In September of 2011 the US Department of Education under Aneesh Chopra’s guidance had a convening of 15 top Education Innovator’s including Stephen Gilfus, President and CEO, of the Gilfus Education Group to gain insights on what the market requires to meet the needs you characterize above. During this session it was clear that Aneesh’s pure goal is to

“I sincerely believe that we have now entered the dawn of ‘dot edu’ era which will stimulate and transform students, instructors, institutions and the global economy to reach new horizons.”, “For the first time academic institutions are takeing precise control of their web presence and student experiences as online competitiveness increases.”

“There has never been a time where colleges and universities are trying so many different things in order to generate new revenue streams,” said Stephen Gilfus, president and chief executive of Gilfus Education Group, a Washington-based education, technology and business consulting group. “Colleges and universities, given their current business model, are simply not sustainable, which is making many institutions across the country seriously rethink their business models. That includes almost every single college and university in the Washington D.C. area.”

Think about what your business is today. Write down your top 10 keywords that you think define who you are. Go in all the different search engines. Put it in and see what comes up. Go in yahoo groups and see what comes up; and then, just join whatever you can and in a crazy, very extrovert – thankfully, it’s the internet so we can be introverts and do this; just start talking and putting in and building a presence; because, as people enjoy what you’re talking about within those communities they will, in many cases, be curious and follow you to the mothership if you will. You need to reach out. You need to put tentacles out, because there is no way — otherwise, the mothership stands alone without a sign. And if you’re just a website on the internet, then that’s it. You don’t exist, yeah.

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“ Today’s release of the ‘Enterprise Education Platform’ marks a milestone moment in redefining the current possibilities of transformational technologies for our educational institutions. The convergence of ERP and LMS technology into a single holistic platform can, and will, increase individual and organizational intelligence, reduce total operational costs and improve institutional outcomes and student success.”

The GoingOn Community Platform integrates the latest social networking, collaboration and publishing technologies to enable schools to create vibrant online communities and transform silos of information into an open social knowledge network.

Attendees of Educause 2009 can see tangible evidence of Administrative and Academic Application and Technology Trends
WASHINGTON, DC (Tuesday, October 27th, 2009) – The Gilfus Education Group announced its annual predictions today, foreshadowing major concepts on the horizon for administrative and academic applications, content and technologies.

Blackboard Inc. was formed on the joining of two companies. CourseInfo LLC, founded by Daniel Cane and Stephen Gilfus, and Blackboard LLC, founded by Michael Chasen and Matthew Pittinsky.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. – Margaret Meade

The internet is not a private network. If you put pictures up from that sorority or fraternity party, people will see them. Actually, I say that because I think one of the biggest challenges and mistakes people make is they put too much of their personal lives online and one of the companies I’m involved in is a company that is around employing students and you’d be incredibly surprised how many students apply for a job and how many employers look on Facebook and go no frickin’ way because students don’t have a real comprehension and that generational

May 1st, 2009
Gilfus Education Group attends First Annual Venture Capital in Education Summit 2009. Leading independent investment bank Berkery Noyes and Stanford University today announced the featured speakers at the inaugural Venture Capital in Education Summit 2009 .

Thursday, March 05, 2009
Today Stephen Gilfus of the Gilfus Education Group presented to a select panel of Venture Capitalists in Silicon Valley (Palo Alto) on the state of the education industry. Participants included individuals from Accel partners, Institutional venture Partners and several others.