Lunch & Learn with Prevision
2023-03-08 13:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Online – GoToWebinar
We welcome Trevor Wilkinson of Prevision for this Lunch&Learn, a half-hour lunchtime slot where members can informally hear about how organisations can help them in their work.
Please support this by attending their Lunch&Learn and hearing more.
About Prevision

Prevision Research, based in Milton Keynes, was set up in 2009 and provides the following services for ‘difficult-to-reach’ audiences:

Interviewer administered CATI and CAWI for quantitative research
Hybrid telephone and online data collection
Recruitment for depth interviews, focus groups, communities etc
Specifying and hosting surveys
Delivery of data tabulations to research agencies or end clients

Typical ‘difficult-to-reach’ audiences covered:

Tradespeople (eg, painters/decorators, electricians, plumbers, engineers, builders, roofers, carpenters, bricklayers, plasterers, glaziers etc)
B2B decision makers
Vulnerable people
Social housing tenants
Restaurant owners and key workers
Businesses providing and consumers receiving waste collection services

Prevision was a fieldwork supplier to Purple MR for many years and when the owners wanted to retire in 2019, they invited Trevor Wilkinson and Stephen Bairfelt of Purple to become shareholders and to join the board of directors.
Why you should attend this Lunch&Learn: what will be covered

A brief introduction to the Prevision team, our history and how Purple MR became involved with them
The benefits of traditional data collection approaches for certain niche audiences
Two or three case studies
Feedback from ICG members who have recently worked with Prevision.

We believe people should attend because the session will act as a reminder as to why interviewer administered surveys still have a role, even in an environment where digital approaches dominate the research landscape.
Trevor Wilkinson

Trevor set up Purple Market Research with former ICG chairman Stephen Bairfelt in 2002. He has over 30 years research experience. In that time, he has worked on a wide range of assignments covering both qualitative, quantitative and secondary (desk) research methodologies. Projects typically involve researching difficult-to-reach audiences, in particular B2B audiences. He is formerly chairman of the B2B trade association, BIG and is currently treasurer. He is a fellow of the Market Research Society and is a director of Prevision Research.
REGISTER FOR THIS LUNCH AND LEARN HERE
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See you there!
https://www.previsionresearch.co.uk/

Hints and Tips on Excel Essentials
2023-03-22 13:30 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
Following on from the Training Session on PowerPoint we ran last year and in response to several requests, Rachel Crew of Frog Training will be running a similar training session for the ICG on Excel.

This will comprise an hour’s interactive online session for 10 people on Teams and will be held from 13.30-14.30 GMT on Wednesday 22nd March.
The cost will be £25+VAT to include support materials and access to a recording of the session.
What the course will cover

Formatting tips and why Excel does strange things
Creating Simple Formulae
Using Simple Functions – MIN, MAX, AVERAGE, COUNT
Understanding Absolute Addressing ($ signs within formulae).

There will also be opportunities to ask your own questions.
FROG originally started way back in 1986, by Judy Fella. Back then, Judy was the late Professor Stephen Hawking’s PA and Nursing Coordinator. It was then that the world-renowned theoretical physicist asked Judy to try out a new computer for the production of his scientific papers and later a Brief History of Time. Judy’s daughter, Rachel, after completing her Geography degree joined FROG and trained at Microsoft using the Office suite over 26 years ago. Rachel specialises in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word has been delivering training ever since to an extensive list of small businesses to large global organisations.
REGISTER TO JOIN THE SESSION HERE – WE WILL THEN SEND YOU OUR BANK DETAILS.
Please note that if we get more than 10 people registering, we have the option of running an additional session later on that day.
IF YOU CAN’T MAKE THE SESSION(S) IN REAL TIME, YOU ALSO HAVE THE OPTION OF RECEIVING THE RECORDING OF IT, ALONGSIDE ALL HANDOUT MATERIALS. FEE FOR THIS WILL ALSO BE £25+VAT. REGISTER FOR THIS HERE

ICG Members' Hive Mind
2023-03-28 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Star of Kings, 126 York Way, London, N1 0AX
Following on from the success of our first Hive Mind…
Please come along to this 2-hour collaborative session, scheduled just before our Quiz Night.

