Solving Staff Struggles in the Digital Age
VIDEO: Traditional media companies are grappling with how to organize for success across their platforms. In this video, industry experts gather to share challenges and solutions on how to hire and organize staff across the shrinking digital divide.
Year in Review: Rewarding Innovation - New Perspective on Major Education Acquisitions, Investments, and IPOs
Video: Are you a buyer? A seller? A trio of business and finance experts share their insights on three of 2007-08’s major education technology and content transactions. Are you a buyer? A seller? If your plans include acquisitions, this session belongs at the top of your agenda. A distinguished trio of business and finance experts share their insights on three of 2007-08’s major education technology and content transactions.
Acquiring Innovation: Build, Borrow, or Buy?
Video: Innovation can be totally home-grown–or it can be acquired, either product by product or in one fell swoop through acquisition of a company. When does a company invest in organic growth (people and other resources) and when is it both cheaper and faster to look outside? What are the potential risks and rewards of each strategy? What would a blended strategy look like?
K-12 Educators Speak Out
Four nationally respected CIOs and instructional leaders from states and districts using leading-edge technology describe current innovative practices, give perceptions of where technology-based innovation will be needed in the next few years and discuss what role they would like to see the industry play in providing innovation.
Innovation in Education: A Process for Greater Success
Video: How does your company support successful innovative processes? Who are the potential innovators within your company? Dr. Curt Carlson, CEO SRI International, spent years championing innovation best practices and his disciplined, systematic approach has helped companies create great marketplace and customer value.
Integrating Innovation: Changing Engines in Mid-Flight - Avoiding Buy and Kill
Video: Having invested in innovation–either internally or through acquisition–how does a company prevent it from being squashed? How does it protect its core markets while trying to be cutting edge?
Innovation and Business Efficiency - New Products, Services, & Approaches to Help Maximize ROI
Video: Innovation is not only about products and markets; it’s also about innovation in business practices and company infrastructure. Examples are abundant in areas such as supply chain management, outsourcing, training, and hiring of how investment in operational efficiency and bottom-line performance can separate the great from the good.
Education Foundation Leaders: How Innovation is Supported
Video: Leaders in key education foundations describe the type of support they offer to education institutions, non-profits, and education technology developers. They discuss the need for innovation in schools and describe success stories around the development and implementation of innovative products and services.
From Print to Digital - Steve Weitzner
Video: In the first episode of ‘From Print to Digital’ ScribeMedia Senior Editor, Matthew Schwartz sits down with b-to-b media veteran Steve Weitzner, chairman-CEO of Ziff Davis Enterprise.
Profiles in Innovation
Video: What are the elements of successful partnerships for developing innovative products and services for the education market?
