Profisciencē Partners held its first annual customer conference November 7-9, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia where clients came together to share success stories, strategize, and learn. 

Conference attendees were provided access to a new version of UniversitySite with numerous new features, including:

1. Send and manage invitations for events
2. Integration with CE Manager for CLE tracking
3. One-click registration
4. Built-in credit report
5. New people chooser with saved searches

For existing customers, UniversitySite 7.5.2.552 is included as part of the software maintenance plan and can be obtained by contacting Support@Profiscience.com.

Profisciencē Partners held its first customer conference November 5-7, 2008 in Atlanta.  Troutman Sanders hosted the event and accommodations were provided by The Georgian Terrace.

The UniversitySite Customer Summit 2008 is where UniversitySite customers connected!  Our clients came prepared to benefit from valuable sessions that were product-focused and provided innovative, real world application.  Multiple sessions were delivered on proven techniques and strategies to increase usability and maximize the return on UniversitySite investment.  The opportunity to network with peers and product insiders also made the event quite valuable.  Both groups, those just getting started or those well on their way in using UniversitySite benefited from the information and interaction provided by the Profisciencē Partners team.

SESSION TOPICS
   Customer success stories and challenges
   Exploring best practices for development cycle and timeline
   Working with SCORM to optimize eLearning
   Introducing CE Manager integration
   Working with the Invitation Manager
   Extending the LMS through the Office system
   Learning plan strategies
   Reaping the rewards from your Office 2007 rollout

Dallas, Texas – Profisciencē Partners and Micron Systems, Inc., a leading provider of CLE tracking and professional development software, announce a major initiative to integrate UniversitySite with one of Micron Systems’ key products, CE Manager.

This joint venture will enable law firms to leverage the strengths of both products to blend strategic learning, development programs and CLE tracking into a single firm wide learning center for attorneys and staff. Profiscience Partners’ award winning learning management system, UniversitySite, is used by 75 firms and 70,000 users.  Micron Systems’ product CE Manager offers law firms the ability to track attorney CLE compliancy as well as professional development.

The integration of UniversitySite with CE Manager will greatly benefit firms already using both products and firms looking for a comprehensive solution.  UniverisitySite’s ability to manage learning and development across all departments in a firm, combined with CE Manager’s ability to manage CLE compliance results in solution unparalleled in the market place.  The flexibility and openness of both companies to offer law firms this opportunity was initiated by suggestions from clients that use both products.

Key Features of CE Manager Integrated with UniversitySite:

1. Administrators can now manage courses and training events for CLE credits in UniversitySite that are automatically imported into CE Manager.  This option eliminates duplicate data entry into both products and allows courses created in UniversitySite to be accessed and edited in CE Manager.
2. When creating the courses in UniversitySite administrators will be able to associate CLE credits from multiple jurisdictions as defined in CE Manager and maintained by Micron Systems.
3. Administrators will now be able to validate attendance to CLE training events in UniversitySite.  The integration will automatically apply the credit to the attorney’s CLE report in CE Manager.
4. UniversitySite’s Learning Center includes a to-do list for each employee.  CE Manager will populate each attorney’s to-do list with tasks when actions need to be taken to maintain compliancy with CLE rules and regulations.  Attorneys will be able to view their CLE Report from UniversitySite without having to login to CE Manager.
5. Attorneys will be able to locate courses offered by the firm according to their compliancy needs.
6. Attorneys will be able to view third party course attendance within UniversitySite through the integration with CE Manager.

About UniversitySite

UniversitySite is a complete web-based learning management system (LMS), which facilitates firm driven learning and development programs including course profiles, user interest levels in training topics, and scheduling of training events.  It provides a simple way to serve up training materials and e-learning content to the user community.  Scheduling training events couldn’t be easier since UniversitySite prevents double-booking training rooms and instructors. Students are able to sign up for classroom, e-learning or desk-side training events that are automatically added to their Outlook calendars. UniversitySite truly is a Trainer’s Best Friend!  Further information about the company, its products and services can be found at www.profiscience.com.

About CE Manager

Micron’s CE Manager automates CLE credit tracking and compliancy status for attorneys, allowing administrators to easily manage the firm with customized reports and automatic emails.  Professional Development departments make further use of the software by managing in-house and third party programs with course calendars, registration, certificates and evaluations.   CE Manager, The CLE tracking and professional software! Further information about the company, its products and services can be found at www.micronsystems.com.

Contact

For additional information on the Profisciencē Partners and Micron Systems strategic partnership, and integration of UniversitySite with CE Manager:

Jeffrey Roach
Profiscience Partners
404-549-5750
jeffrey.roach@profiscience.com
www.profiscience.com

Johanna Zuleta
Micron Systems, Inc.
201-652-2229
jzuleta@micronsystems.com
www.micronsystems.com

The Professional Legal Trainers Group in New York is hosting a session presented by Jeffrey Roach called “Tapping Into Web Applications to Improve Your Training Program.”

