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For 20 years, Crystal Ball has been the risk analysis liason between
higher education and the global marketplace. Our Academic Program has
helped professors in more than 700 universities worldwide deliver the
latest technology and necessary skills to future business leaders. In
this issue, discover what's new in Crystal Ball along with teaching and
learning resources to help you easily integrate risk analysis into your
curriculum.
As always, we
appreciate your feedback. Please continue to let us know how we can
better meet your academic needs through our software, newsletter, web
site, etc.
Amy Dougan
Decisioneering Academic Marketing Manager
adougan@crystalball.com
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NEW SCHOOLS |
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WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM!
United States
| Albertson
College |
| British
Columbia Institute of Technology |
| Indiana
University of Pennsylvania |
| Troy
University |
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International
| Alta
Direccion Escuela de Negocios (ADEN) |
| Faculty of
Islands and Oceans |
| Fachhochschule
für Oekonomie & Management (FOM) |
| Hochschule
Darmstadt |
| Hogeschool
Rotterdam |
| Instituto
de Radioproteção e Dosimetria |
| Kingston
University |
| London
Academy for Higher Education |
| Lund
University |
| Norges
Handelshøyskole (NHH) |
| Northumbria
University |
| Oxford
Brookes University |
| Tilburg
University |
| Ukhta State
Technical University |
| Universidad
de la Frontera |
| Universita
degli Studi di Roma |
| Universität
Augsburg |
| Universität
der Bundeswehr München |
| University
of Melbourne |
| University
of St. Andrews |
| Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU) |
These schools join the
more than 600 domestic and international institutions that are already
members of the Academic Program. Welcome!
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Crystal Ball Now Available in Spanish, German and
French!
 Decisioneering
announces the release of the Spanish, German and French versions of
Crystal Ball. Crystal Ball software, previously translated into
Japanese, has been translated into Spanish, German and French to meet
the needs of Decisioneering’s global client base. Crystal Ball 7.2 has
been translated
into the three new languages along with evaluation versions of the
software, documentation and marketing materials.
> Click
here for more information on these new versions
For more information contact the Academic Sales Team
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Professor Kits
Are you new to Crystal Ball
and trying to figure out how you can incorporate the software into your
course? Would you like to use risk analysis software but don't have the
time to develop materials?
To help make Crystal Ball
software more readily available to professors, Decisioneering offers
Academic Professor Kits. Each kit is free of charge and contains a set
of tools that will help you learn and teach Crystal Ball in no time.
Professors can use the materials in their entirety or incorporate
selected sections into instructional materials. For more information on
available kits or additional academic resources for your course,
contact the Crystal Ball
Academic Team.
Crystal Ball Demos
& Tutorials
Along with the Getting
Started Guide, Decisioneering's product demos and tutorials will help
your students run Crystal Ball in minutes! Product Demos cover
the basic features of Crystal Ball with simple language, a basic model,
and animated graphics. The tutorials begin with the simplest concepts,
such as how Crystal Ball enhances Excel, and walks through the steps of
setting up, running, and analyzing simulations.
Click here to
access Product Demos & Tutorials
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Decisioneering works with
leading publishers to include Crystal Ball in textbooks and
professional & trade books. Our growing list includes more than 70
books, 40 of which include a 140 day textbook license of Crystal Ball
Professional.
Bundling Crystal Ball with a
book or textbook helps authors and publishers increase book sales,
provides instructors a personal copy and an easy way to incorporate
risk analysis into their course and saves students money from
purchasing software and textbooks separately.
For additional information
on upcoming books or how to bundle Crystal Ball with your book, contact
the Academic Marketing Manager.
>View our list of books
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Past Web Seminar:
How To Publish A Great Book!
(especially with Crystal Ball software)
Bill Falloon, Senior
Editor of Finance and Investment, for John Wiley & Sons.,
discussed tips and tricks for publishing a great book. Decisioneering's
process for bundling Crystal Ball with a book was also covered.
View this recorded academic Web seminar
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Advance your Crystal Ball skills and attend one of our Training Courses!
Training
Calendar
WESTERN
US / CANADA
Denver, CO: Sep. 26-27
Phoenix, AZ: Oct. 3-4
Anchorage, AL: Oct. 10-11
Salt Lake City, UT: Oct. 17-18
San Francisco, CA: Oct. 24-25
Denver, CO: Oct. 31-Nov. 1
Calgary, Canada: Nov. 16-17
Denver, CO: Nov. 28-29
Seattle, WA: Nov. 28-29
San Diego, CA: Dec. 12-13
Denver, CO: Dec. 19-20
CENTRAL
US / CANADA
St. Louis, MO: Oct. 24-25
Houston, TX: Nov. 7-8
Austin, TX: Dec. 5-6
Chicago, IL: Dec. 12-13
Minneapolis, MN: Dec. 19-20
EASTERN
US / CANADA
New York City, NY: Sep. 26-27
Boston, MA: Oct. 3-4
Atlanta, GA: Oct. 10-11
New York City, NY: Oct. 17-18
Toronto, Canada: Oct. 31-Nov 1
Washington, DC: Nov. 14-15
King of Prussia, PA: Dec. 5-6
New York City: Dec. 19-20
EUROPE
Paris (French):Sep. 26-27
London, England: Oct. 17-18
Frankfurt (English): Nov. 7-8
London, England: Dec. 5-6
LATIN
AMERICA
Santa Cruz, Bolivia: Sept.
