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SUBMIT YOUR EVENT ]]></description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:00:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><copyright>Copyright © 2026 QRCA</copyright><atom:link href="http://www.qrca.org/resource/rss/events.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title>2025 Annual Partner Program</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1925327</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1925327</guid><description><![CDATA[<h2>2025 Annual Partnership: $1,995</h2><ul><li>Gain direct access to members of the only association exclusively devoted to qualitative research.</li><li>Reach QRCA members from around the world — the researchers most likely to benefit from your services and products. Each of our members serves as many as 25 multi-national client companies.</li><li>Increase the awareness and visibility of your company by exposing QRCA members to your products and services throughout the year.</li></ul><h3>Benefits to 2025 Annual Partners:</h3><ul><li><p><strong>Company name and logo on the QRCA homepage</strong> seen by 7,000+ visitors every month</p></li><li><p><strong>Company logo and link in all QRCA weekly newsletters </strong>throughout the calendar year <strong>reaching more than </strong>900 qualitative researchers and thousands of QRCA members + prospective members (average of 4 emails per month)</p></li><li><p><strong>Company name and logo featured in one issue of<em> VIEWS</em> magazine</strong>, mailed to nearly 2,500 research professionals with more than 3,000 digital views per month</p></li><li><p><strong>Annual recognition on QRCA’s social media channels </strong>as an Annual Partner</p></li><li><p><strong>Use of “QRCA Annual Partner” logo</strong> on promotional materials</p></li><li><p><strong>Recognition at the 2026 QRCA Annual Conference</strong>, listing in the onsite program and signage</p></li></ul><p>QRCA will provide all of the above benefits on a year-round basis to our Annual Partners for $1,995. 2024 Annual Partners and 2025 Annual Conference Sponsors and Exhibitors receive a discounted Annual Partner rate of $995. To receive this discount, please email Caley Mutrie at<a href="mailto: jacobn@qrca.org"> caleym@qrca.org</a>.</p>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 1 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Cooler Talk (October)</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981104</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981104</guid><description><![CDATA[<div class="panel-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><hr /><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span>OVERVIEW</span></h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Attention all Quallies:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We've heard from our Members...<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want to connect with your peers in a more meaningful way.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want tap into the collective wisdom of your colleagues in the MR industry.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You have questions that you know your network can help with.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want a forum in which you can have substantive, yet informal conversations with your fellow researchers that understand where you are coming from.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We've decided to create a judgement-free space where our members can:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask questions and get answers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Network with your colleagues<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Open up about concerns you have<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Help your colleagues answer questions and tackle problems<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Seek/provide guidance on various topics like business development, business taxes, business insurance, starting a business, freelancing, etc.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Share knowledge, news, and trends<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Share your wins—and your losses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask/receive help on a project<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask/receive guidance on difficulties you're experiencing<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />These 'Water Cooler Talks' will be an open forum to discuss anything that's on your mind related to our industry, our jobs, our companies, and how to manage balancing all of it!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong>Qual Water Cooler Talks will occur on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT.</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />These will be open forums—unstructured conversations—but if you'd like to make sure we have time to discuss a particular topic, then please send your topic/idea at least 48 hours in advance to <a href="mailto:Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Attendance is limited to QRCA members only—to learn more about QRCA membership, reach out to <a href="mailto:Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com</a>.</p><hr /><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span>SPEAKER</span></h1><div class="col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 speakerImages" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; float: left; width: 188.32px; background-color: #ffffff;"><div class="thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 4px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.42857; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s ease-in-out; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) 0px 1px 2px;"><span><img src="https://cdn.ce21.com/images/OPDhGDGpeE-OptMECZ07hA-200.jpg" alt="Dean Stephens's Profile" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;" /></span></div></div><div class="col-md-10 col-sm-10 col-xs-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; float: left; width: 941.66px; background-color: #ffffff;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px; color: #eebd5e; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span><a title="Dean Stephens's detail page" aria-label="Redirect to Dean Stephens's detail page" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean Stephens</a><a title="Other seminars and products from Dean Stephens" class="pull-right lnkSpeakerRelated" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Related Seminars and Products</a></span></h3><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 17px;"><span>Moderator, Researcher, Strategist, Founder</span></h4><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span>Happy Talk Research, LLC</span></h4><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #eeeeee;" /></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span>Dean has always been naturally inquisitive about human behavior. People truly fascinate him and he believes understanding ourselves, our behaviors, and the motivations behind our behaviors is the best way to understand the world around us. He’s been on a life-long quest to uncover and explore the 'whys' behind what, when, and how we do the things we do.