Date & Time:
Friday, September 12, 2008
9:00 - 11:30am ET

Location:
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas at 52nd Street

For more information on this event and to RSVP, click on this link: http://pltg.org

ILTA ’08 Global Perspectives, Peer Advantage
August 25-28, 2008
Gaylord Texan Resort
Grapevine, Texas

Profisciencē Partners is excited to be a part of this year’s conference and we look forward to seeing clients, partners and friends.  Please be sure to stop by booth #1216 and say hello.

Two members of our Executive team are speaking this year and we invite you to join us for the following presentations: 

Jeffrey Roach presents “Office 2007: Profound Changes-Positioning Users for the Future”
Microsoft Peer Group
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
11:00 am
Grapevine D

Theresa Lundquist introduces “SkillSite: Groundbreaking New Assessment Management System”
State of the Art Technology Track
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
3:30 pm
Austin 4, 5, 6

Each year the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) investigates new technologies to uncover gems that offer law firms a significant leap forward with innovative technology.  A handful of products are selected by ILTA and showcased at its annual conference.  This year SkillSite, an Assessment Management System (AMS) that serves as a new delivery platform for assessment, was awarded the title of ” State of the Art Technology.”

SkillSite is a web-based platform that provides a complete set of tools to successfully implement, score, and manage competency-based assessments for employees and new hires.  It is the first legal specific software application designed entirely around Microsoft’s Office 2007 XML file format.  The development of this new product is possible due to Microsoft’s decision to convert from a proprietary binary file format to open standards-based XML file format.  Profiscience Partners is leading the way to utilize OpenXML in creative and exciting new ways, and has used this technology as a way to ensure the latest, most effective and reliable standards.

In 2005 Profiscience Partners also received this prestigious award for UniversitySite, a learning management system, when ILTA selected it for the “State of the Art Technology” showcase.  UniversitySite enables firms to manage training across all offices, providing a single point of entry to instructor-led training, eLearning, compliance programs, and content management.  SkillSite, by design, integrates with UniversitySite to provide a systematic process to identify and close skill gaps with less training and cost than conventional methods.  Firms that have adopted the solution have consistently improved productivity and organizational performance.

Join Profisciencē Partners at the ILTA 2008 conference where they will showcase SkillSite on August 27, 2008 at the Gaylord Texan, Austin 4, 5, 6 at 3:30 pm.

About Profisciencē Partners

Profisciencē Partners is the premier provider of learning management, help desk support, and assessment services to the legal industry. With offices stationed in Dallas, Atlanta, and Minneapolis, Profisciencē Partners offers a range of products, services and educational tools, serving the top law firms in the country.

For more information on Profisciencē Partners, please visit www.profiscience.com.

Profisciencē Partners is pleased to announce its latest product, SkillSite, a web-based platform that provides a complete set of tools for law firms to successfully implement, score, and manage competency-based assessments for employees and new hires. 

Designed exclusively for law firms, SkillSite is the only product on the market today that creates and feeds personalized learning plans into your LMS so employees can quickly access their assessment results and complete prescribed training, allowing them to focus immediately on learning and acquiring new skills. This unique capability enables firms to take an important step after assessment, which is to provide the right training to close identified skill gaps and for the first time ever, facilitate more learning with less training. 

On August 13, Theresa Lundquist will showcase this highly anticipated product, a comprehensive solution that provides end-to-end implementation and management for assessment, enabling law firms to successfully drive performance improvement. This session will include a preview of a “Legal Document Proficiency” assessment, the automatic scoring of assessments, individual scorecard results, and generation of customized learning plans. 

Speaker: Theresa Lundquist, Chief Learning Strategist, Profisciencē Partners 

About Profisciencē Partners

Profisciencē Partners is the premier provider of learning management, help desk support, and assessment services to the legal industry. With offices stationed in Dallas, Atlanta, and Minneapolis, Profisciencē Partners offers a range of products, services and educational tools, serving the top law firms in the country.

For more information on Profisciencē Partners, please visit www.profiscience.com.

The Legal Technology Association, along with Profisciencē Partners, invite you to join us for an educational session titled, “LMS Success Stories.”

Date & Time:
June 9th, 2008, 12:00pm

Location:
City Club, Bank of America Plaza
901 Main Street

Topic:
LMS Success Stories

UniversitySite has enjoyed tremendous success in Dallas. In fact, the product’s origins can be traced directly to a handful of local firms that were using SupportSite to manage their help desk center, who kept sneaking features in to address their training needs. Eventually these features became robust enough to warrant a separate application and UniversitySite was born.

