Be Part of the Marketing Research Community: Attend CRC in San Francisco

Three days in San Fran with hundreds of my market research colleagues? Count me in.
The MRA’s Corporate Researchers Conference is coming up September 26-28, and will be held in San Francisco.

Big Data at CRC:

Point-Counterpoint: What’s the Big Deal with Big Data?

I am biased. Having taught the predictive analytics class in the pre-conference workshops, I have some ideas about the role of market researchers, data scientists and the messy intersections between them. I mean us. Wait… OK, well, that’s why it is messy.

Here are a few points made by each speaker at the MRA’s Corporate Researchers Conference, followed by my take away.

Meet Me in St. Louis

I’ll be attending the MRA’s Corporate Researchers Conference. If you have never attended CRC before, I encourage you to check out the agenda and speakers. This event is high on content and low on sales pitches. In my totally biased opinion, it is a great event for professional market researchers and market research managers.