BrainPOP® (www.brainpop.com) creates animated, curricular content that engages students, supports teachers, and bolsters achievement – in classrooms, at home, and on mobile devices. Our award-winning online resources include BrainPOP Jr.® (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español™, and, for English language learners, BrainPOP ESL™. We are also home to GameUp™, a free educational games portal for the classroom. All of our resources are supported by BrainPOP Educators, a free professional community of nearly 200,000 teachers. BrainPOP sites and apps support individual, team, and whole-class learning in traditional, blended, and “flipped” settings. Our content is mapped to Common Core, aligned to academic standards, and easily searchable with our Standards Tool. BrainPOP global sites host more than 11 million visits each month.

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K-12 education may be at a pivotal point in its evolution. New approaches to schooling are being tested around the country, technological tools are making it easier to adjust classroom teaching methods to target individual student needs, and an emerging market of educational entrepreneurs is seeking to make money by solving problems. This growing movement toward innovation is spurring new policies, programs, and products that carry with them the potential to transform how students learn and how schools operate. Helping to fuel those new ideas and entrepreneurial efforts is a flow of venture capital into K-12 that has exploded over the past year, reaching its highest transaction values in a decade in 2011.

Education Week is now providing focused reporting on this fast-changing landscape, to follow the education industry and efforts at innovation. You’ll find continuing coverage in the pages of Education Week, in articles and blogs on edweek.org, and in a new, free e-newsletter, Industry & Innovation. Sign up now to download our first special report on this topic, and to have these ongoing resources at your fingertips: www.edweek.org/go/innovationdownload.

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EduTone provides the sustainable technology schools need in order to deliver the 21st century teaching and learning environments their stakeholders require. EduTone’s innovative, easy-to-use, and low-cost EduTone Xchange (ETX) platform, along with its pre-integrated catalog of education-specific applications, enables on-demand, one-to-one services delivery to the education enterprise while reducing IT complexity and bridging technology and business processes gaps.  The Global Grid for Learning (GGfL) acts as a trusted broker for digital content - connecting teachers and students to a single source for high-quality and educationally relevant learning resources. EdPay, provides educational organizations the tools they need to sell goods, process payments and generate reports. 

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The Greaves Group
Tom Greaves
Founder and CEO

760-942-7654
tom@greavesgroup.com
www.greavesgroup.com

The Greaves Group provides a unique blend of successful senior management-level experience in sales, marketing, business development, operations, and product development. With over 100 years of combined know-how, our vast knowledge is virtually unmatched in the education market.

The Greaves Group works with K-12 education companies to design, support, and execute projects that increase revenue and decrease the cost of customer acquisition. As first-hand practitioners at the senior management level for most of our professional lives, we have both the objectivity and the expertise to put your company and executive team on a fast track to success. Partnering with The Greaves Group will help your company cost-effectively achieve its goals by ensuring positive outcomes and a measurable return on investment.

The Greaves Group is also a highly regarded, experienced research organization. In conjunction with The Hayes Connection and the One to One Institute, The Greaves Group has recently published the Project RED report of survey results from 997 schools entitled THE TECHNOLOGY FACTOR: Nine Keys to Student Achievement and Cost-Effectiveness. For more information about Project RED, and the Project RED Institute, please visit http://www.projectred.org/.

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Learning.com
Doug Gastich
Director of Content and Partner Development

503-517-4463
dgastich@learning.com
www.learning.com

Learning.com provides proven content, powerful tools, and practical services to support 21st century learners, align instruction to Common Core standards, and prepare students for next generation assessments. We offer free and fee-based standards-aligned curriculum and assessments to enhance and differentiate instruction, engage students, and increase test scores. In addition to award-winning content, we provide the implementation, support, and professional development tools and services that educators need to make the most of their resources and improve learning outcomes.

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SAFARI Montage
Linda Maxson
Event Manager

610-645-4000, Ext. 173
lmaxson@safarimontage.com
www.safarimontage.com

SAFARI Montage provides school districts with an integrated Learning Object Repository and Digital Media & Curriculum Delivery solution all wrapped into one. In addition, the solution is Interoperable with virtually all classroom technology and most enterprise district systems. The full suite of integrated modules provides a single interface for users to access and manage all digital, visual resources from within the school district network or from home. And now, with the introduction of the Digital Curriculum Presenter™ (DCP) module, curriculum departments can elegantly deliver a full digital curriculum. The award-winning SAFARI Montage solution is also designed to cut costs for school districts by utilizing intelligent digital media solutions to replace traditional methods. SAFARI Montage servers come preloaded with educational video titles tied to the curriculum from the industry’s leading video publishers, which include Schlessinger Media, PBS, The History Channel, National Geographic, Scholastic, Disney Educational Production, BBC and more. As of July 1, 2012, SAFARI Montage is now the primary major commercial digital distributor of PBS’ library of full-length programs to schools nationwide. In addition, school districts can easily upload and manage their own digital content, and disseminate it to all users throughout the school or district.

