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17+ Ways to Optimize Your Time Between Sessions
As a researcher, you might find yourself with unexpected downtime between sessions. Halle-freaking-lu-jah!! Right? Perhaps a participant no-showed, or you have extra time because a session…
Join us for "Prioritizing Research for Impact" led by Carol Rossi.
As researchers, we’re always looking for ways to get more impact from research. One way to do that is to take on only projects that will be most valuable for the organization. And doing that can be tricky…
Thrilled to announce our long-awaited "Expert Training Series"!
PLEASE JOIN US! Thrilled to announce our long-awaited "Expert Training Series"! This is a partnership between Curiosity Tank and top practitioners who are super passionate and have achieved utter…
Don’t ask “what do you want?”
In user research, we never ask participants "what do you want?” for several reasons. And while this may be obvious to come, the reasons behind it may not. Participants often do not know what they…
NEW! Introducing the Expert Series
We're thrilled to announce our long awaited "Expert Training Series" is now live! The Expert Training Series is a partnership between Curiosity Tank and top practitioners who are super passionate, and…
Introducing “The Expert Series”
Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce "The Expert Series," a brand new workshop series featuring experts in user research covering topics they excel in and are passionate about! Each one…
Verbs matter!
In user research goals, the verb "understand" is commonly used to indicate a desire for a deep and comprehensive comprehension of a specific topic or issue. However, it is often too broad and…
Stop “Understanding” and Start Doing THIS Instead
In research goals, the verb "understand" is commonly used to indicate a desire for a deep and comprehensive comprehension of a specific topic or issue. However, it is often too broad and…
Learn the lingo: Primary research
Primary Research || What is it? Primary Research can be a quantitative research and/or qualitative research study commissioned to gather first-hand feedback directly from or…
Use your time wisely between conducting user research sessions
Here are 16+ ideas on how to use your time between conducting user research sessions, and during no-shows, wisely. 1. Debrief on the previous session(s) if you haven't already 2. Share a quick…
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