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Budgets are tight. Leadership wants to simplify. And suddenly, your go-to tools are on the chopping block. Sound familiar? In this session, we’ll talk about how to make a strong, clear business case for keeping the best-of-breed solutions your team depends on. We’ll dig into how to speak the language of your executives (think: cost, productivity, risk), share strategies for surfacing the real value of your current tools and explore smart ways to push back on “one platform to rule them all” thinking without sounding defensive. We’ll also get into how to find and activate champions across your org — folks in other departments who benefit from these tools and can help amplify your message. Whether you work in a school district or a fast-moving company, you’ll leave with practical, real-world tactics to help protect what’s working while still showing you’re serious about being cost-conscious.