Project Learning Newsletter

Volume 3, No.1

Dear [[convert_title_case(first_name)]],

Happy New Year, albeit a little belatedly.  This is the first newsletter of 2005, a year in which we are looking forward to providing lots of interesting and informative ways to help you get more from your projects. 

Firstly, we'd like to share with you the results of our Project Management Survey.  We've had over 250 responses, so see below to find out what our respondents have had to say. 

Secondly, many of you have asked us for a more flexible way to purchase our Project Mentor system by credit card.  Below, you can see that we've not only made credit card payments easier, we've also made them cost less too.  Finally, for people in the UK, we'd like to invite you to the next Microsoft Project User Group (MPUG) meeting.  I'm delighted to be one of the speakers.

Sincerely,

Andy Jessop
CEO and Founder

In this newsletter:

Survey Results
First of all thank you to everyone who took part in the survey.  The key findings from our survey were:
  • 47% of people had between 5 and 20 years experience in project management.
  • 25% of respondents spent between half and three quarters of their working day involved in project management.
  • 67% of respondents used either Microsoft Project 2000, 2002 or 2003 Standard.

The full results can be viewed in the new survey section of our web site.

Everyone who completed the survey was entered into a prize draw and we are have picked six winners who will be contacted shortly.  As survey participants were only asked to provide their email addresses, we are unable to list them in the newsletter.
E-Commerce Website
More and more people around the globe are purchasing our Project Mentor system.  A few of them have commented that our website's old system, which only allowed single-user purchases via PayPal was too restrictive for them.  As a result, we've re-engineered our website and you can now purchase up to 49 Project Mentor user licenses online.  In addition you can choose between the WorldPay or PayPal transaction processing systems.  We hope that the addition of WorldPay will provide a much greater degree of flexibility (as all you now need is a major credit card).

In addition to making it easier to make a purchase, we've made it less expensive too.  Anyone purchasing Project Mentor by credit card can now save up to US$46 / £26 per license when they purchase online.  To find out more, just go to:

http://www.projectlearning.net/project_mentor_pricing.htm

Forthcoming MPUG meeting
If you are already a member of the Microsoft Project User Group (MPUG) (or you are contemplating becoming one), a great way to share information is to attend a chapter meeting.  The next UK meeting is on March 1st at Microsoft UK's offices in Reading.  The afternoon keynote will be a presentation by Bob Walker of Microsoft UK about ‘The Microsoft Project Roadmap for the future’.  If you want to know more about this event, just go to the new MPUG UK Chapter website:

www.mpuguk.org

For a list of all forthcoming chapter meetings worldwide, just use the link below:

http://www.mpug.org/calendar/index.html

December prize draw winners
The five winners of the December draw of new newsletter subscribers are:

John Albert - Austria
Mohammed Habeebvulla - Saudia Arabia
Khosi Nyawo - South Africa
Karen Partanen  - Canada
Gary Mourfield  - U.S.A.

Each of them will receive a $10 Amazon voucher with our compliments.

If there is anything you would like us to cover or include in future newsletters, please complete this simple form.  While we can't promise anything, we'll certainly take a look at your suggestions.

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