1.GET STARTED IN THE ACC VALUE CHALLENGE

Read the ACC Value Challenge Briefing Package

Consider Your Options - 40 Practical Ideas to Connect Value

Do a Little Homework - Study the Primers

• Value-Based Fees
  
• Value-Based Staffing
• Value-Based Relationships with Outside Counsel
• Legal Project Management
  

Talk With Your Firm or Client About Ways to Improve Value - We offer the "Meet. Talk. Act" Paradigm

Adopt a Covenant with Counsel - This template lists provisions for law firms and clients to consider.

Join the Community - Subscribe to the ACC Value Challenge eGroup (aka. Listserv) to share ideas, resources and lessons learned in the value movement  

• ACC members: log-in and go to My ACC, then My eGroups, and add the ACC Value Challenge open/interest group

2. TAKE THE NEXT STEPS IN THE ACC VALUE CHALLENGE

Try New Strategies and Tactics - There are many value levers to consider, and proven tools and techniques, in the ACC Value Challenge Resource Center, such as:

• Value-Based Fee Structures
• Staffing Options
• Law Firm Relationships
• Budgeting, Process and Project Management
• Evaluation Performance & Metrics
• Data and Knowledge Management
• Efficiency through Technology

Go a Little Further - Consult the ACC Value Challenge Primers for ideas about new tactics to try:

• Value-Based Fees
  
• Value-Based Staffing
• Value-Based Relationships with Outside Counsel
  
• Legal Project Management
  

Leverage the Community - Participate in the ACC Value Challenge eGroup (aka. Listserv) for peer-to-peer discussion about tactics tried, lessons learned, resource providers and more

• ACC members: log-in and go to My ACC, then My eGroups, and add the ACC Value Challenge open/interest group

Participate in an ACC Value Challenge Legal Service Management Workshop

3. SERVE AS AN ACC VALUE CHALLENGE AMBASSADOR

Talk It Up Among Peers - Consider the talking points in this "Elevator Pitch"

Give a presentation or serve on a panel, sharing your experiences in the value movement. Here are PowerPoint "decks" that can serve as a basis for your presentation:

• Value-Based Fee Structures: How Can They Help Us?
  

  Presentation on the various Value-Based fee structures, their advantages, and how to begin implementing them.

Host a meeting convening in-side and outside counsel to discuss ways to improve value. Here is a background PowerPoint "deck" that can help frame that discussion:

• ACC Value Challenge Background PowerPoint
  

  A high-level PowerPoint that can be used for visual presentations on the ACC Value Challenge

• Chapter ACC Value Challenge Program Ideas
  

  A primer for ACC Chapters listing actions to take and ideas for interactive programs in their chapter areas

• List of Possible Table Discussion Topics
  

  A select list of categories of discussion topics relating to in-house counsel and law firm legal service relationships. Each category has multiple discussion ideas. These topics can be used within law departments, law firms, at interactive collaborative programs and more

Be a Teacher - Combine these teaching tools with what you know from your own experience:

• ACC Value-Based Training Deck
  

  A useful guide to slide presentation training for Value-Based billing programs which help initiate use of these billing structures

• Value-Based Fee Structures: How Can They Help Us?
  

  Presentation on the various Value-Based fee structures, their advantages, and how to begin implementing them
  

Share Your Value Practices - To discuss contributing a leading practice to the collection of resources on the ACC Value Challenge website, contact Catherine J Moynihan, ACC's Director of Project Development.