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Seattle Survivor Starts Off Super

David Kornegay — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:25:44 +0000

Lee Prevost, President and co-founder of SchoolDude, is kicking off this morning's session with over 40 attendees. Carl Larson of Snoqualmie has broken in the travelling soapbox and talked about WAMOA. The group is already showing to be impressive and diverse with many wanting to show reports about what they are doing and needs to [...]

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The Cary Survivor Tour Kicks Off

David Kornegay — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:24:35 +0000

Kent Hudson, SchoolDude CEO and co-founder, has started out the day with great stories and insight that can only be gathered in directly working with well over 4500 school districts, private schools, colleges and universities. Nods, smiles and laughs have been a great way to start the day -- along with coffee and chicken biscuits! Today's [...]

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SchoolDude Survivor Tour: Rounding it Out

Paul Fletcher — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:10:27 +0000

Roundtables, Roundtables, and more Roundtables. VSPMA is leading today's discussions regarding Improving Accountability, In House vs Outsourcing, Alternative Scheduling for staff, as well as one invlolving Facility Scheduling. Fran Foster, Wayne Kitchen, Jim Eyerly, and Melody Temple are moderating these helpful and healthy discussions. Forty attendees came back for more today and haven't been able [...]

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SchoolDude Survivor Tour: Rolling in Richmond

Paul Fletcher — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:24:39 +0000

We are rockin' and rollin' in Richmond, VA. With one of our largest turnouts this year during the Survivor tour, SchoolDude invades Richmond. Over 60 concerned school professionals attended today's Survivor Tour here in Virginia. Scott Carpenter (pictured) did his level best to get everyone pumped up about finding solutions for the budget crisis everyone [...]

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Houston, We Don’t Have a Problem

posterous — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:08:42 +0000

On the way from Houston to San Antonio, we thought it would be appropriate to stop off at the Space Center to see how the Dudes would react to being in space in case the International Space Station needed easier applications for preventive maintenance and integration with critical alarms to automatically create work orders. We [...]

Originally published as "Houston, We Don’t Have a Problem" at SchoolDude.com

Houston is Wrapping Up, San Antonio is Next!

David Kornegay — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:09:09 +0000

We're starting out Day 2 in Houston with Rick Imig of Benchmark4Excellence giving a great breakdown of what to look for when developing statistics for comparing yourself both internally and against your neighbors. What do you include? What about per square foot vs. per student? Does age and size of the organzation really make a [...]

Originally published as "Houston is Wrapping Up, San Antonio is Next!" at SchoolDude.com

Gettin’ Ready for Texas!

David Kornegay — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:54:22 +0000

Some of the boys decided to get together to get discussion generation topics, stories and examples together for our upcoming trips around Houston and San Antonio. We told Matt Burris he has to bring fries for everyone since he was making the meeting room smell of McDonalds. We’re looking forward to flying out on Monday [...]

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Seattle Date Change

Carmen Gardiner — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:12:59 +0000

We've changed the date of the Seattle Survivor tour stop from May 11-12 to May 18-19. Posted via email from SchoolDude Survivor Tour Blog Originally published as "Seattle Date Change" at SchoolDude.com

Originally published as "Seattle Date Change" at SchoolDude.com

Phoenix Rising!

David Kornegay — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:40:05 +0000

Wow! Did Arizona show up in Phoenix? Heck yeah! We had to bring in more tables and chairs to accommodate the crowd. Scott Hair kicked things off by introducing everyone to the Soapbox. If you have been reading these blog entries, then you know what I am talking about. If not, the Soapbox is here [...]

Originally published as "Phoenix Rising!" at SchoolDude.com

Leaving Lovely Lansing and Navigating to Novi

David Kornegay — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:03:39 +0000

We just finished our 2 day Survivor Tour of Lansing and making the snowy, slushy drive to Lansing and trying to maneuver around stuck cars, closed ramps and irate commuters, but we're loving it and laughing our way down the highways and bi-ways. We've had a great tour so far and got to meet up [...]

Originally published as "Leaving Lovely Lansing and Navigating to Novi" at SchoolDude.com

“You Just Brought a Small Tear to My Eye”

David Kornegay — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:03:22 +0000

I had the opportunity to begin following up with some folks after the CA tours in Sacramento and Ontario. One of the districts invited me in on a conference call to discuss what the maintenance department’s needs would be based upon some of the discussion points from our day in Ontario. Team leaders and managers [...]

Originally published as "“You Just Brought a Small Tear to My Eye”" at SchoolDude.com

MichiganderDude

Lee Prevost — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:03:07 +0000

Except for some of the colleges who appeared to be thriving, I talked to quite a few school districts in Michigan who are having to cut millions out of their budgets. But in spite of the tough times, I heard strong stories of successful innovation including the use of LED lighting, tips for school board [...]

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Surviving in Michigan-Let’s Get it On!

Paul Fletcher — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:02:55 +0000

We made it safe and sound to Detroit, albeit 3 and a half hours later than we were scheduled to arrive. Braving the snow and cold, which is tough for us North Carolinians, we finally arrived in Lansing, our third stop in the Survivor tour. Despite the weather conditions, we have a pretty good turnout [...]

Originally published as "Surviving in Michigan-Let’s Get it On!" at SchoolDude.com

The Tough Get Going — Even in California

Lee Prevost — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:37:01 +0000

Last week, I spent several days with close to 100 school facility professionals from California school districts. Arguably, this group has more reason to be beaten down, depressed and frustrated than any group of school facilities professionals in the country. California is close to bankruptcy and the results on school budgets are among the worst [...]

Originally published as "The Tough Get Going — Even in California" at SchoolDude.com

On the Soapbox in California

Paul Fletcher — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:33:40 +0000

So, we packed up the Soap Box and headed to Sacramento and Ontario, not knowing what would go down in the Golden State. Boy were we surprised! The participants from school organizations across California had a lot to say about the state of their schools. We all know that budgets are tight and are getting [...]

Originally published as "On the Soapbox in California" at SchoolDude.com