Hey Reader, I hope your week is getting off to a great start! I'm going on vacation tomorrow for a week, and I'm super pumped about it. Taking vacation can be difficult sometimes as a consultant/freelancer, and the timing of this one isn't particularly great (I started 2 new projects this week 😂). Work/life balance is really important to me and my family so I always try to squeeze in a few vacations each year, but the lead-up to it is always stressful! ✨ Boost your response rate with...
5 months ago • 4 min read
Hey Reader, My friend, it's been awhile -- the last issue of Research for All was over a month ago! I intended to get something sent out last week but I was just too swamped with a big research project. I'm really excited to be back today (even though it's Wednesday and I normally send these out on Tuesdays, oops). I hope your year is getting off to a great start. I just got back from a long weekend somewhere nice and warm, which was perfect aside from getting stung by a 🐝 on the bottom of my...
6 months ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader, With the holidays coming up, things are starting to slow down in the world of UXR events, workshops, and courses. That means that this is going to be the final Research For All of 2024 🥲 I started this newsletter in May with 174 subscribers, and as of this writing it's at 718 subscribers -- way more than I expected. Thank you so much for being one of them. I've gotten a lot of joy out of this little side project and I've made some great connections with readers -- some have even...
8 months ago • 6 min read
Hey Reader, You probably didn't even notice, but this is the latest I've ever sent out this newsletter! Usually I get it out in the early morning in my timezone, but I was dealing with a sick toddler this weekend and I had two new research projects started this week. ANYWAYS, hopefully this ends up being a nice interlude in your day. If you're in EST like me, maybe you're reading it over lunch :) ✨ 5 things that make every research project a success (or: everything I know about working with...
8 months ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader, I hope you're having a great week so far! My next few weeks are going to be all about teaching -- the third cohort of my Maven course just started, and I'm teaching a different multi-workshop series for an outdoor exploration app company as well. I managed to pack quite a lot into this newsletter despite being busy, though, so let's get right into it! ✨ How to write unforgettable research insights Ruby and I with our amazing facilitator Lasmi and some of our lovely audience...
8 months ago • 6 min read
Hey Reader, I guess this is the Halloween edition of R4A, even though it's not til next week. Maybe Halloween isn't a big deal where you live, but here in Canada, my neighbours are really going all out. The guy across the street has a 2-storey inflatable ghost that my toddler is equal parts in love with and terrified of -- we have to visit "the ghosty" every time we go outside, but she also hides behind my legs while we're doing it. We have 96 of these in our house and I have somehow not...
9 months ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader, It's finally starting to feel like fall here in the Toronto area 🍂. I busted out my "first hint of fall" coat today, a few weeks later than usual. What's it like where you are? I know not everyone lives in a place where it would be feeling like fall right now -- or ever! How is it where you are right now? Feelin' like fall 🍂 Sunny and warm ☀️ It's actually pretty cold! ❄️ ✨ How I build flexibility into my surveys to collect more accurate data I've been doing a lot of survey...
9 months ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader, I don't know about you, but fall is always a busy season for me. And I don't mind it -- I like to take a lot of time off in December/January, so I try to cram as much work into the fall as I can. The holiday break is really the only time my husband and I take a bunch of time off just for us (since our daughter is in daycare on most of the days). We really look forward to our little grown-ups staycation, but I feel like I'm always going crazy with projects during the fall in order...
10 months ago • 4 min read
Hey Reader, A throwback for my fellow Canadians ❤️ Are you a back-to-school person, or does the smell of freshly-sharpened pencils send a chill down your spine? Ever since I finished my PhD, I vowed to never go 'back to school' again, but I still have a soft spot for the smell of fall leaves, crisp agenda pages just waiting to be doodled on, and a reading list full of stuff that will broaden my mind. Oh, and the shopping. Obviously the shopping. But I digress... ✨ When your internet...
10 months ago • 4 min read