Welcome to Zontziry Johnson, chair of Seattle’s New Research Speakers Club #NewMR

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Zontziry Johnson, Seattle Chapter Chair

I’m happy to introduce Zontzary, our chair of the Seattle chapter of the New Research Speakers Club!

Fay is a huge fan of market research and loves to write surveys, analyze the data, and find the story in the results. She’s worked both client and supplier side, and loves qualitative research in particular.

You can read more about Zontziry on her LinkedIn page or follow her on Twitter.

Please click on this Eventbrite link to register for Zontziry’s Seattle events. Please register even if you can’t attend so we can gauge interest in this location. Just register as “interested but unable to attend’. (Actually, you can register for EVERY location at this link. Go ahead! Do it! I dare you! 🙂 )

We look forward to seeing you there!

Welcome to Fay Hinkson, chair of Montreal’s New Research Speakers Club #NewMR

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Bonjour Montreal!

I’m happy to introduce Fay, our chair of the Montreal chapter of the New Research Speakers Club!

Fay is an experienced researcher who draws insight from market research, statistical modelling, business intelligence and macro-economic analysis. She has  designed and led quantitative and qualitative research projects for b-to-b and b-to-c in a variety of industries.

AND, Fay is fluently bilingual in English and French and with a good command of Spanish. You will be able to practice speaking in any of these languages as you wish!

Please click on this Eventbrite link to register for Fay’s Montreal events. Please register even if you can’t attend so we can gauge interest in this location. Just register as “interested but unable to attend’. (Actually, you can register for EVERY location at this link. Go ahead! Do it! I dare you!  🙂  )

We look forward to seeing you there!

Welcome to Susan Saurage-Altenloh, chair of Houston’s New Research Speakers Club #NewMR

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Houston, do you copy?!

Please welcome my friend Susan, our new chair of the Houston chapter of the New Research Speakers Club!

Susan Saurage-Altenloh specializes in designing research strategies and producing results that meet clients’ information needs – completely and exactly. She has facilitated more than 15,000 qualitative sessions and completed thousands of quantitative studies so you know she’ll be a great mentor!

Please click on this Eventbrite link to register for Susan’s Houston events. Please register even if you can’t attend so we can gauge interest in this location. Just register as “interested but unable to attend’. (Actually, you can register for EVERY location at this link. Go ahead! Do it! I dare you!  🙂  )

We can’t wait to see you!

And We’re Off! London Chapter of New Research Speakers Club

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From one call of drastic change that is Brexit, to a small group of people who are trying to implement their own somewhat drastic but positive change; I am writing this on Friday morning about how the New Research Speakers Club went last night in this this blog post almost seems unimportant with what is going on today.

But I think not. Let’s re-look at the philosophy behind the New Research Speakers Club; that there is a call for diversity and equality on the research stage, and that those who are deemed as ‘leaders’ in our industry, help raise those up the ladder who are not there (yet). The philosophy for the club is indeed, that we are ‘better together’.

So how did the London Chapter go last night? Really great and better than expected!

Many delegates were not able to make it for two main reasons; wanted to do their civic duty and vote so largely did that after working hours, and the nearest station to the venue had issues with flooding due to a huge amount of rainfall (this is England, so no surprises there!).

But we did have 7 people attend, and all from very different backgrounds, and involved in MR in vastly different ways. What I loved about this group was that it was, in itself, diverse; people who were born in other countries, equal in gender split, and a range of ages. This just goes to show that if you are lookingto balance the scales on the research stage, it is so easy to do so.

So what did we do?

Head on over to Betty’s blog to read the rest of the story!

Press Release: New Speakers Club for Researchers Launched in Toronto, London, and Chennai

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New Speakers Club for Researchers Launched in Toronto, London, and Chennai

Toronto, May 6, 2016
A new forum to grow the speaker talent in the marketing research industry has launched in Toronto, London, and Chennai. The New Research Speakers Club, founded by Annie Pettit, PhD, will give researchers, statisticians, data scientists, data visualization experts, and other people from related professions a forum to develop their speaking skills in order to meet the growing demand for fresh and skilled speakers in the industry. This club is aimed at helping those who have limited speaking experience, and those who have never spoken at a major conference before.

Annie Pettit, the Founder and Chair of the Toronto chapter, said, “Our industry has many great speakers but few places for people who are starting out to practice their speaking skills before getting onto a bigger stage. This club is a warm and friendly place for researchers to learn from each other and develop their speaking skills without the fear of a formal venue.”

The London, UK chapter is chaired by Betty Adamou, Founder of Research Through Gaming and sought after speaker at major research and gaming conferences around the world. The Chennai, India chapter is chaired by Pravin Shekar, President of KREA and a thoroughly engaging speaker who has led various industry committees for groups such as ESOMAR and MRSI.

Chapters meet regularly for about one hour every two to three months, and offer attendees the opportunity to speak about a research topic of their choice. The zero pressure format will allow attendees to be listeners or speakers, as well as give speakers the opportunity to practice upcoming presentations or simply talk about a research topic that interests them in front of a group of like-minded individuals. Annie, Pravin and Betty will provide public or private constructive feedback to those who opt to receive it.

The inaugural meeting will be held on June 23^rd, at 6pm, local time at all three chapters. More information about the club can be found on the website, http://NewRST.wordpress.com.

About Annie Pettit
Annie Pettit, PhD is a regular speaker at marketing research conferences around the world and has published numerous refereed and industry articles. She won the MRIA Award of Outstanding Merit in 2014, Best Methodological Paper at ESOMAR in 2013, and the 2011 AMA David K. Hardin Award. Annie blogs at LoveStats and tweets at @LoveStats. She can be reached at annie@peanutlabs.com.

 About Betty Adamou
Betty Adamou is the CEO & Founder of Research Through Gaming where she designs games for research, for brands.  As a multiple-award winning researcher having invented ‘ResearchGames’ as a new methodology, she is a frequently invited conference speaker, guest University lecturer and keynote. Betty tweets at @BettyAdamou and be reached at betty.adamou@researchthroughgaming.com

 About Pravin Shekar
Pravin Shekar heads krea, an India-centric panel research firm and The Social Catalyst, a non-profit trust aimed at professionalizing the work of NGOs. Pravin has been selected as an “Emerging Global leader in marketing research” by the AMA, and is an ESOMAR Council member. He is spearheading the movement for making market research a career of choice for students. Pravin tweets at @PravinShekar.