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19 Aug

Posted at 19:38h in Employee News, Get to Know Us

We’re thrilled to introduce our newest staff member, Emma Clarke.  Emma’s journey from intern to full-time Associate Researcher demonstrates her passion for research. In this interview, she shares insights into her career path and what excites her most about her new role.

1) Tell us a about your career journey so far. What inspired you to pursue a career in research. How did you navigate your path from being a student to joining Fluent?

I have always been a curious person, seeking to know as much as I can about the world around me. I was first introduced to research through a family member who researches child development. As a child, I often helped out in her research. Through this experience, I became aware of the many different ways that a research career can manifest itself.

Years later, I majored in psychology and cognitive studies at Tulane University. Exploring the different research opportunities available to me as a psychology major, I was introduced to Fluent through that same family member. I contacted the company in hopes of becoming an intern and was luckily given that opportunity. In college, I also pursued a more academic form of research in a social psychology lab, studying intergroup relations and marginalized groups. Ultimately, I chose to pursue a full-time career at Fluent instead of staying in academia. I appreciate Fluent’s welcoming company culture, the intelligent and helpful staff, and the variety of client projects.

2) What unique challenge have you faced during your college career or as an intern? How did you overcome it?

A unique challenge I faced at the beginning of college was starting my freshman year in the middle of the pandemic. I had always wanted to go far away for college and meet lots of new people. COVID-19 posed a strong challenge to my plan. Although it was extremely difficult to meet people, I was able to reach out to other incoming students through social media and make the best of the situation.

3) As a recent college graduate, what advice would you give to students or recent graduates looking to pursue a career in research?

Internships are very important for a college student or a recent graduate who wants to find a job in research. Having internship eperiences in different research settings throughout my college career helped me figure out my passion and the work settings I enjoyed most. In addition to internships, volunteer opportunities can also provide valuable insight into different research fields and careers. Since research is a key component of solving just about every problem, there are many ways to participate in the process. Internships and volunteering can help you figure out which one is right for you.

4) What’s your go-to hobby or activity outside of work that brings you joy?

Although I have many hobbies outside of work, two things that bring me a lot of joy are weightlifting and participating in trivia nights. I first started weightlifting at the gym during COVID-19 and have been really consistent with it ever since. Not only does it provide me with a good mental health boost, I love that I can just keep improving. Attending trivia nights is so much fun. I love to see how much I know!

5) What are you most excited about in your new role at Fluent?

As an Associate Researcher at Fluent, I am most excited to have full involvement in the research process, from trying out new technologies to learning from my coworkers. While I was able to assist with research as an intern, I didn’t always have the chance to complete the projects I worked on. I am looking forward to seeing projects through from start to finish and learning to use new tools that help analyze and group data. Of course, one of the best things about Fluent is the people. I am so excited about working with so many accomplished and experienced individuals.

16 Aug

Posted at 20:42h in Get to Know Us, Uncategorized

There’s something truly powerful about a photograph—it can capture a moment, tell a story, and evoke emotions in ways that words sometimes can’t. In celebration of World Photography Day, we asked our team members to share their favorite photos from the past year. From stunning landscapes and adorable pets to memorable vacation moments, each image offers a glimpse into their unique experiences and creativity!

Aeliya Ahmed – Project Manager

My younger brother moved from Chicago, IL to Boulder, CO. So, he and I road-tripped across the country for two days to move him in July. After endless driving, we finally got to enjoy his new home near the mountains! The view of the Flatiron mountains made the drive worth it.

 

Heath Cozens – Director of Productions

A late night rendezvous. I encountered this lovely couple outside a local metro station in Mumbai, whilst on a shoot for a client. Romeo and Juliet vibes. I’m sentimental, I guess.

 

Amber Gonzalez – Quantitative Researcher

One of my favorite shots of the year, captured during my vacation in Puerto Rico. There’s something so serene about watching sunsets on the beach!

 

Nellie Gregorian – Founder and President

Welcoming our new puppy, Misha, to our family. We love him so much! He brings joy and laughter to our lives every single day.

 

Mary Meyn – Research Director and Chief of Staff

My family has vacationed in the same small beach town on the South Shore of Massachusetts for five generations. It is a treasured location for many members of my family, especially my grandmother, “Nan”, and my mom, who both shared their love of it with me. Now I have the privilege of sharing that love with my children when we visit each year. This picture from our most recent visit captures the joy of being there and reminds me that we are small parts of this vast and beautiful world.

 

Kelly Sheehan – Senior User Experience Researcher

This is a photo of a large sea turtle that I took at the New England Aquarium this summer. When we took my 2-year old daughter there for the first time this summer, this big guy swam right up to us in the tank. It was so wonderful to see these animals up close and see my daughter in awe!

