To         NEKIA Business Development Group

From:    Jim

 

Cancel September 26 Business Development conference call--- A number of you suggested that we cancel the September 26 call because of the various application deadlines and end-of-the fiscal year activity. So we will cancel the call and plan to talk again on October 24.

 

Register for the NEKIA Business Development Institute --- Scroll down and see John Waters message. We are very pleased with the agenda. Hope you can all attend.

 

Register for the American Enterprise Institute forum --- Scroll down even further and see the announcement for the AEI forum to be held two days before our Institute in November. It should be an excellent gathering. If you can swing it, stay in DC for the whole week!              

 

 

To:                         NEKIA Membership

Subject:                 Registration for the 2005 NEKIA Business Development Institute

Please find below details about the 2005 NEKIA Business Development Institute.  We ask that you register for the Institute by contacting me at waters@nekia.org.  The Institute, to be preceded by the Annual Meeting of NEKIA’s board of directors, will begin with dinner on Wednesday evening, continue through Thursday, and conclude at Noon on Friday.   

Location of Meetings

November 16th and 17th 

Capitol View Conference Center

101 Constitution Avenue, NW

9th Floor

Washington, DC  20001

(202) 742-4341

Dinner Locations and Breakfast/Strategy Session Location on November 18th TBD

Lodging

NEKIA has contracted a guest room block at the Holiday Inn on Capitol Hill, 415 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC  20001.  The guest room rate is $199/single, $219/double.  Please make your reservations by calling (800) 638-1116, and identifying yourself as part of the National Education Knowledge Industry Assn (please use the association’s full name, and not the acronym).  Reservations must be made by October 17, 2005.

Costs

The registration fee per person for the Business Development Institute will depend upon the total number of attendees who participate in the event.  We estimate a charge of up to $500/person, which will cover all materials and meeting space charges, both dinners (and any speaker costs), continental breakfast and lunch on the 17th, and breakfast on the 18th.

Schedule

November 16

   6:00 - 9:00              Institute Dinner and Keynote

November 17

               8:30-4:30                Institute Sessions

               6:00-8:30                Institute Dinner and Keynote

November 18

               8:30-10:00              Institute Breakfast and Strategy Session

               10:00-noon             Small group discussions          

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Preliminary Plan for the Business Development Institute

Draft Goals

1. Examine current and future market dynamics in terms of the national education policy and politics and k-12 industry trends
2. Identify potential new opportunities in federal agencies and philanthropy
3. Gain new insights into business development planning and management
4. Explore specific ways to shape the knowledge use market.

 

 

 

Suggested Participants

NEKIA Board Members, Associate Members, Alliance Members and their Business development and public affairs staff  

 

Draft Agenda

November 16

6:00-9:00 pm --- Reception, Dinner, and Keynote 

“Trends in Education Policy and Politics and How They Shape the Education Marketplace” --- Rick Hess, American Enterprise Institute 

 

November 17

8:00-8:30 --- Breakfast

8:30- 9:00 --- Presentation

“Business Development in the K-12 Knowledge Market ” --- Jim  

 

9:00-noon --- Two Presentations and Discussions (breaks included)

“Special Trends and Opportunities in Federal Agencies”

·        Special Education--- Jane West (invited)

·        Homeland Security --- TBA

 

 

Noon- 2:15 --- Lunch and Presentation/Discussion

“Breakthrough Initiatives in Education Business Development” --- Randy Best and Reid Lyon

 

2:15-2:30 --- Break

 

2:30- 3:30 --- Presentation and Discussion

“Trends and Opportunities in Philanthropy” --- Bill Porter, Grantmakers for Education  

 

3:30-3:45 --- Break

 

3:45- 5:00 --- Facilitated Small Group Discussions

Topics may include:

• Creating a Knowledge Use Market
• Managing Business Development within Your Organization
• Developing a Fee-for-Service Strategy
• Scenario planning in the k-12 market 

 

5:00-6:00 --- Break

 

6:00 - 8:30 --- Dinner and Keynote

            “Words of Wisdom and Lessons Learned for Building Business ”  TBA outside speaker    

 

November 18

8:00-10:00 am ---  Breakfast and Discussion

Presentation: “Business Processes for Entrepreneurs in Education” Matt Doherty, Education Capital Group.

