can be processed, we need to collect the data from all our member firms by July 23rd. Participants can receive discounts and other incentives for participating.

AALA is pleased to announce that we are posting our chapter speakers series via podcasts. For those of you who work outside of Atlanta, this is great way to benefit from meetings and possibly get together with others in your area to listen to the podcast! For the rest of you in Atlanta, hopefully you’ll see what you’ve been missing and want to get in on the action!

Are you getting excited about AALA Casino Royale yet? There are numerous ways to get involved in this charitable event and contribute to the success of the evening. No offering, whether it be monetary, in kind donation or time, is too small to make a difference!

Do you remember how it felt to be a new AALA member; excitement at all the opportunities, fear of attending your first meeting alone, overwhelmed by the benefits? Take a moment to welcome our newest members. It just might make all the difference in the world to them.

AALA members and Business Partners got together for a fun evening of great food and bowling earlier this spring. We found out that some people are a little better at bowling than others and some should probably hang up their bowling shoes altogether! All in all, it was a great time hanging out with our AALA friends.

Meet Kellie Claiflin, the administrator of Foltz-Martin. Kellie shares with us her secret to being a long standing administrator – People.

Working together with the members of the AALA and the AALA Board Members great things can happen.

Networking is a key part of any successful career management plan. It allows you to develop your knowledge base, expand your circle of contacts, and build credibility in your field. However, networking (which is really just the business word for relationship-building) can be filled with mysteries and minefields. Here are a few key tips to help you navigate this sometime treacherous terrain.

Regular carpet maintenance not only is “green” friendly for the environment, but it is “green” friendly for your firm’s wallet.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has become a popular business topic as a way to increase efficiency and reduce costs. However, is a VoIP solution the right solution for your firm? This article answers some key questions about VoIP and its use in law firms.

Before you press the “send” button and fire off an e-mail, you may want to make sure that you said what you think you are saying and sending it to the right person. Here are a few simple tips to avoid embarrassment and a potential disaster.

Many of us had the opportunity today to see the lighter side of doing business and how bringing fun into the workplace can enhance our personal and professional lives. For those of us who attended, I think we walked away with some great ideas to implement in our offices and, more importantly, new and renewed friendships with the others in attendance today. If you weren’t able to attend, have no fear, Mr. Weinstein allowed us to record his presentation and we are working to upload this to t

MEMBER PROFILE MAY Louise Cocklereece Office Administrator Tisinger Vance, P.C. Carrollton, GA Member of AALA since: 2002 Firm / Professional Info you’d like to share: 16 attorneys, 48 employees, goal to obtain the CLM in the near future. Personal Info you’d like to share: I have a daughter, Britt who is enjoying her 1st year of High School; Jay, my significant other, and our cat, Dori. AALA Involvement: I have attended ...

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Welcome to the Atlanta Association of Legal Administrators newsletter of articles, member news, upcoming events, chapter, ALA National and regional related items and much more from AALA. You are receiving this email because you have signed up to receive our Newsletter. If you are an AALA member or a Business Partner, you may get this message twice because you are in both email groups. If you received this twice and would like to only get it one time, please contact Jennifer Brinkley. You can

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