(Interviewer’s note: Kathryn has trained more than 1,000 market researchers, and is the author of How to Hire & Manage Market Research Agencies. She is the lead instructor at Research Rockstar. – Kirk E.)
Kirk: People hear phrases like “instructor led,” “on demand,” “synchronous learning,” and it gets a bit confusing. Can you clarify?
Kathryn: Sure. It’s less complicated than you might think.
There are four 4-hour workshops to choose from (topic details below). Each one begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m., with a one-and-a-half hour lunch break. Sign up NOW for the Quirk’s Event 2016. To ensure the highest-quality learning experience, class size is limited.
As a gesture of thanks for all of the good fortune we have had, we are making a donation to Feed America. “We want to show our gratitude for your business by giving back to the community,” says Kathryn Korostoff, President of Research Rockstar.
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Camp starts July 1st and runs through August 31st. Pick as many of the ten instructor-led virtual classroom experiences as you like, for one fixed price! These are live classes taught be expert researchers.
Pie charts have long been a staple way to convey data for market research reports, but are pie charts getting stale? Cutting a pie into slices to display percentages has been the de facto way to convey percentages of a whole. But fresh alternatives exist. Have you tried donuts? Or lollipops?
Close your eyes. Imagine you’re on stage, your instrument in hand, set list and lyrics engraved on your heart, hearing the howl of the crowd as the lights come up and the fans go wild. Pure energy feeding your adrenalin, pumping through your veins and helping you….
Okay, so maybe a market research presentation isn’t exactly the same as living that dream we all had as kids. But you’re still stepping into the spotlight, putting expertise and passion into a show you hope will leave them blissed with satisfaction and hungry for more.
by Debra Mascott, Director of eLearning Curriculum, Research Rockstar, LLC Finding great market research employees is hard enough. But once you have them, how do you keep them motivated? Significant… Continue reading How Can Market Research Managers Keep their Employees Motivated?
