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Sponsors
Getty Images is the world's leading creator and distributor
of still imagery, footage and multi-media products, as well as
a recognized provider of other forms of premium digital content,
including music. Getty Images serves business customers in more
than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media
professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage images and
other digital content. Its award-winning photographers and imagery
help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day
in the world's most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising
campaigns, films, television programs, books and websites. Visit
Getty Images at www.gettyimages.com to
learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role
of digital media in communications and business, and enabling
creative ideas to come to life.
MDR is
the market’s first choice for direct sales and marketing
solutions, powered by the most complete, current, and accurate
education databases available in the industry. From comprehensive
mailing lists and powerful e-marketing programs, to sales contacts
and actionable leads, custom market research, and market trend
analysis, MDR has a solution to meet your goals. When business
objectives call for growth, market leaders call on MDR.
Follett
Digital Resources helps publishers leverage their content
assets to secure a profitable place in today's competitive
digital environment. We provide the software, services and
experience you need to reliably and cost-effectively create
and distribute digital products in the educational, library
and trade book sectors. Put our 130+ years of experience to
work for you. (800) 494-0005 or FDRinfo@fdr.follett.com.
Weekly Reader Publishing creates educational materials that give students and
teachers the tools to excel today and become leaders in the world of tomorrow.
Weekly Reader's 12 classroom magazines, rich digital content, and hundreds
of books and other supplemental materials reach more than 250,000 teachers
and eight million children from pre-K through 12th grade.
The Weekly Reader
Publishing Group (WRPG) also includes Weekly Reader Curriculum
Publishing and Custom Publishing; Weekly Reader Research; Gareth
Stevens Publishing; World Almanac Education Library Services;
Facts for Learning and Funk & Wagnall’s.
WRPG is part of the Reader’s Digest Association. For more
information, visit www.weeklyreader.com.
TI's Education
Technology business is a leader working with educators
throughout the world in developing classroom technology, training
programs and support materials that connect the classroom learning
experience with real-world applications at every grade level.
Our mission is to improve achievement for all students by fostering
quality instruction in mathematics and science education.
Founded in 1979, Evan-Moor
Educational Publishers provides teachers and parents with
practical, creative, and engaging PreK-6+ educational publications.
Evan-Moor creates quality resources that help students develop
basic skills in reading, writing, math, science, social studies,
and the arts. Evan-Moor continues to develop innovative educational
materials such as TeacherFileBox.com, an online subscription
service offering a library of over 50,000 print-on-demand activities.
Evan-Moor learning materials are sold in over 7,500 educational
supply and retail stores in the United States and in over 35
countries worldwide.
Teacher
Created Materials, a California-based educational publishing
company with worldwide distribution publishes award-winning,
research- and standards-based educational resources for K-12
classrooms. Specializing in supplemental materials and professional
development training, Teacher Created Materials provides classroom-tested
products for all areas of the curriculum to educators around
the globe.
Winter
Group is a marketing communications and research firm
with services concentrated in the K-12, higher education,
library, and related markets. Our capabilities include quantitative
and qualitative market research, branding, print and online
advertising, exhibit design and event marketing, direct response
marketing, catalog design, public relations, web site development,
and additional marketing program planning. Among Winter Group's
clients are PBS TeacherLine, ABC-CLIO, Dow Jones/The Wall
Street Journal, Follett Software Company, The College Board/SpringBoard,
Linworth Publishing, Inspiration Software, Teacher Created
Materials, NCTI, Amigos, Evans Newton, Inc., W.H. Freeman,
ETA/Cuisenaire, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, and
the National Education Association. Winter Group operates
with a staff of 14, including copywriters, graphic designers,
programmers, production specialists, account managers, and
office/operations specialists. Winter Group's work has been
recognized nationally with awards from the Business Marketing
Association, the American Marketing Association, and the Association
of Educational Publishers.
If you're looking for innovative ways to grow your business,
increase market penetration, or improve your communications and
outreach to the education market, MMS Education can help you
achieve your goals. Since 1977 we have produced positive, measurable
results for our clients through creative ideas and a single-minded
commitment to exceeding expectations. With an experienced management
team and staff, plus a national network of education specialists,
we offer one source for comprehensive, customized services, including
strategic planning, market research, marketing and sales implementation,
and data management solutions. MMS Education provides both a
management team and the infrastructure to plan, develop, manage
and implement complex project initiatives.
MMS has been privileged to work with many of the leading organizations
in the education market, including Pearson Learning, Math Solutions,
National Geographic/The JASON Project, Educational Testing Service,
Evan-Moor Publishers, Riverside Publishing (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt), World Almanac, The College Board, PLATO Learning,
Disney Educational Productions, Prentice Hall, National Science
Foundation, Carnegie Learning, the Committee for Children, Time
Inc., Zaner-Bloser, Inc., the California School Board Association,
Merck Institute for Science Education and the Verizon Foundation.
To learn more about MMS Education, please stop by our booth
or visit www.mmseducation.com.