Think collaboration at its very best. You share what’s bothering, frustrating or positively driving you, and we’ll all work together to try and move your thinking along.
Come along ready to share whatever business issue you’re facing and hear how others would tackle it.
Some examples may be:
‘How do I go about growing my business when there’s only one of me?
‘How do I pivot what I’m doing to respond to a changing market?
‘How do I deal with this particular difficult client of mine?’
‘How do I cope with the inevitable blips /dips in workload?’
‘Top tips for how to manage my time better?’ etc etc.
This event will be free of charge
REGISTER TODAY!

Knowledge Share: Thriving in the health and wellness industry: Key trends and success stories
2023-04-04 16:00 - 16:45 (Europe/London) | Online – GoToWebinar
This Knowledge Share has been generously sponsored by E-Tabs, bringing cutting edge automated charting for your projects in PowerPoint & Google Slides

Welcoming ICG member Abbey Teunis, Embark Insight Ltd for this Knowledge Share: Thriving in the health and wellness industry: Key trends and success stories
In the session, Abbey will cover:

Impact of events in 2022 on the industry trends
Discussion on how the health and wellness industry may be more resilient in a recession than others
Key trends to focus on in 2023, including social responsibility, holistic approaches, personalised products and services, and increased accessibility through e-commerce
Real-world case studies from successful brands to illustrate the trends
Emphasis on responsible marketing practices in light of the cost of living crisis
Strategies and insights for health and wellness businesses to implement in their operations.

Abbey Teunis

Abbey Teunis is the Founder, Director and Lead Researcher at consumer insight agency, Embark Insight. Driven by the core belief that no human truth should ever be ignored, Abbey is on a mission to provide companies with real insights that reflect the real experiences of the customer, providing tangible and actionable opportunities for brand growth.
“Obsessed” with human behaviour and deeply curious, Abbey is a passionate advocate that the truth is human. As such, Abbey coined hybrid research-strategy model ‘The Truth is Human Method’, which is a culmination of more than 15 years of Director level industry experience and learnings. Born from the knowledge that companies, customers and individuals thrive when the customer is truly heard, this method ensures there’s no room for bias, misinterpretation, errors in memory or cliched responses in order to deliver a strategy that delivers lasting value.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbeyteunis/

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A recording of the presentation will be available afterwards

Knowledge Share: How to create highly visual and engaging research outputs
2023-04-13 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Online – GoToWebinar
This Knowledge Share has been generously sponsored by E-Tabs, bringing cutting edge automated charting for your projects in PowerPoint & Google Slides

This Knowledge Share will be presented by ICG member Barry Clark, Related Stories.
There is a growing client requirement for “highly visual and engaging” outputs to research projects. Related Stories addresses this need through a combination of photography, ethnography and interviews. In this session, Barry will discuss his approach and his motivations.
Related Stories
https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-clark-28035314/
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Lunch&Learn with Norstat (Norstat Express and TestingTime)
2023-04-19 13:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Online – GoToWebinar
We welcome Norstat for this Lunch&Learn, a half-hour lunchtime slot where members can informally hear about how organisations can help them in their work.

Norstat is the leading data collector for market research in Europe.

User and market research projects are typically conducted during several weeks. Often important decisions have to be made in days and cannot wait for weeks or months to be complete. Norstat Express and TestingTime give you the possibility to research your customers in hours. Learn how easy it is to use both solutions for qual and quant research studies.

Nortstat/ Nortstat Express / Testing time
Norstat is the leading data collector for market research in Europe. Our mission is to deliver trustworthy data of the highest quality to enable well-informed analysis and decision-making. Norstat Express and TestingTime are two digital products offered by Norstat.
Special offer for ICG members:
Norstat Express. 1 Free trail up to N = 500
Testingtime: 3 test users for free: See https://resources.testingtime.com/promotion
Paul Listuen and Reto Lammler
Paul Listuen has worked in the MR industry since 1993 and have been in various positions both in Norstat, Ipsos and also a founder of a data collection company. He was in 2022 awarded Market Researcher of the year by the Norwegian market research association.

In 2015 Reto Lämmler co-founded TestingTime, the European leader in test user recruiting for UX researchers, which was sold in October 2021 to Norstat, the leading data collector for market research services in Northern Europe.

Lunch&Learn presenters keep ICG members up to speed with services that can help them run their businesses. Please support them by attending.

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Login (but please register first!) for the Lunch&Learn is https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/815667629
See you there!

