http://tinyurl.com/y3ylr7j
I'm surveying other non-profits about their plans and ideas:
Survey: http://tinyurl.com/ningsfornonprofits
Results: http://tinyurl.com/ningsfornonprofitsresults
And Steve Hargadon is hosting a meeting in Elluminate next Tuesday for thos=
e
who would like to discuss the future of Ning:
http://www.stevehargadon.com/2010/04/ning-changes-and-impact-on-educational=
.html
It's important to note that Ning has not presented a plan for these changes
and they have said that this should be forthcoming in the next two weeks.
Hope this helps,
Lucy Gray
Education Technology Specialist
Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education
University of Chicago
http://cemse.uchicago.edu
773-834-5214 (Office)
682-233-5829 (Google Voice)
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Clum, Garry <gclum@spa.edu> wrote:
> Just an FYI
>
> One month after long-time Ning CEO Gina Bianchini was replaced by COO
> Jason Rosenthal , the company is making some major changes: It has just
> announced that it is killing off its free product, forcing existing free
> networks to either make the change to premium accounts or migrate their
> networks elsewhere. Rosenthal has also just announced that the company h=
as
> cut nearly 70 people =E2=80=94 over 40% of its staff. Here=E2=80=99s the =
email Rosenthal
> just sent out to the company:
>
> http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/nings-bubble-bursts-no-
> more-free-networks-cuts-40-of-staff/#comment-1030783
>
> So the question is, do you pay for a premium account or use a different
> tool.
>
>
> Garry Clum Jr
> Network Manager
>
> St. Paul Academy and Summit School
> 1712 Randolph Avenue
> St. Paul, MN 55105
> 651-696-1497
> gclum@spa.edu
> www.spa.edu
>
> =EF=81=90 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
>
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