More from less in 2013
Dec. 4th | Posted by Heather Carine
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Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has identified ‘more from less’ as being one of the six mega trends that change the way that we live and work.
Research Tips readers are in the midst of the upheaval in the information world and working in an environment of delivering more with less.
Read more... Revealing company quirks
Nov. 22nd | Posted by Heather Carine
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Companies have personalities and characteristics, just like the people that work for them.
When you are looking for nuggets of insightful information about companies, you need to think like the company, and the type of character that the company is.
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.
Read more... Mile High City low down
May. 21st | Posted by Heather Carine
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The Mile High City (aka Denver, CO) was the perfect high altitude location for over one hundred independent information professionals to gather recently for their annual conference. The Association of Independent Information Professionals’ (AIIP) conference always has a strong focus on collaboration - sharing tips, ideas and lessons learned to help one another to build a thriving independent information professional business.
Read more... Tags: AIIP, Business research, Speaking gig, Web 2.0
