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SAS® Training Report January 2013 Subscribe  |  Unsubscribe  |  support.sas.com Dear Reader, When my kindergarten-aged son pulls me out of bed before the sun comes up on a Sunday morning, I'll admit to saying a few inappropriate words in my head. To make matters worse, he's nothing like my girls, who at least allowed me to ease into the day with an hour or so of watching Barney or My Little Ponies. For my son, it's a few rounds of Greco-Roman wrestling and a quarter or two of "on your knees football" before he's content to allow me a few minutes of solitude. During these peaceful moments I usually look through the Sunday paper, and I always conclude with a thorough review of the coupon section and big-box sales fliers. Everyone loves a great deal. Though I don't quite get as excited by the idea of buying 36 rolls of toilet paper or two liters of salsa at one time as some, I will admit there are few things better for the cost conscious than buying in bulk. As a SAS user, you might be happy to hear that the SAS Training Points program, formerly known as the Enterprise Professional Training Offer (EPTO), provides the same benefits of convenience and cost savings that you'll find at your local wholesale club. SAS’ Training Points program allows SAS customers to purchase blocks of pre-paid training points at substantial discounts. The more points you buy, the larger the discount, with savings of up to 30%. In addition to the maximum discount available for SAS training, the SAS Training Points program also provides customers the convenience of a single budgeting episode.  And since the program is pre-paid, customers enjoy hassle-free registrations – their bank of points simply gets reduced each time they sign up for a class, attend a conference sponsored by SAS or use a SAS Education service. Finally, SAS Training Points customers enjoy "preferred status" for many Education services, including special communications when new courses or programs are developed, a designated account representative, and a free training assessment to build individual or organizational training plans. Let’s face it; buying SAS training in bulk probably makes a lot more sense than buying a 96-count box of Snickers. So learn more about the SAS Training Points program and start saving today. Thanks for reading, Larry LaRusso Editor, SAS Training Report  SAS News Introducing SAS Training Points » SAS Training Points is a new discount program allowing you to save up to 30% on SAS training by purchasing training in bulk. If you have multiple SAS users in your organization, SAS Training Points will allow your training dollars to go further. Top 10 Blogs of 2012 » The most popular SAS Training Post blogs of 2012 are an eclectic blend of tips, tricks and advice. Take a moment to recap or read for the first time, and then leave us a comment on what you'd like to see in 2013. 2013 Business Knowledge Series » Learn more about our course offerings and training options in our new January-June catalog. Order a copy or print your own (pdf). Picking Stunt Men by Predicting their Performance » Catch the latest in the Stat Wars video series and see SAS Training instructors engaged in a hot debate over the wisdom of using a Regression option or a Scoring procedure. Tune in and tell us who's got your vote. View Your Data and Reports in Excel » Need to get your SAS data and reports into Microsoft® Excel? Our new course shows the latest techniques to export SAS data sets and create ODS files for Excel. Take the course in a public classroom or via our Live Web classroom. Get a Learning Version of SAS » Want to grow your SAS skills or become SAS Certified? 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