Sentences with phrase «include focus group»

Methods for collecting data included focus groups and an anonymous self - completed questionnaire.

Data collection efforts to date include focus groups with principals and parents, surveys of principals and parents, and analysis of program application data.

Once key members are trained in the Marzano Teacher Evaluation Model, your staff will be introduced to the new evaluation system through a communication plan that may include focus groups, live webinars, and online training.

This study was conducted in two phases including focus groups to determine teachers» perceptions on the effectiveness of arts integration among their special needs populations and a pilot project that examined the efficacy of rubrics in measuring various skill areas.

Data - gathering methods focused singularly on students, and included focus groups, written surveys, individual interviews, small group interviews, interviews anchored by classroom observation, videotaping, audiotaping, and note taking.

The show will present nine superlative works from the series, including a focused group of Bronze Veils.

A review can include focus groups, surveys, one - on - one interviews, policy reviews and an appraisal of policy effectiveness.

Facebook says that they took over a year in conducting global research, including focus groups and surveys to determine what types of reactions people would want to use most.

Market research includes focus group management and focus group recruitment.

• Conducted 300 - 500 surveys each week and collected resulting data in a variety of ways, including focus groups, interviews, public opinion polls, questionnaires, file reviews, market analysis surveys, and literature reviews.

Scion's research included focus groups, stakeholder interviews and a survey of students.

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A lawyer, he was senior counsel and vice-president at ABB Group, a Swiss engineering giant, and then had a string of titles, including strategic development director, at AMEC, a big London - based project - management company focused on the energy sector.

The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, reported on Tuesday that Hunt Valley, Maryland - based telecom Sinclair Broadcast Group has expressed an interest in buying the weather - focused television network from an ownership group that includes private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group, as well as Comcast's NBCUniveGroup has expressed an interest in buying the weather - focused television network from an ownership group that includes private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group, as well as Comcast's NBCUnivegroup that includes private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group, as well as Comcast's NBCUniveGroup, as well as Comcast's NBCUniversal.

CEO Global Network is a CEO and executive peer group organization that creates opportunities for learning and development through monthly group meetings led by experienced CEOs, targeted one - to - one mentoring, and focused learning events throughout the year — including the GREAT CEOs Speaker Series.

Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

If you use a high - tech approach here, such as a Web - based survey, be sure to include a high - touch component, such as a follow - up phone call or even an in - person interview or focus group meeting.

The company described its ad sales restructuring as significant, and that it would refocus the unit into three divisions, including one group that will be focused on selling ads across titles.

Before brands license products into new categories they need to conduct market research, including a review of secondary research, focus groups, interviews and field surveys to clearly understand what consumers believe about the brand and what their expectations are.

To avoid offending your customers, test - market the name with focus groups or introduce a product line solely under the brand name, without including the parent company's name on packaging or in advertising.

The Cabbage Patch Kids concept was rejected by five major toy companies in the early 1980s, including Mattel and Hasbro, which apparently took to heart the wisdom of unimpressed mothers in focus groups.

Reputational tools available to companies include collecting data, including from stakeholder focus groups and broad surveys, as well as monitoring, dissecting and analyzing the data.

The product also made an appearance, according to an anonymous tip we received earlier this year, in a focus group held by Google alongside products that might sound familiar after recent leaks: a smaller Google Home, a premium Chrome OS laptop, and other products, including a pair of smart headphones.

But for Mr Fitzgibbon, the story is much greater than a simple focus on lowering costs and smoothing out complexity within the many - layered healthcare system, which includes pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, large medical groups and insurers.

The group said it would focus its efforts in key markets, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Washington and Miami.

TORONTO, September 3, 2015 — MaRS Discovery District today announced new tenants in its West Tower, including cutting - edge research groups with a focus on precision medicine and rapidly growing ventures such as Synaptive Medical, a leader in neuro - imaging, and LEAGUE, a new personal health platform.

A Japanese regulatory working group focussing on cryptocurrencies has suggested exchanges should not be «allowed» to trade certain altcoins including Dash and Monero.

She is active in numerous outside groups and shareholder coalitions focusing on responsible investment practices including the Investor Network on Climate Risk and the United Nations backed Principles for Responsible Investment, for which she served as the Co-Chair of the Small Funds Initiative Work Stream.

In addition to launching the Asia Pacific Youth Council in 2016, APF Canada has organized a variety of student - focused engagements, including the Asia Connect Student Working Groups (2016 - 17), the Building Bridges: Connecting Asia and Entrepreneurship event (2017), and the ASEAN Dialogues (2017 - 18).

The principle behind Pure Barre's proprietary technique is to use precise, focused movements to work each major muscle group — including arms, thighs, seat and abdominals — to the point of fatigue, and then stretch the muscles back out to create a strong, lean and toned physique.