Semiotics to the Rescue: Brand Problems Crying out for a Semiotic Solution
2023-04-20 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
Semiotics is fundamentally communication problem solving…Chris Arning who has been practising semiotics now for over 20 years spills the beans on the core brand problems semiotics tends to be brought in to solve and what insights semiotics brings to the table to solve them. He will show the different types of semiotics projects he has encountered and worked on from horizon scanning and broad culture scopes to brand positioning to content and programming creation to packaging innovation and logo screening projects.
CHRIS ARNING – CREATIVE SEMIOTICS LTD.

Chris specialises in semiotics and cultural insight and he has 20 years experience working as a thinker, planner, qualitative researcher and commercial semiotician. He was Head of Semiotics at Flamingo Research and set up Creative Semiotics – a boutique brand consultancy – in 2010. Chris is the originator and co-founder of Semiofest, a Celebration of Semiotic Thinking and of the LinkedIn Semiotic Thinking Group. He has worked for clients as diverse as the BBC Radio Centre, Netflix, BMW Mini, GSK, Ricola, Huawei and UKTI. Chris led the BBC Humour GAP project which created a strong taxonomy now being used across the organization; including for commissioning new comedy podcasts and this process was then replicated for BBC News. Chris devised and taught the MA Module, Brands and Meaning on Global Media Communications at the University of Warwick and had been a sessional tutor in Contextual Studies at University of Creative Arts. He teaches a critically acclaimed CPD accredited quarterly course How to Do Semiotics in Seven Weeks. He is currently working on a textbook entitled Brand Semiotics in 25 Diagrams.
Chris Arning <chris@creativesemiotics.co.uk>
www.creativesemiotics.co.uk
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Everything you need to know about the Award for Independent Consultants
2023-04-25 10:00 - 10:30 UTC
Come and join us to hear more about this MRS/ICG and what you need to do to submit a winning entry.
Ask us any question – no obligation to submit anything!
Use this opportunity to hear about previous Finalists’ entries and how the Award has benefited their businesses.
Deadline for submitting entries is early July.
No need to pre-register for this: just login to https://meet.goto.com/444996261

Lunch&Learn with QuestionPro (and 56 Degree Insight)
2023-05-10 13:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Online – GoToWebinar
In this lunch & learn session hosted by QuestionPro UK Managing Director Aseem Badshah, we’ll be joined by Jim Eccleston and Duncan Stewart, Managing Partners at 56 Degree Insight from Edinburgh. Discover how independent consultancies/agencies should approach thinking about investing in a research tech stack to help power their business. Since Covid there’s been a major shift towards digitisation and self-service infrastructure, we’ll learn from 56 Degree Insight’s journey and discover how an iterative process can help scale your customer success.

Why should you attend this Lunch&Learn?

Investing in your own research tech stack can help win more business
Avoid being restricted by your clients’ infrastructure
Create new opportunities to run regular tracking studies for your customers
Build an asset to help differentiate yourself from other consultancies/agencies
Criteria to assess your tech & innovation development requirements.

About QuestionPro
Founded in 2006, QuestionPro offers a fully integrated online platform that includes surveys, research & insights, customer experience (CX) and employee engagement software. Our clientele ranges from independent businesses to Fortune 100 companies, who rely on us for insights about customers, employees, and the marketplace. With offices in the UK (headquartered in London), USA, Germany, Mexico, the UAE and India, our customers have 24/7 access to highly trained support specialists and engineers.
Our speakers
Aseem Badshah – Managing Director, QuestionPro (UK, Ireland, South Africa, Canada & Japan)
Aseem Badshah first cut his teeth in the start-up scene of the US. Prior to joining QuestionPro UK in 2019, he was renowned for his entrepreneurial spirit. As Founder & CEO of Socedo in Seattle he led the web application specialising in lead generation to a funding of $2.5 million with a roster of clients including Microsoft, Lenovo and Google. Aseem was also Founder & CEO of the full-service marketing and lead generation agency Uptown Treehouse in LA for 9 years. His wealth of experience in sales, marketing and leadership is driving QuestionPro’s strategy in the UK and beyond.
Jim Eccleston – Managing Partner, 56 Degree Insight
Jim Eccleston was a Senior Director in the world’s largest custom market research group at Kantar for over 20 years. He was with the company as it expanded from its Infratest Burke and NFO roots to become TNS and now Kantar. Latterly, along with 56 Degree Insight partner Duncan Stewart, he headed up the group’s Scottish office in Edinburgh.
Duncan Stewart – Managing Partner, 56 Degree Insight
Duncan started his 25 years career in insights working in market research within the tourism sector, firstly at the Scottish Tourist Board and then at Yorkshire Tourist Board. He moved ‘agency side’ when he joined Scotland’s leading market research company System Three and remained with the company as it expanded and rebranded to become Infratest Burke, NFO, TNS and most recently Kantar. Latterly he and 56 Degree Insight partner Jim Eccleston managed the group’s office in Edinburgh.
Further links
www.questionpro.com
LinkedIn Twitter YouTube Facebook
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Once you’ve registered, login for the session is https://meet.goto.com/815667629

