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Signing up is simple and worth the minor effort involved. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cathy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Collections Trust [mailto:Collections_Trust@mail.vresp.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 02, 2012 11:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> Hawks, Catharine<br><b>Subject:</b> Collections Link Newsletter, August 2nd 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p 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(RAPT)</a><br><br><a href="#story_4">Museums Showoff Is Back</a><br><br><a href="#events">Upcoming Training and Events</a></span><span style='color:#052D4D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='border-top:none;border-left:solid white 6.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 6.0pt;background:lightgrey;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=1 height=14 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/email_layout/3221/spacer.gif" alt=spacer.gif><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td width=150 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:112.5pt;padding:0in 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=148 height=46 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More than 3,500 subscribers have registered for the <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CollectionsTrust/30bca2c371/f95f1ebfd3/aaa7302cfd">Collections Link website</a> - up 75% in the past year. Meanwhile, <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CollectionsTrust/30bca2c371/f95f1ebfd3/17d6589693/gid=3280471&trk=hb_side_g">CT’s Collections Management LinkedIn Group</a> now has 3,600 members - a rise of 180% on 2011. Together they make up an increasingly significant and influential group of collections professionals.<br><br>Collections Link provides its members with access to high-quality content, an eNewsletter, and 65 special discussion groups. Latest survey results show 95% of respondents rate the site’s information “Useful” or “Very Useful” while 87% rate its content “Good” or “Excellent”. CT LinkedIn members are extremely active with more than 200 discussions started in the past year.<br><br>As an eNewsletter reader, please encourage your colleagues to join both <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CollectionsTrust/30bca2c371/f95f1ebfd3/437f84c9fc">Collections Link</a> and <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CollectionsTrust/30bca2c371/f95f1ebfd3/695c775ba1/gid=3280471&trk=hb_side_g">CT’s LinkedIn Group</a> and join in the conversation.<br><br><a href="#header"></a></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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