I accepted my invitation to attend the 6th annual Municipal Attorney’s Training Conference with open arms. How could I turn it down? For one, it is hosted at the Hilton Waikaloa Bay, a beautiful megaresort on the Big Island of Hawaii. Not to mention that the conference organizers, the County of Hawaii’s Corporation Counsel, are great friends and advocates of Laserfiche and, to reiterate, it was held in beautiful Hawaii.

Little did I know that my acceptance of the invitation with open arms would be, in turn, reciprocated with a wonderful reception by the conference attendees and hosts. Nien Ling, who also attended the conference, felt the hospitality and the sense of community, commenting that “They really treat us like family.”

The primary goal of the conference is to provide municipal attorneys an opportunity to convene in a relaxed and informative environment. Much of the information comes in the form of sharing knowledge, or as the local Hawaiians say, “talking story.” The conference is well organized, thanks to the hard work of Martha Rodillas, Lincoln Ashida and the entire Corporation Counsel staff. Because it is so well organized, attendees are free to spend time learning and “talking story” without stressing out about logistics.

While here at the conference, I have come to the conclusion that the success of Laserfiche in the county of Hawaii can be attributed to two factors. The first can be best articulated by the people that use it every day: “it is so powerful AND easy to use,” a combination that is notoriously hard to come by in enterprise-level software. The second reason Laserfiche has been so successful in Hawaii can be directly attributed to the sense of community among everyone that I have met. When one person finds something that works, they are compelled to share that knowledge with their neighbors, so the benefit of using Laserfiche has spread to many departments throughout the state. In fact, Laserfiche was recently adopted as the accepted document management software by the county’s standardization committee, which means Laserfiche can be purchased by any government agency without going through the normally tedious procurement process.

Overall, the conference was a great success. Many new connections were made among the attendees, information was shared and, in my case, many new friends were made. Thank you to the gracious hosts of the conference for the invitation and if, in the future, you ever need a Laserfiche representative at your conference please put me at the top of the list!

Posted on Monday, August 25th, 2008 at 2:53 pm under Blogs, Laserfiche Staff. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.