SAM Coverage
Speakout & Issues
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SPEAKOUT & ISSUES
SPEAK OUT :: THE E-COMMERCE CHALLENGE Jonathan Davis, IT director at Perfect North Slopes, responds to the article, “The e-Commerce Wait Problem” in SAM,…
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Speak Out :: How To Use Market Research
SPEAK OUT :: HOW TO USE MARKET RESEARCH ISSUE May 2012 AUTHOR Nate Fristoe, Dave Belin VOLUME 51-3 PAGE 14 SUBJECT Opinion, Marketing Market…
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Speak Out :: Make Snowboarding Healthy Again
Perhaps the most shocking lesson from this past winter is that snowboarding is sick. Not cool sick—unhealthy sick.
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Speak Out :: Bullying Our Lunch Money
SPEAK OUT :: BULLYING OUR LUNCH MONEY ISSUE March 2012 AUTHOR SAM Staffer VOLUME 51-2 PAGE 10 SUBJECT Opinion There is no denying, it’s…
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Speak Out — Mountains of Opportunity
Simply put, this is the most important piece of legislation for public land resorts since the overhaul of the USFS fee system in 1996.…
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Speak Out: In the Wake of Irene
Resorts were mostly spared. (For some exceptions, see “Construction Site,” page 56.) But many down-valley towns were hit hard. And almost without exception, resorts…
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Speak-Out: Will ASTM Enter the Terrain Park?
SPEAK-OUT: WILL ASTM ENTER THE TERRAIN PARK? ISSUE September 2011 VOLUME 50-5 PAGE 14 SUBJECT Opinion The ASTM F27 Committee on Snow Skiing is…
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Speak-Out: Lower Debit Card Swipe Fees Fizzle
SPEAK-OUT: LOWER DEBIT CARD SWIPE FEES FIZZLE ISSUE September 2011 AUTHOR David Eldredge VOLUME 50-5 PAGE 15 SUBJECT Opinion Relief was just three weeks…
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Speak-Out — About Those Debit Card Fees…
Certainly, the Durbin Amendment is the biggest topic of interest in the credit industry today, and it was the hottest topic and seminar at…
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Speak-Out — Are New Lifts All That Bad?
SPEAK-OUT — ARE NEW LIFTS ALL THAT BAD? ISSUE May 2011 AUTHOR Rick Kahl VOLUME 50-3 PAGE 12 SUBJECT Opinion As we suggested in…
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Speak-Out – Midwest Greats
SPEAK-OUT – MIDWEST GREATS ISSUE March 2011 VOLUME 50-2 PAGE 10 [Within days of one another, two industry greats from the Midwest died-George Petritz…
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Speak-Out — More Mas
Millennials-Americans ages 14 to 29-are already forming a new sense of what it means to be “mainstream.” That notion will continue to evolve, as…
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Speak-Out — Humans Were Not Meant To Hibernate
About 30,000 took lessons in January last year, and we hope to double that number in January 2011. But the real intent is to…
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Speak-Out — How Much Has Snowmaking Technology Improved?
SPEAK-OUT — HOW MUCH HAS SNOWMAKING TECHNOLOGY IMPROVED? ISSUE September 2010 AUTHOR Yaroslav Stanchak VOLUME 49-5 PAGE 8 SUBJECT Opinion I enjoyed “Next-Gen Snowmaking”…
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Speak Out — Capital Idea: Invest in Your Staff
SPEAK OUT — CAPITAL IDEA: INVEST IN YOUR STAFF ISSUE March 2010 AUTHOR Jay Rydd VOLUME 49-2 PAGE 12 SUBJECT Personnel Issues, Opinion If…
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Speak-Out — Digital Kids
Issue January 2010 Author Erica Kelleher, Snow Monsters Volume 49-1 Page 12 Subject Opinion The online generation is younger than you think. And this…