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"><span>In college, he earned his degree in Humanities – the study of what makes us human. After college, he started a 10-year career in advertising mostly because he was intrigued by how brand and product communications and iconography persuasively influence human behaviors. Next, his career in advertising led him ultimately to qualitative market research. In the end, Dean is doing something that he loves – he gets to talk to people in an effort to understand who we are and why we behave the way we do.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"><span>Dean has been a QRCA member since 2010 and is the founder and lead researcher of his company Happy Talk Research, LLC. (To learn the inspiration behind the company name, check out the website at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.HappyTalkResearch.com&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=dh8xvnVAsOjXm0obsRkgXkUtM7k0LXM0SIksG5KGXh4&m=6LHcrHA0fXQUlj3QWBKbErgjOR84Rvirft84v_n_LMJ_CtyAgG9xhOtl6EEAsquf&s=jN-0eINnqaZTZaey9Ao_UEoP7_-ErL7iDr_ip83ksas&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">www.HappyTalkResearch.com</a>)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center" style="color: #a0a0a0;" /></div></div><p> </p>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Qually Talk (Nov): Qualitative Research Hacks</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981094</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981094</guid><description><![CDATA[<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Qually Talks are designed to bring value to QRCA members in the form informal conversations around topics we care about.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Each Qually Talk will be centered around a specific topic.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Speakers and panelists' presentations will be brief and the focus will be on a lively back-and-forth conversation.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Qually Talks will occur on the first Thursday of every month at 11:00 AM PDT / 2:00 PM EDT. </p><hr /><h1>SPEAKER</h1><div class="col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 speakerImages" style="padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; width: 188.32px; background-color: #ffffff;"><div class="thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 4px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.42857; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s ease-in-out; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) 0px 1px 2px;"><img src="https://cdn.ce21.com/images/OPDhGDGpeE-OptMECZ07hA-200.jpg" alt="Dean Stephens's Profile" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;" /></div></div><div class="col-md-10 col-sm-10 col-xs-12" style="padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; width: 941.66px; background-color: #ffffff;"><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: #eebd5e; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><a title="Dean Stephens's detail page" aria-label="Redirect to Dean Stephens's detail page" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean Stephens</a><a title="Other seminars and products from Dean Stephens" class="pull-right lnkSpeakerRelated" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Related Seminars and Products</a></h3><h4 style="font-size: 17px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Moderator, Researcher, Strategist, Founder</h4><h4 style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Happy Talk Research, LLC</h4><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #eeeeee;" /></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">Dean has always been naturally inquisitive about human behavior. People truly fascinate him and he believes understanding ourselves, our behaviors, and the motivations behind our behaviors is the best way to understand the world around us. He’s been on a life-long quest to uncover and explore the 'whys' behind what, when, and how we do the things we do.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;">In college, he earned his degree in Humanities – the study of what makes us human. After college, he started a 10-year career in advertising mostly because he was intrigued by how brand and product communications and iconography persuasively influence human behaviors. Next, his career in advertising led him ultimately to qualitative market research. In the end, Dean is doing something that he loves – he gets to talk to people in an effort to understand who we are and why we behave the way we do.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;">Dean has been a QRCA member since 2010 and is the founder and lead researcher of his company Happy Talk Research, LLC. (To learn the inspiration behind the company name, check out the website at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.HappyTalkResearch.com&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=dh8xvnVAsOjXm0obsRkgXkUtM7k0LXM0SIksG5KGXh4&m=6LHcrHA0fXQUlj3QWBKbErgjOR84Rvirft84v_n_LMJ_CtyAgG9xhOtl6EEAsquf&s=jN-0eINnqaZTZaey9Ao_UEoP7_-ErL7iDr_ip83ksas&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box;">www.HappyTalkResearch.com</a>)</p>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2025 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Qcast - November</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1952465</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1952465</guid><description></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Cooler Talk (November)</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981105</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981105</guid><description><![CDATA[<div class="panel-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><hr /><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span>OVERVIEW</span></h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Attention all Quallies:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We've heard from our Members...<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want to connect with your peers in a more meaningful way.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want tap into the collective wisdom of your colleagues in the MR industry.