 

 

 

 

 

 

07 Aug

Posted at 20:40h in Content, Get to Know Us

At Fluent Research, we believe that a good book has the power to inspire, educate, and transform. In honor of National Book Lovers Day, we asked our team to share what they’re reading right now and their thoughts on the content. From thoughtful novels to powerful nonfiction, their diverse tastes reflect a passion for life, learning, and laughter.

Aeliya Ahmed – Project Manager

  • Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  • A friend of mine recently recommended this book to me and I’m enjoying it so far. It’s a book that’s written by a former student who goes on weekly visits to his old college professor, Morrie who’s dying from ALS. In their weekly talks, Morrie imparts gems of his end-of-life wisdom. I’m still making my way through all the lessons this book chronicles, but it has been a great reminder of what is truly important.

 

Charlotte Beatty – User Experience Researcher

  • Orlando by Virginia Woolf
  • Orlando is my favorite book I’ve read so far this year. As a big Virginia Woolf fan, I find Orlando to be the most playful, hopeful, and self-expressive novel in her body of work. The book exists as both a work of fiction and a surrealist autobiography of Woolf’s own life, identity, and relationships. The gender-bending, poetry-obsessed, effortlessly endearing Orlando lives for hundreds of years through different time periods, switching genders and lives overnight, and experiencing different political moments and social catalysts from different stratifications. The book is a snapshot of Woolf’s meditations on gender, politics, and power in conversation with the time period she was alive in, but her thoughts still feel relevant to the world we find ourselves in today, nearly a century later. The 1993 movie adaptation starring Tilda Swinton is equally moving and delightful.

 

Evelin Garcia – User Experience Researcher

  • Magic in Room 216: How One Teacher Came of Age and Inspired the Next Generation by Andee Nunn
  • The author of this book, Andee Nunn, was my English teacher in high school. At the time, I was having a very difficult time and living with so much uncertainty about the future. Mrs. Nunn was extremely supportive and did everything she could to help me go to college. To this day, she has been one of the most supportive teachers I’ve ever had and I am still in touch with her to this day. In this book, she talks about her experiences navigating education and recalls stories of the students who have made a lasting impression on her throughout her career. I highly recommend this book!

 

Mary Meyn – Research Director and Chief of Staff

  • Real Americans by Rachel Khong
  • I recently finished reading Real Americans, by Rachel Khong. A few years ago I read Khong’s 2017 novel called Goodbye, Vitamin and loved it. It was original, poignant, and beautifully written. So when I saw that Khong had a new novel coming out I knew I had to read it. Real Americans is a story of cross-generational family identity, as told from two perspectives. The two perspectives were radically different yet equally compelling and believable. I really enjoyed this novel and would recommend it to those who enjoy fiction!

 

Kelly Sheehan – Senior User Experience Researcher

  • Funny Story by Emily Henry
  • Funny Story is a fictional story about a children’s librarian whose fiancé dumps her for his childhood best friend. She finds companionship in her fiancé’s new partner’s ex and soon begins to fall for him. Emily Henry only has a handful of books, and I was so excited about the release of this new one. She has a way of creating vivid and compelling characters whose storylines feel both understandable and novel. Her books feel like a complete escape from reality, and I love being pulled into her stories!

 

Amy Warren – Senior Child Development Researcher 

  • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • I was drawn to this book for its blending of Indigenous knowledge and Western science. As a botanist and a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer offers a unique perspective on our relationship with the Earth. She shares the wisdom and teachings of her ancestors, emphasizing the importance of reciprocity and gratitude towards the natural world. She delves into the intricate details of plant life, revealing the complex systems and relationships that sustain ecosystems. I love how she weaves together these two ways of knowing. I think it’s this sort of “mending of splits” — between Wisdom and Science, Humans and Nature — that is most needed now.

 

Dan Warren – Director of Youth Development & Education

30 Jul

Posted at 04:27h in Get to Know Us, Research, Research Camp

In celebration of World Friendship Day, we asked members of our team to share their favorite collaborative projects. From content marketing campaigns to national surveys and in-depth ethnographies, these projects showcase the power of teamwork and the friendships that drive our success.

Stefanie Cousins – Vice President of Marketing and Communications

The public launch of Research Camp has been my favorite collaborative project at Fluent Research to date. Research Camp allows us and our clients to explore the world through the eyes of children. Using a range of qualitative research methodologies, we aim for deep insights into their thoughts, feelings, and experiences to answer our client’s research questions all in a classic camp environment.

The launch of Research Camp involved a content marketing campaign that distributed articles, images, GIFs, and videos as well as the development of a new page for our website, which serves as a one-stop shop for our stakeholders to learn more.

The development and execution of Research Camp’s public launch was a true team effort. I worked with Heath Cozens, Paige Frankovich, and Dan Warren, as well as our friends at Curious Media, who helped develop and design the webpage.

