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Who is the Right Customer: Decisions for Managing Customer Surveys

Teacher Reboot Camp

Symantec has discovered that each page turn in a survey is a leaky pipe for survey abandonment, so they limit their survey to four pages containing only key drivers of Net Promoter, emphasizing customer-centric questions. A fitting quote from Sun Tzu is: “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.

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The K-12 Business Model: How to Innovate in an Ever-Changing Learning Environment

EdNews Daily

At the end of the year, educators and administrators come together to discuss what they’ll be doing and focusing on for the next year, and how that might be different than their previous strategy. Don’t be the company that rests on its performance in the classroom from the year before.

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4 Tips for Controlling Shadow IT

EdTech Magazine

In fact, Gartner recently estimated that, on average, 40 percent of IT spending at companies is on shadow IT. It’s likely that in K–12 school districts, where IT is typically more physically and logically distributed than in the average company, shadow IT may be even more widespread. CDW VV2 Strategy. Content Subtype.

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Silver Lake Acquires Majority Stake in Weld North’s Digital Curriculum Business

Edsurge

For more than two decades, Jonathan Grayer has made a career out of welding educational companies. In 2010, he pooled his own money with KKR, a private equity firm, to launch Weld North , which has since acquired another 16 edtech companies (and invested in 4 others). Yet that’s not all.

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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Social Media

edWeb.net

Once ready, Knowles suggested some strategies for making the most of the platforms. This edWeb broadcast was hosted by Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec. Symantec was founded in 1982 by visionary computer scientists. Map out a plan: Social media should not be a one-person, one-item initiative. About the Presenter.

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Why Your School Should Stick to Core Principles Instead of Market Trends

EdNews Daily

When you focus on your school district’s goals – and not the inherent need to immediately fold the new trend into the classroom – you will likely end up arriving at a solution that not only maximizes your budget, but also aligns with your vision and strategy. . Technologies and inventions that arrive before their time oftentimes fail.

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Top Edtech Classroom Tools

edWeb.net

And to help teachers navigate the plethora of materials for the digital classroom, Tanner Higgin, Director of Education Editorial Strategy at Common Sense Education, presented “ 50 Top Edtech Tools for the Classroom.” This broadcast was hosted by Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec. Below are some of Higgin’s favorites.

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