For those of you who were not able to attend the Partner Webinar this past Tuesday, May 20th, you can view the webinar within Partner Resources here under Mimio Partner Webinars. 

We went through a lot of information including Mimio updates and product roadmap.  We would strongly recommend reviewing the webinar if you were not able to attend.

Highlights of the Mimio Partner Webinar

• Product Roadmap
  • MimioDisplay interactive display launch at ISTE 
  • MimioProjector updated model launch end of Q3 2014
  • MimioBoard interactive touch board launch end of Q4 2014
  • MimioStudio and MimioMobile feature launches at ISTE and end of Q1 2015
• Partnership with Epson
• Partner Summit will be in Boston, MA on September 9th and 10th 

Reminders and Answers from the Partner Webinar

• SAVE THE DATE: Our Partner Summit will be in Boston, MA on September 9th and 10th
• NEW MimioDisplay interactive display:
  • If you would like to order a demo MimioDisplay (to arrive in July), please have your PO into orders@mimio.com by 5pm Eastern, Wednesday, May 28th.  
    • $1,720 for 42" MimioDisplay demo unit with stand
    • $620 for flight case (if you will be shipping/moving the demo unit)
    • Shipping will be billed separately.
  • The Sell Sheet for the MimioDisplay is available here.  PLEASE DO NOT SEND THIS OUT TO CUSTOMERS. We are officially launching this product at the ISTE trade show at the end of June.
  • Our Mimio Territory Managers as well as our distributors now have our preliminary product pricing information for MimioDisplay, so if you would like to determine what your margins will be, please contact us.  As we specified in the webinar on Tuesday, these prices may change prior to ISTE.  The final MimioDisplay pricing will be available as part of our new pricing sheet on or before June 29th.
  • Demo MimioDisplay units cannot be purchased through co-op dollars as we are special-ordering these units for demonstration purpose only.  

If you have any questions or have suggestions on what to include in our next Partner Webinar, feel free to comment on this post.

When: Today, May 20, 2014 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT

Here's what we plan to cover:  

• Mimio's Product Roadmap
• New Product Release Information
• Epson/Mimio Partnership
• Upcoming Partner Summit
• Marketing Tools and Support Materials 

To join the online portion of the webinar now, click here.

Meeting Number: 888-207-0001
Access Code: 827254835 

See below for the audio portion of the webinar:

Call-in number: 1-888-207-0001
Conference Code: 827 254 835

If you are unable to attend, we will provide the slides and recording of the webinar on Partner Resources by the end of this week for you to review.  

When: Today, May 20, 2014 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT

Our agenda for this webinar has been revised as we have some new and exciting information to share with you.  Here's what we plan to cover:  

• Mimio's Product Roadmap
• New Product Release Information
• Epson/Mimio Partnership
• Upcoming Partner Summit
• Marketing Tools and Support Materials 

To add this to your calendar and for the online portion of the webinar, click here.  

Call-in number: 1-888-207-0001
Conference Code: 827 254 835

Now that we are no longer associated with Newell Rubbermaid, in reviewing our shipping costs Mimio has found that our costs have gone up significantly.  In lieu of increasing prices on our products, we felt it would be better to adjust our shipping costs.  Effective June 1, 2014, Mimio’s freight policy is changing.  Please see below for the updates to our shipping policy for Partners purchasing directly through Mimio:

• Mimio is raising FedEx prices across the board.
• There will no longer be free shipping for large orders or for Gold-level dealers.  
• Mimio reserves the right to charge the actual freight cost if it is above current shipping rates.
• If you would rather use your own rates, you may include the Partner Company FedEx or UPS account number on the PO.  Please be sure to note the number and shipping company clearly on the PO in this case.

Click here for our updated shipping rates.  These updated shipping rates will be reflected in our next updated pricelist which will be released in June.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Customer Care team at customercare@mimio.com.

Mimio and Epson are announcing today a partnership whereby Epson will offer MimioStudio for sale with Epson BrightLink interactive projectors.  This partnership is for US and Canada.  It will help to increase Mimio’s brand awareness as well as drive the growth of Mimio’s presence in the education marketplace.   

