Education Marketplace Wednesday
Every Wednesday at The Educators' Royal Treatment, education vendors
and education public relations specialists are invited to author
posts that are specific to the needs of educators and school districts. No press releases, but rather information and stories
for educators to take back to their classrooms, staff meetings, and
districts. Educators must walk away with something after reading a Wednesday Education Marketplace post.
Education vendors and public relations specialists, who need an invitation, should contact Ken Royal.
Education Marketplace Authors:
Katie Brosious is an education consultant specializing in the K-12 sector for AllofE Solutions (www.allofe.com). AllofE's K-12 products can be seen at www.schooleffects.com. She is a graduate from the Journalism school at the University of Kansas, and, is currently pursuing her MBA also from KU, as only a die-hard Jayhawk fan would. Feel free to send her an email at kbrosious@allofe.com.
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Ellen Haley is president of CTB/McGraw-Hill (http://www.ctb.com/), an educational test publisher founded more than 80 years ago with the mission to “help the teacher help the student.” A 20-year veteran of CTB/McGraw-Hill, Ellen successfully led all of the company’s major functional areas – Publishing, Research, Technology, Scoring and Programs – prior to being appointed president. Before joining CTB/McGraw-Hill, Ellen spent six years as manager of technical publications for Digital Research, a computer software company. She began her career as an English instructor at Marygrove College in Detroit, while also serving as a Graduate Teaching Fellow at the University of Detroit.
Karen Bantuveris is the Founder and CEO of VolunteerSpot
http://www.volunteerspot.com/.
A management consultant, and busy PTA leader, Karen launched
VolunteerSpot after she found that traditional parent coordination methods at
her daughter’s school could be time consuming, frustrating, and caused good
people to drop out or simply not bother. VolunteerSpot’s simple-to-use online
scheduling and signup tool cuts teacher coordination time by 85%, increase
volunteer involvement and donations by 20%, streamlines parent-teacher
conference
scheduling http://www.volunteerspot.com/ebooks/ParentTeacherConference, and
makes it easy for more parents to get involved at school. VolunteerSpot is free
for teachers and groups in need – please take a live or video tour at
www.VolunteerSpot.com.
Sara Dobie is a Public Relations Coordinator in South Carolina. She’s suicidal until three cups of coffee every morning. (Aren’t you?) She specializes in author and illustrator promotion, and she writes about it on her blog: http://saradobie.wordpress.com. If you need a freelance writer with a sense of humor who will tell you the whole truth and nothing but the truth, send her an email: SaraDobie@SylvanDellPSaraDobieublishing.com.
Mark Willis is the COO of eBOARDsolutions, the developer of eBOARD and eMEMBERSHIP, web-based tools for more effective and efficient governance and association management.
As a long time advocate for the effective use of technology at the board governance level, Mr. Willis has worked directly with numerous boards to integrate technology with the district Leadership Team (Board and Superintendent). Mr. Willis is a product of public education and earned his bachelor of science in business administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Mr. Willis is a member of the Georgia Society of Association Executives, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants. mwillis@eboardsolutions.com
Michael Spencer is currently CEO of One2OneMate (StudentMate product line), and leads a team, which
has a combined 20 years experience in bringing technology to the
education market, allowing them to stay ahead of education trends, as well as continue to introduce innovative technologies needed for education today.
Michael Spencer is the pioneer behind Alta Heights Technology Corporation, and the StudentMate product line. Michael is a Silicon Valley industry veteran who has more than a dozen years of experience in the high technology industry.
Jenni Hilton is an education marketplace consultant.
Sandy Fash
Education Public Relations Account Executive for C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
Emily Embury
Education Public Relations Account Executive for C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
Grant Woods
Director of Marketing
AVerMedia Information, Inc.
Bonnie Roskes
Bonnie is a former structural engineer and a mom of 5, so she not only
knows about 3D modeling, but also how to explain things to kids. Check
out www.3dvinci.net for info on project books, as well as free activities and a Teacher Guide.
Dr. Jennifer Fritschi is currently responsible for the Professional Development and State Education Partnerships for Verizon Thinkfinity.org. Before coming to the Verizon Foundation, Jennifer worked for the Alabama Department of Education’s Technology Initiatives office. Prior to her employment with the Alabama Department of Education she was an Instructional Technology Specialist and Assistive Technology Coordinator for a large school district. She began her career as a Special Education teacher. Jennifer serves as Past-President of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Special Education Technology Special Interest Group (SETSIG). She received her doctorate in Educational Leadership with a focus in Instructional Technology in 2008.