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SMART Technologies
Emilio Bernabei
Director, Ecosystem and Marketing Operations

403-407-4921
ebernabei@smarttech.com
www.smarttech.com

SMART Technologies introduced the world’s first interactive whiteboard over 20 years ago, and today is the global leader in the interactive whiteboard product category, with over 68% market share in North America. Since its introduction in 1991, the SMART Board® interactive whiteboard has revolutionized the education market and changed the way the world learns. Today, there are over 2 million SMART Board interactive whiteboards around the world being used on a daily basis by over 30 million teachers and students.

SMART welcomes working relationships with publishers and software developers who would like to expand their business by creating interactive whiteboard content and software. We will help you develop, promote, and sell your products to the millions of SMART Board interactive whiteboard users around the world.

The first step you can take is to become a member of the SMART Ecosystem Network by visiting www.smarttech.com/ecosystem. As a member of our Ecosystem Network, you will receive access to training, development tools, and marketing resources that will help you launch your digital content and software into the marketplace and achieve a quick return on your investment. Join our network today! www.smarttech.com/ecosystem

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Dell
Kelli Hodges
Sr. Business Development Manager

512-971-8671
kelli_hodges@dell.com
www.dell.com

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its direct business model, Dell is a leading global systems and services company and No. 34 on the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.dell.com. To communicate directly with Dell and your peers, go to www.edu4u.com to join in conversations or share your thoughts around revolutionizing education technology.

itslearning
Brenda Raker
Vice President, Marketing

812-786-6619
brenda.raker@itslearning.com
www.itslearning.com

itslearning supports and enhances teaching and learning in 21st century classrooms at all grade levels. We do this by providing a platform which is being used by millions of educators around the world to create, use and manage a wide variety of digital resources to support best practices such as: blended learning, flipping the classroom, personalized learning, professional learning communities and other innovative best practices. We are entirely cloud-based which reduces IT costs. In addition, we have very high user adoption rates. Both of these contribute to a high return on investment for your technology dollars.

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Kajeet for Education
Michael M. Flood
Vice President, Education Markets

240-482-3502
mflood@kajeet.com
www.kajeet.com/education

Kajeet is Making Learning Mobile with an affordable, safe, scalable solution to bring mobile broadband enabled devices to students everywhere.

Based in Bethesda, Maryland, Kajeet for Education is operated by Kajeet, Inc., creators of the award-winning safest cell phone for kids™. Founded in 2003, Kajeet was designed to provide kids with everything they need to safely explore the world of mobile technology. It includes a full suite of online parental controls to help families customize and manage every aspect of their Kajeet cell phone experience.

Kajeet combines mobile broadband on a Tier 1 carrier network with Sentinel™, a unique network-based IP Traffic Management platform, to provide students with safe, CIPA-compliant mobile broadband in an education budget-friendly model. Mobile broadband service from Kajeet is shared across all devices and never expires so schools only pay for what they need and when they need it.

Kajeet School Guard™ is a BYOD solution combining the award-winning parental controls platform for smartphones and tablets with the Sentinel™ platform to ensure appropriate use of student-owned devices during the school day – at no cost to school districts! Revenue from School Guard™ funds PTA’s, PTO’s, Foundations and even schools directly.

For more information about Kajeet for Education, please visit http://kajeet.com/education. To learn more about the smart phone for kids™, visit http://kajeet.com.

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LAUNCHedu is an exciting new startup competition for promising entrepreneurs to publicly pitch their education business concepts and products before a panel of judges that include venture capitalists, successful entrepreneurs and education practitioners. Hosted by South by Southwest, SXSWedu is an innovations in learning conference held every March in Austin, Texas. As a component of the conference, LAUNCHedu will showcase what's next and new in education. LAUNCHedu 2013 will occur March 4-7, 2013 at the Hilton Austin Downtown. Visit http://sxswedu.com/ to learn more.

