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Communication Solutions for Your Schools and District

Communication Solutions for Your Schools and District. About Us. Began in 1999 Primary Offices Birmingham / Mobile Our Business is Schools and School Districts Work with Schools/Districts in 34 states Systems from 1 school to 100+ schools Developed for / with input from educators.

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Communication Solutions for Your Schools and District

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  1. Communication Solutions for Your Schools and District

  2. About Us • Began in 1999 • Primary Offices Birmingham / Mobile • Our Business is Schools and School Districts • Work with Schools/Districts in 34 states • Systems from 1 school to 100+ schools • Developed for / with input from educators

  3. Hamilton County Schools Your Needs Our Solution

  4. Your Needs Be THE place for information about local public schools and public education (including test scores, student demographics, enrollment, initiatives, board meetings, etc…)

  5. Our Solution One URL provides access to all resources students/parents/the public needs.

  6. Your Needs Housing all relevant information for the system and its 80+ schools, programs, departments, external partnerships, initiatives, etc…

  7. Our Solution Unlimited size and space Unlimited bandwidth Unlimited users

  8. Your Needs Creation of a new website with a dynamic CMS system that allows departments to upload their own information if they choose and/or have a central office staff member manage the content

  9. Our Solution (District) Important Files Teaching and Learning

  10. Our Solution (Schools) • Graduated from Penn State, 1974 • Board Certified, 1998

  11. Your Needs Effective marketing of district news, public information, successes, challenges and issues

  12. Board Meeting Alerts Press Releases

  13. Exchange of News School News Becomes District News

  14. Exchange of News District News Becomes School News

  15. Your Needs Interactive (SQL database) with existing third-party applications including the student database, zone finder, child nutrition database, HR search soft (employment applications) etc…

  16. Our Solution Promotion of resources throughout site display Implementation of specific programs Facilitate needs of district

  17. Your Needs Use of new social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)

  18. Our Solution Build your own pages to link to virtually any social media pages.

  19. Your Needs Ability to stream video and podcasts

  20. Our Solution Upload as many videos and audio files as you like.

  21. Your Needs Interaction with the community for information dissemination

  22. Our Solution greatparent@hotmail.com greatparent@hotmail.com Text Messaging Optional

  23. Notify Me – Receive Alerts

  24. Your Needs Templates for school-based websites

  25. Our Solution

  26. Navigation Excellence

  27. Find Important Information

  28. Your Needs Migration of all current information to the new site

  29. Our Solution • Careful planning to review existing sites and determine appropriate consistent structure for new sites • Effective training for build-out of new sites • Consolidated effort (our staff and yours) to transfer all current information/data

  30. Your Needs Services that would help meet Strategic Plan and communications goals

  31. Our Solution Effective teacher websites with e-mail links, assignments, file downloads, ability to register for Notify Me alerts and more

  32. Parental Involvement

  33. Clear and Open Staff Communication

  34. Staff Internal Resources

  35. Involve the Community

  36. Your Needs System that has multiple uses, roles and security

  37. Our Solution (School)

  38. Ease of Use Your staff will take ownership of the website. Why? SCHOOLinSITES only requires basic computer skills. The result? • More participation. • More information posted. • More vibrant websites. • Less work for the Webmaster; more involvement by Communications Director (news management).

  39. The End Result • More Involvement by Everyone • Professional Design • Easier Navigation • Alert System • Surveys and Online Forms • Private Storage / Repository of Files • Consistent and Full School/Teacher Websites

  40. Additional Benefits • Priority One E-rate eligible • Only company whose hosting is 100% E-rate eligible • One of the Top 5 hosting companies in the country for schools and districts • Highest customer retention in industry

  41. Customer Retention: A Clear Picture “70 to 90 percent of decisions not to repeat a purchase of anything are not about product or price. They are about some dimension of service.” -Barry Gibbons, former CEO, Burger King

  42. Company Growth

  43. It may be your website … but it’s our business.

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