Bob Lederer RBDR

FB, Twitter users express less offline; Skype to translate language in real time (RBDR 8/28/2014)

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Today on RBDR: 1) A Pew Research Center & Rutgers University study says Facebook and Twitter users are much less willing than most people to share their opinions offline about hot-button issues. There are obvious potential research implications from this. 2) Skype Translator is coming out this year to help break language barriers in real time between Skype users in different countries. 3) Comment from Farm Credit Canada market researcher Fred Wall regarding RBDR’s suggestion about renaming research functions “Decision Insights.”

Bob Lederer RBDR

P&G’s shift from MR dept to CMK (RBDR 8/27/14)

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Today on RBDR: 1) Does changing market research departments to Decision Insights make sense? A look back at what happened at P&G when the Market Research department became Consumer Market Knowledge 2) Millward Brown acquires InsightExpress to accelerate it cross-platform advertising effectiveness work.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

How General Mills successfully changed the name of its MR dept (RBDR 8/26/2014)

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Today on RBDR: 1) ARF President Gayle Fuguitt shares her experiences while with General Mills in changing the name of a MR department and suggests there may be some merit to the idea of “Decision Insights.” 2) A couple of analytics news items point to the need for more skilled analytics personnel.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

Brian Mondry on Apple, Google, etc entering pharma MR (PRVR 8/25 – 8/28/2014)

This week on Pharma Research VIDEO Report: 1) Private health care exchanges are popping up across the U.S. and getting the attention of employers.  2) Physicians report their need for updated media literature.  3) A Decision Resources’ study explains the value of package insert development during a new drug’s development to curtail consumer nonadherence.  4) InCrowd’s app is enabling a private, confidential, double-blinded setting for physicians to query each other.  5) Kantar Health Global Head of Digital Innovation, Brian Mondry, discusses the industry benefit of outsiders like Apple, Google and —– in advancing healthcare information.

Bob Lederer RFL Communications, Inc.

The case for MR depts to change to Decision Insights (RBDR 8/25/2014)

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Today on RBDR: 1) Bob Lederer makes his case for client research departments to rename themselves “Decision Insights” because it more accurately describes the department’s purpose and deliverables. 2) Dennis Murphy delivers what could be his final message to the research industry.