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Ligature Partners, Executive Search
Willa Perlman
Managing Partner

401-521-3993
willa@ligaturepartners.com
www.ligaturepartners.com

Ligature Partners is a boutique retained executive search firm with a focus on industry sectors that educate, inform, and entertain consumers. Our clients include: education companies and organizations – both for-profit and non-profit, B2B and B2C publishers, digital content developers, aggregators and distributors, technology companies, consumer product companies, and private equity companies across our industry sector focus. The majority of our work involves identifying candidates from director to C-level across a full range of functional areas. Our partners have first-hand industry experience as they have held senior executive roles with companies engaged in many of the industry sectors our practice specializes in. As a result, clients are able to “speak shorthand” with us and often take advantage of our contextual knowledge on issues that go beyond the typical search parameters. We are known for our highly consultative approach and ability to traverse both large corporations and smaller, highly entrepreneurial businesses. Our service is extremely personal. Our partners do all of the execution work for the searches they lead. Our nationwide network of candidates is robust and current, and we’re particularly attuned to the emergence of new companies within our industry sectors where we closely watch the development of the next generation of A list executives. Ligature Partners has established a reputation for quality, tenacity, and responsiveness that distinguishes us within our profession.

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Pearson
Kathy Hurley
EVP, Education Alliances
Pearson Foundation

201-665-6235
kathy.hurley@pearson.com
www.pearson.com

Pearson, the global leader in education content, services, and technology, engages today’s digital natives with assessment-driven, personalized learning, as well as dedicated professional development for new and seasoned teachers. This commitment is demonstrated in the company’s investment in innovative print and digital education materials for Pre-K through college, student information systems and learning management systems, teacher professional development, career certification programs, and testing and assessment products that set the standard for the industry. The company’s respected brands include Scott Foresman, Scott-Foresman-Addison Wesley, Prentice Hall, Benjamin Cummings, PEMSolutions, Stanford 10, SuccessNet, MyLabs, PowerSchool, SuccessMaker, America’s Choice, and many others. Pearson’s comprehensive offerings help inform targeted instruction and intervention so that success is within reach of every student at every level of education. Pearson’s commitment to education for all is supported by the global philanthropic initiatives of the Pearson Foundation.

Academic Business Advisors, LLC
Farimah Schuerman
Managing Partner

914-238-4435
farimah.schuerman@academicbiz.com
www.academicbiz.com

ABA helps ed tech companies with strategy, sales and marketing, distribution, business development, and growth. We have experience in the full life cycle of education business and services. We go beyond specializing in specific tasks or having a narrow focus or expertise. Our broader perspective allows us to help you identify what you need to get to your end goals and then help you plan and execute. We often start with questions such as what are your goals and what is holding you back from achieving them? And then proceed to help you craft and implement winning strategies.

Agile Education Marketing
Bob O'Dell & Verlan Stephens
Managing Partners

949-861-3746
rodell@agile-ed.com
www.agile-ed.com

Agile Education Marketing is leading the way with innovative information and marketing solutions for education businesses. We help you build your brand with educators and generate leads using a variety of channels including e-mail, direct mail and online advertising. If you’re searching for more cost effective, efficient and effective ways to grow your business, turn to Agile.

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BLEgroup
Eliot Levinson, Ph.D.
CEO

202-255-4391
eliot@blegroup.com
www.blegroup.com

The effectiveness of education technology is determined by the quality of the technology product and the capacity of schools to implement those products- The BLEgroup works with both schools and firms to develop market and implement technology products effectively.The BLEgroup is comprised of 150 leading education decision makers. The group provides a flow of services to support firms throughout the product life cycle; including focus groups, piloting product implementation, white papers, creating channel alliances and providing implementation support.

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C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.
Charlene Blohm
President

608-216-7300
charlene@cblohm.com
www.cblohm.com

C. Blohm & Associates, Inc. (CB&A), is a public relations firm specializing in the education industry. Since 1991 we’ve helped companies build brand awareness, manage their corporate reputation, increase customer engagement and loyalty, and boost company growth. We design customized communications campaigns to fit each client’s specific needs through a comprehensive portfolio of services in the areas of public relations leadership, visibility solutions, and social media strategy.

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Cherry Tree Companies, LLC
Chad E. Johnson
Managing Director

952-253-6010
cjohnson@cherrytree.com
www.cherrytree.com

Cherry Tree & Associates, LLC, is a private investment banking and investment management firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, specializing in serving entrepreneurially managed companies. Founded in 1980, the firm has served hundreds of companies in a variety of industries. It has formed and managed 8 investment partnerships and has participated in over 200 private equity financings, over 100 M&A transactions, and 24 public offerings. Our firm has a team of seasoned professionals representing more than 200 years of investment and executive operating experience. In the past five years, we have handled more than $1.3 billion in transactions

Cherry Tree has been working with education-related companies since 1985. We provide sell-side advisory engagements for companies with between $10 million to $500 million in revenue, and buy-side advisory engagements for companies as large as $3 billion in revenues. We assist entrepreneurial companies in the raising of equity capital private placements between $5 million and $50 million and provide fairness opinions and other valuation services.

