Duly Noted

GRBA member directors on sale

To get the most up-to-date contact information for Grand Rapids Bar Association member attorneys, plus federal, state, and local courts, related agencies and area legal organizations, pre-order a directory now. Orders must be received by Aug. 24 and will delivered in September.

To place an order, visit www.grbar.org and click the link on the home page, or call 616-454-5550.


Diversity Collaborative branding project proposals sought


The Grand Rapids Bar Association’s Managing Partners Diversity Collaborative is currently seeking proposals for developing a Brand Identity.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) seeks “an agency with experience in developing a non-profit organizations brand message and logo.”

For more details visit www.grbar.org, which offers all of the documents associated with the RFP.

All proposals and supporting materials should be submitted in an electronic pdf file format by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Please email proposals to Robin Burns, Rhoades McKee at rfburns@rhoadesmckee.com.  Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered.

The project completion date is Oct. 1, 2012.


What’s new in practice management: Smart phone dictation

The Practice Management Resource Center of the State Bar of Michigan offers the following:

Optimize your smart phone efficiency by installing and using a smart phone dictation application. These applications do more than enable digital dictation—they also make it easy to attach your dictated file to an email or send it to an Internet storage location like Dropbox. Using either of these options, your transcription assistant has easy access to the digital file. The file can also be processed by a digital transcription application.

Some of the most popular digital transcription applications are listed here:

Dictamus (iPhone, free and $14.95)

Pocket Dictate (iPhone, iPod, iPad, free)

Voxie Pro Recorder (iPhone, $4.99)

DictaNet Mobile for iPhone ($11.99, control by tilting your phone)

FlexT9 Speak-Trace-Write-Tap (Android, $4.99, 4 input options)

Dictadroid (Android, free and $1.99)

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