Knowledge Share: Understanding more about Linktree
2023-05-11 16:00 - 16:45 (Europe/London)
This Knowledge Share has been generously sponsored by E-Tabs, bringing cutting edge automated charting for your projects in PowerPoint & Google Slides

This Knowledge Share will be presented by ICG member Alexander Tan, AT Research.
We all need to market our businesses, right?
In this knowledge share Alex will talk about his experience of using websites and other tools for promoting his business.
Recently there has been much talk of using sites such as Linktree as either an alternative to a traditional website, or alongside one when social media, or short talks, might benefit from a single ‘all on a page’ set of links.
Alex will talk about using Linktree for the first time, some of its features (as a free subscriber and a paid-subscriber), and how it might apply to a small business. Please note that he is not promoting them or sponsored by them 😉.
He hopes that the session will open up a discussion about how Linktree compares to its competitors and what we can learn from this market overall.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/atresearch21/
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Disability: Breaking down the barriers
2023-05-18 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
This webinar is generously sponsored by McGowan Transcriptions, specialists in Market Research multiple voice transcription since 1993.

We’re pleased to have ICG member Steven Lacey, The Outsiders, talk to us about his experiences and knowledge.
Steven Lacey is an ex-strategist and award-winning qualitative researcher. He runs The Outsiders, which conducts lots of research in the diversity space. Steven is disabled and neurodiverse.
Steven will present to the ICG on ‘Disability breaking down the barriers’. He will describe his life and challenges and then explore the lives of those with disabilities, the barriers, and what brands can do. He will also provide tips on the best ways to conduct research, how to represent people with disabilities in marketing and how to create good innovation.
REGISTER HERE

Once you’ve registered, login is:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9884032090?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 988 403 2090
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To AI or not to AI. Is this the question?
2023-05-25 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
This webinar has been generously sponsored by Qualzy, an innovative web-based platform for Qualitative Researchers to create and manage short-term and long-term communities, diary studies, video projects and more. It’s complete with state-of-the-art AI powered tools, outstanding support, and cost-effective pricing.

In this webinar, Phil Barden and Dr Dirk Held will be talking to us about AI and its applications for marketing/market research.
Specifically, they’ll cover:

What is AI and how does it work for marketing purposes?
What are marketing related use cases?
What are the limitations?
How to judge where and how AI can help or not.

Dr Dirk Held

Dr Dirk Held is the co-founder of DECODE marketing consultancy GmbH and also aimpower GmbH, DECODE’s sister company that specialises in AI. He is one of the leading experts in translating scientific findings into actual marketing practice. Author of several bestselling books on the topic of neuromarketing, he advises international brands on how to optimise their marketing activities. Dirk has a degree in psychology, an MBA and his PhD in behavioural economics was about the influence of brands on purchasing decisions. His most recent publication was the book ‘AI in brand management’ (published in German in 2019).
Phil Barden

Phil Barden is Managing Director of DECODE marketing ltd. After 25 years in client-side brand management (Unilever, Diageo, T-Mobile), Phil became a client of DECODE. The impact of their behavioural science approach on T-Mobile’s relaunch was so commercially successful that Phil quit to join DECODE and set it up in the UK. Author of ‘Decoded. The Science Behind Why We Buy’ and a Fellow of The Marketing Society, Phil works with many clients and agencies in the application of behavioural science to day-to-day brand and shopper marketing activities.

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Once registered, login for the session is https://meet.goto.com/145863309

Knowledge Share: Desk Research Uncovered - practical tips for market research professionals
2023-06-06 16:00 - 16:45 (Europe/London) | Online – GoToWebinar
This session has been sponsored by E-tabs, bringing cutting edge automated charting for your projects in PowerPoint & Google Slides

In this session, ICG member Fiona Silver, Silver Research Services, talks to us about Desk Research.

