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Attention all Quallies:
We've heard from our Members...
You want to connect with your peers in a more meaningful way.
You want tap into the collective wisdom of your colleagues in the MR industry.
You have questions that you know your network can help with.
You want a forum in which you can have substantive, yet informal conversations with your fellow researchers that understand where you are coming from.
We've decided to create a judgement-free space where our members can:
• Ask questions and get answers
• Network with your colleagues
• Open up about concerns you have
• Help your colleagues answer questions and tackle problems
• Seek/provide guidance on various topics like business development, business taxes, business insurance, starting a business, freelancing, etc.
• Share knowledge, news, and trends
• Share your wins—and your losses
• Ask/receive help on a project
• Ask/receive guidance on difficulties you're experiencing
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!
Join us for our inaugural 'Qual Water Cooler Talk' on July 17th, 2025.
Qual Water Cooler Talks will occur on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EDT.
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 Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com.
Attendance is limited to QRCA members only—to learn more about QRCA membership, reach out to Dean@HappyTalkResearch.com.
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.
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.
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 www.HappyTalkResearch.com)
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