Mary Meyn– Research Director and Chief Staff

The Kids and Family Reading Report on behalf of Scholastic was my favorite collaborative project. Scholastic is a leader in children’s book publishing and strives to understand children’s preferences in what types of books they’re looking for and the type of content they enjoy.

Scholastic supports not just children in their reading but families as a whole. They want to understand how parents are utilizing books with their children, what support they need to encourage their children to read and enjoy reading, and what role reading plays in American families. Scholastic has tracked parents’ and children’s attitudes toward reading and their reading behavior with a biannual national survey since 2010. Scholastic engaged Fluent Research to continue this tracking study in 2023 with a survey of parents of children ages 0-17 and children ages 6-17.

Dana Markow and I worked closely on this project over the course of more than a year. While the study in and of itself is important and compelling, working with Dana on this project also provided us with opportunities to discuss our favorite childhood books, to reflect on what reading means to us as adults as well as its importance in our respective childhoods. In addition, Dana and I connected about the next generation of readers in our families, including their favorite books, and their reading struggles and triumphs.

Kelly Sheehan– Senior User Experience Researcher

I recently worked on a research project that involved interviewing coworker dyads about their work culture and meetings. It was super fun collaborating with my Fluent colleagues to brainstorm creative approaches to having the dyads interact and answer questions. We asked them to complete a brainstorming exercise together using a collaborative white-boarding tool called Miro. It was interesting to not only design this research but also observe coworkers’ relationships in real-time and hear how they describe their work rapport.

I worked with Farrah Brensinger and Sofia Polo on this project. Farrah and Sofia are excellent collaborative partners, bringing lots of attention to detail, creative ideas, and levity to our work. I felt like we all connected really well and respected each other’s ideas, which helped us land on a creative and well-thought-out approach. I’m so grateful to work with these two amazing researchers and to continue to learn from them!

Dan Warren– Director, Youth Development & Education

I worked on a week-long ethnography project where we tried to capture what it was like to be a kid in school these days. I collaborated with Heath Cozens, our Film Director. The project was special for two reasons. First, I love being in schools and immersing myself in the world of kids. Second, it was amazing to learn about the process of shooting films and how those techniques could improve my skills as a researcher.

11 Jun

Posted at 19:49h in Content, Get to Know Us

With its capacity to bring us knowledge, laughter, and new perspectives, social media can enrich our lives in countless ways. In this blog, our team shares their favorite accounts to follow. From thrilling outdoor adventures to insights into parenting with empathy, these accounts offer endless fun and inspiration. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

 

Lia Abrams: User Experience Researcher – Beli

Beli is an up-and-coming social media platform that allows you to search for restaurants in your area, save them to your wishlist, and rate them once you have dined there. You can see where your friends want to go and where they have been as well as what they ordered at each restaurant, how they rated it, and even pictures of their food. It’s the best way to find a great restaurant that’s been vetted by people you trust!

 

Aeliya Ahmed: Projet Manager – Ben Kielenski 

Ben makes TikTok videos that always open with “do you want to come on an adventure with?” He solo travels and does the coolest outdoor activities you could imagine – all the hiking, biking, kayaking, swimming, diving, running in the world! I love watching him because his videos remind me of how much there is to see – and he inspired me to go on my three-month solo trip earlier this year!

 

Farrah Brensinger: Senior User Experience Researcher – The Pancake Princess 

The Pancake Princess (Erika Kwee) hosts “data-driven bake-offs,” where she tests trending Internet recipes and lets her squad of taste testers give their verdicts. Whether you’re on the hunt for a new carrot cake recipe, or if you simply MUST know how Smitten Kitchen’s lemon bar recipe stacks up against Tartine’s, the Pancake Princess is your go-to guru!

 

Mary Meyn: Chief of Staff and Director, Research – Born a Backpacker

One of my favorite accounts to follow is Born a Backpacker, the Instagram account of a family who share their travels around the United States and the world with their three young children. I love following their journey as a family doing everything from everyday things such as taking their kids to soccer practice to living on a boat for a week in Thailand. Nia, the woman who runs the account, is very down to earth and seemingly shows her family’s “real life.” It is the best of social media: an account that is inspiring, shares practical tips, and makes me feel connected to other people with similar interests.

 

Kelly Sheehan: Senior User Experience Researcher  – NurturedFirst

As a parent of a young child, I find NuturedFirst a super helpful account for tackling everyday challenges (like how to respond to tantrums) and more serious challenges (like body safety). The account owner (Jess) uses real world examples to demonstrate how to meet your child with deep empathy rather than focusing on the inconvenient behavior itself. I love this account because I feel like I walk away with more knowledge, more empathy, and greater appreciation for my child.

