Nominations Now Open for ASU+GSV Summit's 2014 Return on Education (ROE) Innovation Awards

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Do you have a company that is dramatically improving learning outcomes and increasing access to education? A company that is reducing the cost for learners and making a sustainable and scaled impact? A company that is transforming the education landscape? Then your company is eligible to be nominated for the 2014 Return on Education Innovation Awards.

Running from now until April 4, 2014, nominations are open for the 2014 ROE Awards, presented by ASU, GSV and the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Submitting companies/organizations should exemplify high impact and Return on Education as measured by their ability to deliver one or more of the following tangible learner outcomes:

• Significantly increasing access to education;
• Greatly reducing the cost for learners and/or learning institutions;
• Dramatically improving learning outcomes;
• and/or providing substantial leverage to learning leaders (teachers, professors);
• while making a sustainable and scaled impact

"We encourage individuals to submit the organizations they believe stand out among the rest,"
said Michael Moe, the Summit's co-chair and the founder of GSV Asset Management and GSV Capital, the sister companies of GSV Advisors. "This is a chance for us to honor the innovations and impacts these amazing organizations are having on the education world."

In 140 characters or less, individuals can tweet their nomination for a company/organization they believe is delivering a high return on education to @edinnovatenet with the hashtag #ROE14. Additionally, submissions may be made on the Summit website's online form: http://edinnovation.gsvadvisors.com/2014-awards-form/

More than 1,500 investors, entrepreneurs and leaders from education, business, government and philanthropy will gather at the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale for the Fifth Annual ASU+GSV Education Innovation Summit from April 21-23, 2014. The ASU+GSV Summit is unique in that it doesn't focus solely on education policy or technology, but brings key stakeholders from across the spectrum together in one place to collaborate and drive change, and serves as a launch pad for new ideas and ventures.

Headlining this year's event are former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush; NBA legend and global social entrepreneur Earvin "Magic" Johnson; and Netflix co-founder and CEO, investor and philanthropist Reed Hastings. 

Finalists will be announced prior to the Summit, at which time registrants will be invited to vote to help determine the winners. ASU+GSV Summit attendees will vote on winners via our mobile app. Winners will be presented at the Summit's Awards Dinner on Wednesday, April 23^rd in Scottsdale, Ariz.

About the Sponsoring Organizations:

Arizona State University is a New American University, and one of the nation's premier metropolitan public research universities. ASU pursues research and discovery that contributes to the public good, and assumes major responsibility for global challenges as well as the needs of the surrounding community. With more than 73,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students, ASU measures itself by those it includes, not by those it excludes.

Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation is a not-for-profit, non-partisan think tank whose mission is to apply Harvard Business School Professor Clayton M. Christensen's theories of disruptive innovation to develop and promote solutions to the most vexing problems in the social sector.

GSV Advisors is a modern merchant bank dedicated to helping education entrepreneurs and growth companies connect with value-added, strategic investors and partners to enable their ideas to become the next market-leading businesses. A key part of our mission is to reimagine what education is—with a bias toward innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, and others who look at learning differently.

For more information, visit http://edinnovation.gsvadvisors.com/.  @asugsvsummit 
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SOURCE GSV Advisors