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Research Excellence & Effectiveness Awards

Research Excellence &
Effectiveness Awards 2007

Read more about the winners - download the Research Excellence & Effectiveness Awards 2007 book (PDF 2MB)

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Excellence Awards

MRS Fellowships

  • Julian Bond
  • Sheila Keegan
  • Roy Langmaid
  • Neil Swan
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MRS Silver Medal

Winner: Nick Sparrow

Finalists:

  • Carl Driesener & Jenni Romaniuk
  • David Penn
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David Winton Award

SponsorTNS

Winner: Bill Blyth

Finalists:

  • Robert Heath & Paul Feldwick
  • Nick Sparrow
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The MRS Diploma Case Study Award

Winner: James Thwaites

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MRS Accredited Masters Prize

SponsorRS Consulting

Winner: Susan Edwards-Aisuebeogun

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MRS 2007 Conference Awards

Best Paper

Sponsor       KD Consulting

Joint Winners:

  • Robert Heath & Paul Feldwick for their paper 50 years of Using the Wrong Model of TV Advertising
  • Caroline Vogt & Stuart Knapman for their paper Spaces - The Final Frontier

Finalists:

  • Tim Macer, Mark Pearson & Fabrizio Sebastiani
  • Virginia Valentine
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Best Conference Presentation

Sponsor       Discovery

Winner: Ray Poynter for his Expert Briefing Session: Research 2.0, Walking the Talk

Finalists:

  • Sinead Jefferies
  • Johnnie Moore & James Cherkoff
  • Virginia Valentine
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Best New Thinking

Winner: Tim Macer, Mark Pearson & Fabrizio Sebastiani for their paper Cracking the Code: What Customers Say, in Their Own Words

Finalists:

  • Samantha Smith
  • Virginia Valentine
  • Caroline Vogt & Stuart Knapman
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Best Newcomer

Sponsor       NFC

Winner: Sinead Jefferies for her paper Keeping Customers Posted

Finalists:

  • Martin Wootton
  • Darren Yaxley
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Special Contribution to Conference

Sponsor      CSA Recruitment

Winner: Ray Poynter for his Expert Briefing Session: Research 2.0, Walking the Talk

Finalists:

  • Pete Comley
  • David Smith
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Effectiveness Awards

MRS Applications of Research Award (Research Effectiveness Case History)

Winner: 4 Digital Group

Finalists:

  • Channel 4, Voodoo, Ramp Industry
  • The Co-operative Group
  • ORC International
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MRS Public Policy/Social Research Effectiveness Award

Winners: Sarah Castell & Julian Thompson, Ipsos MORI Hothouse and Anne Harrop, Helen Barnard, Teresa Harley, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Finalists:

  • Roz Barley, The HPI Research Group
  • Quadrangle
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ISBA Award ISBA

Winner: Orlando Wood, BrainJuicer Labs

Finalists:

  • Fiona Blades, MESH Planning, & Anna Tetlow, SHOP
  • Thinkbox
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MRS/ASC Award for Technology EffectivenessASC

Winner: BuzzBack Market Research for eCollageTM and Tag Cloud Viewer

Finalists:

  • ISTI-CNR and Archimede Informatica for VCS
  • QSR International for Xsight
  • Square Systems for Opinion 8
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MRS/AURA Insight Management Effectiveness Award AURA

Sponsor: McCallum Layton

Winner: Sky Tracker - Sky, Oxford Strategic Marketing , SPA & CFl

Finalists:

  • Dairy Crest & TNS Worldpanel
  • Quadrangle
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MRS/BIG Business Research Effectiveness Award BIG

Winner: BT & Gfk NOP

Finalists:

  • Opinion Leader
  • Quadrangle
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ResearchResearch Magazine Awards

Best Agency

Winner: FreshMinds

Finalists:

  • Flamingo International
  • Hall & Partners Europe
  • Opinion Leader
  • Voodoo
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Best New Agency

Winner: Essential

Finalists:

  • Kingpin Intelligence
  • MESH Planning
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Best Research Campaign

Winner:
Agency: TNS UK
Client: UNITE

Finalists:

  • Agency: Acuigen
    Client: Addleshaw Goddard
  • Agency: Acxiom & VSI Thinking
    Client: Thomas Cook UK
  • Agency: Voodoo, Ramp Industry & Up PR
    Client: Channel 4
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Innovative Employer of the Year

Winner: Firefish

Finalists:

  • Hall & Partners Europe
  • McCallum Layton
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Research Newcomer of the Year

Winner: James Morris, Opinion Leader Forum

Finalists:

  • Dr Eleanor Atton, Firefish
  • Julian Rolfe, Synovate
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Prosper Riley-Smith Effectiveness AwardAQR

Winner: Acacia Avenue for London Underground

Finalists:

  • Discovery for Reveal Magazine (not Real Magazine as originally published)
  • Opinion Leader for Ofcom
  • Rosenblatt for Castle Pubs
  • Firefish for BT Out of Home Broadband
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ASC/MRS Special Achievement Award.ASC

Winner: Triple-S Group

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Principal Sponsor

Marketing Week                


Dinner Sponsors

Kogan Page         WARC

 

Download the Research Excellence & Effectiveness Awards 2007 book (PDF 2MB)


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