Specifically, she’ll cover:

Desk research – The Basics. What it is and when and why you should use it
13 top tips to help you undertake desk research
Desk research and AI – ideas on how AI can facilitate the process

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionasilver/

Fiona Silver

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How do qual researchers feel about generative AI?
2023-06-08 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
This webinar has been generously sponsored by Qualzy

This session is for people who want to know how qual researchers feel towards Generative AI. It will be run by ICG member Tom Woodnutt, Feeling Mutual Ltd.

The session is based on the results from an international industry survey and qualitative research discussion from February 2023, (hosted by Insight Platforms, sponsored by Qualzy) with 167 qual researchers. It includes ideas on how qual researchers can approach this fast changing space in order to get most value from it. The session will include a presentation and open discussion with attendees.

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Lunch&Learn: Optimizing Qualitative Research: Exploring the AI-Driven Capabilities of Qualzy
2023-06-14 13:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Online – GoToWebinar
Join this Lunch&Learn for an insightful exploration of the Qualzy platform’s brand-new AI-based features and their applications in qualitative research projects. This presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of the impact of generative AI on planning, design, moderation, engagement, analysis, and reporting, offering a fresh perspective on enhancing research efficiency and effectiveness.

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(Once registered, login is https://meet.goto.com/815667629)

Designing and delivering hybrid events - a taster
2023-06-22 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
This webinar provides some ‘frames’ for tackling the complexity of hybrid (both face to face and online) events, including

a glimpse of our approach to designing and facilitating hybrid events

negotiating with clients
designing for engagement
Insights from case studies of hybrid events we’ve run.

Orla Cronin

Orla is a research psychologist, facilitator, trainer and consultant – her clients are mainly NGOs and other civil society organisations. She was an active member of the ICG for several years until the focus of her business changed. In fact, she is still in touch with some of you!
In over twenty years of facilitating, Orla has developed a broad toolkit of live and virtual facilitation methods. She has been providing training in both face to face and virtual facilitation since 2015. Her first hybrid workshop took place in 2017 and since then, with some talented colleagues – Una McAlinden and Kim Roth Howe – she’s been refining her experience and approach to these unusually challenging gatherings. they’ve delivered their latest Zoom and Miro based training in Designing and Delivering Hybrid Events to several hundred individuals and organisations across the US, UK and Europe, including to the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Great Britain China Centre, the Soil Association, University of Durham and NHS Health and Care Research Wales.

Special offer to ICG members:
If you are interested in attending our training, we have a short (2.5 hour) ‘bootcamp’ running on October 18th (https://hybridmeetingbootcamp2023.eventbrite.co.uk) , and a 3 session ‘deep dive’ masterclass scheduled for September 12th, 13th and 14th (https://hybridmeetingmasterclassSept2023.eventbrite.co.uk) . Use the discount code ICG23 to get 15% off either course.
Orla Cronin also runs other training options – see here for more info: Facilitation training OCR ICG 2023
REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR HERE
Once you’ve registered, login for the webinar is: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9884032090pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 988 403 2090
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Contact Orla
www.orlacronin.com
www.framework.org.uk
Twitter:@croninorla, @frameworkorg, @ica_uk
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/orla-cronin-8072442

Lunch&Learn with CoLoop
2023-06-28 13:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London)
Join Alex Coonar and Jack Bowen, founders of CoLoop, to;

get a bit of background and introduction for CoLoop
Have a demo of it
Hear more about future developments & roadmap
Have an opportunity to ask them questions

CoLoop

CoLoop is the AI copilot for qualitative research and can help independent researchers compete with bigger less agile teams.
AI in research is now table stakes and an overwhelming 90% of firms are now investing in AI tooling.
CoLoop are building with the specific thesis that the sum of researchers with AI tooling will significantly out-compete either individual part.
CoLoop is currently in pilot phase or on live projects with ~30 consultancies including several global players across more than 8 countries.
Jack Bowen and Alex Coonar
Jack, CEO of CoLoop, and Alex, CMO of CoLoop, started building AI tools for research after graduating university in 2020.They tarted with genei, a note taking and summarisation tool aimed at students and researchers.
They raised a venture backed seed round from Silicon Valley investors in 2021, and then scaled to thousands of users and more than $1M+ in sales.
They developed CoLoop to solve the problems they experienced with customer and discovery interviews.
https://www.coloop.ai/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-at-coloop/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-coonar-606622129/
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Knowledge Share: Shopper Research
2023-07-04 16:00 - 16:45 (Europe/London)
This Knowledge Share session has been generously sponsored by E-Tabs, bringing cutting edge automated charting for your projects in PowerPoint & Google Slides
This session is designed to give a flavour of what shopper research is all about for those fairly new to the topic, who may be asked to consider this approach by their clients. There are always new things to learn, changes in consumer behaviour, and a myriad of products on offer, so more experienced researchers are welcome to join, but it will be kept at a fairly introductory level given the short amount of time. It will briefly cover different approaches and their merits, eye-tracking and a few practical hints and tips that may be helpful in field. It would be lovely to pass on some insights that may save another poor soul from freezing in the chiller aisle or getting footsore as they run back and forth in a massive Tesco! So do join this session if it sounds like you may find it useful.
Nanda Marchant