21-22
Bogota,
Colombia: Sep. 25-26
Caracas, Venezuela: Oct.
3-4
Panama
City,Panama:Oct.19-20
Santiago,
Chile: Nov. 6-7
ASIA / AUSTRALIA
Singapore (English): Oct.
2-3
Bangkok, Thailand: Nov. 21-22
Advanced Crystal Ball for Oil & Gas
Calgary, Canada: Sep. 12-13
Aberdeen, Scotland: Sep. 19-20
Houston, TX: Sep. 27-28
Bakersfield,
CA: Nov. 7-8
Calgary,
Canada: Nov. 14-15
Aberdeen, Scotland: Nov. 21-22
Houston, TX: Dec. 12-13
Crystal Ball Applications for Six Sigma
New York City, NY: Sep. 28
Houston,
TX: Nov. 9
Washington DC: Nov. 16
Chicago, IL: Dec. 14
Introduction to Real Options
Denver, CO: Sep. 28
London,
England: Oct. 19
San Francisco, CA: Oct. 26
Austin,
TX: Dec. 7
Spreadsheet Modeling Techniques for Business: Best
Practices
King of Prussia, PA: Sep. 8
Paris, France: Sep. 28
New
York City, NY: Oct. 19
Denver, CO: Nov. 30
London,
England: Dec. 7
Suggest a
training
date or location
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INFORMS
Annual Meeting
November 5-8,
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburgh, PA
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If you have questions,
comments, or reader feedback, please send them to us at newsletter@crystalball.com
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The Academic Forecast is
an online production of Decisioneering, Inc. Newsletters are e-mailed
to subscribers at the beginning of each business quarter.
This e-mail newsletter is sent only to
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Upcoming
Web Seminar:
How To Use Crystal Ball In Your
Economics Course: Weather Hedging In The Gas Industry
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2006
Time: 9:00 am, Mountain Daylight Time (Denver)
Description:
Please join Jiri Hnilica, Associate Professor at the Prague University
of Economics, as he demonstrates how he applies Crystal Ball in his
economics course using an actual weather-related risk exposure of a
Czech gas company, i.e. how company sales and earnings fluctuate with
average temperature changes.
At the end of this one-hour
Crystal Ball Web seminar, you will have learned:
- How to apply Crystal Ball software to a
Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet model and perform your own stochastic
analysis.
- How Crystal Ball can quickly and easily be
incorporated into your course.
- How Crystal Ball can be used to analyze risk
associated with hedging strategy using weather-based derivatives.
> Register to attend this Web seminar
Additional academic seminars will be coming soon. A variety of
commercial web seminars, workshops and forums can be found on our Crystal Ball Events
page.
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CBUG DISCUSSIONS |
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The
Crystal Ball User Group (CBUG) is a Yahoo!® online forum where
Crystal Ball users can discuss issues and methods related to Crystal
Ball software. You can visit CBUG and register to become a member
through the Decisioneering Web site.
Latest topics:
- Forecasting dependent variables while
controlling independent variables
- Correlating through Batch Fit Tool
- Natural log distribution parameters
- Distributions of distributions
> Click here to visit CBUG
and register to become a member
PLEASE NOTE: You have several
message delivery options when you join, including whether or not to
receive single or digest e-mails. You can also opt not to receive any
e-mail and simply log onto the site every so often to view discussion.
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INVITE US TO YOUR CAMPUS!
As part of our educational
outreach program, Decisioneering sends representatives to campuses to
present informational seminars or "brown-bag lunches" on the importance
of risk analysis. What better way to have students and faculty learn
about Monte Carlo simulation, spreadsheet risk analysis, and the
Crystal Ball line of software tools?
Past school visits have included
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Westminster College, Colorado School
of Mines, University of Colorado and Purdue University. Our goal for
this program is to help introduce, in one or two hours, the basic
principles of spreadsheet risk analysis and how it can be used by
business professionals. Our seminars can be adapted to fit your
specific schedule and program.
For
more information, contact our Academic Marketing Manager at
800.289.2550 (in US), +1 303.534.1515, or education@crystalball.com.
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NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
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of Tomorrow's Forecast and The Academic Forecast are
available in our newsletter archive.
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