Share your story at SPSS Directions 2005 and attend for free
Do you have an interesting story to tell about your organization's innovative use of SPSS analytics? Inspire your peers at the SPSS Directions 2005 User Conference by presenting your challenges, solutions, and results in your own 45-minute session. If your presentation proposal is accepted, your conference registration fee will be waived (a $1,199 value!). To enter, simply submit your proposal by April 29, 2005, using our online proposal form.
Find out more about presenting at SPSS Directions 2005.

European publisher manages documents with LexiQuest
European publishing giant De Boeck uses SPSS Inc.'s LexiQuest Mine� and LexiQuest Categorize� text mining products to route submitted articles to the appropriate editors, and to make it easy for subscribers to find magazine articles online. De Boeck chose LexiQuest for its ability to manage documents in multiple languages and help build taxonomies, as well as for its open, XML-based architecture. Click the link below to read the full story.
Learn more about De Boeck's use of LexiQuest.

Michigan school district tracks academic progress with SPSS
Michigan 's Lansing School District, which includes 40 schools and more than 17,500 students, uses SPSS for Windows® to track student performance from kindergarten through high school. This information helps teachers better understand student progress, enables the district to identify areas for improvement, and helps to streamline the grant proposal process. The district also improves its in-service training programs based on survey responses analyzed using SPSS Text Analysis for Surveys�. Click the link below to read the full story.
Learn more about the district's use of SPSS for Windows.

What does the future hold for market research?
A recent Research magazine article, �The Shape of Things to Come,� asked four market research industry experts�including SPSS Inc.'s Richard Kottler, vice president of marketing for survey applications�to predict important future trends for the industry. Kottler emphasized the importance of automating the research process and analyzing textual data for purposes beyond classification and coding. In addition, Mike Leigh of The Operations Centre discussed how his agency's use of SPSS' Dimensions research platform helps to promote consistency across research methodologies. Click the link below to read the full article.
Read the full Research magazine article.

One-to-one marketing meets real-time analytics on April 26
Today's leading companies are maintaining their competitive edge with the power of prediction. They have up-to-the-second, full views of each customer, and they're optimizing every interaction at each touch-point. Discover how real-time predictive analytics can improve your company's performance at the Predictive Analytics Summit 2005 on April 26 in New York. You'll hear keynote speaker Don Peppers of Peppers & Rogers Group present, �One-to-One Marketing and Return on Customer,� and you'll have the opportunity to meet with SPSS President and CEO Jack Noonan. Click the link below to register today!
Register for the Predictive Analytics Summit in New York.

Learn about predictive analytics on April 7 in France
Would you like to know how predictive analytics can help your company make better decisions and improve performance? The third-annual Predictive Analytics Summit in France, on April 7, will feature marketing professor and bestselling author Jacques Lendrevie�who will discuss the importance of integrated customer interactions across multiple channels. You'll also learn how Natexis Assurances/Groupe Banque Populaire generated €1.6 million by using predictive analytics to improve the targeting of its marketing campaigns. Register today!
Register for the Predictive Analytics Summit in France.

Market research meets predictive analytics April 6 in Vienna
Join SPSS at the EC3 Data Mining Conference on April 6 in Vienna to learn how to gain a 360-degree customer view by using market research and predictive analytics to gather and combine attitudinal and behavioral data. Several leading organizations will explain how a complete understanding of customer data helps you make better decisions and drive effective actions. Register today!
Register for the EC3 Data Mining Conference in Austria.

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