Joan Rinaldi

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Reminiscing and looking ahead

When I was in academics in the early ‘90s, debates (still) raged over the value of soft versus hard …

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Joan Rinaldi

I love finding the unexpected and solving problems in research.

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Joan Rinaldi

Senior Director, Research Services

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Sonya Turner

I love finding the story that exists inside every job we do, the thread that ties together.

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Sonya Turner

Director, Insights

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Julia Eisenberg

I love a great story – numbers are nice, but nothing is more compelling than hearing directly from your consumers.

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Julia Eisenberg

Vice President, Insights

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Mike Steinberg

The most adventurous thing I’ve done is travel via dilapidated boat (it may have been held together by bubblegum) to get up close and personal with giant Hippos guarding their young.

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EVP, Business Development

Becky Sarniak

What I love about research is learning about people and what they think. Discovering the reasoning behind behavior and what motivates people to move from a plan of action to action itself.

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Becky Sarniak

Manager, Moderating Services

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Chelsea Gibbons

I explore by getting lost, which I manage to do on a regular basis. I have been told by multiple people that they would not be my partner on “Amazing Race,” because my sense of direction is so poor.

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Chelsea Gibbons

Strategic Director

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Holly Savage

I love qualitative research for the same reason I love teaching—using creative questions and questioning methods to help elicit innovative thoughts on any subject.

Holly Savage

Senior Director, Client Services

The results we received from the iModerate one-on-one, in-depth conversations were much more enlightening than what we typically garner from open-ended verbatim responses. The live moderator offers us the ability and flexibility to probe deeper on certain points, enabling us to get stronger, less vague information. That unique capability has proved extremely valuable to us, and has made this IM-based platform an integral part of our research toolbox.

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