Effective today, Epson will be able to sell MimioStudio software licenses with Epson BrightLink interactive projectors to the education market. The software may also be purchased separately by existing Epson BrightLink customers.  Per the agreement, Epson’s reseller network will only be selling MimioStudio software licenses. 

Below are the benefits of the Epson partnership to you:

• If you currently are an Epson BrightLink provider, bundling MimioStudio software just got easier.
• If you are not an Epson reseller, we believe this partnership will provide more opportunities to sell MimioMobile and our hardware products into Epson installations.
• Partnering with the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, we foresee an increase in Mimio’s brand recognition as well as incremental hardware and software sales to you.

The joint Mimio/Epson press release will be available on our website here later this morning, May 15th.  If you have any questions regarding this partnership, please contact your Mimio Territory Manager.

When: May 20, 2014 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT

The next webinar will include:

• Mimio Updates
• Mobile Trends in Education
• Highlights for Making your Website and Emails more Dynamic
• Partner Support Documents

For the online portion of the webinar and to add this to your calendar, click here.  

Call-in number: 1-888-207-0001
Conference Code: 827 254 835

We hope to see you at our next Partner Webinar! 

We’re excited to announce the release of MimioStudio 11.2 classroom software on the website, with an additional feature. MimioStudio 11.2 allows each classroom with a Mimio hardware or software license to connect up to three mobile devices using the MimioMobile app, for FREE.

This is a great way for your customers to try out MimioMobile before buying the MimioMobile app for the whole classroom.

Now with MimioStudio 11.2 software, a teacher can connect three mobile devices with the MimioMobile app to:

•    Collaborate
•    Perform real-time formative assessment
•    Pass control to a student’s mobile device

You can now view the release notes as well as download MimioStudio 11.2 on the MimioStudio Software Downloads page.  We’re excited to be giving educators more ways to engage students using technology with these three free connections to the MimioMobile app! 

… for the timing of our Annual Mimio Partner Summit!  There are a few things including information on the Partner Summit we want you to be aware of:

• Partner Summit
• ISTE Partner Dinner
• Partner Webinars

Partner Summit

Mimio’s product release schedule for our major releases in 2014 is for late summer/early fall.  For our 2014 Partner Summit, we would like to provide you training and beta versions of the new software.  Given our release schedule, we decided it would be a better, more efficient use of your time to have our Partner Summit in August or September when we will have the betas of our software, and exact details of all of our other 2014 releases ready.  Since we know our Partner Summit will be around the back to school timeframe, we need your input to determine  the best week to host this summit.  Please fill out our survey so we can include your considerations for the Partner Summit.  The Summit would be a 1 to 2 day event including hands-on time with the products.

We'd like to provide you with the updated price sheet with some corrections as well as some changes from the January pricelist.  

In general, Mimio will be providing a pricelist twice a year – January and June. By referring to the date, you will know if you are looking at the latest price sheet. The only variation to this schedule is a new product that comes out during another time of year or a product is taken off of our pricelist.  Therefore as needed, Mimio will update the price sheet in addition to the releases in January and June. 

You can reach out to your Territory Manager or distributor for the latest pricelist reflecting the latest changes.  All changes to the current price list are described below including our decision to retire MimioVote 24:

If after receiving this pricing doc you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your Mimio Territory Manager or distributor.  Happy Tuesday!

Just a reminder that the Mimio Partner Assessment is due by the end of this month!  We are requiring all of our reseller partners’ sales reps to pass our updated 25-question assessment by May 31, 2014.  This assessment is to ensure you understand the Authorized Mimio Partner Program, know what’s available on Partner Resources and on the Mimio website, and have adequate understanding of all Mimio products and training programs. Sales reps may reference any of these resources while completing the assessment. Each Mimio Reseller Partner Sales Rep must score 80% or higher (answer 20 questions correctly) to pass. 

To take this test, please see this link.