D. Todd Smith was one of ten featured speakers at the first-ever "Ignite SBOT" program, which took place on June 20, 2013 during the State Bar's Annual Meeting in Dallas. Smith's topic was "Taking the Paper Out of Your Law Practice." Ignite® talks are five-minute presentations accompanied by 20 slides, which auto-advance every 15 seconds. Once an Ignite® presentation begins, the slides start advancing and do not stop until the speaker's time is up.

1. Taking the Paper
Out of Your Law
Practice
D. Todd Smith
@dtoddsmith
Smith Law Group, P.C.

2. Is This You?

3. Overheard at #ignitesbot
“I want to go paperless.”
Paperless
or
less paper?

4. Your Paperless Toolbox
Hardware/Software Side
๏ Laptop (and tablet)
๏ Scanner (and smartphone)
๏ Duplex printer (yes, I said printer)
๏ Adobe Acrobat Pro
๏ Cloud services/backup systems
๏ But not a dedicated fax machine

5. Laptop

6. Laptop

7. Scanner

8. Scanner?

9. Yes, a Scanner

10. Duplex Printer

11. Software
๏ Adobe Acrobat Pro or equivalent
๏ Cloud services/backup systems

13. Your Paperless Toolbox
Management Side
๏ Electronic file system—homemade or off
the shelf
๏ Incoming paper is scanned, OCRd, and
saved immediately
๏ Non-essential documents are disposed of

14. Your Paperless Toolbox
Management Side
๏ Outgoing documents are generated from
native applications
๏ Transmitted via Internet
๏ Printed/signed documents sent via “snail
mail” are a last resort

15. Electronic File System

16. Electronic File System

17. Native Generation

18. Native Generation

19. Benefits to Paperless-ness
๏ Portability
๏ Flexibility
๏ Efficiency
๏ Responsiveness
๏ Conservation

20. Get Used to…
๏ Increased mobility
๏ Screen reading
๏ Almost never actually signing your name
/s/ D. Todd Smith

21. For More Information…

22. Taking the Paper Out
of Your Law Practice
D. Todd Smith
@dtoddsmith