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You have questions that you know your network can help with.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want a forum in which you can have substantive, yet informal conversations with your fellow researchers that understand where you are coming from.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We've decided to create a judgement-free space where our members can:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask questions and get answers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Network with your colleagues<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Open up about concerns you have<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Help your colleagues answer questions and tackle problems<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Seek/provide guidance on various topics like business development, business taxes, business insurance, starting a business, freelancing, etc.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Share knowledge, news, and trends<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Share your wins—and your losses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask/receive help on a project<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask/receive guidance on difficulties you're experiencing<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />These 'Water Cooler Talks' will be an open forum to discuss anything that's on your mind related to our industry, our jobs, our companies, and how to manage balancing all of it!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong>Qual Water Cooler Talks will occur on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT.</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />These will be open forums—unstructured conversations—but if you'd like to make sure we have time to discuss a particular topic, then please send your topic/idea at least 48 hours in advance to <a href="mailto:Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Attendance is limited to QRCA members only—to learn more about QRCA membership, reach out to <a href="mailto:Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com</a>.</p><hr /><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span>SPEAKER</span></h1><div class="col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 speakerImages" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; float: left; width: 188.32px; background-color: #ffffff;"><div class="thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 4px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.42857; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s ease-in-out; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) 0px 1px 2px;"><span><img src="https://cdn.ce21.com/images/OPDhGDGpeE-OptMECZ07hA-200.jpg" alt="Dean Stephens's Profile" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;" /></span></div></div><div class="col-md-10 col-sm-10 col-xs-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; float: left; width: 941.66px; background-color: #ffffff;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px; color: #eebd5e; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span><a title="Dean Stephens's detail page" aria-label="Redirect to Dean Stephens's detail page" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean Stephens</a><a title="Other seminars and products from Dean Stephens" class="pull-right lnkSpeakerRelated" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Related Seminars and Products</a></span></h3><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 17px;"><span>Moderator, Researcher, Strategist, Founder</span></h4><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span>Happy Talk Research, LLC</span></h4><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #eeeeee;" /></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span>Dean has always been naturally inquisitive about human behavior. People truly fascinate him and he believes understanding ourselves, our behaviors, and the motivations behind our behaviors is the best way to understand the world around us. He’s been on a life-long quest to uncover and explore the 'whys' behind what, when, and how we do the things we do.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"><span>In college, he earned his degree in Humanities – the study of what makes us human. After college, he started a 10-year career in advertising mostly because he was intrigued by how brand and product communications and iconography persuasively influence human behaviors. Next, his career in advertising led him ultimately to qualitative market research. In the end, Dean is doing something that he loves – he gets to talk to people in an effort to understand who we are and why we behave the way we do.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"><span>Dean has been a QRCA member since 2010 and is the founder and lead researcher of his company Happy Talk Research, LLC. (To learn the inspiration behind the company name, check out the website at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.HappyTalkResearch.com&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=dh8xvnVAsOjXm0obsRkgXkUtM7k0LXM0SIksG5KGXh4&m=6LHcrHA0fXQUlj3QWBKbErgjOR84Rvirft84v_n_LMJ_CtyAgG9xhOtl6EEAsquf&s=jN-0eINnqaZTZaey9Ao_UEoP7_-ErL7iDr_ip83ksas&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">www.HappyTalkResearch.com</a>)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center" style="color: #a0a0a0;" /></div></div><p> </p>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Qually Talk (Dec): Open Forum / Pre-Conference Chit-Chat</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981095</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981095</guid><description><![CDATA[<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Qually Talks are designed to bring value to QRCA members in the form informal conversations around topics we care about.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Each Qually Talk will be centered around a specific topic.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Speakers and panelists' presentations will be brief and the focus will be on a lively back-and-forth conversation.