Comments on: People I Have Met Along My Research Journey! http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2006/09/01/people-i-have-met-along-my-research-journey/ The thoughts and experiences of Merrill Dubrow Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Eric http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2006/09/01/people-i-have-met-along-my-research-journey/#comment-16405 Eric Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:09:40 +0000 http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2006/09/01/people-i-have-met-along-my-research-journey/#comment-16405 This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title People I Have Met Along My Research Journey!. Thanks for informative article This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title People I Have Met Along My Research Journey!. Thanks for informative article

]]> By: Michael Halberstam http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2006/09/01/people-i-have-met-along-my-research-journey/#comment-72 Michael Halberstam Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:21:18 +0000 http://www.marcresearch.com/blogs/merrill/2006/09/01/people-i-have-met-along-my-research-journey/#comment-72 Merrill, This is an excellent topic and a timely one as well. I have met many people in the market research industry since my "birth" as an interviewer in 1978 at Suburban Associates. For whatever reason this industry seems to generate more good people to work with than others. The market research business, when you get above the hourly level, seems to be less transient enabling longer and stronger relationships to be built. We all know many friends and family outside our industry who do not have comparable friendships or relationships in their business. One that had a big impact on me in the last few years was Warren Mitofsky, who passed away this past Friday evening. I first met Warren a few years ago. I had heard the stories over the years of the legend and was in awe when I first met of the man. The awe turned to respect and admiration as I began to work with him. What I immediately noticed was that whenever he spoke everyone else stopped. He would smile, and in a voice that was always strong, ask a question or make a statement. Whatever he said was ALWAYS food for thought or a cogent question. He would make you think with event he shortest statement such as "Why". Warren was the first television pollster. CBS had the forsight to find the right man at the right time. As his career progressed he stay current with all the new research and data collection techniques from telephone sampling, which he helped revolutionized, to CATI to the Internet to utilizing IVR for exit polling for the more recent elections. Along the way he made many friends and made more of us good researchers by making sure we all knew the real meaning of the words quality and ethical behavior. Warren always shared his knowledge and thoughts when asked. (And sometimes when he wasn't) He was a true gentleman. a funny person and a great client. We should all be so lucky. Merrill,
This is an excellent topic and a timely one as well. I have met many people in the market research industry since my “birth” as an interviewer in 1978 at Suburban Associates. For whatever reason this industry seems to generate more good people to work with than others. The market research business, when you get above the hourly level, seems to be less transient enabling longer and stronger relationships to be built. We all know many friends and family outside our industry who do not have comparable friendships or relationships in their business.

One that had a big impact on me in the last few years was Warren Mitofsky, who passed away this past Friday evening.

I first met Warren a few years ago. I had heard the stories over the years of the legend and was in awe when I first met of the man. The awe turned to respect and admiration as I began to work with him. What I immediately noticed was that whenever he spoke everyone else stopped. He would smile, and in a voice that was always strong, ask a question or make a statement. Whatever he said was ALWAYS food for thought or a cogent question. He would make you think with event he shortest statement such as “Why”.

Warren was the first television pollster. CBS had the forsight to find the right man at the right time. As his career progressed he stay current with all the new research and data collection techniques from telephone sampling, which he helped revolutionized, to CATI to the Internet to utilizing IVR for exit polling for the more recent elections.

Along the way he made many friends and made more of us good researchers by making sure we all knew the real meaning of the words quality and ethical behavior. Warren always shared his knowledge and thoughts when asked. (And sometimes when he wasn’t)

He was a true gentleman. a funny person and a great client. We should all be so lucky.

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