For more information, including a subscription to our Education For-Profit Monthly newsletter or a conversation on the Education For-Profit industry and market conditions, please contact Cherry Tree at 952-893-9012, info@cherrytree.com, or visit our website at www.cherrytree.com.

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EdNET Insight
Kathleen Brantley
Director of EdNET Insight, MDR

800-333-8802
kbrantley@dnb.com
www.schooldata.com/mdrednetinsight.asp

EdNET Insight is a decision support subscription service from MDR that provides market research, consulting, and information services and a member community to companies in the K-12 education industry. By means of reports, custom research, and other services, EdNET Insight supports tactical and strategic decision making in core corporate functions—strategic planning, sales and marketing, business and product development. The service also provides funding solutions that offer information and advice to navigate opportunities and apply for funding effectively. To learn more about membership in EdNET Insight, please contact us at 800-333-8802 or at mdrinfo@dnb.com.

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Educational Systemics, Inc.
Michael Jay
President

360-752-2874
michael@edusystemics.com
www.edusystemics.com

Educational Systemics is a service organization offering both breadth and depth of experience in education, technology, and business planning for the K-12 market. Educational Systemics’ mission is to improve teaching and learning in schools by working closely with K-12 businesses to conceptualize, design, develop, position, and identify sales opportunities for products that address the education community.

Whether your organization is going through large- or small-scale changes, re-evaluating
product or service offerings, or trying to determine which products truly meet the needs of the marketplace, Educational Systemics will collaborate with you to evaluate your options and chart a course that meets your business goals and accounts for the needs of K-12 education today.

edWeb.net
Lisa Schmucki
Founder and CEO

800-575-6015, Ext. 100
lisa@edweb.net
www.edweb.net

edWeb.net is a social network and professional learning community that makes it easy for teachers and all educators to connect and collaborate with peers, share information and best practices, and spread innovative ideas to improve teaching and learning. edWeb hosts professional learning communities with free webinars on key topics in education.

We help organizations create webinar series and online communities to discuss important topics in education, provide professional development, and support customers. Our clients include AT&T, BrainPOP, Eden Autism Services, ePals, ETA hand2mind, Follett Software Company, NASSP, and NCTAF, among others.

Please contact us for more information on how we can help your organization create a custom program to connect with the education community. Email us at info@edweb.net or call us at 800-575-6015 ext 100. Visit our website at www.edweb.net.

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FableVision
Shelby Marshall
Solutions Architect

617-447-4978
shelby@fablevision.com
www.fablevision.com

FableVision is a creative multimedia design and development firm located in Boston’s Innovation District. We create award-winning websites, digital games and activities, interactive educational resources, animated films, interactive graphic novels, desktop and IWB applications, and mobile apps.

We have established ourselves not only as a premiere design and development firm, creating products that engage and inspire, but as a firm with a deep understanding of the ways that people of all ages approach, comprehend, and apply knowledge. We believe that thoughtfully designed multimedia technologies have the potential to open doors to new ways of learning, communicating, and interacting.

FableVision has been privileged to work with the very best publishing partners, such as the Pearson companies, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Scholastic, Curriculum Associates, EPS/School Specialty, Lexia Learning, Zaner-Bloser, and Learning.com.

Please contact us to talk about how we can help your next project move the meter in the classroom and in the marketplace.

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Follett Software Company
Sue Adelmann
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

815-344-8700
sadelmann@follettsoftware.com
www.follettsoftware.com

Combining proven thought leadership with digitally powered, K-12 technology solutions, Follett Software helps sustain a rich, collaborative, 21st century learning environment that supports student success. Follett’s integrated educational technologies, training, and services help districts achieve better results by maximizing resources—from library materials, digital content, textbooks and other assets to school and student data.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Deb deVries
Director, Central Region, Adjacent Markets

612-669-3379
deb.devries@hmhpub.com
www.hmhco.com

HMH sparks a lifelong love of learning in every individual we touch. Our challenge and our passion is to combine cutting-edge research, editorial excellence and technological innovation to improve teaching and learning environments and solve complex literacy and education challenges. We are among the world’s largest providers of pre-K–12 education solutions.

