Description: This article lists the winners of 16 research grants from the SOA, with recipients representing a wide range of expertise and geographic locations.

Description: This article highlights member survey results intended to assess the level of support for Society of Actuaries programs.

Description: This article announces 'The Actuary’s Career Planner,' prepared by The Society of Actuaries' Continuing Education Department and the Committee on Management and Personal Development. This is a notebook-style planner that presents a step-by-step approach to get an actuary from where he/she is to where he/she wants to be.

Description: This article describes the Actuarial Research Clearinghouse [ARCH] CD-ROM Project whereby the highlights of each Actuarial Research Conference [ARC] presentation are videotaped and then digitized and recorded on a CD-ROM. This disk is then used to develop a computer-based, user-friendly, multimedia summary of the highlights of ARC.

Description: Highlights of the Smaller Insurance Company Section's significant contributions at recent Society of Actuaries' events

Description: This article discusses the Society of Actuaries' Professional Development Committee and how it can be useful to an actuaries' professional development.

Description: Summarizing the best things about the smaller insurance company section.

Description: The author provides his ten rules for giving a great speech.

Description: The chairperson notes changes to the section's mission and its involvement in helping to develop business and communication skills of its members.

Description: How you can use your motivation and persistence to become an optimist.