Five Things We Did to Pull off In-Person Research in the Middle of a Pandemic

We just finished fieldwork on a user experience project that would have been challenging in normal times, but was made doubly so since we’re in the middle of a global pandemic.

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A Snapshot of Americans During COVID-19

The past month has been challenging for all of us as we adjust to a new normal. We did a national survey and a qualitative deep dive to see what people are thinking, feeling, and doing these days.

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Love in the Time of COVID

We've been sharing our recent research on consumers' state of mind during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Physical and Emotional Realities During a Pandemic

We're delighted to share some more findings from our recent research about Americans' experience during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Lemonade for You on Our 1st Birthday

Today marks the one-year anniversary of my solo act as Jessica Broome Research coming to an end, and the assembling of the amazing team that has become Southpaw Insights.

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My Data Driven Approach to New Year’s Resolutions

Every December, I love to do a year-end assessment of my life and plan for the new year ahead.

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Southpaw by the Numbers

Southpaw Insights has had an exciting year of growth, adventure, and research.

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Happy National Women Entrepreneurs Day!

To celebrate, I want to share a labor of love that I’ve worked on with three other women-owned businesses over the past year.

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Moderating Tips Learned at the Bar

I’m always looking for parallels between my research life and my non-research life. Just as playing the ukulele made me a better report writer and ordering decaf coffee influenced my questionnaire

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After a three-day conversation with 12 strangers about peeing in their pants, I can now safely say I will talk to anyone about anything. Let me back up. Last month,

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  It’s been a busy few weeks, including a mid-winter trip to America’s heartland! I had never been to Kansas City before, so when I was approached by a food

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I’m finally recovering from jet lag after presenting last month at the Groningen Symposium on Language and Social Interaction in the Netherlands! The crux of my presentation is this: Telephone interviewers

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Improv comedy and research might seem like strange bedfellows, but more and more I’ve seen the two collide. The main takeaway from my work on telephone survey introductions was that being

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Highs and Lows from a Global In-home and Shopalong Study

Last week I gave an overview of one of my favorite projects from last year, a global qualitative study on beverages. I thought you might like to see what a few days

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One of my favorite projects in 2013 was a global study on beverages.  The client wanted to know about the kinds of beverages people were making at home, as well as what

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After qualitative research, my clients often ask questions like “What were the key take-aways from respondents in this market?” This is what they’re concerned about, and rightfully so; it’s their

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