Intel
Paige Johnson
Government/Education Strategist

503-712-3378
paige.johnson@intel.com
www.k12blueprint.com

For more than four decades, Intel has developed technology enabling the computer and Internet revolution that has changed the world. Intel supplies the computing and communications industries with chips, boards, systems and software building blocks that are the “ingredients” of computers, servers, and networking and communications products. These products are used by industry members to create advanced computing and communications systems. Intel’s mission is to be the preeminent building block supplier to the Internet economy.

One of the greatest challenges facing education and industry alike is how to harness the power of technology, put it to work for students today, and do it at a cost that already strained education budgets can afford. Through partnerships with corporate America, school districts now have the ability to address critical technology issues and deliver the solutions teachers and students need most.

Intel is a trusted advisor and consultant to education in the technology field. Through our relationships with manufacturers and application service providers for both content and services, we are able to advise and help schools and districts move as far down the technology road as possible.

For more information about eLearning initiatives in your school system, visit www.k12blueprint.com.

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KEH Communications
Kati Elliott
President

410-975-9638
kati@kehcomm.com
www.kehcomm.com

KEH Communications is a specialized agency that focuses on public relations and marketing for education and consumer education clients. For more than fourteen years, KEH has provided each client with a robust public relations plan that is individualized to meet each company’s specific needs. Kati Elliott, a previous education magazine editor (Curriculum Product News) and a long-time account representative at a mid-size public relations agency formed KEH Communications with the goal of helping companies to have an impact on the education of children. KEH focuses exclusively on the promotion of academic products and services for schools and homes. If it doesn’t teach or support education, we won’t handle it.

KEH Communications offers a full range of public relations, marketing, and event planning services ideally suited to assist clients in gaining broader awareness for their company and products within schools and homes. We are staffed with energetic, experienced account executives who bring appropriate resources to bear depending on the task at hand. To learn more, visit www.kehcomm.com.

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McHugh & Associates
Sue Buesing
Vice President

402-415-5818
sue.buesing@mchughinc.com
www.mchughinc.com

At McHugh & Associates, we provide the very best content metadata analysis, curriculum alignment, assessment writing, and indexing services, consistently outperforming all competition and exceeding our clients’ expectations. Our level of human expertise is strategically combined with proprietary cost-reducing methodologies, thus creating an ideal offering of unrivaled quality at minimal expense.

Meeker Search and Consulting
John Meeker, Ph.D.
Founder and Principal

952-921-3262
john@johnmeeker.com
www.johnmeeker.com

SEARCH FOR CLIENT ORGANIZATIONS AND NAVIGATING YOUR ENCORE CAREER

SEARCH PRACTICE: more than a dozen years providing top talent to clients because:

• We use our clients’ time and money effectively and efficiently
• We are experts in our niche
• Confidentiality is a watchword for both companies and industry leaders
• We are tested and proven with established and emerging companies

NAVIGATE YOUR ENCORE CAREER: Clients 50+ engage our transition services to:

• Identify what they’ve learned and experienced and pass it along
• Start new beginning through creativity, teaching, travel and being stronger in the next year
• Work on your own terms
• Give back to communities and establish legacies

John will be available to meet during EdNET, and he can be contacted at the Minneapolis office, 952-921-3262, or john@johnmeeker.com. See www.navigateyourencorecareer.com.

John Meeker, Ph.D.
Founder and Principal: National Search Practice
Advisor, Speaker and Writer:  What's Next? Work on your Own Terms, Start New Beginnings, and Establish Legacies to Navigate your Encore

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Mimio
Stevan Vigneaux
Senior Manager, Product Management and Business Development

617-902-2070
stevan.vigneaux@mimio.com
www.mimio.com/en-NA/

Mimio is a global leader in interactive teaching technologies that offer a better way to learn and an empowering way to teach. As part of Newell Rubbermaid’s global portfolio of leading brands, Mimio designs innovative, affordable educational technologies and solutions to increase effectiveness and engagement in classrooms.

MMS Education
Susan Meell
CEO

215-579-8590
smeell@mmseducation.com
www.mmseducation.com

MMS Education helps for-profit and not-for-profit organizations reach, engage, and measure impact in the PreK-20 education market. We help you attract your audience, create and implement strategies to drive utilization of your programs, and help you build and retain relationships with the stakeholders who matter most to your organization. And we provide the implementation support you need to scale up and execute against deadlines or pursue market opportunities. Clients turn to us for market research, marketing and communications, sales and support programs, technical support/help desk services, outreach programs, and information management systems. Some of our recent clients include Teaching Strategies, Pearson Education, Ten80 Education, The Walt Disney Company, Time Inc., Verizon Foundation, American Heart Association, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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RedRock Reports
Caren Normandin
Director, Client Services