In recognition of all the great work being done with UniversitySite in Dallas, Jeffrey Roach will ask a number of your peers to share some of their success stories with the group. We’ll hear how the LMS has enriched everything from rollout training to managing the new hire program. Jeffrey will lead the discussion, as well as provide his, er,unique perspective. In addition we’ll take scenarios from attendees and talk about how to stage those scenarios in UniversitySite. So prepare your war stories, and we’ll see you in July.

Target Audience:
Firm administrators, HR directors, CIOs, IT directors, trainers

Speakers:
Jeffrey Roach, Chief Experience Officer, Profiscience Partners
Michael Barshinger, President, Profiscience Partners

For more information contact Terri Pason: tpason@winstead.com

About Profisciencē Partners

Profisciencē Partners is the premier provider of learning management, help desk support, and assessment services to the legal industry. With offices stationed in Dallas, Atlanta, and Minneapolis, Profisciencē Partners offers a range of products, services and educational tools, serving the top law firms in the country.

For more information on Profisciencē Partners, please visit www.profiscience.com.

The ILTA User Support Peer Group, along with Profisciencē Partners, invite you to join us for an educational session titled, “New Strategies for Solving the Technical Skill Crisis in Law Firms.”

Date & Time:
June 25, 2008 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Location:
Bingham McCutchen LLP
355 South Grand Avenue
44th Floor
Los Angeles, CA

Topic:
New Strategies for Solving the Technical Skill Crisis in Law Firms

For years law firms have focused on expanding their technology and use of automation tools, and now they’ve turned their attention to ensuring these tools are fully utilized by staff. By doing so, firms have uncovered disparate skill levels and the realization that employees are not equipped to keep up with the demands of technology. As a result, both IT and HR managers are now charged with addressing these business challenges to provide solutions that will successfully impact and improve performance.

To address this important topic, Profisciencē Partners will lead an engaging discussion by illustrating how workplace performance can be significantly improved through skill assessment, competency management, and training programs that include personalized learning plans designed to target critical skill gaps. Theresa Lundquist will show that assessment is firmly entrenched in law firms across the U.S. as she highlights how firms are addressing the challenge of improving the technical skills of employees. At this informative session, she will introduce tools that can relieve the administrative burden of managing complex education programs that are focused on improving performance and productivity, and show that when implemented well, skill assessment is a win-win for both the organization and its employees.

Target Audience:
Firm administrators, HR directors, CIOs, IT directors, trainers

Expertise Level:
Moderate

Presenters:
Theresa Lundquist, Chief Learning Strategist, Profisciencē Partners
Michael Barshinger, President, Profisciencē Partners

About Profisciencē Partners

Profisciencē Partners is the premier provider of learning management, help desk support, and assessment services to the legal industry. With offices stationed in Dallas, Atlanta, and Minneapolis, Profisciencē Partners offers a range of products, services and educational tools, serving the top law firms in the country.

For more information on Profisciencē Partners, please visit www.profiscience.com.

Profiscience Partners is pleased to announce the launch of this highly anticipated product, SkillSite, a comprehensive solution that provides end-to-end implementation and management for assessment, including a legal document proficiency assessment, automatic scoring of assessments, individual scorecards, aggregate report generation, and important communication tools, enabling law firms to successfully drive performance improvement. 

Designed exclusively for law firms, SkillSite is the only product on the market today that creates and feeds personalized learning plans into your LMS so employees can quickly access their assessment results and complete prescribed training, allowing them to focus immediately on learning and acquiring new skills. This unique capability enables firms to take an important step after assessment, which is to provide the right training to close identified skill gaps and for the first time ever, facilitate more learning with less training. 

Two Webinars Scheduled in June to Introduce SkillSite 

Two brief webinars will be conducted to introduce you to SkillSite. Please join us for one of the webinars to learn about SkillSite and how it complements UniversitySite, our LMS. 

1. Thursday, June 12th — 11:30 am CDT, 12:30 pm EDT, 9:30 am Pacific

2. Thursday June 19th — 2:30 pm CDT, 3:30 pm EDT, 12:30 pm Pacific

If you plan to attend one of the webinars, please RSVP to Theresa Lundquist and a “GoToMeeting” invitation will be sent with telephone dial in and web conference information. Feel free to invite other members of your IT and HR departments by forwarding this email to them. 

If you would like to schedule a private web conference for key decision makers in your firm, contact me directly to make alternative arrangements. 

Early Adopter Program Available for SkillSite 

For firms ready to implement a skill assessment initiative, a special price incentive is available to the the first five firms that begin their assessment projects this year. 

For more information about SkillSite, contact Theresa Lundquist. 

About Profisciencē Partners 

Profisciencē Partners is the premier provider of learning management, help desk support, and assessment services to the legal industry. With offices stationed in Dallas, Atlanta, and Minneapolis, Profisciencē Partners offers a range of products, services and educational tools, serving the top law firms in the country. 

For more information on Profisciencē Partners, please visit www.profiscience.com.