Jason referenced a LinkedIn discussion — InterAction to be replaced by LinkedIn. I had the pleasure (if that’s what you want to call it) of working with my business development team while at Paul Hastings in implementing InterAction and promoting firm-wide. While there, it really became obvious that InterAction’s success or lack thereof would be driven by the people managing it and driving the vision. Fortunately, there were some strong personalities behind it. Herein lies the challenge — LinkedIn as of yet does not publish data to firmwide systems (credentials databases, portals, etc) — that, is ultimately a shortcoming on the large law firm side. Synching between the two systems is a matter of time, but where InterAction still has an advantage is in organizing communications. For additional insights see this LinkedIn discussion
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