Communication A Look Back at 2021 We prepared a list of top tips and insights we gathered from 2021. Take these best practices into consideration when creating your next school newsletter so you can start the new year feeling more prepared than ever.
Christmas Newsletter 12 Holiday Newsletter Ideas from Real Educators We’ve gone through the many holiday newsletters uploaded to the Educator Hive, our newsletter template center, and made a list of the 12 most popular content topics in holiday and Christmas newsletters today!
Communication 6 Ideas for Engaging Class Communications in 2022 Since 2020, communication between educators and families became more important than ever. Here are 6 ideas for engaging content you can include in your next school newsletter, to help keep parents in the loop with everything that's going on.
Communication 7 Ways to Get Parents to Open Your Emails Like all of us, parents are super-busy, and it can be incredibly difficult to reach them with critical info. According to recent data, email open rates in the Education sector average only 25%, meaning that important school emails are getting lost in the clutter.
Communication 5 Communication Tips for School Librarians As technology becomes more ingrained in classrooms and libraries, the very nature of school librarians has changed, as well. We recently spoke with school librarian Elizabeth Graham who shared her five keys to successful library communication.
Communication Upgrading your School Newsletter: Time Management Time is not a commodity educators can spare; so, creating a school newsletter good enough to be read by hundreds or thousands of parents and faculty can be daunting.
Improving Communication Smore’s School Newsletter Template Center Gets a Makeover The Hive has been a lifeline for many of our educators this past year. Making sure that our newsletter template center is not only a source of inspiration and resource but that it is also accessible and easy to navigate, has been at the top of our priority list.
Streamlining Communication Upgrading Your School Newsletter: School Branding and Credibility Using strong school branding in your school newsletter will build trust, create urgency, and strengthen your message. Here are 5 items to make sure you are maximizing the potential of your school newsletter template.
Communication 5 “Be”s for Busy Bees: School Communication Tips from a Professional "Jennifer noticed that sending out her newsletter at consistently the same time and day each week dramatically improved her open and engagement rate."
Teachers Teaching Library from a Distance In the Spring of 2020, Librarian Michele Linse realized that her school would be making the sudden switch to virtual learning, and she asked herself, “How do I now organize and share my lessons virtually?”
Teaching Art from a Distance When art teacher Cynthia O’Reilly realized that her school would be closing due to Covid, she had to make some big decisions fast. She needed to figure out how to teach a very hands-on (and often hands-in) subject remotely.
Teachers Teaching Digital Citizenship with Smore As we roll our way into the digital frontier that is 2021, how do I teach Digital Citizenship in an interesting, relevant, and effective way?
Getting Started Say Hello to Smore Academy Say hello to Smore Academy! It’s a five-part video series where you can learn just about everything you need to know about Smore — all in under a half hour.
Teachers How to Write Better: Notes from the Smore Marketing Team Writing isn’t easy. It takes time to craft the perfect sentence, to proofread, to revise, edit, and polish.
Holidays (April Fools) Introducing: Seasonal DesignSmells™ It’s no secret. People love our limited-run Seasonal Design feels — those unique backgrounds that rotate in and out each season. This year, we decided to shake things up a little bit.
Principals 🌩 Cloudy with a Chance of Awesome: How Educators Use Smore’s Cloud Tech to do Amazing Work We spoke with Dr. Joseph Cerna, Principal of Fort Sam Houston Elementary School, who uses Smore to engage colleagues and community.
Business Smore Analytics: Numbers You Can Count On 👋 Say hello to Smore Analytics! Smore Analytics provides an easy way to determine what happens to your newsletter after you hit “Publish.” Plus, it provides you with easy insights that can help you make more informed decisions about your content, and engage the people who matter to you.
Business How Better Holiday Newsletters Can Help Grow Your Business Black Friday and the Holidays are all about being in touch with the folks who matter to you, and in ways that are fun, appealing, and relevant for them. We’ve gathered together some great examples of how you can use Smore to send gorgeous content to the folks on your contact list.
Teachers Creating Professional Content — Simply A few weeks ago, we teamed up with the TechRabbi — a designer and edTech superstar, to explore the ways that Smore empowers teachers with professional-grade tools, and gives them the ability to engage audiences of both students and fellow educators.
Teachers Nine Ways Smore Empowers Educators to Create and Share Great Content Recently, Smore CEO, Shlomi Atar, and our Head of Business Development and Sales, Rachel Epstein, were guests on TeacherCast’s EdTech in the Classroom, a fantastic podcast for educators, and hosted by Jeff Bradbury.
Teachers Here’s How To Send Beautiful Communications to Parents of Young Children When it comes to small children, important things are often in the small details.
Principals Here’s How a Principal uses Smore for Teams to Keep Everyone Up to Date When it comes to communications, schools have a few different priorities: They need information to be clear; They need to ensure that important information is read; They need the creation and distribution process to be quick and easy.
Librarians Here’s How Educators Are Using Smore to Send out Their Summer Reading Lists See how librarians are sharing summer reading list ideas with students (and colleagues)!
Teachers Teacher Appreciation Week [2018] Here at Smore, we know firsthand just how hard teachers and administrators work; From preparing lessons to in-class instruction, to grading tests and corresponding with community members, teachers really deserve that apple on their desk.
Teachers Eight Tips for Getting Your Education Audience to Read Your Newsletter Want to increase your parent engagement?
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