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SUMMARY:Mystery shopping - Is it truly market research?
DESCRIPTION:This Market Research Society (MRS) event\, free for members or non-members\, will look at: \n\nWhen to use mystery shopping and when market research\nSurvey fatigue – what is cheap is not necessarily effective\nMystery Shopping pricing\nDIY or sub-contracting\nTips for successful sub-contracting\nFuture trends in mystery customer research\n\nTime: 6:00-7:00pm\, followed by drinks and networking \n\n\nKeynote speaker\n\n\n\nPaul Grafton\nPaul Grafton spent five years as an Army officer following university\, before a 13 year career with British Airways in various cabin service management roles\, including Inflight Product Manager for narrow bodied aircraft and Concorde\, and Training Manager for Shorthaul & Concorde cabin crew. Paul was chosen to take part in BA’s ‘Top Flight’ senior management development programme which included an MBA from Lancaster University. In 1991 he left BA to set up Mystery Shoppers\, which has grown to be one of the UK’s leading specialist customer experience research agencies. Paul is a Certified Management Consultant and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. His wealth of experience in the use of mystery shopping for performance management and other business objectives within a variety of industries gives him a privileged insight into how mystery shopping can best fit within the research sector.
URL:https://www.laria.org.uk/event/mystery-shopping-is-it-truly-market-research/
LOCATION:Armada House\, Telephone Avenue\, Bristol\, BS1 4BQ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:LARIA Annual Conference 2016
DESCRIPTION:Why should you attend the LARIA Annual Conference?\n\nSupport your professional development: We bring you the latest thinking on the issues that matter\nLearn from the best: We have brought together leading experts in the field of local area research including the Institute for Government and NIHR Public Health Research\nShare your ideas with colleagues: More UK local area research professionals attend our events than any other \nCelebrate Success: Find out who has won the LARIA Local Area Research Awards and take part in the Local Area Research Fortnight – Enter here\n\nDo it your way: Choose which workshops to attend\, so you get the most from the conference\n\nKeynote Speakers include: \n\nDr Jo Casebourne: Programme Director\, Institute for Government\nAbdool Kara: Chief Executive\, Swale Borough Council and Policy Spokesperson on Evidence Based Policy for Solace\nJohn Pullinger CB: UK National Statistician\, Head of the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority\nRobert Radburn: Research and Information Team Leader\, Leicestershire County Council\nCatherine Staite: Director of INLOGOV and Research Facilitator for Local Government\nPatrick Tate: Director\, Location Strategy & Analytics\, CACI Ltd\nColin Wojtowycz: Customer Insight Business Partner\, Warrington Borough Council\n\nBook Now: \n\nTwo days at conference\, accommodation and awards dinner ticket from £339 (including discounts)\nDay tickets from £149 (including discounts)\nThe conference will be worth 9 hours towards the Market Research Society CPD (* please note you must be an MRS Member to gain these hours).\nEmail admin@laria.org.uk for more information and details on sponsorship
URL:https://www.laria.org.uk/event/laria-annual-conference-2016/
LOCATION:University of Birmingham\, Arts Building\, Edgbaston\, Birmingham\, B15 2TT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:hidden,Local Area Research Fortnight Events
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SUMMARY:The Evaluation Society Conference 2016
DESCRIPTION:The 2016 Annual Evaluation Conference will take place once again at the Holiday Inn Regents’ Park\, London on 27-28 April. The call for proposals for presentations will be circulated during the autumn. \nFeedback from some of the delegates who attended this year’s conference included: \n• “Good speakers of high calibre\, interesting topics\, good balance of theoretical input and practical experience”\n• “The discussion in the parallel sessions was of a very high standard this year\, I did not hear one disappointing talk”\n• “Well organised\, with enough time to network and good balance between plenary sessions and parallel sessions”\n• “I value the conference as an open platform to discuss evaluation methodologies beyond the contractual relationships we face in our daily work”\n• “Brought together a diverse range of evaluators from all over the world\, with detailed technical content”\n• “Overall a good event\, helping to motivate to learn more about different methods of evaluating and hearing other people’s experiences”\n• “A useful break from day-to-day NGO delivery to think about bigger issues and sparked some ideas for potential follow up in internal systems”\n• “As ever\, I came away excited to be an evaluator and buzzing with ideas” \nSave the date!
URL:https://www.laria.org.uk/event/the-evaluation-society-2016-annual-evaluation-conference/
LOCATION:Holiday Inn Regents’ Park\, Carburton Street\, W1W 5EE\, United Kingdom
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