Speak Up 2017 Partner Timeline
To help spread the word about Speak Up, following is a suggested communications timeline for our partners.
June-September 2017
q Download Speak Up promotional materials and share with your members, colleagues, partner organizations, elected and administrative officials, researchers, local schools, etc.
q Continue to share and use recent Speak Up research and data. We have released findings on teacher capacity, mobile learning, first-year teachers, open education resources and more!
q Contact us to schedule a webinar or conference call for your constituents/members. We are happy to talk about technology and learning data, trends and benefits of participation in Speak Up!
q Follow the Speak Up blog and sign up for our Speak Up newsletter to keep up to date with Speak Up News.
October-November 2017
q Speak Up launches on October 16.
q Utilize our sample Speak Up tweets, create your own, retweet our @SpeakUpEd & @ProjectTomorrow tweets.
q Look out for our e-newsletter with updates and new messages.
q Publish a blog post promoting Speak Up (there is plenty of time for schools to register and participate even if they don’t get started until the survey period has opened!).
q Provide a link to Speak Up on your website. (Use one of our banner images!)
q Contact Amber Taylor if you would like any sort of special messaging or social media images.
December 2017
q Speak Up America Week will run December 4-8. Surveys submitted during this window will increase the chance for schools/districts to win prizes from several of our partners. (If you are interested in contributing an offer for participating schools/districts, please contact Amber Taylor.)
q Keep an eye out for data sneak peeks! We will share some preliminary Speak Up 2017 data during Speak Up America Week.
January 2018
q Speak Up Appreciation Week will run January 8-12. We’ll be thanking partners, sponsors and rock star districts for their support of Speak Up. We’ll also offer some additional chances for districts to win prizes!
q Last chance to boost participation! Speak Up closes on January 19, 2018.
February-March 2018
q We’ll share data will all registered districts in February. Our Champion Outreach Partners will begin receiving national data in March. (If you want to be sure you are on that list, please contact Amber Taylor in the fall.)