MRA's Fall Conference and Research Industry Forum
November 8-10, 2006
Phoenix, AZ
Program Overview
PRC

PRC Contact Hours for Fall Conference 2006 - Phoenix
November 15-17, 2006



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Contact Hour Credit Session Title/Presenter
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
2.5 Contact Hours Statistics

“Statistics II”
Michael Lieberman, Multivariate Solutions

2.5 Contact Hours Interviewing/Supervisory Skills

“Interviewer Motivation & Satisfaction: The Right Tools for the Right Results”
Robert Lowery, Kantar Operations;
Kathy Pilhuj, Scarborough Research

1.5 Contact Hours HR

“Protecting Your Intellectual Property/Non-Competes”
Steve Larson, Information Alliance

1.5 Contact Hours HR

“Hiring and Retaining Skilled Employees: Passion as Currency”
David Haynes, Western Wats

1.5 Contact Hours Negotiation

“Negotiation”
Jon Last, Gold Digest Publications; Ed Sugar, On-Line Communications Inc.

.45 Contact Hours Supplier/Client Interaction

Keynote Speaker: Mike Woodard, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Arizona
“The Top 10 Misunderstood Expectations of Research Clients”

Thursday, November 9, 2006
1 Contact Hour Marketing/Research Process

General Session: “How MR Influences Product Development”
Elissa Lee, TiVo

1 Contact Hour Supplier/Client Interaction

“Outsourcing- Selecting and Knowing Suppliers”
Nancy Muns, JD Power and Associates

1 Contact Hour Technology/Qualitative Research Techniques

“Cinema Vérité: Adds Value and Builds Business”
Jeanette Saquet, Business Research Group

1 Contact Hour Strategic Thinking

“Getting The C Suite To Listen”
Regina Lewis, Dunkin’ Brands

1 Contact Hour Technology

“Listening is the New Killer marketing Approach”
Diane Hessan, Communispace

1 Contact Hour Business Development

“Let A Guru Share How To Grow From Nothing To Millions Of Dollars In Business”
Debby Schlesinger-Hellman, PRC, Schlesinger Associates, Inc.

1 Contact Hour Statistics

“The Effective Use of Descriptive Statistics in MR”
Greg Haddow, Sempra Utilities

1 Contact Hour Qualitative Research Tech/ Project Management

“It’s a Moderator’s Life”
Merrill Shugoll, Shugoll Research

1 Contact Hour Supplier/Client Interaction; Strategic Thinking

“Effective Measurements of Marketing Research ROI”
Dawn Lesh; A Dawn Lesh International; Diane Schmalensee, Schmalensee Partners

1 Contact Hour Qualitative/Quantitative Techniques

“Combining In Home Use Tests with Real-Time Online Customer Feedback”
Peter Makey, Invoke Solutions

1 Contact Hour HR

“Build a Better Business by Cultivating Employee Satisfaction”
Debby Gateley, Insurance Is Fun!

1 Contact Hour Negotiating/Vendors; Problem ID/Resolution

“Playing the Field: Creating a stable Balancing Act”
Terry Salat, PRC, Adelphi Research By Design; Bette Ann Champion, GFK Strategic Marketing

1 Contact Hour Qualitative Research Techniques

“Futures Research (Can we really predict it?)”
Natalie Schoch, Kellogg

1 Contact Hour Fiscal Mgmt

“Reverse Auctions”
Cathy Winters, Kimberly Clark

1 Contact Hour Technology/Qualitative Research Techniques

“Exploring the Role of Respondent Trust in Online Research”
Birgi Martin, PhD & Sharon Albert, PhD., Lightspeed Research

1 Contact Hour Fiscal Mgmt.

“Let’s Make Money…or, At Least Track it Properly”
Kim Larson, Information Alliance

Friday, November 10, 2006
1 Contact Hour Problem ID/Resolution General Session: “The Future is Now: A Trend Report”
1 Contact Hour “Hitting the Ground Running"
Marketing Research Presentation
Report Writing

Development- A Cautionary Tale”
Keith Yim, Productive Access

TBD

“Using a Hybrid Qual/Quant Approach to Solve Business Questions”
Glen Misek, Abbott Labs

1 Contact Hour Technology

“Building Internal On-Line Panels”
Bryan Dorsey, John Deere

1 Contact Hour Technology/Data Collection Techniques

“Online Respondent Behavior and Research Quality”
Larry Fisher, Moderator

1 Contact Hour Business Management/HR

“Who will come after you? Succession Planning in Research Companies”
Michael Mitrano, Transition Strategies Corporation

1.5 Contact Hours Privacy

“What Respondents Think and What Laws and Privacy Information You Should Know”
CMOR Panel: Donna Gillin Esq., Patrick Glaser, Chris Lee, Esq.

If you are currently PRC certified : Please returned signed attendance form to MRA via fax to 860-682-1010 or to Jennifer Cattel at jennifer.cattel@mra-net.org Since this program has been pre-approved, we can automatically add your contact hours to your record. Hours will be added if they apply to your job category requirements.

 

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