InfoSavvy Services
The InfoSavvy Group has extensive background consulting for both business and education. Let us help you facilitate a group visioning process, an institutional audit, or a kick off your conference, with a fast-paced and entertaining presentation or a customized workshop.
Presentations
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Audits
Before you spend another penny, a systems audit will help you clearly understand the current state of things. It provides a snapshot of all of the factors that could influence successful planning for any initiative by providing baseline data. A systems audit lays the foundation for defining the gap between what is and what could be. The InfoSavvy Group will help you create a clear snapshot of your current practices. For further information…
Vision
The InfoSavvy Group will work with you to collaboratively create realistic, tangible, compelling and achievable visions for the future. Let's move your organization beyond words to action. Use our speaking and workshop facilitation services to move groups beyond the here and now to identify the trends that are changing your world. For further information…
Alignment
Educational initiatives are commonly put into place in isolation without considering other critical factors. When put into place in a piecemeal, ad hoc manner, this commonly results in initiatives that work at cross-purposes to one another. In order to effectively use limited dollars, it’s critical to align all elements including student learning goals, state or national standards, instructional pedagogies, curriculum, staff development, infrastructure, policies & procedures, and new technologies. Let the InfoSavvy Group help you develop a systems approach for effective implementation of your initiatives. For further information…
Leadership
Leaders must be the shepherds of the process rather than the captain of ship. The key to successful implementation is to cultivate a dynamic, collaborative leadership culture. Experience has shown again and again that change doesn't happen just because it's mandated. The InfoSavvy Group will help you develop a broad-based leadership culture that cultivates a “we not me” approach to change. For further information…
Curriculum & Instructional Design
Effective design requires the development of effective learning models. This entails a 7-step process, which includes how to develop (a) the why or rationale for educational change, (b) what all students need to know, (c) what the research tells us about learners, (d) pertinent new instructional models, (e) engaged learning environments, (f) the building of new instructional models, and (g) the creation of dynamic action plans. Finally, the 7-step process must align with "measurable (quantitative, qualitative, formative, summative) student results" (Bernajean Porter, Grappling With Accountability, 2003). Let the InfoSavvy Group help you develop a customized curriculum/instructional model that supports district, state, and/or national standards, while at the same time, addresses the 21st Century literacies often overlooked by standards. For further information…
Hardware and Software
The key is to ensure that hardware and software acquisition and infrastructure design are driven by curriculum and staff development, not the other way around. To do this does not necessarily mean buying the most expensive or powerful stuff. Rather, it's about ensuring that hardware and software purchases are aligned with instructional design, staff development, and technical support to achieve measurable student results. For further information…
Facilities
Planners often view facility issues and the related costs as an afterthought to instructional design. Such factors are a hidden, but nonetheless important cost that should be factored into all planning and spending equations. The InfoSavvy Group will help you develop cost-effective strategies that give you the best value for your investments. For further information…
Technical Support
Another element often overlooked is the need for responsive, reliable, and helpful technical support. Technical support or lack thereof can be a make or break element in instructional design. However, it is often one of the most difficult elements to sell to decision-makers. Let the InfoSavvy Group help you build a multi-level model of technical support that will meet your needs while at the same time be cost effective. For further information…
Assessment
Let us help you assess the impact of your investments in instructional design, staff development, technology and curriculum in delivering measurable student results. High profile investments demand a continuous assessment process to guide decisions and communicate results. Accountability should not be viewed as a punishment, but rather be used as a process to guide groups in articulating their progress and revising their resource decisions. For further information…
The InfoSavvy Media Team
The Info Savvy Media Team creates rich learning media for corporate and educational applications that excite audiences. We work with speakers, facilitators and consultants to design and create videos, CD’s, DVD’s, Web sites, books, kits, instructional media and other materials that articulate their ideas to their client and customer base.
Taking advantage of low run digital production methods, the Info Savvy Media Team creates high quality short run videos, DVDs, CDs and other products in international formats. From our 6,000 sq. ft. production facility, we work with graphic designers, Flash artists, web designers, photographers, audio engineers, camera operators, digital compositors, directors, actors and animators to translate your message into a variety of related media.
Part of the initial design and consultation examines the multiple strands and multiple products that may be produced. Our film and video production studio features a range of formats from mini DV to pro DV formats with our twin JVC-500 digital cameras, as well as access to 16mm, super 16mm and 35mm motion picture cameras. We have six digital video editing systems on site as well as access to additional talent and resources.
Our award-winning photographers and designers have worked around the world on a variety of projects and in a variety of styles. We can orchestrate the production of digital masters for audio or video applications or we can take it further and coordinate all packaging, boxing, labeling as well as warehousing and shipping in depots throughout North America. No matter how big the project, if you have something to say, we can help it be heard. For further information…
Information Services & Customized Research
Every week the InfoSavvy Group scans literally hundreds of on-line articles from a wide range of sources for news and commentary. We identify what we consider to be the best 10 or so articles on educational change, trends, controversy and combine these with new books, web sites, personal commentary and contributed materials and distribute it to more than 60,000 subscribers in more than 70 countries. We can customize this service to meet your specific information needs. To read the Committed Sardine Blog click here.
