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SPSS INSIGHT AWARDS™

Be honored for your achievements

As a valued SPSS customer, we would like to recognize your organization's success. The SPSS Insight Awards provide your organization with a forum for recognition and an opportunity to share your success with others.

We invite you to submit an application to highlight your "best practices" in one of the following categories:

Marketing Effectiveness
Organizations that use SPSS software to improve customer relationship management (CRM) including: customer acquisition, cross-sell/up-sell, and campaign optimization

Fraud Detection & Risk Management
Organizations using SPSS software to find, reduce, or eliminate fraud and/or risk in any industry with measurable results

Enterprise Feedback Management
Organizations that have excelled at garnering the "Voice of the Customer" and implemented results to improve business processes and increase revenue

Academic/Scientific Research
Organizations that use SPSS base to dig deeper into scientific or academic research and create better understanding of overall results

Public Health & Safety
Organizations, agencies, and departments that work in or for the public sector with award winning applications in improving public welfare by using SPSS software

Click here to see a complete list of winners

Submissions are evaluated on the SPSS deployment across the organization— including the original business problem, how it was solved and return-on-investment (ROI)—measured in either quantitative results or objective observations. Please include details on SPSS products involved, timeframe, and overall organizational impact.

Rules and Prize

One winner will be selected from each category based on the criteria outlined above. Category winners will receive the following:

• One free conference pass (more than a $1,300 value)
• An opportunity to present a session at a future Directions user conference
• A customized award, presented at the conference
• Recognition in a conference press release
• Recognition during the conference, in conference materials, and on www.spss.com

All awards will be presented at the SPSS Directions 2008 user conference. Award winners are strongly encouraged to attend the event to receive their award.

Share Your Success

To participate in the 2008 Insight Awards, please complete the submission form. Entries must be received by SPSS no later than Wednesday, August 15, 2008. Please complete all sections on the form.

Your entry will be evaluated by a panel consisting of SPSS experts and others, based on the criteria above. Judges will rank each entry relative to the other submissions received within each category.

Rules of Entry

• One entry per organization
• Submitting organizations must have installed or been using the SPSS Inc. software referenced in their submission for a minimum of three months prior to the submission deadline of August 15, 2008
• Entries must clearly indicate for which category they are being
• Submitting organizations must agree to be listed in a press release if their submission is selected. To see an example of the 2007 Insight Awards Press Release, please visit: www.spss.com/press
• Incomplete entries will not be considered
• All award winners should plan to attend the SPSS Directions 2008 Conference to receive their award
• Winners will be notified via e-mail early September
• For clarification or questions on the application categories, e-mail queries can be sent to insightawards@spss.com