A School Calendar Manifesto – The First Go

1. True calendar power = Maximum technology + Minimal Costs.
2. If you need more than a day of training to use it, you won’t use it.
3. Custom applications will waste your time, money – and your sanity.
4. If you can’t find an existing tool to get the job done, anywhere, use a custom application. If you can, see #3.
5. If your calendar does not drive higher participation, it is only providing part of what you need.
6. Effective communication of school events empowers parents and students.
7. If need to go to ComplicatedProduct University for a week each year to keep up with the technology, it may be just a little bit too complicated.
8. Centralized database-driven, web-managed calendars = decreased staff burnout rates.
9. Built-in conflict checking really will help you from pulling out your hair as you build and maintain schedules.
10. Just because someone is comfortable using an existing process, does not mean it is most effective.

More to come…