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Qually Talks will occur on the first Thursday of every month at 11:00 AM PDT / 2:00 PM EDT. </p><hr /><h1>SPEAKER</h1><div class="col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 speakerImages" style="padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; width: 188.32px; background-color: #ffffff;"><div class="thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 4px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.42857; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s ease-in-out; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) 0px 1px 2px;"><img src="https://cdn.ce21.com/images/OPDhGDGpeE-OptMECZ07hA-200.jpg" alt="Dean Stephens's Profile" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;" /></div></div><div class="col-md-10 col-sm-10 col-xs-12" style="padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; width: 941.66px; background-color: #ffffff;"><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: #eebd5e; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><a title="Dean Stephens's detail page" aria-label="Redirect to Dean Stephens's detail page" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean Stephens</a><a title="Other seminars and products from Dean Stephens" class="pull-right lnkSpeakerRelated" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Related Seminars and Products</a></h3><h4 style="font-size: 17px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Moderator, Researcher, Strategist, Founder</h4><h4 style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Happy Talk Research, LLC</h4><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #eeeeee;" /></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">Dean has always been naturally inquisitive about human behavior. People truly fascinate him and he believes understanding ourselves, our behaviors, and the motivations behind our behaviors is the best way to understand the world around us. He’s been on a life-long quest to uncover and explore the 'whys' behind what, when, and how we do the things we do.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;">In college, he earned his degree in Humanities – the study of what makes us human. After college, he started a 10-year career in advertising mostly because he was intrigued by how brand and product communications and iconography persuasively influence human behaviors. Next, his career in advertising led him ultimately to qualitative market research. In the end, Dean is doing something that he loves – he gets to talk to people in an effort to understand who we are and why we behave the way we do.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;">Dean has been a QRCA member since 2010 and is the founder and lead researcher of his company Happy Talk Research, LLC. (To learn the inspiration behind the company name, check out the website at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.HappyTalkResearch.com&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=dh8xvnVAsOjXm0obsRkgXkUtM7k0LXM0SIksG5KGXh4&m=6LHcrHA0fXQUlj3QWBKbErgjOR84Rvirft84v_n_LMJ_CtyAgG9xhOtl6EEAsquf&s=jN-0eINnqaZTZaey9Ao_UEoP7_-ErL7iDr_ip83ksas&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box;">www.HappyTalkResearch.com</a>)</p>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 4 Dec 2025 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Qcast - December</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1952466</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1952466</guid><description></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Cooler Talk (December)</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981106</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981106</guid><description><![CDATA[<div class="panel-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><hr /><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span>OVERVIEW</span></h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Attention all Quallies:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We've heard from our Members...<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want to connect with your peers in a more meaningful way.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want tap into the collective wisdom of your colleagues in the MR industry.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You have questions that you know your network can help with.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want a forum in which you can have substantive, yet informal conversations with your fellow researchers that understand where you are coming from.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We've decided to create a judgement-free space where our members can:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask questions and get answers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Network with your colleagues<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Open up about concerns you have<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Help your colleagues answer questions and tackle problems<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Seek/provide guidance on various topics like business development, business taxes, business insurance, starting a business, freelancing, etc.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Share knowledge, news, and trends<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Share your wins—and your losses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask/receive help on a project<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask/receive guidance on difficulties you're experiencing<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />These 'Water Cooler Talks' will be an open forum to discuss anything that's on your mind related to our industry, our jobs, our companies, and how to manage balancing all of it!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong>Qual Water Cooler Talks will occur on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT.</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />These will be open forums—unstructured conversations—but if you'd like to make sure we have time to discuss a particular topic, then please send your topic/idea at least 48 hours in advance to <a href="mailto:Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Attendance is limited to QRCA members only—to learn more about QRCA membership, reach out to <a href="mailto:Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com</a>.