From Zoom to Room: How In-Person Meetings Close Deals — and Where to Find Us in 2026

Two members of the Techcycle Solutions team, Sam and Courtney, exhibiting at the ACOT 2025 conference, demonstrating the importance of face-to-face meetings

Remember when partnerships started with a conversation, a whiteboard, and a handshake? Good news: we’re back. The EdTech world is rediscovering what schools have always known: trust travels better in person. Yes, we still love a good video call. But the best solutions are built across a table, not across a laggy connection.
As we ramp up our end-of-year travel plan and kick off 2026, we’re leaning into face-to-face time. Listening to your challenges, mapping real workflows, and leaving you with a plan you can act on Monday morning.

From Classroom to Community: Investing in Local Schools, One Solution at a Time

Educators and technicians working together to manage classroom devices, symbolizing Techcycle Solutions’ commitment to helping Kansas and Missouri schools through local, hands-on technology support.

If you’ve worked in K-12 technology for more than five minutes, you know two truths: 1) “urgent” tickets arrive at 4:59 p.m., and 2) the internet works perfectly…. until it doesn’t. We love supporting districts across the country, but our purpose starts closer to home: right here with Kansas and Missouri schools. These are our neighbors, our kids’ classrooms, our Friday night lights. When local districts win, the whole community gets better.

The Rise of Self-Service Repairs in Schools

Close-up of hands repairing a laptop motherboard with screwdriver, illustrating self-service device repairs in schools.

Across the country, more school districts are shifting their approach to device repairs. Instead of sending broken iPads, MacBooks, and Chromebooks out to third-party providers, many are bringing those repairs in-house. Why? Cost savings and speed. Why Districts Are Taking Repairs Into Their Own Hands When districts leverage their own IT staff, or even integrate […]