Kaplan Higher Education Campuses to Take Part in Second National Serve-a-Thon on April 26

    CHICAGO, IL, April 25, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On Friday, April 26, more than 1,000 team members from Kaplan Higher Education Campuses will participate in a nationwide Serve-a-thon to help make a collective difference at its nearly 50 locations in 15 states. From sorting, cooking and serving food to those in need to cleaning up area parks and natural resources to helping young and old smile, thousands of man hours will be invested in giving back and showing a commitment to each local community.

Each campus and administrative office selected its own organization to support to ensure a meaningful contribution and lasting impression. Many of the supported organizations rely on the efforts of local volunteers such as those from KHEC to successfully run their programs and achieve their respective missions.

While KHEC schools and administrative offices support their communities throughout the year, in October 2012, the organization held its first national Serve-a-thon with every location devoting the same day to service. As a result of the impactful event, KHEC's Serve-a-thon now is scheduled to occur twice a year and the next one is planned for the fall of 2013.

About Kaplan Higher Education Campuses
Kaplan Higher Education Campuses provides career-focused education to more than 21,000 students and helps prepare them to enter the workforce in some of the fastest-growing industries. Its nearly 50 locations in 15 states offer certificates, diplomas and degrees in allied health, business, criminal justice, information technology, legal, nursing and other in-demand fields. KHEC includes Kaplan College, Kaplan Career Institute, Bauder College, TESST College of Technology and Texas School of Business campuses and is owned by Kaplan, Inc. Kaplan, Inc., a leading international provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses, is a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) and its largest division. For more information, visit www.kaplan.edu.

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Institute for Management Studies April Seminar with Dr. Iris Firstenberg: Achieving Extraordinary Results Models for Innovative Thinking

    LOS ANGELES, CA, March 19, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Institute for Management Studies (IMS), a leading organization in executive leadership and management development, will be holding a full-day seminar titled "Achieving Extraordinary Results: Models for Innovative Thinking" on Tuesday, April 9th, in Los Angeles, California. The seminar will take place at The Double Tree Hotel, 120 S Los Angeles Street, starting at 9:00 AM.

IMS may be a familiar name in executive management seminars. Four weeks prior, on March 7th, they held a seminar on "communications". Successful organizations operate on the edge of chaos and embrace risk, error, and ambiguity, while practicing strategies that reduce the need for doing, undoing, and redoing. On April 9th you will learn key strategies and practical tools to give you the adaptive capacity to work creatively with change and uncertainty. We will discuss strategies for tapping the human potential for creative thinking, from the inception of ideas to their transformation into practical business strategies and innovations.

Speaking at the "Achieving Extraordinary Results" seminar will be Dr. Iris Firstenberg. Dr. Firstenberg is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles and Adjunct Professor of Management at the UCLA Anderson School. She teaches courses on problem solving, decision making, and innovative thinking in both the psychology department and MBA programs. In UCLA Anderson Executive Education programs, Dr. Firstenberg has taught for many years and is consistently one of the most highly rated instructors.

Registration for this and future IMS sessions is limited to sponsoring organizations. To learn more about the "Achieving Extraordinary Results" seminar or to see if your organization is eligible for registration, visit the Institute for Management Studies Website at: http://www.imsla.net

About IMS
Established in 1974, the Institute for Management Studies has created some of the most innovating management development training series for its time. The IMS approach is based on direct interaction with some of the most prominent management minds in the world. Members of IMS benefit from a comprehensive education in management skills, with employees becoming more confident decision-makers and more effective leaders.

If you would like to know more about the "Achieving Extraordinary Results" seminar please call Errett Cord at 949-791-7097. You may also e-mail Mr. Cord at losangeles@ims-online.com. To learn more about the Institute for Management Studies, please contact their website at http://www.imsla.net

IMS provides its members with the most innovative and cost-effective management development series available. The membership approach allows IMS to bring in top faculty and programs at a cost much lower than individual organizations can typically provide.

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More Than 300 Charter School Students, Teachers to Visit Tallahassee on April 2

    FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, March 31, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 more than 300 public charter school students and teachers will visit the Capitol. Part of Charter School Day in Tallahassee, the day will include meetings with legislators and observing session from the House and Senate Gallery.

The main objective of the visit will be to spread the word about public charter schools' successes and growing popularity among communities throughout Florida. The group will also urge legislators to continue to support public charter schools by making sure per student funding mirrors per student funding at District public schools.

For more than sixteen years, public charter schools in Florida have served students from Tallahassee to Key West, Okaloosa to Indian River. In that time, public charter schools have provided a quality public education option to hundreds of thousands of families and, in many cases, met the needs of students in underserved communities. Today there are more than 203,000 students enrolled in public charter schools in the state, and that number continues to grow every year. However, the funding for a student attending a public charter school has not kept pace with demand, and continues to be far below what a child attending a district-run public school receives. This legislative session, the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools (FCPCS) and its member schools, teachers, parents and students are asking legislators to correct this wrong.

The Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools (FCPCS), a 501(c) charter school support organization, is coordinating this event. Since 1999, FCPCS has provided a seamless system of support to charter schools and helped promote the establishment, and operation, of high quality public charter schools through the development and implementation of focused statewide and online activities. FCPCS members include more than 400 of the state's 512 public charter schools.

Media Contact: Lynn Norman-Teck (305) 216-6208 l.norman-teck@floridacharterschools.org

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