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Join us – contribute!

Join us – contribute!

The next 12 days hold one of my favorite annual traditions. Each year we look around in the less-obvious places for ideas, organizations and people we believe in. Then, during the 12 days following Christmas and into the New Year, we donate a piece of our profits each day on behalf of each of our clients…

Ology Social – check it out

Ology Social – check it out

Here is a shout to Ology Media from our multimedia crew, and a quick explanation of how Ology Social works. Sign up, or just poke around at http://my.ology.com/

Go ahead and break it… Perspectives on building a Channel in K12

Go ahead and break it… Perspectives on building a Channel in K12

Whoever said “if it’s not broke don’t fix it” was probably not talking about their VAR Channel.   What if you could take an existing Reseller Channel, break it, and make it better? A couple of years ago, I inherited a Channel that was doing about $4M in annual sales.  Not bad for a first year [...]

Happy Holidays from Sensible City

Happy Holidays from Sensible City

Ian, Amy, Kylie, Sarah & Andrea wish you a very happy disco holiday from Sensible City.

KUSA (NBC Colorado) Video: Making products out of thin air

KUSA (NBC Colorado) Video: Making products out of thin air

9NEWS has been following the Clean Tech Open since March of this year. The competition takes the best ideas from hundreds of contestants and helps them develop the ideas into products people can use by offering business training and finding funding for the projects…

Maranda TV: An Interactive Social Studies Lesson

Maranda TV: An Interactive Social Studies Lesson

Fourth graders at Meadowlawn Elementary School in Kentwood get an interactive social studies lesson each day.  Maranda stopped by their class to check it out. Click here to read the original post.

Seattle Weekly: Green Festival 2010

Seattle Weekly: Green Festival 2010

The GreenFestconference/celebration of all things earth-friendly paid its annual visit to Seattle this past weekend. From bikes to yoga to organic foods, fabrics and even some ‘naked’ gals…everyone had a good time getting their green on.

Selling To Schools Radio: Can public relations produce sales in the education market?

Selling To Schools Radio: Can public relations produce sales in the education market?

Glen McCandless of Selling to Schools invited Sensible City Founder Ian Bryan onto his program to discuss PR in education: blind spots, opportunities and sales integration. Episode Overview: Public relations has taken the back seat to other types of lead generation education marketing for most companies in the K-12 market, especially with tight economic conditions. Many [...]

Fast Company: Cleantech Open Alumni Rake in $65 Million in First Months of 2010

Fast Company: Cleantech Open Alumni Rake in $65 Million in First Months of 2010

The Cleantech Open is in full swing! FC reports: The Cleantech Open, the world’s largest cleantech business competition, has helped launch successful startups like Cool Earth Solar, Adura Technologies, and BuildFast.

CBS Chicago: Gov. Quinn, Mayor Daley open Green Festival at Navy Pier

CBS Chicago: Gov. Quinn, Mayor Daley open Green Festival at Navy Pier

05.23.2010 – CHICAGO – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn joined Mayor Richard M. Daley for the opening ceremony of the Fourth Annual Chicago Green Festival on Saturday, which included Quinn’s signing an amendment to the Capital Development Board Act. After signing the Amendatory Act, Quinn and Daley strolled the show floor, visiting many of Chicago’s best [...]

T.H.E. Journal: Qwizdom ships the new Q6

T.H.E. Journal: Qwizdom ships the new Q6

By David Nagel Ed tech developer Qwizdom has started shipping a new wireless student response system, one that offers a 2.3-inch (diagonal) LCD screen and cell phone-style keypad for student interaction and formative testing on the fly. The system, the Q6, is the latest in Qwizdom’s line of student response technologies, which also includes the entry-level Q2 and [...]

Scholastic Administrator: Mr. Royal goes to the Bronx (Qwizdom)

March 15, 2010 | Author: Ken Royal Archimedes Academy a Bronx Gem The ancient Syracuse problem-solver Archimedes would have appreciated his namesake Archimedes Academy in the Bronx. This 6-12th grade math, science, and technology NYC public school is run by Miriam Lazar—a modern day mathematician, principal, education entrepreneur, author, and problem solver. Unlike Archimedes, her tasks are [...]

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