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The population will reach 10 billion, Hans Rosling can prove it with cardboard boxes Big Data The population will reach 10 billion, Hans Rosling can prove it with cardboard boxes Like many people I am a fan of Hans Rosling’s Ted talks. He seems to bring data alive… 19 May 2015 Should opinions polls be banned in the run up to elections? Market Research Should opinions polls be banned in the run up to elections? For those of you who do not follow UK news, there was an election last week in the… 12 May 2015 May roundup of NewMR News Blogging May roundup of NewMR News Here is our May round up of NewMR news, containing links to some great blogs and upcoming news.… 7 May 2015 What do NewMR people think about the leading MR countries? Asia What do NewMR people think about the leading MR countries? In order to understand more about what NewMR people think about the contribution to market research of the… 4 May 2015 NewMR Update – All about social media Uncategorized NewMR Update – All about social media This post is an online version of the NewMR mailing from w/c 26 April – plus some extra… 30 April 2015 What’s special about Keen as Mustard? Advertising What’s special about Keen as Mustard? The post below is the result of a discussion between Ray Poynter from NewMR and Lucy Davison from… 29 April 2015 98% Pure Potato a book about pioneers of Account Planning Uncategorized 98% Pure Potato a book about pioneers of Account Planning A guest blog by John Griffiths, talking about his exciting new project to crowdfund and launch a book… 26 April 2015 What’s special about MESH, the Experience Agency? Advertising What’s special about MESH, the Experience Agency? The post below is the result of a discussion between Ray Poynter from NewMR and Fiona Blades, President… 20 April 2015 Collaborative Review of Social Media Research – The Spec Market Research Collaborative Review of Social Media Research – The Spec News Update! Lenny Murphy and GreenBook have joined the project, which means the contributors to the project will… 13 April 2015 What does communicating results mean? Advertising What does communicating results mean? Over the last 20 years the understanding of what communicating market research results means has changed. It used… 12 April 2015