We have heard from some members of our sales team and from some of our partners that questions have been raised about the name of Mimio's new touch board ("the MimioBoard™ touch board") and about descriptors in general. As the creative manager for Mimio, I get this type of question a lot — especially after we introduce a new product. So I would like to clear up the confusion.

We named our latest touch board MimioBoard, because we see it as an extension of our fixed interactive whiteboard line. In the future, as we make new updates or add new features to products -- for example, Touch -- the descriptors will change. So, if we add Touch to the MimioProjector™ interactive projector, its full name will become the MimioProjector touch projector. Previous versions of the Mimio projector will retain the old name. This naming convention is why there are now two different MimioBoard product names: the MimioBoard interactive whiteboard and the MimioBoard touch board.

All Mimio product names are trademarked, and trademarks function as adjectives instead of nouns. That’s why we add a “descriptor” to each product name – for example, “the MimioTeach™ interactive whiteboard.” In addition to protecting the trademark status of our product names, the descriptors serve to explain what type of device each product is. To avoid too much repetition of descriptors in our copy, we sometimes substitute other terms. For example, instead of repeating “the MimioTeach interactive whiteboard” over and over, we might say “the MimioTeach device.” Or, we might drop the trademarked product name and say, for example, “Mimio’s interactive projector” instead of “the MimioProjector interactive projector.”

Product names and trademarks can often be confusing, so we include a section in our brand guidelines that outlines the descriptors for all of our products. You can download the Brand Guidelines from Partner Resources.

If you have any questions or just want to run something by me about trademarks and naming in general, please feel free to email me holly.fritz-palao@mimio.com.

Thank you,

Holly Fritz-Palao
Creative Manager, Mimio

Dear Partners

We have made a few pricing adjustments, as well as adding new pricing. Please review these changes below:

1. MimioBoard touch board new product pricing.
2. MimioDisplay demo unit pricing: this pricing is for you to purchase demo units and not for end-user sales.
3. MimioVote handset pricing update.
4. MimioMobile 3 and 5 year pricing have been eliminated.

Your Mimio Territory Manager will share with you the details, but I wanted to let you know overall what the updates are.  

Steve Mefford

Director of US Sales

Mimio

NEW touch board uses Touch 360° Interactivity allowing up to Six Simultaneous Users

We are excited to announce the company's newest addition, the MimioBoard™ touch board, featuring six-point Touch 360° interactivity – the highest number of standard touch points available – for best-in-class performance.

We will be announcing this to the general public on Monday, October 20th.  All the details remain as per our Partner Summit meeting in early September.  The SOR and pricing forms will be updated by Monday.  

The Touch 360° interactive technology accommodates up to six single-point touch users or three dual-touch and gestures users. Whether users write or manipulate objects above, below, or parallel to one another, their control and touch experience will remain uninterrupted.

Available in 78-inch and 87-inch models (diagonal size), the MimioBoard touch board provides a 16:10 aspect ratio for widescreen views. The Porcelain-on-Steel surface is classroom-rugged, projection-optimized, and erasable, so teachers can also use it as a conventional whiteboard.

Hi Mimio Partners,

Hi Partners, 

MimioView Promo Pricing Valid Through Q4

We are thrilled with the success of the MimioView document camera sales during the recent promotion. To keep the momentum going, we've decided to keep the MimioView promotional pricing that we put into effect in Q2 valid through the end of 2014. 

This is the last week you will be able to take advantage of the MimioDisplay introductory pricing – act now as we will not be extending this offer. With the promotion closing at the end of September, the absolute deadline for submitting promotion-eligible orders is EOB on Tuesday, September 30th.    

View the full details on our customer-facing landing page. And good luck getting those last orders in!

First Fall Webinar: Seamless Integration of Curriculum and Technology

We are extremely excited to kick off our Fall Webinar series with our first session, Seamless Integration of Curriculum and Technology, on Thursday September 25, 2014. The Fall Webinar series is hosted by educators who use Mimio every day in their classrooms or districts to engage and inspire their students. That's exactly why this series is an excellent resource to help you promote Mimio and interactive technology to prospective and current customers. 

For a complete schedule of the upcoming sessions visit our Webinar page.>>

Today is the last day to sign up for the Mimio Partner Certification Trainer Program! If you are a new Mimio Partner and would like to become Mimio Certified please sign up today for this event.  We are closing the registration tonight, so please sign up today if you haven't already!  It's being held on November 5th and 6th in Cambridge, MA.  Details for registration are here below.

What: Mimio Partner Certified Trainer Event

When: November 5^th and 6^th

Where: Mimio Headquarters: One Charles Park, 1st Floor, Cambridge, MA

We estimate that the time needed to complete this program is 32 hours (which includes 16 hours of pre-work):

• Quick Learn Sessions and Assessment – 10 hours
• Pre-Event Webinars – 2 hours
• Sample Training File/Presentation Prep – 3 hours
• Pre-Event Assessments – 1 hour
• On-Site November 5^th and 6^th Certification Days – 16 hours

You must be able to commit to the pre-work as well as attend the in-person event. To sign up for this program, please email Partners@mimio.com today with the following information:

• Name
• Company
• Email
• Phone

Reseller Partners will need to cover the cost of transportation and hotel for the certification event on November 5^th and 6th, but it can be paid out of Mimio Co-op. The $1000 tuition for this program will be waived, since this is our first new Partner Certified Trainer Event. In lieu of tuition, we will be asking for feedback on the training, to help us continue to improve our support to you. Space is limited for this event and the deadline for registration is today, September 15^th. Please email us today, to ensure a spot. 

Email Partners@mimio.com by September 15^th to Sign Up