Nanda is a qualitative consultant with a long track record. Beginning her research career at a full service London agency, she went on to head up customer satisfaction studies at Barclaycard and then marketing roles at Barclays, before taking the plunge as a freelancer 20 years ago. Though specialising in finance early on, as many consultants will testify, they can apply their expertise to many different topics. So, in recent years she has also built a wealth of knowledge in shopper research, having haunted many a biscuit aisle and bustling bread counter to bring brands an insight into how their customers think, browse and purchase.
www.addedinsight.co.uk

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Lunch&Learn with VisionsLive
2023-07-05 13:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | https://zoom.us/j/2071827436
We welcome Nikki Baines from VisionsLive to run this Lunch&Learn for us.

VisionsLive is an online qualitative research platform. They provide support services: 24-hour ticketing service, project manager assigned to assist with every project, full service available (moderation, recruitment, sims trans) as well as a platform-only approach.
They also offer:

Webcam & Audio Focus Groups & IDIs
Text Chat Focus Groups and IDIs
Bulletin Board Communities

Whatever methodology you choose, the same key features are available:

Whiteboards
Heatmaps
Polls
Reporting

Although VisionsLive may also be a small team, our extensive experience has allowed us to build a vast network and a substantial supplier database. They offer both full-service and platform-only packages, ensuring flexibility to meet your specific needs. They also provide various payment options to make it convenient for you.
https://visionslive.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/visionslive-limited/mycompany/

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The ICG's Annual Summer Party
2023-07-06 18:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Sir Christopher Hatton, 4 Leather Lane,, London, , EC1N 7RA
Come and join us in celebrating summer. Open to ICG members and non-members.
We’ll be in the raised bit of the bar. Food and drink available. £25+VAT+Eventbrite fee
Special thanks to our main co-sponsors, Bilendi , the preferred panel provider used by consultants all over the UK and Europe, and Reflections. a beautiful, adaptable, bright and creative facility for market research in the Northwest.

BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE
We look forward to welcoming you.

Introduction to AMSR - a free resource for storytelling and bringing context to research and insights
2023-07-13 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | ICG Zoom Room: https://zoom.us/s/2071827436?pwd=[REDACTED]
Please join ICG member Judith Staig for this webinar.

Tim Harford advises that, when we see a number, we should ask ‘is that a big number?’ One of the ways we can answer that question is to look at recent history. For example, is the interest rate high? Only when compared with the last few years – back in November 1979, it was 17%.
This webinar will introduce you to the AMSR – a fantastic free resource for researchers. The AMSR curates post-war market research projects, papers, and publications and is full of nuggets of gold that will help you put context around today’s markets, find data to spin stories around and bring your insights to life.
The webinar uses the three recent AMSR publications to showcase stories about key issues of our time such as women at work, sustainability, diversity and inclusion, inflation and referendums, as well as to report on the changes and developments we have seen in our industry. Link to publications here
What will I learn? You will know how to use the AMSR for your own research and also what you can do to become involved with what is one of the foremost and most valuable charitable endeavours in our industry.
Judith Staig

Judith is a writer and content strategist working in the research and insights sector. She helps AMSR with marcomms as a volunteer.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-staig-993153/

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The 5 ways to grow your business’s profits
2023-07-26 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | ICG Zoom Room: https://zoom.us/s/2071827436?pwd=[REDACTED]
This webinar has been generously sponsored by Perspective Research Services.