 

Discussion: “Lessons Learned, Future Directions: the NEKIA Business Development Initiative” 

 

10:00-noon --- Small group discussions and Individual meetings

            “Building Business Partnerships and New Initiatives in the Years Ahead”

 

 

Educational Entrepreneurship:

Why It Matters, What Risks It Poses, and How To Make the Most of It

 

Monday, November 14, 8:45 a.m.–7:15 p.m.

Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI

1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036

 

The notion of entrepreneurship remains little understood in K-12 education, even as an unprecedented wave of entrepreneurs works to refashion schooling. Developments like charter schooling, alternative teacher licensure, supplemental education services, and distance learning have created new opportunities and controversy. Entering the breach, entrepreneurs have launched nationally influential programs like the KIPP schools, Teach For America, New Leaders for New Schools, Aspire Public Schools, the New Teacher Project, and Edison Schools.

This conference will examine the nature, landscape, successes, and limitations of educational entrepreneurship. The research will raise important questions and provide practical guidance for entrepreneurs, educators, and policymakers. Researchers and respondents will examine what it means to be an entrepreneur in the education sector; how educational policy, law, and practice shape entrepreneurial efforts; the prevalence and nature of the for-profit presence in education; the promise and perils of entrepreneurial ventures; and what lessons experience may teach for harnessing entrepreneurial energy.

 

 

8:15 a.m.         

Registration and Breakfast

 

8:45      Welcome:  FREDERICK M. HESS, AEI

 

9:00      Panel I: Understanding Entrepreneurship

Presenters:       KIM SMITH, NewSchools Venture Fund

                        PAUL TESKE, University of Colorado at Denver          

                                                           

Discussants:     KENT MCGUIRE, Temple University College of Education

                        NINA REES, U.S. Department of Education

                        JON SCHNUR, New Leaders for New Schools

 

10:25               

Break

 

10:40    Panel II: The Landscape of Entrepreneurship

Presenters:       MICHAEL HEISE, Cornell Law School

                        HENRY LEVIN, Columbia University Teachers College

                        PATRICK MCGUINN, Drew University

 

Discussants:     BARNETT HELZBERG, JR., Shirley & Barnett Helzberg Foundation

                        WILLIAM ROBERTI, Alvarez & Marsal, LLC

 

12:15 p.m.       

Luncheon

 

1:05      Panel III: Models of Entrepreneurship

Presenters:       ROBERT MARANTO, Villanova University

                        JOE WILLIAMS, New York Daily News

                        STEVEN WILSON, Harvard University                                               

 

Discussants:     ERIC ADLER, The SEED Foundation

                        MICHELLE RHEE, The New Teacher Project

                                                                                   

2:40      Break

 

2:55      Panel IV: The For-Profit Question

Presenters:       ALEX MOLNAR, Arizona State University

                        ADAM NEWMAN, Eduventures, Inc.

 

Discussants:     JEFFREY COHEN, Catapult Learning

                        JAMES SHELTON, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

                        NANCY VAN METER, American Federation of Teachers

 

4:25                 

Break

 

4:40      Panel V: Unleashing Educational Entrepreneurship

Presenters:       JOHN CHUBB, Edison Schools

                        LARRY CUBAN, Stanford University

 

Discussants:     JOEL KLEIN, New York City Department of Education

                        ROD PAIGE, former U.S. Secretary of Education

                        DON SHALVEY, Aspire Public Schools

 

6:15                 

Reception

 

7:15

Adjournment

 

 

Please register online at www.aei.org/event1101