The National
School Supply and Equipment Association (NSSEA) represents
over 1,500 small businesses that manufacture, publish, and
sell educational products for Pre-K - 12 schools, teachers,
and students. NSSEA's provides the highest quality tradeshows
for the distribution of educational products and services.
Not one to believe 'one size fits all', Pexagon Technology
focuses on custom and personalized products and programs.
Constantly challenging the status quo for the purpose of finding
a better way, Pexagon has approached digital publishing in
much the same manner. From our BookOnFlash e-book solution,
to digital books on USB flash drives and 'print on demand'
web sales, Pexagon is there with innovative and unique tools
and sales methods. If you have content, we have a way to help
you distribute it.
Cost efficiencies, shorter deadlines, personalization of
products, and digital rights management are all factored into
finding the right solution for any project. Pexagon Technology
has worked with The New Yorker Magazine to bring every
issue of the popular weekly magazine to a portable hard drive,
with Rotary International to get their incoming president's
binder on a flash drive, and with Waterford Institute to put
their Rusty & Rosy, 'Learn With Me' programs on a hard
drive, to name just a few. Publishing to a drive not only
saves money, it saves on paper, embracing go green initiatives.
Pexagon, a Connecticut based company, is a Made In The USA
provider of products and services. To learn more about our
company and our products visit us at www.pexagontech.com
or email us at lpackard@pexagontech.com.
As a full-service educational development company that creates
traditional print and digital products, Publishing Solutions
Group is dedicated to providing first-rate publishing products
and services to pre-K through secondary and post-secondary publishers.
At Publishing Solutions Group we
- develop quality classroom materials that are in tune with
current educational standards, methodologies, and strategies.
- provide clients with creative solutions; deliver accurate,
high-quality products; and exceed our clients' expectations.
- offer our clients experience, strong organization, professionalism,
and commitment to quality and deadlines.
- foster a creative and productive work environment that encourages
the professional, personal, and educational growth of our team
members.
- use the strengths of the staff to help Publishing Solutions
Group grow.
- support volunteerism and provide opportunities for our staff
to become involved in local community service efforts.
To learn more about Publishing Solutions Group, visit our web
site at www.publishingsolutionsgroup.com.
Zaner-Bloser
Educational Publishers is one of the premier publishers
of research-based reading, writing, spelling, vocabulary, and
handwriting programs. Recently, Zaner-Bloser launched Voices
Reading, the first program to combine systematic, comprehensive
literacy with character education. In addition, the company
also publishes award-winning programs including Strategies
for Writers and Read for Real, Nonfiction Strategies for Reading
Results. Zaner-Bloser's mission is to make a significant contribution
to the education of children in Pre-Kindergarten through eighth
grade by publishing materials of the highest quality. Its handwriting
program has been a national institution for several generations.
In response to tighter development schedules for K-12 educational
programs, Victory
Productions, a full-service developer covering all content
areas, created an industry-leading Integrated Publishing Workflow
leveraging its strong project-management skills into a competitive
strategy. Project Management Institute (PMI) certified management
leads the editorial and production teams in the use of existing
and proprietary systems and tools. These are geared to increase
efficiency and quality.
The company uses a secure server intranet designed by Victory's
IT team. This custom-built resource hosts a Wiki that streamlines
in-house management processes. It spells out standard workflow,
best practices, preferred reference sources, basic templates,
and project guidelines. Clients check on their project's progress
by going to Victory's secure Web site. The result is an unprecedented
level of real-time client awareness and product consistency.
Tied into Victory's process is a database of over 2,500 freelancers. With this
tool, supervising editors select on-target teams for any grade, reading level,
learning style, or curriculum area. They join a talented in-house editorial
staff of content experts and ELL specialists in English, Math, Science, Social
Studies, Spanish Content Development, Translation, and Transadaptation-all
of whom have expertise in differentiated instruction.
By continually
optimizing all its assets, Victory meets its clients' needs.
iPublishCentral,
a flagship product of Impelsys Inc., is an e-publishing tool
that allows publishers to drive their marketing, delivery
& distribution strategies online. Utilizing Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) model, it enables publishers to monetize their backlist
at minimal cost. It allows publishers to manage & control
their offerings through self-service interface and experiment
with varied pricing models at minimal risk.
Q2AMedia
is a learning based content provider focused on the children
industry. Q2AMedia's ability to match innovative concepts
with efficient execution has helped the company forge strong
and successful relationships with major publishing organizations
in the US and Europe. The company has presence in US, UK and
India. Using a well-established global delivery methodology,
the company creates world class products within tight timelines
and in the most cost effective model. Q2AMedia's clients include
Cengage Learning, Disney Learning, Pearson, Reader's Digest,
Oxford University Press, Nelson Thornes, Time For Kids and
Scholastic, among others.
MarketingWorks,
Inc., is a full-service marketing, market research, and
consulting company serving the K-12, higher ed, adult ed,
and library markets. Our research and consulting work results
in practical recommendations that can be implemented in the
short-term to make an immediate difference in a company's
marketing and sales activities and in the long-run to generate
real growth in a company's bottom line.
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