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From the Executive Director:
Dear Colleagues,
As I wrote two weeks ago, I hope all schools affected by this week's snow and ice storms, took the appropriate precautions, focused on students and kept everyone safe, warm and dry. If you are interested in hearing how other schools used these "closed" days as e-learning days, follow the hashtag #snopportunity.
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) recently in Orlando. This is a...
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Winter Webinar Series
 Registration is open for MISBO's 2014 Winter Webinar Series. The next event on the winter schedule is:
Improving Operations through Effective Communication between Boards and Business Management
Date: February 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm ET
Presenters: Patricia Yeager, Partner, and Laura Madajewski, Assurance Manager, Williams Benator & Libby, LLP
Description: Sometimes, getting the numbers right just isn't enough. Effective communication between board members and those responsible for financial reporting functions, namely the business manager, is critical to the success and harmony of independent and private schools. This presentation will provide an in-depth discussion and samples of effective tools that will enhance communication between and clarify the roles of those with responsibility for governance and financial operations.
Click here to registerNOTE: The " Cloud Based Technology for K-12 Schools" webinar has been rescheduled for April 16th. If you were already registered, there is no need to re-register. For those who are interested in adding this webinar to your schedule, please visit www.misbo.com/webinars for our full schedule.
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2014 FISBO/MISBO Business Officers Conference
 Registration is now open for the 2014 FISBO/MISBO Business Officers Conference - May 4-6, hosted by The Pine School in Stuart, FL.
This conference is open to all MISBO, FCIS and FISBO members at the $250 member rate until the early bird deadline of April 11, 2014.
This year's keynote speakers include:
- Dr. James F. Jones Jr., President, Trinity College, Professor in the Humanities
- John Chubb, President, NAIS
- Dr. Barbara Hodges, Executive Director, FCIS
For more information and to register, please visit www.misbo.com/fisbo. We look forward to seeing you in May!
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Vendor Webinar Series
Registration is open for MISBO's 2014 Vendor Webinar Series. The next event on the vendor schedule is:
School Dude KPI - Dude Data Dashboard
Date: February 25, 2014 at 2:00 pm ET
Presenters: Josh Peach, National Strategic Account Executive, and Steve Roth, Consultant, SchoolDude
Description: This webinar will take you through SchoolDude's new Online Community and Business Intelligence tools. The community is the largest dedicated to educational facility and operations management with over 65,000 registered users. We will also be covering SchoolDude's Data Dashboard. This is a new Business Intelligence product that tracks and graphically presents your SchoolDude data - giving you the insight and tools for continuous improvement. There are currently 23 Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) available, with more being added with each new version. The dashboard renders your performance data as well as benchmarks comparing your performance data with over 6000 SchoolDude users across the country and around the globe.
Click here to registerNOTE: The " High Impact Learning Environments" webinar presented by Contrax Furnishings has been rescheduled for April 22nd. If you were already registered, there is no need to re-register. For those who are interested in adding this webinar to your schedule, please visit www.misbo.com/webinars for our full schedule.
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New Business Officer Intensive
 Depending on the path you took to arrive in the Business Office, there may be many areas of your job that leave question marks over your head. Do you know about current HR regulations? Do you have facilities maintenance in your professional background? Financial Aid? Business Officers, especially new ones, have a steep learning curve to get up to speed and MISBO can help you get there!
Registration is now open for MISBO's 2014 New Business Officer Intensive - June 8-10, hosted by Woodward Academy, Atlanta, GA.
This conference is open to members and non-members alike for $295. Alumni rates are offered for returning attendees.
The full program can be viewed here.
Full event details and registration can be found at www.misbo.com/intensive. We look forward to seeing you in June!
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Spring 2014 Events
 Make sure you look at all of MISBO's spring 2014 events. All events are open to ALL MISBO members!
MISBO/TAIS Business Officer Conference - April 1-2 hosted by Harpeth Hall, Nashville, TN. Conference is open to all MISBO and TAIS members. The hotel discount ends March 11th. www.misbo.com/tais.
FISBO/MISBO Business Officer Conference - May 4-6, hosted by The Pine School in Stuart, FL. See the details above. www.misbo.com/fisbo
New Business Officer Intensive - June 8-10 hosted by Woodward Academy, Atlanta, GA. This program is designed for the Business Officer in their role for 5 years or fewer. Format will be similar to last year but with completely fresh content. Alumni attendees are encouraged to return. www.misbo.com/intensive. Registration is open now!
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The MISBO office will be closed on Monday, February 17th in observance of Presidents' Day.
1640 Powers Ferry Road, SE
Building 20, Suite 200
Marietta, GA 30067
Phone - 404.921.3810
Fax - 404.921.3816
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Electronic Resources
Survey
These are the final days to be heard through our Electronic Resources survey to member schools!
We want to hear from you, whether you participated in the program or not, to look
for areas of improvement
for next year.
Take just the few minutes to provide us the valuable feedback that helps MISBO to enhance the program.
The survey will close tomorrow - Friday,
February 14th.
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Save the Date!
The 2014 MISBO Annual Conference will be held November 2-4, 2014 in Tampa, Florida at the
Marriott Westshore.
We are bringing new thoughts, new designs, fresh programming and more. This will be the event for Business Operations Professionals in the southeast. Block off those dates today!
Look fore more details in
the coming weeks!
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Electronic Resources
on the Blog!
If you are the person at your school responsible for purchasing Electronic Resources, this is a must-bookmark or favorite page!
With subscription season around the corner, this will be the place for all ER news!
Please visit and
check back often!
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Vendors and
Electronic Resources
on the Blog!
Be sure to keep up to date on all of MISBO's updates, news, and special promotions by visiting the MISBO Blog. There are separate pages for Vendor News and Electronic Resources. While you're there, take a good look at all the great things happening at MISBO!
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