User:StaceyHamilton/BlogEntry: 2009 April 17 12:34:35 EDT
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SAS Global Forum Wrap-up
By Julie Platt, SAS Press Editor-in Chief
Remember SAS Global Forum 2009? It was held last month in National Harbor, Maryland. You may have heard all you want to hear about the conference. I just have one more thing to say about it!
After SAS Global Forum, I received an e-mail from a SAS author that just reminded me of the positive impact that the SAS Press program has had on the SAS user community. In the e-mail, he commented on how his company has purchased so many SAS Press books and that his colleagues use them every day to address issues they face as they are using SAS.
His comment reminded me that the SAS Press program has had such a positive impact on the SAS user community.
At SAS Global Forum 2009, many experiences illustrated this impact. Maybe it was the 42 SAS Press authors who attended the conference and spent countless hours preparing for it, helping to organize the event, preparing and presenting papers, getting involved in the SAS Press events at the conference.
Maybe it was seeing SAS users browsing the bookshelves filled with SAS Press titles, seeking out the sections that would address their issues and recommending titles to their colleagues.
Maybe it was seeing SAS users meet their favorite authors for the first time, thanking the authors for their books, asking for autographs and photos with them.
Maybe it was SAS users coming to us and suggesting other topics they’d like to see developed through SAS Press or asking if they could help with reviews.
These impressions, together, emphasized to me how important the SAS Press program is to the SAS user community. Everyone likes to feel that the work they do matters, and it’s clear that the work to support the SAS Press program is valued by all. The SAS Press authors contribute countless hours to the development of the SAS user community, through the books they develop, the presentations they make, the consultations they offer to other SAS users, and the support they offer to the conferences. SAS users benefit from the SAS Press content, and in turn, give back through suggesting other topics and reviewing books as they are underway.
Those of us who work for SAS Press want to continue to help strengthen and grow the SAS user community. I am grateful to play a part in this.
What could we be doing through SAS Press that would better serve you?
Drop us a note! saspress@sas.com
