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2019 Recap
A fantastic year
It has been a truly enjoyable 2019 for The Tarn Group working with you, our amazing customers from across a variety of sectors, to help you develop your people and achieve your goals.
To give our team some quality time with family and a chance to recharge, our office will close for Christmas on December 20th. We'll return on January 6th, beginning a productive 2020 with our server migration planned for January 18th.
From a sales side this year, there has been a consolidation of several integrations with our partner companies: Vault, Friendly manager and Fusion 5. Through these partnerships, we've had a good number of new clients join Bracken. Vault introduced us to the SPCA, and we are now working with them to train over 600 staff around the country.
Here is a snap shot of our stats for 2019:
This year has been busy for our team as we launched a new product,
Ruru, targeting the tertiary health education market. We also ran another series of eTraining sessions to give our clients the skills to optimise content to achieve the best outcomes.
In October, we held a half-day session for our Sporting customers in Auckland. It covered an overview of our plans for next year and ran through some design aspects when creating content. After the success of this event, we look to recreate this for our corporate customers in 2020.
We are ready for a big 2020, with our server migration
kicking things off on January 18th. Following this, the second significant development on the roadmap is the roll-out of Bracken 2.0, with the focus of this being on simplifying the experience for our different user groups. We will start putting out more detailed communications about this early in the new year.
Thank you to all our clients. We love working with you and helping unlock your potential. Have a fun and relaxing time with your family and friends over the Christmas break.
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete me te Tau Hou,
James Nation, CEO
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19 Apr, 2021
Learn about how Bracken can help your company reach your goals.
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29 Mar, 2021
Take a look at what we've been up to during the first three months of 2021
18 Nov, 2020
"A goal without a plan is just a wish." Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, writer and pioneering aviator
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11 Aug, 2020
UPDATE - 22/7/2020 The Tarn Group will continue to operate normally and the team is here to support you through this time. If you have urgent work we've got staff available to can help you get it online quickly. . ----- UPDATE - 22/7/2020 While Covid-19 has turned the world upside down, we have been fortunate enough to see demand for our services increase especially in schools where e-ako maths was a featured resource for schools. Our support team has also been optimised to help customers generate new and engaging content. . ----- UPDATE - 11/5/2020 \ Now New Zealand is at alert level 2, we have returned to our office. Visitors please sign our Covid-19 tracer registry and follow safe hygiene practices when in our office. We are still more than happy to continue working with you online. If there is anything we can do to help, please contact one of our team. ----- UPDATE - 30/4/2020 With New Zealand moving in to alert level 3, we have reviewed our situation and will continue operating remotely. If you require our services, please don't hesitate to contact our team. ----- With COVID-19 spreading throughout the world and likely to continue affecting us here in New Zealand, we would like to keep you up to date with The Tarn Group's plans to manage the situation. Nobody knows what the future will bring but we will continue to provide our clients with ongoing support and wish you and your family the best throughout this difficult time. While we are a small team, we still have processes in place to support our staff and clients during this situation. The nature of our business allows our customers to continue working with us remotely, as our work is mainly conducted online. Your need for swift online content may increase over this time and we are here to support that. Get in touch with your account manager and we will help get you through any challenges you may encounter.
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03 Aug, 2020
It is incredible just how much can change in three months, and this has been a time of many uncertainties with Covid-19 changing how we interact in our work and home environments. However, it has brought attention to the importance and relevance of having online education tools and we are fortunate enough to see demand for our services increase, especially in schools where e-ako mathematics was a featured resource. The Tarn Group has transitioned into the current environment with the reinforced focus on supporting the digital transformation of education and increasing the available online resources for our customers, to help navigate the new digital climate. To acclimatize to the post Covid-19 normal, Joe has returned as the acting CEO to drive the development of Bracken and James is now the Business Development Manager, focusing on ensuring our customers are supported and successful in increasing their online education presence. We are making steady progress in the re-development of Bracken with a range of functionality now in review and being tested. Furthermore, with our recent move to AZURE we are able to seamlessly scale up our servers to match the demand and increase the speed of our service. Sadly, we had to say goodbye to our wonderful Software Developer Woody (Andrew Wood) who has moved onto a new position at NV Interactive after 14 years with The Tarn Group. However, before he left, he finished the re-development of our video uploaders and these are in the process of being deployed as a brand-new collection of uploaders that are easier to use, faster and more secure for your convenience. Thank you for your continued use of our service, We value your feedback and are excited about how The Tarn Group can support you in the future,
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27 Jul, 2020
The Tarn Group business update. Here is a summary from Joe about what has been happening at The Tarn Group from a business perspective.
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23 Jun, 2020
While we continue to roll out improvements to Bracken with our Bracken 2.0 road map, it's now our video uploaders' turn for an upgrade. Our first step has been to update our desktop uploader to support larger files and improve the video uploading process for our users in general. We also have brand new iOS and Android apps, which can be used to upload videos directly from your mobile or tablet device to Bracken faster and more secure than ever.
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08 Jun, 2020
During these times of change, utilising video has been a critical aspect of how coaches, teachers and clinicians have been able to provide continued support for their athletes, students and patients. Here is a story about how our clients at The Gait Lab in the UK have utilised Siliconcoach video software to support virtual consultations and help diagnose and treat patients. "Siliconcoach has been a lifeline to us, and it is the most valuable tool in our video consultations we have been doing. I have seen over 60 patients for video consultation, and I get the patients to pre-record a video of their gait and clinic tests, and then I share my screen and analyse it with the patient." Sophie Roberts, Podiatrist thegaitlab.co.uk Thanks, Sophie, for the feedback. If anyone else out there has had a similar experience, we'd love to hear from you.
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