Moderating to the Max: A Full-tilt Guide to Creative, Insightful Focus Groups and Depth Interviews

PhD,Deborah Potts,Siri Lynn,Jean Bystedt

ISBN 10: 0983043620 / ISBN 13: 9780983043621

Published by Paramount Market Publishing, Inc, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Moderating to the Max: A Full-tilt Guide to Creative, Insightful Focus Groups and Depth Interviews
• Publisher: Paramount Market Publishing, Inc
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0983043620
• ISBN 13: 9780983043621
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Gregg Fraley
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Focus groups require mastery of many techniques in order to keep them from fading. Moderating to the Max provides focus group leaders with detailed instructions for more than 20 techniques that will deepen findings and bring life to focus groups. From perceptual mapping to personification, you will never again have to guess whether a technique is the right one for a particular focus group. This guide will enhance and broaden the work of focus group moderators who already have a good foundation. Myriad examples and illustrations emphasize focus group "play" and how fun exercises can inspire focus group respondents to reveal deeper motivations. Specific techniques covered in detail, including sample scripts for introducing them, include: Hats ... Debate ... Product Sort Laddering ... Mindmapping ... Collage Storytelling ... Drawing ... Visualization Line-Up ... Hitting the Mark ... Four Square Party/Family of Brands ... Draw the User Pass the D

About the Author

Jean Bystedt, Siri Lynn, and Deborah Potts, Ph.D. met on the path of professional exploration and growth in the early 1990s. All three are independent qualitative research and creativity consultants who collaborate frequently with one another on strategic marketing and new product initiatives. They are active members of the Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA) and the Creative Education Foundation, senior trainers at RIVA Moderator Training Institute, and leaders at the Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI). They are united in a strong desire to contribute to best practices and advance the level of professionalism and innovation within the field of qualitative research.