408-266-4089
carennorm@redrockreports.com
www.redrockreports.com

Do your education customers tell you they love your product but don't have any funding to buy it? RedRock Reports can change that! We are the education funding experts. We enable your education sales and marketing teams to increase sales by providing targeted, actionable funding information. We provide custom funding reports, strategic consulting and sales training on funding. RedRock Online, our new 24/7 online funding service, links timely funding information with district contact information from Agile Education Marketing and actionable insights from RedRock Reports to make the smart, targeted sale. Resources include bite-sized videos, podcasts and briefs to prepare your sales team with the knowledge about the funds and language needed to talk to the appropriate customers. RedRock Reports helps you navigate the rapidly-changing funding landscape for more effective sales and marketing. To find out how we can help you, or for a demo of RedRock Online, contact us at info@redrockreports.com or visit www.redrockreports.com.

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School Improvement Network
Kathy Maximov
Senior Integrations Manager School Improvement Network

801-566-6500
kathy.maximov@schoolimprovement.com
www.schoolimprovement.com

School Improvement Network is the world’s first and largest name in on-demand professional training for educators. Through decades of research, the company has developed a series of on-demand tools to create the Educator Effectiveness System, a systemic approach to preparing all educators to get 100% of students college and career ready.

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SEG Measurement
Scott Elliot
President

267-759-0617
selliot@segmeasurement.com
www.segmeasurement.com

SEG Measurement is a leading provider of research and assessment services to educational publishers, technology providers, and other educational service providers. Since 1979, we have been helping small, medium, and large organizations, both domestic and international, meet their assessment and research needs. SEG provides a full range of assessment services, including assessment program design, test and item development, field testing, psychometric and statistical analysis, test validation, and standard setting for both print and online environments. SEG Measurement also provides a complete array of research services, including effectiveness research, program evaluation research, case studies, and randomized trials. From research design through data collection and analysis to reporting, we can meet your research needs.

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SmartBrief Education
Joseph Riddle
Publisher

202-407-7857
jriddle@smartbrief.com
www.smartbrief.com

SmartBrief is the leading publisher of targeted news and information in more than 25 industries. By combining technology with human editorial expertise, SmartBrief filters thousands of sources daily to deliver the most relevant industry news in partnership with more than 200 trade associations, professional societies, nonprofits and companies. With an audience of more than 5 million senior executives, thought leaders and informed industry professionals, SmartBrief is the essential resource for “must-read” industry news.

In the education sector, SmartBrief has partnered with trade associations ASCD, CEC, NBPTS, ACTFL and NCSS to produce 13 publications in addition to our own publication SmartBrief on EdTech. Some of our most recent partnerships include NCLE, NASBE, NCTM and the San Diego Unified School District. Our education newsletters reach an engaged audience of more than 750,000 superintendents, school board members, curriculum directors, principals and teachers- daily.

Advertisers in these publications benefit from unmatched reach and response rates as well as online reporting which enables them to directly track the success of their campaigns. More than 90% of our advertisers including Scholastic, McGraw-Hill, Epson and IBM have renewed with SmartBrief after their initial test campaigns.

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Texthelp Systems Inc.
Kate Gilligan
VP of Publishing Services

610-304-1805
k.gilligan@texthelp.com
www.texthelp.com

Texthelp Systems provides award-winning literacy software solutions for learners with reading and writing difficulties, learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, or who are English language learners. Texthelp’s products are designed for use by publishers, K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and individuals.

Texthelp products include:

• SpeechStream – Provides publishers with a secure and flexible Cloud based solution to embed high quality text-to-speech with dual synchronous highlighting within online content, eBooks and assessments to support sighted learners with a variety of learning styles and needs.  SpeechStream is compatible with major browser and iPads and Andriod OS tablets. Additional language support tools are available including a talking dictionary, picture dictionary, talking word translation, annotation tools and foreign language text-to-speech support.  SpeechStream improves learner access, engagement, comprehension and success.  SpeechStream helps publishers’ customers meet IDEA and ADA compliance requirements for sighted learners with learner disabilities.

• Lexiflow – Provides publishers with Flash eBooks and secure eTests from PDFs, or displays ePub titles in an HTML5 eBook viewer.  Either approach provides embedded text-to-speech with synchronous dual color highlighting and language support tools.
• Fluency Tutor – Provides educational institutions or publishers with an innovative online solution for developing and assessing oral reading fluency with comprehension.  Fluency Tutor increases teachers’ classroom productivity, reduces time for record keeping and provides important data for review at any point during the school year.  Fluency Tutor is great for elementary and middle school students, struggling secondary students, English language learners, and summer school or after-school programs.
• Read&Write GOLD – Provides educational institutions with a desktop toolbar application that integrates directly with common applications, including MS Word, Internet Explorer, and Adobe Reader, allowing students access to reading, writing, studying, and research support tools from within the programs they use every day.

