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IISA Programmes in Insurance win IISA Conference prize
Unisa's Centre for Business Management (CBM) recently hosted an exhibition stand for its IISA Programmes in Insurance at the 2009 IISA Conference held at Sun City.
The CBM was awarded a prize for the most interactive stand at the conference in recognition of its interactive commemorative photo service. The certificate was accepted by Frank van der Meer and Cecile de Swardt and will be on display in the department.
The stand ran a "photo shop" where delegates could have their photographs taken, either alone or in groups, which were then printed right there using a selected background: the IISA Progs Logo, a picture of Unisa's main campus at night, or a variety of shots from Sun City or the Lost City.
Unisa's CBM took over the higher education of the insurance industry in 2006 when the former College of Insurance found that registration as a Private Higher Education Institution was very onerous. Starting with a mere 150 students four years ago, the Programmes now have more than 1 500 active students, spread over mostly Southern Africa, but also with students writing the insurance exams in centres such as Melbourne, Wellington and even Seoul in Korea.
Mr David Harpur, Chief Executive of the Insurance Institute of South Africa, in his congratulatory letter to the CBM wrote as follows: "The photos taken from your booth also generated much interest. Congratulations on being awarded the Most Interactive Exhibitor certificate. Again, thank you for your fantastic support. We could not have done it without you!"
The IISA Programmes in Insurance also launched their new brochure and information pamphlets at the conference, in the form of an oval digicard (mini CD) as an innovative development to reduce paper usage. The tiny CD contains some 137 pages of information and curriculum content. | 
