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Considerations for internal user research
Conducting user research with internal employees can be common, especially in B2B organizations. For example, a company that produces facility management monitoring…
Survey screeners and training for teams
What is a survey screener and why do you need one for your user research recruiting? What platforms are used for these activities and how do they compare and contrast? Yesterday’s Fuel Your…
Survey Screeners for the win!
How’s it going? We’ve been super busy here at Curiosity Tank. Good busy! We are: Wrapping up a client consulting research study, Consulting with another client to help improve their UX…
9 tips for interviewing participants
Here are 9 tips I shared in our Ask Like A Pro user research workshop focused on interviewing participants and authoring discussion guides. We did a really fun “show me” activity and…
What’s sexier than data security?!
I admit, I have to force myself to get excited about data security. The reality is it's a big part of planning, recruiting, conducting, orchestrating, presenting and storing research. I’m finding the…
The 8th Ask Like a Pro cohort has started!
Last night we held our first workshop of the Winter 2022 Ask Like A Pro user research series. This is our 8th cohort! We start each series by focusing on research plans. We explored: What…
Avoid these 3 mistakes beginning researchers make!
A question I’m often asked as an experienced researcher and instructor is, “What’s the one mistake that every researcher makes when they first start out?” The thing is, there’s not just one…
There is no one right way to conduct user research
A question I’m often asked as an experienced user researcher and educator is, “What’s the one mistake that every researcher makes when they first start out?” The thing is, there’s not just one…
Using Dovetail for ResearchOps
Dovetail to manage ResearchOps? I'm consulting with a team to help improve their UX maturity, user research acumen, and related partnerships and processes. They have made incredible…
Evaluative research 101
WIN! This morning I led a private user research workshop on Evaluative Research for a global B2B team headquartered in France. This is the third of seven workshops for this awesome group. I love…
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