News

Sixty percent of Magic Hour's academic clients sent representatives to this year's Academic MagicWand Users Conference held April 3-4, 2008, at the MIT Endicott House in Dedham, MA. They participated in the unveiling of MagicWand 2008, “reboot camp” training sessions, presentations from several of the schools, fabulous MIT Endicott House food and a night out in Harvard Square.

Magic Hour president Louis Gudema will present at the Association of Independent Schools of New England Spring Business Conference, April 29th, on the topic "Reducing Costs and Increasing Revenues with a Dynamic Web Site".

Awards
Salisbury School Web site wins 2008 CASE District 1 Bronze Communication Award. The Salisbury School site was the only independent school Web site winning a CASE District 1 award this year.

Three of five finalists in 2007 Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange Awards for best Educational Institution Web site for Salisbury School, Groton School and St. Albans School

Academic Clients - Web site launches and other services this school year

• Dublin School (Dublin, NH) - New school Web site
• Friendship Public Charter Schools - port existing site to MagicWand CMS, with graphic brush up
• Ridgefield Academy (Ridgefield, CT) - relaunch with new design
• Windward School (White Plains, NY) - relaunch with design refresh
• St. Mark's Episcopal School (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - new school visual identity and Web site
• Berkshire School (Sheffield, MA)
• Salisbury School (Salisbury, CT) - add electronic bulletin board to Web site
• Riviera Schools (Coral Gables, FL)
• Groton School (Groton, MA) - relaunch with design refresh
• St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Jackson, MS) - new school Web site with Migrator for data integration with Raiser's Edge, Admission Manager and multimedia gallery
• The Gordon School (East Providence, RI)
• Oak Hall School (Gainesville, FL) - add MagicWand CMS to existing site, with graphic brush-up
• St. Albans School (Washington, DC) - relaunch with design refresh; develop end-of-year multimedia fundraising appeal
• East Woods School (Oyster Bay, NY)

Academic Clients - Web and other projects in progress

• Christ Church Day School (San Diego, CA)
• Connelly School of the Holy Child (Potomac, MD)
• The Country School (Easton, MD; add MagicWand CMS to existing site)
• Duke School (Durham, NC; marketing review/strategy and new Web site)
• Foxcroft Academy (Dover-Foxcroft, ME)
• The Forman School (Litchfield, CT)
• Nashoba Brooks School (Concord, MA; school visual identity, viewbook & new Web site)
• Norfolk Collegiate School (Norfolk, VA; new Web site with multimedia profiles, virtual tour,
• Plymouth Friends Meeting School (Plymouth Friends, PA)
• St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Saratoga, CA; new visual identity and Web site)
• Stoneleigh-Burnham School (Greenfield, MA; school visual identity & new Web site)
• Tower School (Marblehead, MA; add MagicWand CMS to existing site)
• Tuxedo Park School (Tuxedo Park, NY)

Recent Corporate Projects

• Endeca multimedia product demo #23
• Cognos multimedia product demo
• Netezza multimedia product demo
• IBM insurance industry sales videos