EIA - Education Industry Association

Do yourself and your business an enormous service: Join EIA . Meet the people and make the connections that matter. Keep up with education industry trends, policy developments and network with other CEOs. Feel the impact of our collective national voice. Help your business grow and your students achieve success.

Our theme line, Connect With Us,is the essence of the EIA. As a 23-year old, highly-effective organization, we help our members grow professionally by creating opportunities for business connections. Whether you are an early stage technology company or a Fortune 500 education company, being a member of a trade organization of like-minded people gives you access to information, support, and strength to help you better serve your customers. And EIA is a registered lobbyist so Congress will more aware of important education issues to help your business help students!

Selling to school districts is hard and we have launched our Procurement Campaign to make these transactions between school buyers and private sector sellers more cost efficient. Read about our campaign here.

The Top Six Reasons Education Entrepreneurs Like You Join EIA

1. Access to successful CEO’s who can provide insight and guidance to developing companies, including companies seeking business opportunities with other EIA members;

2. Through our extensive relationships in the PreK-12 space, EIA provides strategic analysis of industry and policy trends that drive your PreK-12 education opportunities;

3. Advocacy and government relations at the federal, state and local levels, that gives our members the ability to have their voices heard with regulators;

4. Professional development at EIA’s informative conferences (EDVentures-Dallas July 25-27,  Education Industry Days in Washington, DC, - every February), webinars, as well as timely publications (newsletters, blog, etc). Conference participants include industry executives, school district leaders, investors, and other influencers of PreK-12 policies.

5. More open and fair access by companies to the public education marketplace, while making the school purchasing process more efficient through our Private Ventures for the Public Good---Procurement Campaign, and

6. Distinguish your business when you adopt widely-respected industry ethical standards, coupled with efficacy studies conducted by Johns Hopkins University.

Join EIA Here

Jim Popp of University Instructors, on how EIA helped him expand his K-12 business:

Click here to see all videos on EIAConnect.