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Gregg Peterson 29th June 2007
Gregg Peterson of India-based Ugam Solutions on the rationale for basing an international CATI operation in expensive London rather than their traditional homeground. View related DRNO article


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Dave Cobban 7th June 2007
Dave Cobban, Planning Director at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, on the shift from traditional one-way advertising to ongoing conversations and true engagement. Recorded live at ESOMAR.


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Mike Sherman 31st May 2007
Synovate's Mike Sherman on switching from management consultancy to research, and on the viral phenomenon that is the 'Synovate Rap' video.


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Manjima Khandelwal 17th May 2007
Manjima Khandelwal, Senior VP of Nielsen Customized Research, on launch of the groundbreaking brand health management tool, Brand3 ['Brand Cubed'].


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Andrew Swift 8th May 2007
Andrew Swift, MD of recruiters pricejamieson, on why he and co-owner Ann Jamieson decided to sell to US-based Aquent.
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Dave Remer and Fernando Miranda 1st May 2007
Dave Remer and Fernando Miranda MD,
co-founders of Lucid Systems, on how neuroscience will change the way advertising effectiveness is measured.

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Hafsteinn Már Einarsson 19th April 2007
Hafsteinn Már Einarsson, Director of Market Research Development at Capacent, on what it took to convince the key TV and radio broadcasters in Iceland to adopt their Arbitron PPM system over the competition.
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Jo Hamilton 3rd April 2007
Jo Hamilton, the BBC's head of audience measurement, on some of the qualities they seek in agencies wanting to join their roster (applications deadline: Apr 16th).
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Peter Bowman 22nd March 2007
Peter Bowman, the newly appointed general manager for the joint industry body JICIMS, on his quest to develop a consumer-centric common currency for the internet to help strengthen the medium's appeal to advertisers. Apologies for the borderline sound quality - the content is good!
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Michael P. Connors 14th March 2007
Michael P. Connors, Chairman & CEO, Information Services Group on the $260m burning a hole in his pocket and how he intends to spend it.
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(11 mins):







David Day 13th March 2007
David Day, CEO Europe for Lightspeed Research, on current issues in online research, including research quality, skills gaps, and future priorities for expansion.

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Simon Vangelder 27th February 2007
Simon Vangelder, new MD of qual specialist TwoMinds, on tapping into the crucial 95% of the mind that traditional techniques cannot reach...
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Bob Chua 20th February 2007
At the tender age of 32, Pulse Group CEO Bob Chua is well on the way to achieving his ambition of running a publicly listed company. He talks about how the recent "significant" investment from VC JAIC will be spent, growth opportunities in Asia-Pacific and in online, and his brand of entrepreneurism.
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Dr Richard Wirthlin 9th February 2007
Dr Richard Wirthlin on his White House days as President Reagan's pollster, his firm's merger with Harris Interactive and his future plans.
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Kevin Steeds 2nd February 2007
Kevin Steeds, Chairman of Cello, on buying Rosenblatt and Digital People Online. And on the types of company he'd like to buy next...
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5th January 2007
The Way Of The Wiki: Paul Nesbitt gives an introduction to the basics of this topical technology and explains how he uses simple set-up wikis to improve collaboration and productivity at IDG Communications.

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20th December 2006 Martin Hayward
Martin Hayward, Director of Consumer Strategy and Futures at Tesco's insight marketing firm dunnhumby, on the response to ACNielsen entering their space and the rather positive challenge of having to manage strong growth.

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8th December 2006 Dr. Larry Ponemon
Dr. Larry Ponemon, the new Chairman of CASRO's Government & Public Affairs (GPA) Committee, on privacy issues facing the profession with the rise of new technology - and CASRO's response to them.

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8th December 2006 John Kearon
John Kearon, Chief Juicer at newly floated agency BrainJuicer, talks about the flotation process, transformations in research spend, and future ambitions and challenges.

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29th November 2006 Mainak Mazumdar
Mainak Mazumdar, VP of Measurement Services at Nielsen//NetRatings, on the tenfold expansion of his firm's RDD panel, and the new possibilities for online panels.

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23rd November 2006Roula Nasser
P&G's Roula Nasser, Director of Customer and Market Knowledge of Global P&G Beauty, on the importance of partnership with agencies to help raise the impact of research. Recorded live at the European Market Research Event.

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16th November 2006
Anat Amir, O2's Head of Product Experience and Research, on mobile TV user trials and future developments.

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9th November 2006Tom Markert
Tom Markert, President and CEO of new global division ACNielsen Loyalty, on entering a market that's seen Tesco's dunnhumby achieve huge success.
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3rd November 2006Pete Comley
In the wake of the UK government's Stern Report on Climate Change, Pete Comley, Chairman of Virtual Surveys explains his bold move to render his agency carbon neutral.
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31st October 2006

Adam Goodvach, co-founder of Australian customer experience firm Global Reviews on how his objective research methodology delivers better RoI.

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24th October 2006

Simon Everard, Group Chairman of b2b specialist Kadence, on opening a full service office in India and future geographic expansion.
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16th October 2006 Howard Gershowitz

Howard Gershowitz, co-Chair of CMOR, talks to MrWeb's Michael Kenyon about the recent respondent co-operation summit in the US.
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6th October 2006 Heidi Dickert

Heidi Dickert, VP of New Products at MarketTools, on the uses, logistics, and challenges involved in using mobiles/cellphones for survey research.
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27th September 2006 Simon Chadwick

Simon Chadwick on the formation of Gravitas, a new global strategic consultancy network targeting CEOs of MR agencies.
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22nd September 2006 Ian Pearson

Ian Pearson, futurologist at BT, on the impact of fast technological change and many other topics, interviewed at the ESOMAR Congress in London.

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Brian O'Rourke
13th September 2006

A review of the handheld, console and online gaming markets with Brian O'Rourke, Senior Analyst at In-Stat. View related DRNO article

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Warren Mitofsky 6th September 2006

A tribute to renowned US and worldwide pollster and research innovator Warren Mitofsky; by Joe Lenski, co-founder and Executive VP of Edison Media Research. View related DRNO article

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Prof. 

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Andreas Herrmann 31st August 2006

Prof. Dr. Andreas Herrmann talks about the setup and goals of the new Audi sponsored research centre at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland.
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Greg Novak25th August 2006

Greg Novak, CEO of Harris Interactive talks about the 'reinvention' of his company in the last year, and the challenges ahead.
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Mitch Barns17th August 2006

Mitch Barns, President of BASES and ACNielsen Analytic Consulting on the firm's P&G Preferred Supplier agreement. View related DRNO article

(8 mins):







Nicolas Metzke6th - 7th August 2006

Ciao's Nicolas Metzke on his promotion and launching an Indian panel.
Promotion / India


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1st August 2006

Nadhim Zahawi, Joint CEO and co-founder of YouGov. View related DRNO article

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25th July 2006

David Shanker, OTX View related DRNO article

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