For more information, contact Texthelp at 888-248-0652 or u.s.info@texthelp.com or go to www.texthelp.com.

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WeAreTeachers
Donnine Souhrada
Product Director

817-374-9437
dsouhrada@dnb.com
www.weareteachers.com

WeAreTeachers.com is a trusted web resource for teachers, and a unique marketing solution for education companies. Educators visit WeAreTeachers to find valuable teaching ideas and lesson plans, review and consider products and services for their classrooms, take advantage of offers and promotions, and win grants and giveaways.

Companies that partner with WeAreTeachers have a unique opportunity to build their brand through customized content and marketing programs, leveraging WeAreTeachers’ credibility to engage with a target audience and grow a marketing funnel with valuable leads delivered at the conclusion of every program. Each WeAreTeachers engagement creates visibility for brands and products across multiple marketing channels, including email, web advertising, and social media to maximize program results.

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Weiss and Associates Executive Recruiting
John Weiss
President

609-397-4527
weiss4jobs@aol.com
www.weissandassociates.net

Weiss and Associates is an executive recruiting firm working exclusively in the education industry in the USA and abroad. Please see our website for more information: www.WeissAndAssociates.net.

Winter Group
Linda Winter
President

303-778-0866, Ext. 12
linda@wintergroup.net
www.wintergroup.net

Online. In print. On the exhibit floor or the face-to-face sales environment. Wherever and whenever educators make buying decisions…we put your products, promotions, programs, and brand front and center. The education market’s leaders and innovators choose Winter Group for messaging, creative execution, strategy, market research, and results. www.wintergroup.net, 303-778-0866, Ext. 12.

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We are passionate about improving education and assessment through the deployment of easy to use, accessible technology and we have won many awards for our work.

Our head offices are in Dublin and Sydney, with local offices in the UK and the USA.

Tools for publishers: Learnosity provides a powerful toolkit which allows interactive questions to be embedded directly into a website or eBook page.

Questions are held on intuitive dashboards which allow teachers to review and grade class work, and give spoken and written feedback directly to individual students.

Dashboards also make it easy for students to track their learning process; receive feedback from teachers; and be alerted to areas of weakness within a subject.

Test platforms: For assessment companies, Learnosity offer state of the art turnkey platforms for both high-stakes and practice testing. Our platforms are intuitive, robust, and globally scalable.

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Armed with many years of educational experience, Mentoring Minds is an educational publisher focused on creating a successful learning environment for children. Serving the k-12 education market, Mentoring Minds is constantly striving to provide valuable instructional tools that empower educators as they positively impact the lives of children.

Teaching students to become skilled thinkers is a goal of Mentoring Minds. Critical thinking will always be a strategy needed by students to form meaningful connections. Mentoring Minds’ critical thinking resources can be used to develop high quality instruction and lead students to independently process information. Critical thinking for life is more than a tagline, it is Mentoring Minds’ philosophy.

Scholastic Administrator
Michele Robinson
Group Publisher, Scholastic Professional Media

212-343-6455
mrobinson@scholastic.com
www.scholastic.com/administrator/

With a tight marketing budget, you want to get the most from every dollar you spend. So it is crucial to select a partner that can provide efficient multi-channel marketing and strong ROI. Scholastic’s trusted brand, web and print channels, and credible resources offer a unique integrated solution to grow your business.

The essential magazine for education leaders, Scholastic Administrator presents leading thinkers from the education and technology space in every issue, as well as showcasing the best practices from large and small districts across the country. Our well-known “Best in Tech” column presents in-depth reviews of technology solutions by the administrators who use them. An award-winning magazine, Administrator covers a wide range of critical and timely issues—including assessment, funding, special needs, RtI, and professional development at every level. Scholastic Administrator also offers email marketing, custom videos, webinars, and marketing opportunities through the most powerful website in education.

Tech & Learning
Allison Knapp
Publisher

650-238-0318
aknapp@nbmedia.com
www.techlearning.com

For over 30 years, Tech & Learning has been—and continues to be—the leading resource for
K-12 leaders. Its publication, websites, and events, such as SchoolCIO.com, Tech Forum, and the CIO Leadership Summit, provide factual and evaluative information on trends, products, and strategies to educators who purchase technology products in their districts and schools. Tech & Learning delivers the highest quality content and essential resources to manage, train, and teach technology. For more information, visit www.techlearning.com, www.schoolcio.com, and www.techlearning.com/techforum.

