Total Credits: 1 Advance Credits
It doesn't matter if you're a freelancer or fully-employed, continuing education is essential to career growth. What are ways to increase one's skills and knowledge regardless of level of support you get? We will be discussing and sharing strategies to learn as part of a regular routine, resources for learning, tapping your network, and anytihng else we can think of (which is what I love about these round tables).
Lauren Isaacson, MBA, is the founder and Research Lead of Curio Research, a Vancouver-based UX and market research consulting firm she established in 2016. With over 20 years of experience serving Fortune 500 clients, including Amazon, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Meta, Lauren specializes in qualitative and quantitative research with particular expertise in green technology, sustainable businesses, and clean energy companies. She served as President of the QRCA from 2023-2024 and has been recognized with the QRCA Qualitative Research Excellence Award (2022) and 3-Star Thought Leader status for her contributions to the profession. A longtime advocate for environmental responsibility in business practices, Lauren is a member of 1% for the Planet and served on the board of Better Environmentally Sound Transportation for over a decade. She brings deep knowledge of both research methodologies and sustainable business operations to help the research community reduce its environmental footprint while delivering impactful insights.