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We conducted our Quarterly Sales Meeting, or what we at  Campus Management  refer to as “QSM”, last week in Deerfield Beach, FL. It was a fitting location as it's where Campus Management was formed 30 years ago. QSM includes sales, all other customer facing departments, marketing, product management, and leadership from across the company. Our fiscal year is July 1 - June 30 so this iteration of QSM serves as our annual kickoff meeting. It’s our opportunity to celebrate the successes of the previous year, discuss the upcoming year’s goals and objectives, get an external view of ourselves and the marketplace, and  most importantly, learn some new skills. Our first quest speaker was  John Geraci  from  CISquared . I worked for John twenty-five years ago when he was the president of Information Associates. He was an amazing leader that strongly believed in developing his team to the fullest. Looking back, I think I participated in more leadership deve...

"College should be hard.  Going to college should not be." Those words, spoken by Dr. Michael Moore, the Chief Academic and Operational Officer at eVersity (also pictured above) will forever be emblazoned in my memory.  I first heard them during a customer panel discussion I was moderating at Ellucian Live 2016.  The concept is so simple, yet so incredibly profound.  College academics should challenge a student's mind but the act of going to college should be straightforwardly simple! eVersity  is a part of the University of Arkansas system and is a 100% accredited online university. It was just starting to operate when I met Michael in early 2016, but its driving purpose was firmly established: to help working adults who started college, but did not complete, get a high quality undergraduate degree.   The  Lumina Foundation  estimates that over 30 million individuals fall into this category of starting college, but not earning a degree...