Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting offers basic information on the redesign effort underway in regard to the SOA basic education program, and, in particular, on the governing principles that will guide the redesign process. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3b.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers the efforts in the SOA basic education system to redesign the examination process and the status of the redesign. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: Letter From The President column for the December 2012/January 2013 edition of The Actuary magazine—an excerpt from Tonya Manning’s presidential acceptance speech at the SOA 2012 Annual Meeting.

Description: This column highlights the recent activities of the Society of Actuaries and lists professional development opportunities.

Description: This column highlights the recent developments in the Financial Reporting, Long Term Care Insurance, and Management & Personal Development Sections of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: This is the report to the Society of Actuaries by its Executive Director, Charles B. H. Watson. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1970, Vol. 22, Pt. 1, No. 64.

Description: The author, a career counselor, notes that ‘during your career, career search, home life, etc., you will often be faced with a plethora of possible actions and requests far beyond what you can, should or are currently willing to handle.’ The author goes on to provide advice in the art of saying no, in a positive manner that will help you achieve your goals. From ‘The Stepping Stone’ issue number 43.

Description: The author shares the importance of creating a personal development plan.

Description: A review of the book, "How to be a Finance Rock Star--The Small Business Owner's Ticket to Platinum Profits" by actuary Nicole Fende.

Description: A personal reflection and anecdote on a quote by Carl Jung. "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."