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Presentations by Jon Modica (Founder, Nutmeg Education), Jason DeRoner (Founder,TeachBoost) & Maurice Wright (Founder,Book & Table).
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 @ 05:30 PM   FREE   Loeb & Loeb, 345 Park Ave
 
   
 
 
              

      
 
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><SPAN STYLE="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.6em;">When: Wednesday September 17th, 2014 from5:30PM to 9:00 PM</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;"> Where:Loeb & Loeb<BR> 345 Park Ave<BR> New York,NY10154<BR> <BR> Don't miss this opportunity to talk EdTech with industry insiders and discover exciting prospects for investment and collaboration.<BR> </SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;">Keynote Speaker:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;"><BR></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: #505050; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 1.6em;">Stephen Gilfus, Gilfus Investments</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><SPAN STYLE="color: black;">Stephen Gilfus launched a distinguished career as a founder of DC based Blackboard Inc. and principal designer of the company's platforms and products. His work with educational institutions, leading industry publishers, technology partners, industry investors and standards bodies has helped facilitate Global educational opportunities and the development of online learning capacity. He</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color: black;">has provided leadership strategies to some of the world's most prestigious academic institutions and world publishers as the primary author of the "Educational Technology Framework", a model used to guide hundreds of academic institutions to contemplate organizational, technological, and social impact of educational technologies on schools, districts, educational organizations and institutions.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: x-small; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Known as a "father of modern day eLearning", as the primary business, and technical lead of Blackboard Inc. one of the world's most widely used eLearning systems. Stephen left Blackboard in late 2008 to become an independent advisor to the industry. Blackboard was sold to Providence Equity for $1.6B.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: x-small; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As an education visionary, serial entrepreneur, business leader, and noted software designer and inventor he works closely with industry investors providing guidance in portfolio management and investment due diligence with strategic eLearning investments up to $80m. He sits on the board of several educational technology venture backed companies.</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: x-small; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><BR>Stephen frequently visits Department of Education convening's at the White House to provide guidance to the Department of Education for innovative student success strategies.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: x-small; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">His new firm provides unbiased and independent education industry insights and strategic guidance to education businesses, education institutions and industry investors.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px; line-height: 15.75pt;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;">Presenting Companies:</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;"><A HREF="http://nutmegeducation.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="color: #336699;">Nutmeg</SPAN></A>helps schools and districts raise their test scores by using assessment data to better individualize education for each student.Our proprietary technology allows schools to more effectively use assessment data from either a) legacy assessment software or b) our own assessment solution.What teachers and students love most aboutNutmegis that we leverage this data to give students Open Education Resources targeted to areas they struggle with and then offer students additional practice tests when they are ready.Nutmegthen reports this data back to teachers & school leaders to show students' real-time progress. We provide our core assessment platform free to teachers and up-sell schools/districts . We believe this bottom-up approach to adoption is critical to the K-12 market.<BR> <BR> <SPAN STYLE="color: #336699;"><A HREF="https://teachboost.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow nofollow">TeachBoost</A><SPAN STYLE="color: #474747;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: x-small;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">is a teacher effectiveness platform that makes it easy to use the evaluation process to improve professional development and build capacity within schools and districts. Designed in collaboration with NYC principals and currently used by 20% of NYC schools, w</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">e create opportunities for meaningful interactions among teachers and administrators through our collaborative portal, creating a safe space for teachers to collaborate with, and learn from, their peers.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><BR> <BR> <A HREF="https://www.bookandtable.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="color: #336699;">Book&Table</SPAN></A>is an educational marketplace for people to create, discover, and purchase personalized courses. Through Book&Table, you search for subjects and skills you're interested in learning, share your unique goals with selected educators, and receive a hand crafted course made just for you. Your personalized course is simply a set of in-person lessons with your educator-with scheduled meeting times and locations-and shared supplemental resources to help you achieve your learning goals. Whether it's enrolling in a two hour crash course for a biology exam, 5 lessons to prepare for the GMAT, or 20 lessons to become fluent in French, our community of like-minded teachers, professional tutors, and advanced students all share a common goal of creating and implementing the best educational content for your particular learning needs.</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px; line-height: 15.75pt;"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;">Agenda:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;"><BR> <BR> 5:30 - 6:15p.m. Registration<BR> 6:15- 6:30 p.m.Introduction,Joe Daniels, partner, Loeb & Loeb<BR> 6:30- 7:00 p.m. Keynote speaker:<STRONG>Stephen Gilfus,</STRONG>Gilfus Investments<BR> 7:00 - 8:00p.m. Presentations by:<BR> <STRONG>Jon Modica,</STRONG>Founder and CEO,<EM>Nutmeg Education</EM><BR> <STRONG>Jason DeRoner,</STRONG>Co-Founder & CEO,<EM>TeachBoost</EM><BR> <STRONG>Maurice Wright,</STRONG>Co-Founder & President,<EM>Book & Table</EM><BR> 8:00- 9:00 p.m. Networking</SPAN></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: 15.75pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;"><BR> <STRONG>Saddlerock Advisors</STRONG><BR> <BR> </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;">For more information,<A HREF="http://nyc-edconnect.com/" TARGET="_self" REL="nofollow nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="color: blue;">visit our website</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;"><BR> </SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top: px; margin-bottom: px; line-height: 15.75pt;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #505050;">Registration subject to verification of credentials. We do not accept registrations from individuals or companies that we deem to offer competitive services.</SPAN></P>
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<P><STRONG STYLE="color: #707070; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14.999999046325684px;">Contact the event organizer: </STRONG><A STYLE="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.222222328186035px; line-height: 14.999999046325684px;" HREF="mailto:ted@saddlerockadvisors.com?subject=Cleantech%20Event" TARGET="_blank" DATA-CKE-SAVED-HREF="mailto:ted@saddlerockadvisors.com?subject=Cleantech%20Event" REL="nofollow nofollow">ted@saddlerockadvisors.com</A></P>
 
 
 
 
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