Cleveratom – Page 8 – Hal MacLean

Cleveratom Move Offices

28 July, 2007Hal

It’s Official!

Cleveratom Limited moved house on the 25th July 2007 to their new premises in Chelmsford. Two days of lifting and shifting furniture proved extremely tiring – everything had to be taken up a flight of stairs for a start – but very worthwhile. We have managed to save some of the furniture destined to be disposed of from Anglia Ruskin University and since it all co-ordinates, the new office looks pretty good too. I’ll post some images when I get a chance!

Our new address is confirmed… all correspondence now needs to go to:

Cleveratom Limited
Fenchurch House
93 Springfield Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 6JL

Tel: 0845 868 9020
alt: 01245 252009

We owe a great deal to the fine folks at the Essex Technology and Innovation Centre in Ongar. They have been extremely helpful and understanding and throughout our time there have been able to support the company with high quality advice and ideas. If you are looking to start up a new company and want a good place to work from, look no further. OK – Ongar isn’t the centre of the commuter dream land, but it is close enough to Epping, Harlow, Brentwood and Chelmsford, and the M11 and A12 for it to make little difference. If there had been the oportunity to have a larger space in the centre we probably would have moved into that instead. Contact David Adlington or ring 01277 368200 for more information about moving in… Unit 29 is now empty!

Advertising in Magazines – does it work?

19 July, 200723 September, 2008Hal

alex_ad Here you can see Alex leafing through one of the national magazines that deals with education whilst in W H Smith in Chelmsford. He happens to be on a page carrying an advert for Cleveratom and our consultative services for schools looking to develop or implement a virtual learning environment, or learning platform.

This is a bit of a test for magazine advertising. Previously, we were always advised to steer clear because it isn’t cost effective and can only reach the person reading the magazine, whereas a poster or leaflet can be read by multiple people simultaneously.

My question is does advertising in magazines work? If it does we can expect a deluge of people downloading the advice sheet we created as they rapidly realise the deadline for implementation is looming and that they haven’t yet grasped the nettle to understand what is going on. Alternatively, it could be that al schools in England and Wales are well sorted, and don’t need our input. Or, I guess it could be that no-one gives two hoots what we have to say on the matter… there are plenty of other sources of advice. All very likely, I dare say.

We are thinking that this time of year is not so good for advertising to schools. They are about to embark on their long summer vacations and most folk won’t be thinking about VLEs or learning platforms for another six weeks at least. Oh well.

The good news is that we want to find out the effect, and to do so has cost very little money. It could be argued that it is a waste of money no matter how small an amount, but time will tell. If you are interested in seeing the advert up close, or want to take advantage of a free advice sheet, head over to http://www.cleveratom.co.uk/vle

Learning Platforms, VLE, Virtual Learning Environment

6 July, 2007Hal

Learning Platforms. Mistakes are being made. For help and a free fact sheet, visit http://www.cleveratom.co.uk/vle/

Cleveratom have been acting as consultants and advisors for schools implementing virtual learning environments and are able to help evaluate needs and assess what approach will be best to take to implement a platform most effectively.

Cleveratom Telephone Number Changed – 01245 252009

3 July, 20073 July, 2007Hal

Within the next few weeks we should be in our new office, if the solicitors get the paperwork sorted! Before that, we have arranged for a new company telephone number to be set up. The original, local call-rate number remains unchanged as 0845 868 90 20

Our local office phone/fax number (currently 01277 369 500) will remain in place for about three months, however, as of today you can also contact us using 01245 252 009. Please update your telephone records accordingly!

Cleveratom Move is delayed

29 June, 2007Hal

Sigh. It was all going so well, too… ah well!

Yes, the solicitors involved in the move have decided to unpick all of the legal implications for us. In actual fact, I think it is only one solicitor doing it, but it’s hard to get to the bottom of what happens in the legal world. So, the long and short of it all is that we are still moving, but at the moment it is going a bit more slowly than it was.

In the mean time, we remain at Ongar – and what a brilliant set of people there. Deep gratitude to David (and Pam) who have made our lives so much easier. If only the rooms were bigger… !