</p><hr /><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span>SPEAKER</span></h1><div class="col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 speakerImages" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; float: left; width: 188.32px; background-color: #ffffff;"><div class="thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 4px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.42857; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s ease-in-out; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) 0px 1px 2px;"><span><img src="https://cdn.ce21.com/images/OPDhGDGpeE-OptMECZ07hA-200.jpg" alt="Dean Stephens's Profile" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;" /></span></div></div><div class="col-md-10 col-sm-10 col-xs-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; float: left; width: 941.66px; background-color: #ffffff;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px; color: #eebd5e; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span><a title="Dean Stephens's detail page" aria-label="Redirect to Dean Stephens's detail page" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean Stephens</a><a title="Other seminars and products from Dean Stephens" class="pull-right lnkSpeakerRelated" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Related Seminars and Products</a></span></h3><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 17px;"><span>Moderator, Researcher, Strategist, Founder</span></h4><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span>Happy Talk Research, LLC</span></h4><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #eeeeee;" /></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span>Dean has always been naturally inquisitive about human behavior. People truly fascinate him and he believes understanding ourselves, our behaviors, and the motivations behind our behaviors is the best way to understand the world around us. He’s been on a life-long quest to uncover and explore the 'whys' behind what, when, and how we do the things we do.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"><span>In college, he earned his degree in Humanities – the study of what makes us human. After college, he started a 10-year career in advertising mostly because he was intrigued by how brand and product communications and iconography persuasively influence human behaviors. Next, his career in advertising led him ultimately to qualitative market research. In the end, Dean is doing something that he loves – he gets to talk to people in an effort to understand who we are and why we behave the way we do.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"><span>Dean has been a QRCA member since 2010 and is the founder and lead researcher of his company Happy Talk Research, LLC. (To learn the inspiration behind the company name, check out the website at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.HappyTalkResearch.com&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=dh8xvnVAsOjXm0obsRkgXkUtM7k0LXM0SIksG5KGXh4&m=6LHcrHA0fXQUlj3QWBKbErgjOR84Rvirft84v_n_LMJ_CtyAgG9xhOtl6EEAsquf&s=jN-0eINnqaZTZaey9Ao_UEoP7_-ErL7iDr_ip83ksas&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">www.HappyTalkResearch.com</a>)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center" style="color: #a0a0a0;" /></div></div><p> </p>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Qually Talk (Jan): How Can We Help Clients Do Better Research?</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981099</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981099</guid><description><![CDATA[<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Qually Talks are designed to bring value to QRCA members in the form informal conversations around topics we care about.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Each Qually Talk will be centered around a specific topic.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Speakers and panelists' presentations will be brief and the focus will be on a lively back-and-forth conversation.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Qually Talks will occur on the first Thursday of every month at 11:00 AM PDT / 2:00 PM EDT. </p><hr /><h1>SPEAKER</h1><div class="col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 speakerImages" style="padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; width: 188.32px; background-color: #ffffff;"><div class="thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 4px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.42857; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s ease-in-out; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) 0px 1px 2px;"><img src="https://cdn.ce21.com/images/OPDhGDGpeE-OptMECZ07hA-200.jpg" alt="Dean Stephens's Profile" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;" /></div></div><div class="col-md-10 col-sm-10 col-xs-12" style="padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; float: left; width: 941.66px; background-color: #ffffff;"><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: #eebd5e; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><a title="Dean Stephens's detail page" aria-label="Redirect to Dean Stephens's detail page" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean Stephens</a><a title="Other seminars and products from Dean Stephens" class="pull-right lnkSpeakerRelated" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Related Seminars and Products</a></h3><h4 style="font-size: 17px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Moderator, Researcher, Strategist, Founder</h4><h4 style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1;">Happy Talk Research, LLC</h4><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #eeeeee;" /></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">Dean has always been naturally inquisitive about human behavior. People truly fascinate him and he believes understanding ourselves, our behaviors, and the motivations behind our behaviors is the best way to understand the world around us. He’s been on a life-long quest to uncover and explore the 'whys' behind what, when, and how we do the things we do.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;">In college, he earned his degree in Humanities – the study of what makes us human. After college, he started a 10-year career in advertising mostly because he was intrigued by how brand and product communications and iconography persuasively influence human behaviors. Next, his career in advertising led him ultimately to qualitative market research. In the end, Dean is doing something that he loves – he gets to talk to people in an effort to understand who we are and why we behave the way we do.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;">Dean has been a QRCA member since 2010 and is the founder and lead researcher of his company Happy Talk Research, LLC. (To learn the inspiration behind the company name, check out the website at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.HappyTalkResearch.com&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=dh8xvnVAsOjXm0obsRkgXkUtM7k0LXM0SIksG5KGXh4&m=6LHcrHA0fXQUlj3QWBKbErgjOR84Rvirft84v_n_LMJ_CtyAgG9xhOtl6EEAsquf&s=jN-0eINnqaZTZaey9Ao_UEoP7_-ErL7iDr_ip83ksas&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box;">www.HappyTalkResearch.com</a>)</p>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Cooler Talk (January)</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981107</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1981107</guid><description><![CDATA[<div class="panel-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><hr /><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span>OVERVIEW</span></h1><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Attention all Quallies:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We've heard from our Members...