AnalyticBridge Newsletter - March 2009

• New groups recently created: Actuarial Analytics,SmartDataCollective, Attribution Analytics, Retail Analytics, Twitter for Business.
• Member of the Month: our $250 monthly award was offered to Ajay Ohri. Ajay Ohri has been selected as our Member of the Month for the second time. Most recently, Ajay recruited great new members, posted numerous interesting messages on his blog, added many applications and feeds to his profile, and contributed in many other ways to make AnalyticBridge better.
• Do you need help about changing your e-mail address, reading/accessing your AnalyticBridge email, changing your profile/picture, etc. Visit our help page at help.ning.com.
• Ajay's interviews: read several new interviews, including with Francoise Fogelman (KXEN), Jon Peck (SPSS) and Anne Milley (SAS).
• Member of the Month update: click here to read our new policy (how to become eligible) and about sponsorship opportunities.
• Advanced member search (per company, area of expertize, profile keywords, city, etc.) is now available. Try it at www.analyticbridge.com/profiles/members/advancedSearch.

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Regards,
Vincent