communication solutions for your schools and district
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
Hamilton County Schools
Your NeedsOur Solution
Your NeedsBe THE place for information about local public schools and public education (including test scores, student demographics, enrollment, initiatives, board meetings, etc…)
Our SolutionOne URL provides access to all resources students/parents/the public needs.
Your NeedsHousing all relevant information for the system and its 80+ schools, programs, departments, external partnerships, initiatives, etc…
Our Solution
•Unlimited size and space•Unlimited bandwidth•Unlimited users
Your NeedsCreation 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
Our Solution (District)
Teaching and LearningImportant Files
Our Solution (Schools)
• Graduated from Penn State, 1974• Board Certified, 1998
Your NeedsEffective marketing of district news, public information, successes, challenges and issues
Board Meeting AlertsPress Releases
Exchange of News
School News Becomes District News
Exchange of News
District News Becomes School News
Your NeedsInteractive (SQL database) with existing third-party applications including the student database, zone finder, child nutrition database, HR search soft (employment applications) etc…
Our Solution• Promotion of resources throughout site
display• Implementation of specific programs• Facilitate needs of district
Your NeedsUse of new social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
Our SolutionBuild your own pages to link to virtually any social media pages.
Your Needs
Ability to stream video and podcasts
Our SolutionUpload as many videos and audio files as you like.
Your Needs
Interaction with the community for information dissemination
Notify Me – Receive Alerts
Your Needs
Templates for school-based websites
Our Solution
Navigation Excellence
Find Important Information
Your Needs
Migration of all current information to the new site
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
Your Needs
Services that would help meet Strategic Plan and communications goals
Our Solution
Effective teacher websites with e-mail links, assignments, file downloads, ability to register for Notify Me alerts and more
Parental Involvement
Clear and Open Staff Communication
Staff Internal Resources
Involve the Community
Your Needs
System that has multiple uses, roles and security
Our Solution (School)
Ease of UseYour 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).
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
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
“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
Customer Retention: A Clear Picture
Company Growth
It may be your website … but it’s our business.