Best Practice #6: Interface design is important for reporting

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|May 17, 2012

As we begin the second half of our series on the 10 best practices for information management, reporting and analytics let’s review what we have learned so far. We now understand the importance of securing executive sponsorship, identifying and involving stakeholders early and assessing their unique needs, identifying and integrating [...]

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Best practice #5: Optimize reporting processes

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|May 4, 2012

We are half way through my blog series counting to 10 best practices for information management, reporting and analytics. To recap, we have learned the importance of: Securing executive sponsorship. Identifying and involving stakeholders early and assessing their unique needs. Identifying and integrating data sources. Managing user expectations proactively. This [...]

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Best practice #4: Manage expectations proactively

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|April 23, 2012

So far in our journey of the best practices for information management, reporting and analytics, we have learned about the importance of securing executive sponsorship,   having a solid understanding of stakeholders needs and integrating all the data needed to make this happen. Now that stakeholders realize that you know their [...]

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Best practice # 3: Identify and integrate authoritative, trusted data sources

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|April 14, 2012

Data is everywhere,and getting to and managing that information is vital for accurate reporting, analysis and proactive decision making. This brings us to Best Practice # 3: Identify and Integrate Authoritative, Trusted Data Sources. As you might remember, these tips all come from my interviews with SAS education customers. From Best [...]

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Best practice # 2: How to meet stakeholders' needs

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|April 6, 2012

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I am sharing best practices that I learned from talking to education customers about successful implement ions of information management, reporting and analytics at their K-12 school district or higher education institutions. In that first post, we learned about the importance of securing executive [...]

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Best practice #1: Secure strong executive sponsorship

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|March 27, 2012

As the Industry Marketing Manager for Education at SAS, I get to talk to lots of education customers about how they’re using SAS software.  I hear the many great things they’re doing with SAS and often wonder: What is the secret of their success? So I started working with our [...]

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There's nothing "elective" about computer science education

Caroline McCullen
Caroline McCullen|December 5, 2011

December 4 marked the beginning of Computer Science Education Week, and I’d like to take a moment to consider how the business community might support K-12 schools as they respond to this rapidly changing field. Many years ago when computer science courses first appeared in schools, they were considered “extra” [...]

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Is data driving decisions in K-12 education?

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|October 10, 2011

Once you have watched the movie “Waiting for Superman”, you can’t help but worry for children in school. It was very eye-opening for me to see what challenges students and parents face to get a quality education. Being the parent of three children and given my role at SAS as a marketer [...]

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21st century learning for every child, every day

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|August 23, 2011

In this day and age, you hear a lot in the news about education. You hear about dropout rates, low graduation rates, technology use, 21st century learning, college and workforce readiness, etc. During my many years at SAS working with the education industry, I have heard and witnessed a lot. [...]

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New school year brings excitement, big changes to SAS Curriculum Pathways

Bruce Friend
Bruce Friend|August 15, 2011

The end of summer is approaching and that means family vacations are wrapping up, and students and teachers will be heading back to school. I vividly recall preparing for the new school year when I was middle school social studies teacher Excited and re-energized for the coming year, I also [...]

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