NetDocuments doesn’t need a rock concert to make an impact, and neither does great training. In his Above the Law column on NetDocuments Inspire 2026 in Orlando, lawyer and TechLaw Crossroads author Stephen Embry contrasts this year’s celebrity-headlined vendor events with NetDocuments’ more grounded approach. He describes a steady, workmanlike provider that skips the hype, doesn’t overpromise, and simply delivers.

At Savvy Training & Consulting, that’s a philosophy we share. As a certified NetDocuments training partner, our job is to turn powerful platform features into everyday habits for the lawyers and professional staff who rely on them.

What Stephen Embry saw at Inspire 2026

Embry recalls that CEO Josh Baxter once told him NetDocuments is “not a rock band.” If it were a rock star, Embry suggests, it would be Bruce Springsteen: an artist who knows what his fans need, takes the stage on time, plays for hours, and sends everyone home feeling they got their money’s worth.

Highlights from his preview of the conference:

• Keynotes with substance. Day One paired Baxter, Chief Product Officer Dan Hauck, and Manish Rai, VP of Product and Market Strategy, with Alex Schnepf of Harvey and Phil Tow of OpenAI to discuss why context matters in AI results. Day Two brought NetDocuments and Legora together on how legal professionals will work in the future. Day Three features NetDocuments and AWS on the road ahead, including the problems the company is working to solve, a candor Embry found refreshing.
• Practical, hands-on sessions. Attendees learned how to use NetDocuments tools and how to manage AI context and cost. Embry ties this to NetDocuments’ Legal Context Graph and warns that legal is heading toward consumption-based AI pricing.
• The people side of AI. The agenda included sessions on the human side of innovation, how to build an AI-ready organization, lawyer-led AI adoption, and change management.

Embry’s verdict: practical sessions, plus the courage to tackle hard topics openly.

Why training matters more than ever

NetDocuments is evolving fast. Its ndMAX AI tools, deeper Microsoft integrations, and a reimagined platform experience give law firms and their users more capability than ever. But capability only pays off when people actually use it.

Look closely at the Inspire agenda and a theme stands out: AI-ready organizations, lawyer-led adoption, change management. Embry even observes that lawyers rarely think they need change management, but in the age of AI they may have to start. Savvy Training agrees. The firms that see real returns from NetDocuments are the ones that invest in adoption, through training and practice:

• Users who trust the system save, profile, and find documents consistently, which keeps the DMS accurate and secure.
• Users who understand AI features know when to use them, how to frame a request, and how to review the output.
• Users who learn in their own workflows adopt new features faster than those handed a feature list.

Technology changes the platform. Training changes the practice.

How Savvy Training helps firms get more from NetDocuments

As a certified NetDocuments training partner, Savvy Training & Consulting builds learning that fits how legal professionals actually work. Firms can mix and match three ways to learn:

• SavvySMART Content Library. On-demand e-learning built from the NetDocuments platform. Short, focused modules let attorneys and professional staff learn a task at the moment they need it.
• SavvyAcademy Learning Management System. A world-class LMS to assign courses, track completions, and measure adoption across the firm, from onboarding new hires to rolling out new features.
• Instructor-led training. Hands-on, human-to-human classroom and small-group sessions, delivered in person or virtually. Live trainers answer real questions, work through real (or practice) matters, and adapt to each group’s pace.

Whether your firm is migrating to NetDocuments, rolling out ndMAX, or refreshing skills after years on the platform, we can blend self-paced and live training into one program. Our e-learning can be deployed through SavvySMART^TM Content Library, SavvyAcademy LMS or both.

Let’s make your NetDocuments investment work better.

NetDocuments may not be a rock band, but your users can still be its biggest fans. Contact Savvy Training & Consulting at www.savvytraining.com to talk about a NetDocuments custom curated training program built for your firm, from a single live session to a complete on-demand library.

Source

• Stephen Embry, NetDocuments Inspire Conference: It’s Not A Rock Concert, Above the Law, October 20, 2026.
• NetDocuments Inspire 2026 agenda, NetDocuments.