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Smokeball Training Resources

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Get started with the basics and essentials of Smokeball with our wide range of interactive and self-paced training resources.

Self-guided courses

Learn the ins and outs of Smokeball at your own pace by completing our Smokeball Academy courses.

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Course What you will learn
Foundations 1: Basics Training
  • Navigating Smokeball
  • Creating your first matter
  • Managing documents and files in a matter
  • Generating legal documents and precedents
  • Managing emails related to a matter
Foundations 2: Essentials Training
  • Managing tasks effectively in a matter
  • Scheduling and managing events, such as court dates, meetings, and deadlines
  • Capturing new leads and converting them into matters
  • Creating workflows to automate repetitive tasks and streamline processes
Billing Training
  • Navigating Smokeball Bill
  • Creating manual time entries
  • Setting up and using AutoTime
  • Creating an invoice
  • Finalising invoices and adding invoice payments
Trust Accounting Training
  • Setting up your trust account
  • Recording and managing trust transactions
  • Completing trust reconciliations and closing out the end-of-month process
  • Dealing with common issues during trust reconciliations
Precedents Training
  • Creating and modifying Precedents
  • Inserting Automation Fields
  • Inserting Asks
  • Inserting If/Then/Else automation
  • Modifying document containers
Reports Training
  • Run reports on Smokeball desktop 
  • Run reports on Smokeball Boost
LeadPro Training [New!]
  • Implementing a lead intake form on your website
  • Managing responses to the lead intake form
MatterFlow Training [New!]
  • Sending matter intake forms to clients
  • Managing responses to matter intake forms

Schedule a training session

Learn how to use Smokeball by registering for interactive sessions with our trainers.

Session Name Session Times in AEST/AEDT

Foundations 1 - Basics

Learn how to navigate basic features in the Smokeball desktop app.

Monday 11:00am - 12:00pm (Register)

Thursday 1:00pm - 2:00pm (Register)

Foundations 2 - Essentials

Learn how to use time-saving features in the Smokeball desktop app to streamline your productivity.

Monday 1:00pm - 2:00pm (Register)

Thursday 11:00am - 12:00pm (Register)

Pre-recorded training

Missed a training session? We've provided video recordings of some past training sessions.

We highly recommend you attend your scheduled training sessions either way - they're more tailored to your firm and you'll have the opportunity to ask questions to our trainers.

For more details on what to expect in your Smokeball onboarding experience, read our onboarding plan.

Select your plan:

Smokeball Prosper Smokeball Grow Smokeball Bill

Basics Training

Essentials Training

Billing Training

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