Monarch Media, Inc. is a full-service Web design and production company. The following sites are just a few of the projects that Samudra Software has developed in conjunction with Monarch Media.

Mambo web CMS system is designed for technical and non-technical people to edit, add, delete and update their WebPages for all intents and purposes with the same ease as amending a word document. The Easy to use dynamic Mambo Content Management System is the automatic choice for those needing to update the content of their site cost effectively.

There are two parts to a CMS system, the front end and the back end. The front end is the world facing end, the part that the client sees when they visit your website. Whilst the content cannot be manipulated these pages can be downloaded, emailed, converted into pdf format. The pages are easy to navigate and the site can be pass worded to provide restricted access to certain areas on the site and also create secure paths for processing personal information, an essential part of an e-commerce based or personal data gathering site.

The back end allows you to alter the contents of the website using a Word like application and has user restrictions. Pictures, movie clips and other media applications can be used in your CMS website. In addition you can extend your Content Management System with a wide range of tools which are available to make your CMS system work for you. The user restriction allows the administrator, which can be a non-technical person, to assign different roles and rights to different users. Some can view confidential documentation, while others alter documentation and finally some to control and maintain the entire Mambo System.

CMS Systems have also been known to help build and design web-based communities and integrated e-commerce functionally within the Content Management System. CMS system offers a highly cost effective solution for today's businesses as it equips the owner to run and maintain a web development without any external design cost. It is completely search engine friendly and provides an effective marketing tool.

Mambo CMS systems take advantage from being 'open source' so there is no charge for using the Mambo System. The Development costing is place in the templates design, setup fee and customising the cms web system to facilitate your needs.

See below for some sample Open Source CMS implementations.

Cabrillo Music

Description
Maestra Marin Alsop, Winner of the American Symphony Orchestra League's national ASCAP Award for Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music every year since the award's inception twenty-three years ago in 1982, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music is America's preeminent contemporary music festival.

The Festival has presented 81 world premieres, 52 U.S. premieres, 94 West Coast premieres and countless local premieres and included the participation of more than 132 composers such as John Adams, William Bolcom, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Carlos Chávez, Aaron Copland, John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Keith Jarrett, Aaron Jay Kernis, Libby Larsen, Tania Leon, Thea Musgrave, Pauline Oliveros, Arvo Pärt, Christopher Rouse, Joseph Schwantner, Virgil Thomson, and Joan Tower. The Wall Street Journal has called it "two of the most thoughtful and original summer musical weekends anywhere in America."

On the heels of a blazing year for Maestra Marin Alsop--who was appointed Music Director Designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, named a 2005 MacArthur Fellow, became the object of international media attention, and an invitee to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos--she's planned a Cabrillo Festival season to surpass all others. The Cabrillo Festival's reputation as the center of modern symphonic music in our nation continues to grow, as our dedication to new music for orchestra and a new experience for audiences propels us upward.

For more information about Cabrillo Music click Cabrillo.

ElderSafety

Description
Eldersafety.org provides you with information, training, and resources to help you improve the safe mobility of seniors in your community. The mission of our Safe Mobility Program is to facilitate a collaborative, public health systems approach to increase the number of California's seniors who remain safely mobile in their communities and are able to successfully age in place.

Eldersafety.org is a project of the Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice at San Diego State University. The center works to reduce the frequency and severity of injuries by helping government agencies and community programs incorporate injury prevention strategies into their regular ongoing efforts.

Our mission is to facilitate a collaborative, public health systems approach that increases the number of California's seniors who remain safely mobile in their communities and are able to successfully age in place.

Online learning is an excellent and often cost-effective way to access education from leading professionals in senior safe mobility. It can be useful in acquiring more information about a specific topic or to provide a general overview or refresher on the issue.

For more information about ElderSafety click ElderSafety.

Center for Strategic Facilitation

Description
The Center for Strategic Facilitation provides training, consulting and a community of support to individuals and organizations seeking to become more effective through facilitative leadership. Getting a participatory culture to bloom takes new attitudes, tools and methods-the kind we provide. We are consultants experienced in training, facilitation and organization development. We collaborate to expand the use of participatory approaches with organizations, individuals and communities.

We believe that the most effective, long lasting changes occur when those who implement change help decide what needs to happen. Figuring out who should participate and having creative ways to enable participation creates the foundation for effective results. Attendees consistently rate our trainings highly effective. We frequently hear that our trainings are the best they've ever attended.

In our facilitation and consulting services, we collaborate with you. We listen first and then work with you to identify flexible, tailored and practical solutions that fit your needs.

1. No two individuals or organizations are alike. Flexible, customized help matters most.
2. All individuals, organizations and communities have untapped potential to advance group effectiveness and creativity.
3. Authentic conversations help individuals and organizations accomplish transformative shifts.
4. Our participatory processes offer immediate as well as strategic solutions. They save time and avoid frustration that often plagues group activities.

For more information about Center for Strategic Facilitation click Center for Strategic Facilitation.

NAE Committee on Teacher Education

Description
The Committee on Teacher Education, the resources on this site are intended for teacher educators and teacher education leaders working to provide coherent learning experiences for teacher candidates. Materials here are founded on the framework and pedagogies outlined in the book, Preparing Teachers for a Changing World.

Features

1. Exploring Teacher Curriculum: Syllabi, assignments, assessments, student work and other real life examples from exceptional teacher education courses from around the country. Course syllabi are organized into the eight domains for teacher learning discussed in the book.
2. Framing the Vision: What should teachers know and how can they learn it? What are teachers' professional roles and responsibilities as they prepare their students for participation in a democratic society? In these pages is information on the framework and the process for developing the vision of preparing teachers for a changing world.
3. Considering Program Design: Larger program considerations are discussed here, including how teachers learn, effective program design, and policy and organizational renewal.
4. Teachers In Action (Video Clips): Throughout the site users have opportunities to see video examples of the concepts under discussion. The entire video clip collection can also be accessed through this link. Our feature clip shows science teacher Mary Edmonds conducting a class in which she integrates the eight domains of practice vital to excellent teaching.

Preparing Teachers for a Changing World was produced by the Committee on Teacher Education, a group of leading education researchers from around the country. The concepts and materials of the book informed the development of this web site.

For more information about NAE Committee on Teacher Education click NAE.

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