Glenn Ward

Using Video in Market Research, Reporting and Presentations

glennmward — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:43:36 +0000

I have written a guest post on the GfK Techtalk blog on the many ways in which we are using video in a Market Research and what the future might hold. obviously not given away all the juicy bits but hopefully it’s a good read. Read it here

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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Andy Bubble Chambers (K540) winter windsurf training Cape To
Andy Bubble Chambers, currently ranked 18 on the world tour for freestyle sent me his footage from his winter training session out in Cape Town. Work commitments meant I couldn’t spend as much time on it as I would have liked and it doesn’t have the sick remix that my buddy was going edit but take a look and spread it round your social media space

Andy Bubble Chambers (K540) winter windsurf training Cape Town 09/10

glennmward — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:59:52 +0000

Andy Bubble Chambers, currently ranked 18 on the world tour for freestyle sent me his footage from his winter training session out in Cape Town. Work commitments meant I couldn’t spend as much time on it as I would have liked and it doesn’t have the sick remix that my buddy was going edit but [...]

Around the World in 80 Raves – Chapter Nine – Niagra Falls

glennmward — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:34:39 +0000

When we got back to the bus that evening it was straight up to Niagra Falls through the night. We arrived around 1:00 and ate in the hotel restaurant. It was the crews day of so once everyone was organised which took a long time we all went to go and see the falls still [...]

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Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Privacy in a Connected Society
The recent actions of the world's biggest social network reveal its beliefs and ideals for digital society; openness and one identity. However, theories suggest that self identity is process of story-telling under constant revision. With our research showing that social networkers are actively sharing different amounts of personal information

Creating a custom Google Map and embedding it in a webpage or Blog Post

glennmward — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:14:57 +0000

Despite ripping me for writing a blog my brother who has been given a yacht to use in the Caribbean for 5 months along with James Martin (kite tester for kiteworld magazine, sponsored rider and male model, no big deal!!) has decided to document their trip by writing their own WordPress blog, Wind Waves and [...]

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Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Mobile data allowance grows in importance among smartphone o
Recent research conducted by GfK NOP shows that, among smartphone owners, mobile data allowance is more important than the network operator and the handset type.

Around the world in 80 Raves – Chapter Eight – New York

glennmward — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:15:11 +0000

It was again quite a boring trip, travelling during the day so you don’t want to sleep but it’s hard to occupy your mind. We usually end up singing along to the guitars or arguing about which music we want on. We got there at 5:00 but we had to stay just outside Manhatten in [...]

Saving down graphics from powerpoint as a picture, png or jpg

glennmward — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:43:32 +0000

I didn’t realise that this was an unknown to many but often there is a need to pull things out of PowerPoint for alternative uses rather than put them in. This is often the case for me when produce video reports where the findings have been visualised in PowerPoint. So, it’s as simple as this, [...]

Should we be filming in HD for corporate / presentation video output?

glennmward — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:00:25 +0000

The time has come to make the decision. HD or not to HD? And for those still getting mixed up, HD is High Definition and HDD is Hard Disc Drive, be sure you know the difference when you are purchasing you video camera! For a few reasons I have still been shooting in SD (Standard [...]

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Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Around the world in 80 Raves - Chapter 7 - Woodstock
We began the longest section of the trip so far and headed for Woodstock travelling through the night. The bus stopped around ten in the morning and we all got off to eat in a little silver stylish diner. The surrounding landscape had changed overnight, it had now become hilly and it looked a little more like woodland. I had a chicken burger...

Around the world in 80 Raves – Chapter 7 – Woodstock

glennmward — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:47:54 +0000

We began the longest section of the trip so far and headed for Woodstock travelling through the night. The bus stopped around ten in the morning and we all got off to eat in a little silver stylish diner. The surrounding landscape had changed overnight, it had now become hilly and it looked a little [...]

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Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 PDT

The pitfalls of social media and online recruitment methods
I am running a pilot to monitor the success of new media approaches to recruitment while recruiting for my assistant. During the research process I came across a few findings that were worth a note.The flip side to recruiting on the Internet, despite the fact that a particular platform does not represent a true overview of a countries...

The pitfalls of social media and online recruitment methods

glennmward — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:07:58 +0000

I am running a pilot to monitor the success of new media approaches to recruitment while recruiting for my assistant. During the research process I came across a few findings that were worth a note. The flip side to recruiting on the Internet, despite the fact that a particular platform does not represent a true [...]

Event / Conference #Hashtagging – The twitter conversation in the audience

glennmward — Tue, 25 May 2010 08:06:16 +0000

I have now a couple of times been asked how tweeting using a hashtag can be applied to the event / conference / debate situation. I was at a debate the other month where I experienced this for the first time. A hashtag to the event is given out before hand so that everyone in [...]