Ever wondered how you can give back to your industry in small but meaningful ways? Well, here’s the scoop!

Every year, Quirk’s launches an awards program to recognize some of the best and brightest market and social research talent around the world including corporate researchers, agency researchers, individual researchers, and research teams. And they always need volunteers from around the world to help review submissions and identify the gold nuggets.

Personally, I love judging awards. As you might guess, it’s very happy way to give back to our industry. I get to help identify people who’ve done amazing things so that they get the recognition they deserve. It’s especially important for people who are quiet, humble, or not well known outside of their company.

As hoped, the candidates I reviewed represented a number of countries and hailed from both the agency world and the brand world. I could easily see why their colleagues had nominated them. The group of people I learned about have broad experience leading, mentoring, and guiding other individuals and teams. They love the entire innovation process from conceptualization to developing and launching those products. They love supporting not only their colleagues, but also their clients and people who aren’t even a part of our industry. Mentoring and being a trusted advisor seem to be intrinsic traits for these folks.

I’m looking forward to when the finalists are announced in September and, after that, when the awards are celebrated in November.

Good luck to everyone!

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New York, USA and New Delhi, India – December 14, 2021 – We are thrilled to share that E2E Research, a global expert in market research, analytics, and business intelligence, has been named the Judge’s Choice winner of the 2021 Forsta AIR (Achievement in Insight and Research) Award in the agency category. This award recognizes the efforts E2E Research has made into breaking creative new ground in market research and driving the future of the global insights industry.

As a recipient of Forsta AIR Award, E2E Research has proven its commitment to providing exceptional guidance and value to their clients, and driving the future of market research by designing and implementing impactful technological approaches.

In addition, E2E Research is honored that Annie Pettit, PhD CAIP FCRIC, Chief Research Officer, North America of E2E Research was named the Judge’s Choice winner of the 2021 Forsta AIR award in the MR Professional of the Year category.

“We are thrilled to receive a 2021 AIR Award,” said Rupa Raje, CEO, E2E Research. “Our team has worked extensively with Forsta and Confirmit brands for more than a decade. With their unique capabilities, they’ve enabled us to innovate and create techniques that are truly engaging not just for research participants, but also for research users. We’re also so happy that Annie’s on-going dedication to the market research industry has been recognized. Her passion for building a better research experience for everyone is evident in everything she does.”

“I am delighted to congratulate E2E Research as a 2021 Forsta AIR Award winner for their proven excellence in insight and research. E2E’s dedication to provide exceptional guidance and actively deliver significant value to their clients is a credit to their team. The global research and insights industry is driven by the energy of these organizations and we are proud to partner with them as they continue to deliver some of the most innovative research approaches in the industry” commented Kyle Ferguson, CEO at Forsta.

These new awards comes on the heels of previous Forsta (Confirmit) awards including a 2021 ACE Award in Customer Excellence, a 2020 AIR Agency Award, and a 2020 AIR Project & Innovation Award.

For a full list of the 2021 AIR Award winners, please see the 2021 press release on the AIR Awards website.

About the Forsta AIR Awards

The Forsta AIR (Achievement in Insight and Research) Awards have been created to recognize innovation and excellence in Market Research and Insight practices. Open exclusively to Forsta clients, the AIR Awards provide an opportunity for Market Research agencies and enterprise insight teams to showcase their success by demonstrating their commitment to delivering insight that drives business performance.

About Forsta
Forsta is the new frontier of Customer Experience and Market Research Technology. Formed in 2021 via the merger of industry leaders Confirmit, FocusVision and Dapresy, our global company powers the richest and most comprehensive set of research and insights solutions, spanning CX, enterprise feedback management, VoC (Voice of the Customer), VoE (Voice of the Employee) Qual, Quant, Data Visualization and more. Forsta’s extensive set of market-leading tools, including its award-winning data visualization and reporting suite, combined with the expert guidance of our seasoned data and insights professionals, empower decision-makers to drive business impact based on truly deeper customer understandings. Founded in the Nordics, Forsta means “to understand” in Swedish. Visit Forsta.com for more information.

About E2E Research

For more than ten years, E2E Research has specialized in converting enigmas into enlightenment for researchers, business leaders, and insights companies around the world. As an ISO 27001 certified, ESOMAR corporate member, we offer a full range of market research, data analytics, and business intelligence solutions to help you extend your services, fill the gaps, and create more value for your clients. Services include research and questionnaire design/analysis/reporting, data science and analytics, multiple panel management, scripting/hosting, data validation, digital fingerprinting, tabulation, qualitative coding, written reports, infographics, real-time digital dashboards, and mobile apps. Research services and solutions from End-to-End.

Launched this year by Significant Insights, the Global 30 under 30 award aims to identify the next generation of global leaders who are on the verge of making it big in research and insights.

