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providing experiential learning opportunities. Most important, they work with the Learning and Development team to capture knowledge and skills, as well as keep the team updated. In addition to using the competency model as a development tool, the firm is also better prepared to identify and overcome potential skill gaps that can occur when knowledge leaves an organization. If a competency appears to be in short supply, specific emphasis is placed on learning experientially from one of the SMEs so that appropriate levels of expertise are consistently available. Butzel is successfully establishing a “culture of collaboration” to give team members multiple ways of comfortably sharing their unique knowledge and expertise, and they’re recognizing the importance of communicating it throughout the organization. How Will You Shape the Next Generation? Tomorrow’s learning professional understands when to guide the learning experience and when to allow for self-discovery and experiential learning. He or she strives to cultivate and nurture a collaborative learning environment, rather than attempting to contain or control it. We believe that our world is changing and that learning professionals need to be prepared to lead the creation of a Next Generation Learning model within their firms. Now is the time to begin innovating, creating peer communities, understanding legal workflow, establishing technology subject-matter experts, leveraging social media and formalizing the process of informal learning in your firm. Just imagine what you can do. ILTA Brie Stampe serves as Director of Market Strategies at Traveling Coaches where she leads the company’s strategic marketing and research efforts. Pairing 11 years of legal technology experience with an expertise in user adoption, Brie works to explore trends and collaboratively define the changing needs of legal technology learners. Brie has an MBA from Thunderbird with a concentration in global strategic marketing and business intelligence. She can be reached at bstampe@travelingcoaches.com. Tami Schiller is a Learning Specialist/Futurist at Traveling Coaches. With over 12 years focused on legal technology training, Tami possesses a strong commitment to see individuals achieve their potential for technical competency by recognizing emerging trends and building partnerships at all levels. Tami is always looking for innovative ways to deliver learning opportunities to busy legal professionals. She can be reached at tschiller@travelingcoaches.com. Table of AuthoritiesMade Simple To be effective, a Table of Authorities software solution must be simple to use, save time and be accurate… Introducing CitationWare Professional, a rich enterprise-class Table of Authorities preparation tool for the elite litigation practice. With the click of a button, CitationWare Professional automatically codes your brief and generates an accurate and formatted Table of Authorities. No advanced technical knowledge is necessary making CitationWare Professional an important tool for allmembers of your litigation team. In addition to its innovative feature set, CitationWare Professional offers a flexible enterprise licensing program that provides a comparatively low price which is geared to the real-world budgets of enterprise customers. Support service is offeredwithout charge for the first year. CitationWare Professional is currently available for Microsoft Word XP through 2007. Coming in first quarter 2011 is CitationWare Professional+ forWord 2010 and CorelWordPerfect 12 and above. Discoverwhy some of the nation’s leading law firms are turning to CitationWare Professional. Visit www.citationware.comformore details and to arrange for a product evaluation. 58 www.iltanet.org Peer to Peer