Announcements

We are excited and pleased to announce the opening of our online store.  Purchase logo merchandise and showcase the items as NDA members or sponsors.  Start shopping now at www.cafepress.com/nationaldocketing. 

Calling all docketing professionals to take our first survey relating to compensation, diversity, and demographics. Participate and enter into a sweepstakes for a chance to win a $50 Amazon digital gift card. Survey closes on October 20, 2012. Take the survey now.

We are please to announce that Robin Davis of Jones Day in Los Angeles is the winner of the NDA Slogan Contest.  Her entry "Calendaring Our Future Together" was chosen to represent our association on all forms of media.  Robin won a $50 Amazon Gift Card. Congratulations and thank you to all our participants.

All members now have the ability to create photo albums as part of their profile. This feature enables members to upload photos relating to their work, staff, personal life, social events, etc.

Hopefully this will create a more social environment for our association. Sustaining members and sponsors can use this neat feature to display images of their products or photos of their associates.

Just visit your profile and start uploading photos. Learn more.

One of our members, Jim Flynn, will be a panelist speaker at the ILTA Conference in Washington DC the week of August 26.  Jim is the Director of Records and Docket at Winston & Strawn in Chicago.  The topic he will discuss is Streamlining the Case Management Lifecycle.  If you are attending this conference, please make sure you attend this session.  Learn more.

We are holding a contest to create a catchy slogan for the NDA.  Enter to win a $50 Amazon gift card by submitting your suggested slogan(s) by August 24.  Contest is open to all full and associate members only.  Board of Directors are ineligible to participate or win.  Send your suggestions to chris.gierymski@nationaldocketing.org. Winner will be announced the week of August 27.

Here are some sample company slogans for your reference.  You can get more ideas at http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2011/01/50-examples-of-catchy-and-creative-slogans.html.  Keep it short and simple.  Thank you.

 

· Citigroup: "Live Richly"

· Claris: "Simply, Powerful Software"

· CompUSA: "We got it. We get it."

· ConAgra Foods, Inc.: "The Right Kind of Food Company"

· Cracker Barrel: "Homestyle Cooking Done Right."

· Credit Suisse First Boston: "Empowering Change"

· D-Link: "Building Networks for People"

· John Deere: "Nothing Runs Like a Deere"

· Dow Corning: "We Help You Invent the Future"

· Dun & Bradstreet: "Decide with Confidence"

· eBay: "The World's Online Marketplace"

· E.F. Hutton: "When E.F. Hutton talks, people listen"

· Emerson Electric Company: "Consider It Solved"

· ExxonMobil: "Taking on the world's toughest energy challenges"

 

We are now mobile.  When accessing our web site on a smartphone, you will be redirected to our mobile site (m.nationaldocketing.org).  You can also scan this code to gain immediate access with your phone.

We are proud to announce that the NDA has reached a milestone in our membership. In 5 short months we registered 200 full members that perform docketing duties in some capacity or are responsible for the docketing function. That is a great accomplishment and we will not stop here. Congratulations!

We are looking for training opportunities related to basic and advanced docketing workflow processes in Intellectual Property and Litigation practice areas. We envision the trainers will have experience in these areas and be able to provide web based training to our members on set schedules or perhaps recorded and on demand. We also want to create a learning center and appreciate any comments and suggestions on vendors and tools. Kindly respond to chris.gierymski@nationaldocketing.org.  Thank you.