"E-Community - Leveraging Technology to Foster Public/Private Partnership"
The Consortium for Educational Enterprise Data Systems (CEEDS)
Speakers Panel Demonstrates Benefits of Leveraging Technology to Foster Public/Private Partnerships
MENLO PARK, CA April 25, 2006
– The evening of Tuesday, May 2, the Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula
(JLPA•MP) will host its annual Community Forum event, inviting members
of the Bay Area non-profit community to learn how technology has benefited
a newly created California-based organization called CEEDS, The Consortium
for Education Enterprise Data Systems. Recognizing that non-profit organizations
are continually seeking out new ways to attract volunteers and drive increased
donations, the League's Advocacy Committee conceptualized a speakers panel
to showcase CEEDS, where technology is helping to accomplish both of these
efforts. This event is being held free of charge to all attendees.
Scheduled to start at 6:00pm at the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the speaker’s panel will feature the following, all of whom are involved in the creation and daily activities of this newly formed Consortium which benefits schools throughout the state:
"The addition of LTS' IMSeries complements and extends VIP Tone's robust portfolio of technologies, products and services by enabling educators to automatically, unobtrusively and continuously monitor and manage instructional decisions and student and program performance to improve instruction for all students," said Robert Iskander, VIP Tone President and CEO. "Learning Technology Systems' work with multi-state regional consortia has proven that effective data-driven decision-making is only possible through the disciplined collection and processing of those discrete data most closely aligned to the learner's instructional program."
Bernard Burchette, Director – Educational Technology, Alameda County
Office of Education
Robert Iskander, Founder and CEO, VIP Tone, Inc.
Steve Kindel, Director - Educational Technology & Media Services,
San Mateo County Office of Education
Michael Lenahan, Retired Asst. Superintendent – Finance and Administration,
Alameda County Office of Education
Steve Midgley, Program Manager, Stupski Foundation
Dave Paulson, Executive Director – Technology Administration, Alameda
County Office of Education
Patrick Simon, Director – Technology Support Services, Hayward Unified
School District
“Our League's Advocacy committee, which focuses on expanding community-based outreach in support of our educational and charitable mission, identified CEEDS as representative of a new fund-raising effort,” says Naomi Chavez, president of the JLPA•MP. “This event will educate leaders in the non-profit community about new ways to approach prospective donors from companies to individual contributors. We are very pleased to be able to host this event at no charge to the community.”
About CEEDS
The Consortium
for Educational Enterprise Data Systems (CEEDS) was formed by County Offices
of Education in California to address the critical need for integrating
classroom instructional delivery with back-office business processes.
To this end, the CEEDS Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Platform was
created. By working together, California County Offices of Education and
their constituent school districts will be poised to deliver on the promise
of creating a dynamic, world-class education system that equips all students
with the knowledge and skills to excel in college and careers, and as
parents or citizens. For more information about CEEDS visit www.ceeds.org.
About The Junior League of
Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula, Inc. (JLPA•MP)
The JLPA•MP is an organization
of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential
of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership
of trained volunteers. Since 1965, the JLPA•MP has been serving 14 Mid-Peninsula
communities. It has contributed more than $3 million and thousands of
volunteer hours to launch such notable not-for-profit organizations and
programs as The Tech Museum of Innovation, Daybreak Shelter, Rebuilding
Together (formerly Christmas in April*Mid Peninsula) and the Mommy Van.
For more information visit: www.thejuniorleague.org
About VIP Tone, Inc.
VIP Tone, Inc. provides a unique data integration, knowledge management, and convergence platform for the global education market. VIP Tone's School MATRIX® Platform is a key enabler in addressing the K-12 education market's two highest priorities: measuring and benchmarking of student achievement and improving school accountability. The VIP Convergence Platform integrates various networks for communications, computing, and information, into a single, remotely and securely managed IP-based network. VIP Tone's wholly owned Australian subsidiary, VIP Tone Australia PTY, Ltd., based in Adelaide, South Australia, is the market leader in Australia, with a client base consisting of the majority of the Australian State Departments of Education. VIP Tone is a privately held company headquartered in Alameda, California. For more information, visit the VIP Tone web site at
www.viptone.com.
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