ResearchTalk

 WE’VE HIT 50!  Forgive us this bit of self-indulgence, it’s an important milestone for us. Have a listen as the fun gang recall some amusing anecdotes

 STARRING 

• Alex Burmaster, Nielsen//NetRatings
• David Day, Lightspeed Research
• Tas Tasgal, POV
• Anumita Sharma, The Third Eye
• Darren Noyce, Skopos

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all guests, guest hosts, partners and supporters who have over the last six months, and true to the mission, inspired us to think different and better

We’d like to pay particular tribute to a few who have been extraordinarily helpful and supportive over the period. We won’t mention why because that would probably make them cringe. But they are, in alpha order, BrainJuicer’s John Kearon, KD Consulting’s Kate Dann, Moët Hennessy’s Mark Whiting, MW&A’s Michael Warren, and MrWeb’s Nick Thomas

But most of all we’d like to thank you for listening, it’s the only reason we do it. Here’s to the next 50…

Now you can limit your Google search to just the world’s MR websites! This is a work-in-progress from ResearchTalk, we hope you find it useful over time. Read the rest of this entry »

 GUEST  Poet, mountain climber and entrepreneur Derek Leddie, Founder and Director of innovative research consultancy The Leading Edge

 TOPICS  Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro; Will the industry really grow at 11-12%? Bridging the chasm between client needs and research delivery; Skills gap; Genesis of TLE and rationale for selling to Photon Group; EXCLUSIVE: UK office coming soon; Turning insights into assets; Managing talent with some cool benefits

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  Carlton Draught, ESOMAR, Fosters, Frank Small & Associates, Kristin Hickey, Mark Sundquist, Outsell, Photon Group, Stephen Phillips, Toby Hill

Music Brother Love from the PMN

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Series:Weekly

“We’ve had two years of change [in MR], my guess is we’ve got another 25 to come…” (Ray Poynter)
 

 EXCLUSIVE  Brand Strategy magazine’s Ruth Mortimer talks about some hot issues in branding such as co-creation and branded content. Ray Poynter talks tech trends. And FDS’s new co-owner and MD, Charlotte Cornish, on the extraordinary story behind her acquisition of FDS

 STARRING 

• Ruth Mortimer, Editor, Brand Strategy Magazine
• Ray Poynter, Director, Virtual Surveys, and Head, The Future Place
• Charlotte Cornish, MD, FDS and Director, Munro Global

Recorded live at ESOMAR CONGRESS 2006

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 GUEST  Online research pioneer Pete Comley, Chairman of Virtual Surveys

 TOPICS  YouGov quadruples profits; BrandIndex tracker & word of mouth; Web 2.0. VS: Staying independent; Accidental genesis of VS and early challenges; Research 2.0; Blogging; Future challenges

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  Al Gore, BSkyB, Current TV, Ed Keller, Eric Berne, ESOMAR, The Future Place, Google, Greenfield Online, Harris Interactive, Henley Centre, Keller Fay, MySpace, Quentin Ashby, Ray Poynter, RI, Stephen Phillips, Trish Comley, YouGov, YouTube

Music Brother Love and Matthew Ebel from the PMN

Series:Weekly

The first in an occasional series where we bring you the Best of the Podosphere (BoP)

This podcast is part of an excellent and highly popular series by business author and management consultant David Maister, widely acknowledged as one of the world’s leading authorities on the management of professional service firms. David has published five books, including the canonical management textbook, Managing The Professional Services Firm. His other books are True Professionalism, The Trusted Advisor, Practice What You Preach, and First Among Equals

Dealing Differently with Different People: this podcast explains how to segment the people you deal with, and get more out of those relationships as a result. A must-listen for all managers

 STARRING 

• David Maister, acclaimed author and Management Consultant

 USEFUL LINKS 

• Rest of this podcast series
• Podcast feed
• David’s blog

Many thanks to David for granting us permission to host this podcast

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Series:Skills

 EXCLUSIVE  ESOMAR Congress 2006 keynoters Julia Hailes MBE talks about the environment and sustainability, and Interbrand’s Rita Clifton talks about branding and engagement

 STARRING 

• Julia Hailes MBE, prolific environmental author, and Sustainability Consultant
• Rita Clifton, Chairman, Interbrand
• John Kearon, BrainJuicer (Host)

Recorded live at ESOMAR CONGRESS ‘06

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In this thought-provoking chat, Dan O’Donoghue tells Olaf Willoughby why the end of advertising agencies is nigh, why planners should return to their roots as consumer champions, and why researchers shouldn’t expect guidance from ad. agencies during this time of media flux

 STARRING 

• Dan O’Donoghue, Worldwide Strategic Planning Director, Publicis, and author, “Born in 1842 – A History of Advertising”
• Olaf Willoughby, The Willoughby Partnership (Host)

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We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our growing base of listeners for giving us your attention. Although we offer our content free, we appreciate that you pay us in a far more valuable way: with your time. Our gratitude also goes to the increasing band of evangelists including those who give us link love (the hip term for linking to us)

 EXCLUSIVE  We don’t expect MR to be a dangerous pursuit. But in this podcast, we hear about the drama involved in starting a research company in the midst of the volatility in Afghanistan and Iraq. Driven by the passion to use research to bring about healthy democracy, the speakers articulate the huge risks to personal life and limb, including four deaths so far

John Kearon was so moved by these stories, as we’re sure you’ll be, that he’s campaigning for a support fund. Please help him by emailing your support

 STARRING 

• Matthew Warshaw, D3 Systems Inc.
• Rafiqullah Kakar, ACSOR-Surveys
• Zemarak Mohsini, ACSOR-Surveys
• Johnny Heald, Opinion Research Business
• Munqeth Daghir (Phd), MEC Communications
• John Kearon, Chief Juicer, BrainJuicer (Host)

Recorded live at ESOMAR CONGRESS ‘06

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