Many business owners work hard to improve their profits but miss an opportunity to make significant gains to the bottom line by leveraging 5 often overlooked inputs; the ‘5 Ways’.
This simple but effective approach will give you clarity on how to grow your business and actionable steps that you can implement immediately.
Justin will demonstrate how focusing on 5 areas of your business can deliver a 50% increase in revenue and a 60% growth in gross profit using proven strategies and tactics.
Justin Charlton-Jones

Justin is an experienced business leader and public speaker who has successfully led and grown 5 small businesses in the UK. His passion is working with small businesses to help them grow. He now leads a business coaching company, but previously worked in the research and insight sector where he managed and grew a number of independent consultancies as well as running a UK division of an international agency.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-charlton-jones/

Mental Fitness: 3 keys to better stress management
2023-07-27 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | ICG Zoom Room: https://zoom.us/s/2071827436?pwd=[REDACTED]
How often have you felt stressed of late? A 2021 Gallup poll showed that 44% of us felt stressed, just yesterday!
Stress is a regular and frequent factor in our lives these days, and can be triggered by everything from work pressure, to home life, money and relationships. But its how we deal with it that can be crucial to our performance and wellbeing.
In this session we’ll explore

Worrying increase of stress levels globally (and impact within the insights industry)
The anatomy of stress
My story of how stress became a form of self sabotage
Mental Fitness techniques to deal with stress
Q&A

Not only will you learn about stress and how it affects you, but you’ll come away with 3 powerful mental fitness techniques to help you deal with stress whenever it arises.
Lara Meyer

Lara is a researcher turned professional coach who has a degree in Psychology (BSc) and is trained in multiple coaching methodologies (Co-Active and Positive Intelligence) and is an accredited member (ACC) of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She brings a multitude of leadership skills from a corporate career spanning almost 20 years in Research with TNS, Kantar, Hall & Partners, as wellas client-side at Microsoft & Hive and now supports growing start-ups via her consultancy Scale Up Insight.
She is committed to empowering senior leaders within the research and insights space to bringout the best in themselves, their teams and their companies.
Women’s Leadership Coach (lara-meyer.com)
lara@lara-meyer.com

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Knowledge Share: Mystery Shopping - What? Why? How?
2023-08-01 16:00 - 16:45 (Europe/London) | https://zoom.us/j/2071827436
This Knowledge Share session has been generously sponsored by E-Tabs, bringing cutting edge automated charting for your projects in PowerPoint & Google Slides

Join us at this Knowledge Share, presented by Carole Arvanitis, Newlann Mystery Shopping

What will be covered?

What is mystery shopping?
What it gives you.
When and why people buy it.
How you do it

About Carole

After many years with GfK Mystery Shopping, I set up on my own in 2014 and launched Newlann. With only three of us, we are much smaller than most mystery shopping companies. What we try to offer is an in-depth service really thinking about what needs to be evaluated and how the results can be used to make improvements. We tend to work on fairly small projects, often quite complex and challenging ones. We have our own bespoke IT platform and a panel of about 8,000 shoppers across the country.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolearvanitis-newlannmysteryshopping/
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MRS Inclusion Pledge - PANEL DEBATE and Q&A SESSION
2023-08-08 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Join us on Tuesday 12 September, 11am-12 noon, for a Panel Debate and Q&A Session about the MRS Inclusion Pledge.

The panel will comprise of agency and client-side Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) representatives:

Rebecca Cole
Kate Dale
Theo Francis
Georgie White

In addition to hearing their perspectives on some relevant questions, you’ll also hear a bit more about how the Inclusion Pledge could fit your business, and have the opportunity to ask your own questions.
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Lunch & Learn with ResearchBods
2023-08-09 13:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | https://zoom.us/j/2071827436
Come and join us at this Lunch&Learn session with ResearchBods.

What will be covered?
ResearchBods is a UK based Global Data Collection partner that offers Agencies, Brands and Independent Consultants, a range of innovative online Qual and Quant Solutions. We combine tech with operational excellence to ensure consistent and high quality delivery across research projects.
We’d love to share a quick overview of our Online Community platform, our approach to ensuring Data Integrity during online Quant studies, and our introduction of AI solutions to enrich your insight delivery. Most of the session will be focused on Data Integrity, however, and the measures we put in place to ensure real people are providing the responses to your questions.
Why is ResearchBods a great fit for micro-businesses in research?
We’ve supported micro-businesses and freelancers for years, so we truly value the importance of offering a trusted partner service that can deliver time and again! Our service model is scaleable and can support self serve clients, or those that require full serve and everything in-between! The solutions we offer are not only industry leading, but we’re also massively competitive on price and our dedicated support teams will do whatever they can to help you convert projects.
Dale Henry, Sales Director

