NewMR Tips

Asking Demographic Questions – ChatGPT Tip #1

One way to use ChatGPT is to check your questionnaire design by asking ChatGPT to generate a questionnaire. In the example below, I have asked ChatGPT to show me the most important demographic questions to include in a

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Who writes the better short story, Ray or ChatGPT?

I wanted to check out ChatGPT4’s story writing. So, here is a quick experiment. First, I write a short story about a dystopian future based on AI and market research. Then, I asked ChatGPT4 to improve it. Below are both stories.

Optimism about insights

Most researchers are optimistic about insights

In June, NewMR conducted a study with 270 insight professionals to establish a benchmark for the state of the research industry.

The main message from this study is that the insight professionals we spoke to tend to be optimistic about the state of insights. When we collect the next wave of data later in the year, we will get a better indication of the way things are going. However, it is also important to note that 10% of our participants described themselves as pessimistic about the state of insights.

Think Feel Do

The Think, Feel, Do! approach to communication, presentations & storytelling

Think, Feel, Do! explains a process where the analysis identifies the message that needs to be conveyed, the Do! is what we want to happen after the message has been communicated. Think is the method we find the Do! Feel is the mechanism that promotes the Do!. In this post, I will explain these three steps: Do! then Think, then Feel.

New Skills

Five online training courses

For many years Ray Poynter has been offering training courses to a range of private and public organisations. Four of these courses are now being offered directly to NewMR’s contacts.

AMSR

The Archive of Market and Social Research – a great key to learning

My mind has been blown away by what I saw this evening at an AMRS event in London. AMRS (Archive of Market and Social Research) is a freely accessible collection of research materials going back decades, and I was delighted to be invited to attend. Please check out the Archive by clicking here.