Volume 4, Issue 1 - I took January to reflect and focus on where to take Tagoras and this newsletter in 2012. One key conclusion I reached is that it would be tremendously helpful to know more about the challenges readers are facing and what may be useful to you in addressing them. I have my own ideas about what may be useful to you, but I could very well be wrong. 

So, the main focus of this first edition of the ALT Digest for 2012 is to find out how the Digest and Tagoras research efforts can be more helpful to you. I am open to any feedback you would like to send to me at jcobb@tagoras.com, but I'd also like to ask the following two questions:

• What are the barriers, challenges, or other obstacles that might prevent you from realizing the goals for your education business in 2012?
• What data, information, or educational resources might help you with overcoming these barriers, challenges, or obstacles?

You can simply e-mail me with a reply, or if you prefer to remain anonymous, you can use the following link to answer the questions as a brief online survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HKP8LCQ

To the extent it seems useful, I'll share some of the feedback (anonymously) I get in the next edition of the newsletter with the aim of starting to provide resources help you in your 2012 initiatives.

Also, while I've opted not to do a "feature" post in this edition of the newsletter, I have included the usual Link Digest below as well as links to recent Tagoras blog posts that you may find of value.

Enjoy.

Jeff

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