Issaquah School District Selects Telligent for Education Community

Nov. 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Telligent, a leader in social community software for the enterprise, announced that Issaquah School District has decided to expand its pioneering online community that connects educators, parents and students in its district with Telligent Community.  

“We’re excited to expand our interactive educational community as our school district grows,” said Colleen Dixon, Executive Director of Educational Technology. “Our online community expands the educational process to include an interactive, ongoing dialogue among students, parents and teachers that helps us prepare students for an evolving world.”

Students, parents and teachers are learning to use Issaquah School District’s innovative online community to share information, post upcoming events, track school assignments and discuss curriculum. An online community offers additional choices to parents and students by centralizing school updates and homework for students and can increase parent-teacher involvement.

“Issaquah School District is pushing the boundaries of education through online engagement,” said John Rabara, VP, Customer Care at Telligent. “We are thrilled to support the platform that creates a transparent, collaborative learning experience and gives students a competitive edge in the global economy.”

Telligent Community is social community software designed for flexibility in building customer-facing communities that achieve your business objectives for improving customer support, building brand loyalty and strengthening member networks.


About Issaquah School District

The Issaquah School District is educating the innovators, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders of tomorrow. Students here set the state and national high-water mark for standardized test scores, but Issaquah teachers aim for more. They create passionate lifelong learners who want to achieve their personal and professional potential in a rapidly changing world.
The district has grown with Issaquah over the past 100 years as the city transformed from a sleepy mining town to the heart of a vibrant economic and cultural region. Over 17,000 students are now enrolled in the district’s 24 schools, which cover a span of 110 square miles in seven municipalities.



About Telligent

One of the pioneers in enterprise social community and workforce collaboration software, Telligent helps companies worldwide to implement social communities for their employees, customers and partners. Its powerful community development platform allows customers and partners to customize their community experiences and build award-winning applications on top of the platform.

Telligent differentiates itself with an ease of business and a level of confidence to which seasoned and successful organizations are accustomed. With a customer-focused culture, Telligent sets the social enterprise standard for positive business outcomes. With Telligent, thousands of organizations worldwide have created successful communities that drive collaboration, communication, innovation, networking and support, including American Marketing Association, Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Psion, U.S. Department of Defense - All Partners Access Network (APAN) and more.

Learn more about Telligent by visiting http://telligent.com.



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