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We will be having our NHCTO Council meeting Thursday (4/13/17) at the Concord PSU campus (2 Pillsbury St. Concord) from 9am to 3pm.  I am not sure which room we are in so look for signs.  If you can’t find the room send an email.
 
In the morning we will have a presentation from Holly Doe who recently attended the CoSN national conference and has lots of exciting info to share from that trip!
 
We will also have a discussion about Backup, Disaster Recovery and Business continuity planning.
 
ENA will be sponsoring lunch and presenting TrustCompute – virtual data center services designed specifically for K12 Schools. ENA TrustCompute is a fully hosted and managed virtual data center service. ENA created TrustCompute to provide their education and library communities with a comprehensive and secure cloud computing platform that is scalable, easy to use, and budget-friendly. Check it out at https://www.ena.com/cloud/ena-trustcompute/ If you’re interested in virtual data center services or just want a free lunch stop by and learn more about the NH CTO Council and ENA!
 
Following lunch, we will have be discussing the NHCTO Council Salary Survey and have an open forum so bring you topics, questions & success stories to share and discuss.
 
Did you know that registration for the annual NHCTO Clinic is open? We have a great agenda planned for May & attendance for NHCTO Council members is free! We’re excited to have Thomas Murray of Future Ready School as our Keynote this year. For agenda info and to register visit our website http://www.nhcto.org/annual-conference.html
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We will be having our NHSTE CTO Council meeting Thursday (3/9/17) at the Concord PSU campus (2 Pillsbury St. Concord) from 9am to 3pm.  I am not sure which room we are in so look for signs.  If you can’t find the room send an email.
 
In the morning we will have breakout discussions with our sub committees: communications, data collection and legislative actions.
 
We will also have a discussion around personal (technology staffing, job titles / responsibilities and compensation).
 
Sophos will be sponsoring lunch, https://www.sophos.com. Many of us are familiar with Sophos Anti-Virus however Sophos also offers a full line of Endpoint and Gateway security products. This includes Firewalls, content filtering, UTM and Email security solutions. If you’re looking to enhance your network security or you just want a free lunch stop by and learn more about the NH CTO Council and Sophos!
 
Following lunch, we will have an open forum so bring you topics, questions & success stories to share and discuss.
 
For those that aren’t familiar with the CTO Council we are the New Hampshire CoSN (http://cosn.org) affiliate and a sub group under NHSTE.  The focus of our group is around technology leadership and all the fun things associated with it like student data privacy, 21st century networking, digital workflows, online and mobile learning, and strategic IT planning.
 
If you have any questions, feel free to email me!

We will be having our NHSTE CTO Council meeting Thursday (1/12/17) at the Concord PSU campus (2 Pillsbury St. Concord) from 9am to 3pm. I am not sure which room we are in so look for signs. If you can’t find the room send an email.

In the morning we will be working on planning our upcoming CTO Conference & other events as well as reviewing some new features in Office 365 and Google apps.

Vigilance Software will be sponsoring lunch, http://vigilancesoftware.com . Vigilance software specializes in emergency management software and systems. If you’re looking for a comprehensive emergency notification system or you just want a free lunch stop by and learn more about the NH CTO Council and Vigilance Software!

Following lunch, we will have an open forum so bring you topics, questions & success stories to share and discuss.

For those that aren’t familiar with the CTO Council we are the New Hampshire CoSN (http://cosn.org) affiliate and a sub group under NHSTE. The focus of our group is around technology leadership and all the fun things associated with it like student data privacy, 21st century networking, digital workflows, online and mobile learning, and strategic IT planning.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me!

We will be having our NHSTE CTO Council meeting Thursday (12/8/16) at the Concord PSU campus (2 Pillsbury St. Concord) from 9am to 3pm. I am not sure which room we are in so look for signs. If you can’t find the room send an email.

In the morning we will have a discussion around E-Rate with Dan Riordan, President of On-Tech Consulting, Inc. You may be familiar with Dan as he is a frequent contributor to the NHSTE Tech Coord list serve and a consultant who provides assistance securing E-Rate funding. E-Rate has and continues to evolve significantly and we will discuss projects being done with E-Rate services, how schools are managing E-Rate, etc. etc.

No lunch will be provided this month, but there is a café onsite that makes great sandwiches & paninis.

Following lunch, we will have an open forum so bring you topics, questions & success stories to share and discuss. For those that aren’t familiar with the CTO Council we are the New Hampshire CoSN (http://cosn.org) affiliate and a sub group under NHSTE. The focus of our group is around technology leadership and all the fun things associated with it like student data privacy, 21st century networking, digital workflows, online and mobile learning, and strategic IT planning.

​If you have any questions, feel free to email me!

We will be having our NHCTO Council meeting Thursday (11/10/16) at the Concord PSU campus (2 Pillsbury St. Concord) from 9am to 3pm. To avoid conflicts with the NH PowerSchool users group and Google Users group we have moved our meetings to the second Thursday of each month this year. I am not sure which room we are in so look for signs. If you can't find the room send an email.

In the morning we will have breakout committee discussions revolving around legislature, data and communications. We will also have a whole group discussion around ransomware & how different schools are preventing and dealing with the issue.

Barracuda Networks will be sponsoring lunch, https://www.barracuda.com/. Barracuda provides some great tools for preventing and dealing with ransomware including mail filtering & archiving, firewalls & content filtering and cloud based backups. If you're interested or you just want a free lunch stop by and learn more about the NH CTO Council and Barracuda!

Following lunch, we will have an open forum so bring you topics, questions & success stories to share and discuss.
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For those that aren't familiar with the CTO Council we are the New Hampshire CoSN (http://cosn.org) affiliate and a sub group under NHSTE. The focus of our group is around technology leadership and all the fun things associated with it like student data privacy, 21st century networking, digital workflows, online and mobile learning, and strategic IT planning. If you have any questions, feel free to email me!

We will be having our NHSTE CTO Council meeting Thursday (10/13/16) at the Concord PSU campus (2 Pillsbury St. Concord) from 9am to 3pm. To avoid conflicts with the NH PowerSchool users group and Google Users group we have moved our meetings to the second Thursday of each month this year. I am not sure which room we are in so look for signs. If you can't find the room send an email.

In the morning we will have discussion regarding recent legislative changes and K12 Technology budgets.

Brightbytes will be sponsoring lunch, http://brightbytes.net/ . If you are interested in data driven decision making or you just want a free lunch stop by and learn more about the NH CTO Council and Brightbytes!

Following lunch, we will have an open forum so bring you topics, questions & success stories to share and discuss.

For those that aren't familiar with the CTO Council we are the New Hampshire CoSN (http://cosn.org) affiliate and a sub group under NHSTE. The focus of our group is around technology leadership and all the fun things associated with it like student data privacy, 21st century networking, digital workflows, online and mobile learning, and strategic IT planning. For those of you who are accustomed to seeing these emails from Josh Olstead please know this is the same group he lead last year but I'll be the one bugging you this year! :)

If you have any questions, feel free to email me! Thanks! Kyle

​In the morning we will be having breakout group discussions on Communications, Data and Legislative actions followed by a whole group discussion / presentation on Mobile Device Management (MDM) systems.

Lightspeed Systems will be sponsoring our lunch on Friday, http://www.lightspeedsystems.com/ .  If you are interested in web filters or mobile device management (MDM) designed specifically for K12 or you just want a free lunch stop by and learn more about the NH CTO Council and Lightspeed!   If you are attending and you haven’t attended in the past, please let me know you are coming so I can give Lightspeed an accurate head count for lunch

Following lunch, we will have a discussion and presentation regarding Student Data Privacy.