Recent speaking gigs
Aug. 10th | Posted by Heather Carine
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Heather has recently been speaking to audiences about using market intelligence for starting and growing companies. Read more... The business of getting a better question to answer
Apr. 16th | Posted by Heather Carine
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If ever there was a time to hone your skills at getting to the essence of the matter, it is now.
With information users overwhelmed with information overload, and needing to sift through too much irrelevant material to find a few nuggets of insight, the ability to drill down to the essence of the matter, is a valuable skill. Read more... The importance of getting the research brief right
Apr. 16th | Posted by Heather Carine
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Getting the research brief right has always been an important skill for corporate librarians.
Interpreting their colleagues’ technical information research requests, tracking down the right information, and meeting demanding time frames is all in a day’s work for corporate librarians. Read more... Spicing up your sources
Sep. 2nd | Posted by Heather Carine
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Researchers love their sources, like cooks love their sauces. Also like cooks, researchers are constantly expanding their collection of sources to turn to. Like good product testing, each week time is set aside to get to know a few new sources for finding, sharing or managing information. It is all part of building in quality and reassurance into delivering research services.
Read more... Connecting the little dots
Aug. 7th | Posted by Heather Carine
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Research is all about connecting lots and lots of little dots to find the answer. People in business are often looking for granular information, which isn’t obvious or easy to find, to help to support or challenge their business ideas, strategies, or proposals.
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