Dear Reader,

Welcome to our newest quarterly newsletter! The goal is to provide greater insight into our products and services, and to keep you informed of the impact mobile data collection is having on survey research in various industries.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Techneos™ welcomes Lorraine Macdonald on board as VP of Client Services

Lorraine brings a wealth of experience in the market research industry. She started her career at MarkTrend Research, which later became Market Facts and then Synovate in 2003. In her 23 years as a supplier of marketing research, she has had vast experience dealing with the various challenges of project management with different methodologies, including face-to-face interviewing. We look forward to working with her as our software and service offerings grow!

Techneos-To-Go™ service bureau now for hire

As you've probably heard by now, Techneos launched its own face-to-face service bureau, Techneos-To-Go, in early June. We have already experienced significant demand for services, and are in the process of expanding both our staff and hardware inventory to prepare for even greater demand. We look forward to working with you on your next project!

To find out how Techneos can help you with your next in-person interviewing project, please check out the Techneos-To-Go portion of our website.

CEO Mark Cameron to speak at MRA webinar

Mark will provide a brief overview of the history, present state and future potential of mobile interviewing. He will leave participants with an increased awareness of mobile survey technology, and a view of how future technology trends may profoundly affect the entire field of survey research. Beyond the traditional challenges of replacing paper forms with electronic forms, he will address the potential impact of mobile computing on all forms of research data collection. Mark will discuss:

  • How mobile computing, telephony and the Internet are converging to create new challenges and opportunities for researchers
  • The differences between various technology-aided methods for personal interviewing (vendor-agnostic comparison of methods, not specific hardware or software)
  • Vocabulary and terms relating to wireless communications and mobile computing

Interested in listening in?

When: August 21, 2007 @ 12PM EST
Where: The MRA Event Portal

Coming Soon...

Keep your ears and eyes tuned in for our upcoming announcement of a Techneos-hosted conference to be held in 2008 - you won't want to miss it!

EXPERT'S CORNER
Did you know?

Entryware™ Server can further the usability of Entryware in a great many ways! With Entryware Server you can:

  • Manage large projects from one central location
  • View results up-to-the-minute while projects are in process
  • View top line reports
  • And so much more...
This quarter, our experts share with you ways you can use Entryware Server to your advantage. Check out this Expert's Corner article in our Knowledge Base!

Join us every newsletter as our developers provide tips and tricks that you can implement to increase the efficiency and productivity of your Entryware projects!

QUARTERLY SUCCESS STORY
Gfk NOP (on behalf of a consumer goods client)

Working with an in-store merchandising company, GfK NOP was tasked with finding a solution to replace dual-entry processing for reporting. Realizing that they needed to eliminate inefficiencies, they turned to Entryware Mobile software, allowing the store to decrease its reporting cycle from 24 hours to one hour. Click here to read the whole story...

TECHNEOS ON THE ROAD
ASC (Association for Survey Computing)
September 12-14, 2007
Southampton, UK

Mark Cameron will be speaking at the ASC 2007 Conference: The Challenges of a Changing World. The future of survey computing, as well as mobile computing, is of course a passion of Cameron's, and this should prove a great event for anyone in the market research industry wanting to discuss the future of survey research. More information is available here.

ESOMAR Congress
September 16-19, 2007
Berlin, Germany

Marking ESOMAR's 60th anniversary, the 2007 Congress is being held at the Hotel InterContinental in Berlin. Highlighting the excellence and achievements of market research past, as well as discussing and showcasing the potential of the market research future, explore the role of market research in business and society. To find out more, visit the ESOMAR website.

IIR "The Market Research Event 2007"
October 14-18, 2007
Los Angeles, California

Known to many as THE world's top MR event, the IIR is hosting the Market Research Event in Los Angeles this October.

If you plan to attend you can receive 15% off your registration by using our sponsor link.

MRA Fall Conference
Ocober 24-26, 2007
Atlanta, Georgia

Discover the latest tools and how to apply them to your business, expand your knowledge of marketing research and establish a network of research professionals in your field at the Fall MRA conference. We hope to see you there!

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