I was delighted to be asked to join the team of 15 judges from 13 countries! I knew it would be a tough job, but I didn’t realize just how difficult it would be to review submissions and identify just 30 people from so many amazing nominations.

This inaugural year, our nominees represent 16 countries including, among others, Australia, Canada, Germany, Poland, UK, and USA. There are nearly 200 countries in the world so that leaves a lot of room for growth next year!

Here’s what I’ve seen.

Our young people are busy founding brand new research and analytics companies, building new company functions and services leading to incremental revenue growth, leading multi-country global projects, speaking at conferences, training colleagues, and earning multiple promotions more quickly than you can imagine.

They’re focused on improving work environments for themselves and their colleagues. This includes launching and building diversity and equity programs, working on corporate responsibility programs, and creating advisory boards to ensure everyone has a voice.

Outside of their own company, they’re active members of the insights and analytics community. Some of them have already served as leaders and organizers for their local insights and research association, and they’re keen to promote our industry to other young people. They’re even solidifying their commitment to our industry by earning advanced degrees in market research.

And perhaps most importantly, our young people care tremendously about the communities around them. They volunteer so much of their time to create a better world whether that’s mentoring children and young people, supporting mental health associations, or advocating for sustainability and diversity.

It’s been a difficult year for many people but it looks like nothing is hold back this group of amazing people.

The winners will be announced on November 30, 2021. Good luck to each and every one of you. We’ll be watching your successes in years to come!

16th Annual ACE Awards Recognize Outstanding Customer Experience Programs and Performance

New York, USA and New Delhi, India – May 27, 2021 – We are pleased to announce that E2E Research, a global expert in market research, analytics, and business intelligence, has been awarded a 2021 Confirmit ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Award in the Digital Success category. This award recognizes E2E Research’s outstanding innovation and success in creating a mobile-first technology for consumers and customers participating in market and social research.

Confirmit, now a Forsta brand, has hosted the renowned ACE Awards since 2005 and every year recognizes some of its most innovative customers. The awards program honors clients dedicated to achieving universal customer excellence and who have demonstrated tangible business improvements as a result. As a recipient of an ACE Award, E2E Research has proven its commitment to their customers by continually evolving its customer experience and customer measurement solutions to create better experiences for research participants that lead to higher quality insights and more insightful, actionable outcomes. E2E Research earned the ACE Award based on its innovative online survey scripting technology which enables participants to complete surveys that were specifically designed for mobile devices.

“We are delighted to receive a 2021 ACE Award,” said Yogesh Rana, COO, E2E Research. “Our team has worked with Confirmit, now part of the Forsta brand, for more than a decade, and we’ve learned to leverage its unique capabilities to create a wide range of techniques that create truly engaging experiences for our participants. This ACE Award is a recognition of our dedication to our research participants and encouragement to continue build systems that put customers first.”

“We are thrilled to recognize E2E Reseach as a 2021 ACE Award winner and to acknowledge their application of customer experience best practices that deliver outstanding business performance,” said Kyle Ferguson, CEO of Forsta. “E2E Research’s program demonstrates their commitment to leveraging the power of understanding and transforming insights into action.”

In March 2021, leading research technology companies Confirmit and FocusVision merged and the company’s new brand, Forsta, was announced in April 2021.

For a full list of the 2021 ACE Award winners, please visit the ACE Awards website. For more information about E2E Research and their research engagement capabilities please visit https://e2eresearch.com/

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About ACE Awards 
The ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Awards program was established in 2005 to recognize outstanding achievement in customer excellence. Receiving an ACE Award is a distinct honor that demonstrates both rigorous application of customer and employee experience processes and outstanding performance as measured by those processes. All Forsta customers are eligible for ACE Awards for their company, business units, or segments of a business. To be eligible for a 2021 ACE Award, organizations must have conducted one or more VoC or EX surveys between January 1 and December 31, 2020. For more information on awards criteria, visit www.confirmit.com/ace-awards.

About E2E Research

For more than ten years, E2E Research has specialized in converting enigmas into enlightenment for researchers and insights companies around the world.  As an ISO 27001 certified, ESOMAR member company, E2E Research offers a full range of market research, data analytics, and business intelligence solutions to help you extend your services, fill the gaps, and create more value for your clients. Services include sample curation and multiple panel management, research and questionnaire design/analysis/reporting, scripting/hosting, data validation, digital fingerprinting, tabulation, transcription, qualitative coding, written reports, infographics, real-time digital dashboards, and mobile apps.

About Confirmit, a Forsta Brand

Confirmit’s solutions are built by insights professionals, for insights professionals. Market Research, customer experience and employee engagement consultants around the world rely on our solutions to turn insight into stories that fuel action. The heart of our business is the people behind our technology, and we work as a partner to deliver the flexibility and power you need to understand and manage experiences, emotions, and behaviors so you’re always one step ahead.