Welcome to the Education Alliance Newsletter. Our mission is to provide dynamic software, tools and resources to the entire Higher Ed community, helping universities establish Crystal Ball software as an important part of your curricula.
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ALLIANCE NEWS
Monthly Focus: Higher Ed / Academics
In order to deliver a focused and comprehensive set of resources and Crystal Ball information, we have created a themed calendar that consolidates our efforts in the direction of a different industry each month. This month be sure to check out all of the following available resources for Higher Ed implementations:
Next Month's Focus: Finance
Changes to the Education Alliance in 2008
Classroom Updates: The Crystal Ball Education Alliance has grown to include users at over 800 universities worldwide, with an increasing amount of education software being sold each year. In order to maintain this growing partner base, we are introducing a new way of offering our academic software. This approach will deliver Crystal Ball to you and your students through a more efficient and economical process, ultimately making it easier for you to implement.
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Administrative Solutions : Professors use Crystal Ball to teach the importance of accurate forecasting and simulation in their classrooms. Now it’s time to employ these same business practices in university operations and planning.
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Live Web Seminars: This Month
Crystal Ball Concepts and Business Practices for the Classroom & Higher Ed Administrators
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Time: 9:00 am MDT (Denver)
Location: Your desk
As the economic world becomes increasingly volatile, universities continue to incorporate training in probabilistic methods into their programs, with many using such methods in the running of their own administrative business. This presentation, aimed at the academic community, will show how the application of Crystal Ball to analyses such as pro forma cash flow estimation, revenue forecasting, and option valuation results in greater understanding of the possible outcomes and brings clarity to the decision-making process.
Hour I - Crystal Ball Concepts and Business Practices for the Classroom – This part is designed to be a teaching tool for professors. (This part will run from 9-10 am MDT. Attendees must register for each part.)
Hour II - Crystal Ball Concepts and Business Practices for Higher Ed Administrators – This part will demonstrate the effectiveness of such concepts in running university administrations. (This part will start at 11 am MDT and run through 12 pm MDT. Attendees must register for each part.)
> Register to attend either or both Web seminars
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 RESOURCES
Recorded Web Seminars
These Web Seminars are available to view at your convenience. They cover a wide range of topics relating to the industry. Topics include:
How To Incorporate Crystal Ball Into Your Finance Course
Learn how to integrate simulation and optimization into financial modeling, and how other professors are using the software in their Finance courses.
Presented by John Charnes, Professor, Scupin Faculty Fellow and former Director of the Finance, Economics, and Decision Sciences Area in the University of Kansas School of Business
Recorded May 31, 2006
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Introducing Simulation to Business Students Using Crystal Ball
Learn how to effectively teach simulation to undergraduate and MBA business students using Crystal Ball.
Presented by Cliff Ragsdale, professor of Business Information Technology at Virginia Tech
Recorded December 12, 2006
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> View all Crystal Ball on-demand Web seminars
 Self-Help FAQ's for Crystal Ball Software
We have designed this trouble-shooting resource to help users quickly find answers to the most commonly reported problems. This valuable tool includes helpful information on installation, licensing, and other technical frequently asked questions.
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ALLIANCE PARTNERS
Textbook Partners: Trialware Solution
In order to address the growing problem of installing older versions of Crystal Ball software included in textbooks, we have devised the following short-term solution. Look for a long-term fix in 2008.
For the immediate future, we will only be working with the professors teaching those classes using trialware from textbooks.
If you are a professor and have students with new trialware that is older than Crystal Ball 7.2, please send an e-mail with the following information to cbsupport_ww@crystalball.com.
Your Name (professors only please)
University
Class being taught
Textbook used
Version of Crystal Ball included in the textbook
Number of students currently enrolled in class
CALENDAR
| Conferences and Events |
March
March 10 - 13: Higher Education User Group Alliance Meeting, Las Vegas
March 31 - ASEE Engineering Deans Invitational
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April
April 11 - 13; AACSB Annual Meeting
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| Regional Training |
March
18-19 - Detroit, MI
18-19 - Kansas City, KS
18-19 - Frankfurt, Germany
25-26 - Raleigh, NC
25-26 - Salt Lake City, UT
25-26 - New York, NY
25-26 - San Jose, Costa Rica
| April
1-2 - Cleveland, OH
1-2 - Los Angeles, CA
8-9 - Chicago, IL
8-9 - Miami, FL
14-15 - Paris, France (French)
15-16 - Vancouver, BC
15-16 - Baltimore, MD
22-23 - Dallas, TX
22-23 - Montreal, QC
29-30 - Milwaukee, WI
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CRYSTAL BALL USER GROUP DISCUSSIONS
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.
Latest topics:
- Fractals
- Sales Forecast - Negative Value
- Random Number Problem
> Click here to visit CBUG and register to become a member
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