03 February 2012
We were excited to kick off 2012 at ALA Midwinter this past January. It was great to catch up with clients and meet a lot of new people. One of the things that made this conference particularly fun was that it was the first ALA MW for Bob Bonocore, one of our Client Services Managers. [...]
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01 February 2012
Please join us in welcoming Brad Williams to the Tutor.com team! Coming onboard as the Higher Education Director of Sales, Brad brings a wealth of experience and has a clear understanding of the challenges many schools face specifically in the areas of retention and remediation. His perspective will help us to continue developing and expanding [...]
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31 January 2012
Have you ever come across a story and thought to yourself, “How did I not know about this already?” Our latest book club read, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, was exactly that type of story. Written by Rebecca Skloot, this work of nonfiction blends human interest and science to share with readers the life [...]
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23 January 2012
As a fierce debate continues around the pros and cons of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), we’re also hearing more about supplemental educational services or SES. This is the tutoring component of NCLB. Tutor.com is often mistaken as an SES provider by K-12 administrators and teachers. Tutor.com is NOT an SES provider. Many years ago, [...]
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09 January 2012
Welcome Meg Sauvé, our newest Client Services Manager for Military and Federal Programs! Meg , a South Carolina native, graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, attended Officer Candidate School, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps in August 2003. Following extensive training in Quantico, VA [...]
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06 January 2012
Once a month our team of mentors nominates a ‘Tutor of the Month’, but every so often we turn the tables on them and ask our tutors to nominate a mentor of the month. Guiding our tutors and providing them feedback, our mentors are an integral part in maintaining our high tutoring standards. This month, [...]
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04 January 2012
As the year draws to a close it always seems to get a bit quieter. That gave us plenty of time to catch up on some end-of-year reading. Trends we tracked during the last month of the year included reports about the rise of community colleges, the billion reasons why libraries are still important, and [...]
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29 December 2011
Over the past year, we have profiled many of our tutors, featured amazing success stories from students around the country and shared exciting new products and updates with you from the Tutor.com blog. Before we officially move into 2012, we took a look back to see which posts you read the most. So here they [...]
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21 December 2011
We love all the “best of” lists that are so popular this time of year. It reminds us to take a break and reflect on all that we’ve accomplished. 2011 in a word was awesome. We are lucky to work with a great group of dedicated librarians, teachers, administrators, military members, families, students, tutors and [...]
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15 December 2011
This season we asked students for help so that we could help others. For our Annual Holiday Giving Program, we ask students to vote for one of three worthy charities that help students or are run by students. This year more than 650 students participated and voted for their favorite organization. They also shared why [...]
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14 December 2011
Post contributed by Lauren Lobdell our Client Services Manager for libraries, corporations and colleges. There was no red carpet or statuettes of little gold men, but the excitement, passion and moving speeches felt just like the Academy Awards—for librarians. The “I Love My Librarian Award Ceremony” took place last Thursday at the Times Center in [...]
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13 December 2011
The not so distant future is one of our Book Club’s favorite time frames. Just far away enough to incite images of a futuristic world, but not so far that it’s completely foreign to the culture we live in now. Our latest book club read, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, was smack dab in [...]
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My first experience at ALA Midwinter
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