Dale has been at ResearchBods for 7 years, working across various Product Solutions in a client servicing capacity. Dale’s passion lies within tech enablement and supporting clients with making strategic business decisions through accurate data delivery.
https://researchbods.strat7.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/strat7.researchbods/mycompany/
Discount for ICG members
As mentioned our project prices are always competitive, we rarely lose out on price. We’re happy to offer 15% discount to ICG members on the first project commissioned with us.
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Knowledge Share: Do more with less - an introduction to insight synthesis
2023-09-07 14:00 - 14:45 (Europe/London) | ICG Zoom Room: https://zoom.us/s/2071827436?pwd=[REDACTED]
This Knowledge Share has been generously sponsored by Opinion Hub

Insight budgets are under pressure. Rather than commission new projects, our clients are being asked to do more with what they already know. In this introduction to insight synthesis, we’ll show you how to maximise the value in your client’s existing research.
We’ll cover:
– Why you should synthesise your insight
– Four simple steps to follow
– Tools and techniques to help
– And pitfalls to avoid
Dan Young

Dan set up Shed Research to help organisations make more of their existing research. In the past year, he’s been doing this for HSBC UK, Cancer Research UK, General Mills, Guide Dogs, and BSH Group (the people behind Bosch and Siemens). In 2020, Dan was fortunate enough to win the ICG/MRS Independent Consultant Award. He’s a frequent speaker on the topic of insight synthesis and regularly trains insight teams how to make more of their existing insight.
Shed Research Consulting
+44 (0)7980 988 762

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MRS Inclusion Pledge: PANEL DEBATE and Q & A
2023-09-12 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London)
Join us on Tuesday 12 September, 11am-12 noon, for a Panel Debate and Q&A Session about the MRS Inclusion Pledge.

The panel will comprise of agency and client-side Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) representatives:

Rebecca Cole
Kate Dale
Theo Francis
Nick Baker
Georgie White

In addition to hearing their perspectives on some relevant questions, you’ll also hear a bit more about how the Inclusion Pledge could fit your business, and have the opportunity to ask your own questions.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PLEDGE AND SIGN UP HERE
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Knowledge Share: Making Introversion Work
2023-09-12 16:00 - 16:45 (Europe/London) | https://zoom.us/j/2071827436
This Knowledge Share has been generously sponsored by Opinion Hub
This Knowledge Share will be presented by Carol Raithatha, Carol Raithatha Ltd.
Introverts as compared to be extroverts can be defined as people who are more reflective, prefer calm and quiet environments, and get their energy from spending time alone. They may also be shy or reserved. This is at odds with our business environment which focuses on action, speed, networking, and self-promotion. Being an introvert and a consultant can be difficult. But introverts have much to offer.
This Knowledge Share session will discuss a few typical ‘troubling’ type situations for introverts and suggest tips for working through those, both from the point of view of an introverted person and from someone who is collaborating with introverts. We will finish off the session with a brief look at how tailored coaching can help introverts flourish at work.
Carol Raithatha

Carol is the Director of Carol Raithatha Limited, a consultancy specialising in food and drink research, sensory evaluation, qualitative and desk research, and B2B approaches. In addition, Carol Raithatha Limited offers coaching to research and related professionals. Carol is a strategic thinker with a pragmatic mindset. Carol holds an ILM Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring, an MBA, and is a Certified Member of the MRS and a member of the ICG and AQR.
Carol Raithatha Limited
www.carolraithatha.co.uk
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Lunch & Learn with Yonder Data Solutions
2023-09-13 13:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | https://zoom.us/j/2071827436
We welcome Daniel Singham from Yonder Data Solutions to run this Lunch&Learn for us.

In the ever-evolving world of market research, data quality concerns have become more prominent than ever. At Yonder Data Solutions, we take pride in the quality of data we deliver to our clients. By placing respondents at the heart of the research process and employing a combination of automated quality checks and manual checks carried out by our experienced team, we ensure that our data always stands up to integrity.
We run several omnibus services via online and CATI, as well as ad-hoc UK and International work.
To find out more, join us for an exclusive lunch and learn on 13th September at 1pm hosted by our brilliant Commercial Director, Daniel Singham who has been in the industry for over 16 years and is on the MRS ED&I Council.
Yonder Data Solutions is a trusted online and telephone fieldwork and data collection agency based in the UK. We are an MRS Company partner, hold the ISO20252 standard for market research services and operate our highly respected online panel, Y Live.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-singham-2288346/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/yonderdatasolutions/

Yonder Data Solutions

Yonder Data Solutions

Who we are

Yonder Data Solutions

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