Rose, how do you start a podcast? What did you do?

In this episode, I tell you. I answer five questions about starting a podcast asked by members of my community:

1. What time and resources do you need to commit to your podcast initially? And what about now that you do it more regularly?

2. How do we decide upon our target audience? There are so many possibilities that people can pursue with their time. How do we get their attention? Should that be our goal, or perhaps just to put out what we believe in and see what happens? 

3. What tech do you use? Should we use video? 

4. What post production do you do and how do you get it done? Do you do it yourself or outsource it? Do you have a background in recording or editing software?

5. What are your reflections now that you have been podcasting for a while? Has it been worth it? How do you measure success or a sense that you are using your time and resources productively? 

I hope you enjoy this honest conversation and it helps open your eyes to the limitless possibilities as to where your legal career may take you. 

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Fiona is a legal consultant helping lawyers make better use of tech tools. She is also the author of Tech Enabled Lawyer and Consultant and Tech Evangelist at McLay Legal Consulting. She is also someone whose name you will immediately recognise if you are a part of the Australian Legal Innovation and Technology community, where she has a super strong network. 

Fiona spent 27 years of her legal career as a lawyer in both large and small firms. Then, in 2019 a shift happened, and she started steering her legal career towards consulting and technology. 

In this episode, we explore that shift. We talk about how and why she opted out of the partnership track and how she embarked upon a very deliberate and brave path of career reinvention. We discuss: 

• The very sensible and conventional start to her legal career;

• Why she decided law firm partnership was not for her;

• How she embraced the “desert of reinvention” and claimed her space in the Australian legal tech ecosystem;

• How she built her strong personal brand and thought leadership, including how she wrote her brilliant book, the Tech Enabled Lawyer;

• Her thoughts on Chat GPT and what it is actually good for; 

• The definition of “tech evangelist” and “knowledge management” and ideas that anyone can implement in their own workplaces;

• And much more.

I hope you enjoy this honest conversation and it helps open your eyes to the limitless possibilities as to where your legal career may take you. 

You can find Fiona on Linked In here and check out McLay Legal Consulting at: https://www.mclaylegal.com/  and buy a copy of her brilliant Tech Enabled Lawyer at Booktopia here.

You can connect with Rose Inglis on: 

Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/rosetintedlaw/

Linked In here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roseinglis/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/rosetintedlaw/

You may recall Mollie Tregillis from episode eight. Mollie absolutely nailed the RTL brief and shared really candidly about her twisty career path from top tier legal practice into legal operations and starting her passion project. 

We put a call out on social media to each of our communities to ask you what you wanted us to discuss. And today we answer them all. We get very personal and share what our personal and professional lives look like right now, as well as what is working well and what is not. 

We also share our thoughts on: 

• Managing home life and work life 

• Tips on preparing for, and being on and then returning from parental leave 

• Boundaries between work + home 

• How to manage two parents having big jobs 

• Our tips for self care and the importance of prioritising ourselves for achieving any kind of balance or success

• What having it all and doing it all looks like to each of us 

• And much more. 

The timing of this podcast is very fortuitous. I have just had my second baby. Mollie and I are both in the thick of figuring it all out. 

I hope you enjoy this honest conversation and it helps open your eyes to the limitless possibilities as to where your legal career may take you. 

You can follow Mollie's journey at @mollie_treg on Instagram and on Linked In here.

And me - @rosetintedlaw and on Linked In - Rose Inglis and Rose Tinted Law