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TeachMeet Bolton – June 2011

You know you want to be there… http://teachmeet.pbworks.com/Teachmeet-Bolton

SIMS Annual Conference 2009

This year’s SIMS Annual Conference was held at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham University on the 22-24 June 2009. Over 330 delegates attended representing 115 local authorities. The focus of the conference was the 21st Century Local Authority, following on from last year’s 21st Century School theme. In a departure from previous years, the [...]

OGC’s PRINCE2 2009

The Office of Government Commerce launched a new, updated version of PRINCE2 on Tuesday 16 June 2009 in London, England. The launch event, which was streamed live, included an introduction from Nigel Smith, Chief Executive of the OGC, plus an overview from Lead Author Andy Murray and Chief Examiner Emma Jones. For additional videos and [...]

Naace Strategic Conference 2009

I attended my first Naace Strategic Conference on Tuesday in Blackpool. Unfortunately, I could only attend the first day but I enjoyed the event nevertheless. It was great to finally meet Tony Sheppard (who, as always, furnished me with some good advice) and I’m sure that I spotted a few other Twitter followers in the [...]

Tweet the Conference! #naace2009

Will you be attending the Naace Strategic Conference in Blackpool next week? Do you have a Twitter account? If so, you too could be part of the official conference tweeting team! To obtain a badge on arrival, members can register on the Naace website by clicking here. If you are posting about the conference on [...]

Tech Forum – February 2009

My colleagues and I are hosting a schools’ technical forum this afternoon at 15:00. I put together a Wordle image of the agenda items which clearly shows the topic of the moment. Non-UK visitors may wish to see what BSF (Building Schools for the Future) is all about by clicking here. Secondary/high school technical staff [...]

BETT 2009

I visited BETT for first time this year and, despite advance warnings from colleagues, underestimated the sheer size of the event. I would’ve loved to have sat down and listened to some of the presentations by Microsoft, SIMS etc. but I just didn’t have the time. I spent the entire morning in Olympia 2, a [...]

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