Mr. Chisholm joined Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York in 1985 and he served in a variety of progressively senior leadership roles within the organization during his 30 - year career, including as Head of the Global Financial Institutions Group in both London and New York from 2002 to 2012 where he focused on areas such as strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, risk and capital management and principal investing advisory for financial institutions globally.

This deep dive involves additional research, including customer and employee focus groups and call monitoring.

Our particular areas of focus in our Immigration Practice Group include: H - 1B (Temporary Foreign Workers), L - 1A / L - 1B (Intracompany Transferee Executives or Managers; Intracompany Transferee Specialized Knowledge Professionals), E-2 (Treaty Investor), EB - 1 & O - 1 (Extraordinary Ability in Athletics, Arts, Sciences, etc.), EB - 1 (Multinational Managers & Executives), EB - 2 (Advanced Degree), EB - 3 (Skilled Workers, Professionals, Unskilled Workers), EB - 5 (Immigrant Investor), TN (NAFTA Professionals), J - 1 (Exchange Visitors) visa categories, and Labor Certification (PERM applications).

Prior to Monogram, Oliver was with Leonard Green & Partners, a leading private equity firm, where he focused on investing in and supporting consumer and retail companies, including Union Square Hospitality Group / Shake Shack, Savers, Activision Blizzard, Animal Health International, DSW, and 99 Cents Only Stores.

In addition, to continue our same - restaurant sales momentum in fiscal 2013, we will focus on further elevating the guest experience along with growing all sales channels including group and event dining, as well as national account relationships and continue to broaden the appeal of our menus.

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

Other indices maintained by the FTSE Group include so - called ethical indices such as the FTSE4Good Global index, which focuses on corporate responsibility.

Clayton's testimony is pretty convenient timing for Harbor, a new blockchain technology company that just raised $ 10 million from an interesting group of investors, including Chicago - based Valor Equity Partners; the real estate tech - focused venture firm Fifth Wall Ventures; the Dubai venture firm Vy Capital; and Craft Ventures, a new venture fund created by serial entrepreneur David Sacks — who also helped incubate Harbor.

This includes the severely hindering structured methods typically associated with focus groups and surveys.

The banking group, which includes the brands Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and new digital - only bank B - hence CYBG - has been busy blazing its own trail to be a more digital - focused bank since its de-merger from National Australia Bank.

Meanwhile, groups including the National Right to Life Committee, Focus on the Family and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops mobilized to restore an existing tax credit that's worth up to $ 13,570 for families who adopt children.

Meanwhile, groups including the National Right to Life Committee, Focus on the Family and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops mobilized to

So while Astrachan acknowledged that the uncertainty surrounding the effects of the Amazon — Whole Foods merger will weigh on the grocery sector, Costco, in his view, is likely to outperform its peer group, given its «competitive advantage, including an increased focus on e-commerce and fresh food strategies.»

«Through the intense focus our 285,000 colleagues bring to helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health system work better for everyone, we have grown to serve more people in more ways than ever, including through innovative uses of advanced technologies, data analytics, and modern clinical approaches that improve quality, lower cost and advance consumer and care provider satisfaction,» David S. Wichmann, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, said in a conference call.

The focus groups were also asked to respond to the idea of a border wall to prevent illegal immigration, as well as attitudes to race, including so - called «race realism,» which trumpets the fact that races should be considered different from one another.

Even Sullivan's chapter on «The Liberationists» does not include those we have come to associate with that term (the strident gay - rights activists or flamboyant gay liberationists) but focuses instead on a ragtag group of theoreticians influenced by French philosophy.

The will of the American people that actually exists is stated by the Plymouth Covenant and the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and «I have a dream» and the contrarian judgment of Clinton maintained by a straight - backed widow in Peoria who is included in no surveyor's sample or focus group.

A group of Christian leaders that includes the likes of Beth Moore, Jen Hatmaker, Max Lucado, Matt Chandler, Ann Voskamp, Willow Creek's Bill and Lynne Hybels, and Christianity Today president Harold Smith has taken out a full - page ad in the Washington Post calling for President Donald Trump to «help vulnerable immigrants,» and has a particular focus on Dreamers.

This dimension of American poverty has historically been overlooked, with policymakers — and many social justice groups, including Catholic ones — instead focusing solely on financial issues.

In all these sources, as well as a sizable and growing group of religiously open scientists (including medical professionals and social scientists) who are often neither New Age / Eastern nor Christians, there is a particular, intense focus on learning about the nature of consciousness.

The study, titled Impossible Choices, spoke to almost 200 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 in 20 focus groups across 10 different communities — including big cities like Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as rural areas like rural North Carolina and eastern Oregon — who were members of families facing poverty and food insecurity.