<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want to connect with your peers in a more meaningful way.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want tap into the collective wisdom of your colleagues in the MR industry.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You have questions that you know your network can help with.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />You want a forum in which you can have substantive, yet informal conversations with your fellow researchers that understand where you are coming from.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />We've decided to create a judgement-free space where our members can:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask questions and get answers<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Network with your colleagues<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Open up about concerns you have<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Help your colleagues answer questions and tackle problems<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Seek/provide guidance on various topics like business development, business taxes, business insurance, starting a business, freelancing, etc.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Share knowledge, news, and trends<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Share your wins—and your losses<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask/receive help on a project<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Ask/receive guidance on difficulties you're experiencing<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />These 'Water Cooler Talks' will be an open forum to discuss anything that's on your mind related to our industry, our jobs, our companies, and how to manage balancing all of it!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong>Qual Water Cooler Talks will occur on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT.</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />These will be open forums—unstructured conversations—but if you'd like to make sure we have time to discuss a particular topic, then please send your topic/idea at least 48 hours in advance to <a href="mailto:Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;">Attendance is limited to QRCA members only—to learn more about QRCA membership, reach out to <a href="mailto:Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com</a>.</p><hr /><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span>SPEAKER</span></h1><div class="col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 speakerImages" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; float: left; width: 188.32px; background-color: #ffffff;"><div class="thumbnail" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 4px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 1.42857; border: 1px solid #dddddd; border-radius: 4px; transition: border 0.2s ease-in-out; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075) 0px 1px 2px;"><span><img src="https://cdn.ce21.com/images/OPDhGDGpeE-OptMECZ07hA-200.jpg" alt="Dean Stephens's Profile" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;" /></span></div></div><div class="col-md-10 col-sm-10 col-xs-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; float: left; width: 941.66px; background-color: #ffffff;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px; color: #eebd5e; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span><a title="Dean Stephens's detail page" aria-label="Redirect to Dean Stephens's detail page" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Dean Stephens</a><a title="Other seminars and products from Dean Stephens" class="pull-right lnkSpeakerRelated" href="https://qualology.qrca.org/speaker/dean-stephens-700710" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">Related Seminars and Products</a></span></h3><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-size: 17px;"><span>Moderator, Researcher, Strategist, Founder</span></h4><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span>Happy Talk Research, LLC</span></h4><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #eeeeee;" /></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span> </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span>Dean has always been naturally inquisitive about human behavior. People truly fascinate him and he believes understanding ourselves, our behaviors, and the motivations behind our behaviors is the best way to understand the world around us. He’s been on a life-long quest to uncover and explore the 'whys' behind what, when, and how we do the things we do.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"><span>In college, he earned his degree in Humanities – the study of what makes us human. After college, he started a 10-year career in advertising mostly because he was intrigued by how brand and product communications and iconography persuasively influence human behaviors. Next, his career in advertising led him ultimately to qualitative market research. In the end, Dean is doing something that he loves – he gets to talk to people in an effort to understand who we are and why we behave the way we do.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; color: #363839; line-height: 20px;"><span>Dean has been a QRCA member since 2010 and is the founder and lead researcher of his company Happy Talk Research, LLC. (To learn the inspiration behind the company name, check out the website at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.HappyTalkResearch.com&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=dh8xvnVAsOjXm0obsRkgXkUtM7k0LXM0SIksG5KGXh4&m=6LHcrHA0fXQUlj3QWBKbErgjOR84Rvirft84v_n_LMJ_CtyAgG9xhOtl6EEAsquf&s=jN-0eINnqaZTZaey9Ao_UEoP7_-ErL7iDr_ip83ksas&e=" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent;">www.HappyTalkResearch.com</a>)</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></p><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center" style="color: #a0a0a0;" /></div></div><p> </p>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>"Best of Canada" 2026 Canadian Symposium</title><link>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1987881</link><guid>https://qrca.site-ym.com/events/eventdetails.aspx?id=1987881</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>One day event held in Montreal, from 10am to 4pm, followed up by a cocktail hour. Short thought provocative presentation on best in class qualitative work - case studies and takeaways. Lunch and coffee break are included Speakers (TBD) Possible "Dine-around" on Sunday evening and Monday evening (optional) - TBD </p>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 4 May 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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