Words & Numbers
David Graham
Vice President, Sales

301-529-5232
dgraham@wordsandnumbers.com
www.wordsandnumbers.com

Words and Numbers is an educational technology company providing content development services to clients ranging from the largest in the publishing industry to the next great EdTech start-up in the PreK-12, higher educational and adult learning markets. The W&N team of professionals are passionate about education and are focused on helping our clients produce engaging products across all subject areas that increase student performance & support teachers. 

W&N provides services and project management for the entire project life-cycle, from conceptualization to asset creation. Our experience and expertise in creating everything from interactive and print textbooks to online courses and game-based learning, helps our client’s products touch the lives of millions of people around the world. Learn more at www.WordsandNumbers.com.  

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The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)
Jo-Ann McDevitt
Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development

302-295-8342
jmcdevitt@aepweb.org
www.aepweb.org

AEP is proud to co-lead with Creative Commons the Learning Resources Metadata Initiative (LRMI), a project funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a common vocabulary for describing learning resources. The goals of the LRMI are to improve discoverability of educational content to the benefit of both users and content creators and to improve interoperability between delivery platforms and across media. For information on the progress of this important initiative, stop by AEP’s exhibit table or visit www.lrmi.net.

The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) is a nonprofit organization that serves and advances the industry of supplemental educational publishing. The membership of AEP represents the breadth of educational content developers delivering progressive educational products in all media and for any educational setting. AEP’s thought leadership and market insight have created groundbreaking opportunities for its members to collaborate, network, and partner with each other as well as to acquire a voice in the development of government education policy. Founded in 1895, AEP now assists its members in navigating the global realities of educational publishing in the 21st century. For more information, please visit www.AEPweb.org.

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MindShare Learning
Robert Martellacci, M.A. EdTech
President & Publisher

905-814-0900
robert@mindsharelearning.com
www.mindsharelearning.com

MindShare Learning is Canada’s premier strategic marketing solutions provider to the learning and technology industry. MindShare Learning serves the K-12, higher education, corporate, and lifelong learning markets. Our Toronto, Ontario, Canada office, based out of York University in the Greater Toronto area, is an international gateway from which we provide world-class educational technology thought leadership through our extensive MindShare Learning network.

As proud publishers of The MindShare Learning Report—Canada’s Leading Learning & Technology eMagazine—it is our contribution to pushing the 21st century envelope by harnessing the power of Web 2.0 technology to connect education and business to support 21st century student success.

Our extensive client list includes Adaptive Curriculum, Adobe (Macromedia), Access Accounting UK, Access Learning, Blackboard, CERC (Canadian Education Resources Council), DELL, Discovery Education, ERDI Canada, EPSON, Essential Skills Software, Faronics, frontrow, GlobalScholar, Learning.com, HP, Microsoft, MediaX, NECTAR Foundation, netTrekker, Pearson, RM Education/ RM PLC UK, SkillsTutor, SMART Technologies, Softease Ltd. UK, IMSI (ClipArt.com), Tech4Learning, The National Film Board, and the Toronto District School Board. Our strategic partners include CeLEA, CoSN, Education Canada, EdNET, ISTE, Pepperdine University, TakingITGlobal, The Learning Partnership, and York University.

National School Supply and Equipment Association (NSSEA)
Adrienne Dayton
Vice President – Marketing & Communications

301-495-0240
adayton@nssea.org
www.nssea.org

Founded in 1916, NSSEA promotes an open marketplace for quality educational products and services that lay the foundation for a stimulating environment for teaching and learning. NSSEA members (manufacturer, publisher, wholesaler, distributor, retailer, and independent supplier representative) produce and deliver every type of product you find in an educational setting. NSSEA’s mission is to serve the educational products marketplace by providing high quality trade shows that increase the productivity of the channel; networking opportunities to build relationships with trading partners; and market information on which to make solid business decisions. Join us the School Equipment Show, November 7-9, 2012 in Tampa or for Ed Expo, January 16-18, 2013.

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Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
Dr. Karen Billings
VP Education Division

202-789-4487
kbillings@siia.net
www.siia.net

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education, and intellectual property protection to more than 500 software and information companies, including leading education technology and publishing companies.

SIIA’s Education Division participates in, shapes, and supports the education industry by providing leadership, advocacy, and critical marketing information to promote the success of education technology and content providers. For more information, visit www.siia.net/education.

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