 

Amy Warren: Senior Child Development Researcher –  Darcia Narvaez

Darcia Narvaez is a central force within the paradigm shift BACK to humans’ original and “normal” cooperative orientation that begins within the human family. Simply, she is the Jane Goodall of humans, reminding us of our (human) needs, inner wisdom, and wellness-informed pathways to flourishing. Check out her educational outreach project, The Evolved Nest, to learn more! And be sure to explore #EvolvedNest #JaneGoodall #humanflourishing too!

 

 

 

07 Jun

Posted at 15:05h in Employee News, Get to Know Us

Meet Aeliya Ahmed Fluent’s new project manager! With over six years of experience in the non-profit, education, and healthcare sectors, Aeliya excels at streamlining processes and promoting informed decision-making. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, her journey includes supporting families at a crisis nursery and even teaching in NYC Public Schools through Americorps! We sat down with her to learn more about her background, approach to project management, and what excites her about her new role at Fluent.

1. Tell us a little about your background. What did you want to be when you were younger and what motivated you to pursue a career in project management?

When I was younger, I wanted to be an artist. I didn’t know what project management was until after I graduated college, and once I realized how detail-oriented the role could be, I decided it was the right fit! The perfectionism and attention to nitty-gritty details that project management involves feels like a close enough fit to an artist.

2. How do your experiences in the non-profit, education, and healthcare industries inform your approach to project management? 

Having worked with so many different people across different industries has certainly made me a better project manager. I’ve worked with energetic five-year-olds in classrooms, stressed attending surgeons in the ER, worried parents at community centers, and busy tech clients with crunched timelines. All of these experiences have made me comfortable working with and talking to anyone. Project management involves a lot of cross-functional collaboration, so that’s a skill I’ve been able to develop having worked in these different roles.

3. With your diverse background, what advice do you have for individuals looking to pursue a career in project management, especially those interested in working with children or in research?  

The best advice I have is to try as many different paths as you can. Working in the education, healthcare, and non-profit spaces has helped me realize what I didn’t enjoy working on — which is just as important as realizing what you do enjoy. If you have varying interests, I would say to test as many of them out as you can, and you’ll rack up immeasurable experiences along the way. Project management involves a lot of organizing and streamlining processes — having varied experiences can help you approach finding ways to improve those processes with a new lens!

4. What’s your go-to hobby or activity outside of work that brings you joy?

I’m a serial hobby collector. This year, I’m getting back into figure skating. Last year’s focus was on learning how to surf, and next year’s goal is to learn kung fu!

5. What are you most excited about in your new role at Fluent Research?

I am super grateful to be working with such an awesome team. I’ve gotten to learn so much from my teammates in a short amount of time. I’m looking forward to streamlining some more of our processes, and ensuring that every project is a smooth operation.

Connect with Aeliya on LinkedIn!

07 Jun

Posted at 14:53h in Employee News, Get to Know Us

We’re thrilled to introduce Kelly Sheehan, our new Senior User Experience Researcher! With over a decade of experience in technology, including roles at Meta and Age of Learning, we’re excited to welcome Kelly and her expertise in qualitative and quantitative methodologies to our team. We caught up with Kelly to learn all about her career journey, her passion for user experience research, and what brings her joy outside of work!

1. Tell us a bit about your career journey. What inspired you to become a user experience (UX) researcher, and how did you navigate your path to Fluent?

I knew I was a researcher ever since my first research methods class in college. I loved the idea that research could help answer any question, and bring us closer to understanding why people do and think the way they do. I went right to grad school to get my PhD with the intention of becoming a professor but realized the long years from research to publishing and academic bureaucracy were not for me.

I discovered UX research after doing an informational call with a former member of my graduate school lab who landed a UX research job. I loved that UX experience research was fast, and rigorous, and that you could see the impact of your research on people’s everyday lives. I landed my first UX researcher job at Age of Learning, an ed-tech company that creates educational products for kids, students, and families. I spent four years at Age of Learning leading UX research on their flagship app, ABCMouse, before leaving to work for Instagram.

At Instagram, I worked on the Integrity team, with the goal of making Instagram safer for teens. I led foundational research on users’ experiences with negative comments, as well as testing design changes to make hashtag pages safer for teens. After a year and a half at Meta, I worked briefly at a small market research firm called Brilliant Experience before joining Fluent.

I found my way to Fluent after a former manager of mine, who is now a client of Fluent, saw that they were hiring a Senior UX Researcher and connected me to a few people at the company. I was incredibly impressed not only by the organization’s portfolio of work but also by how genuinely kind and smart everyone was that I met with. I was also excited to work on a variety of projects and have the opportunity to hone some new research skills. I feel very lucky to be part of the Fluent team!

2. What’s a unique challenge you’ve faced in your career as a user experience researcher, and how did you overcome it?

I, unfortunately, experienced two rounds of layoffs as a UX researcher in the span of a year, during a time when the competition for a UX research role was fierce. It was challenging to position myself as unique in a large pool of highly qualified candidates.

I kept myself focused and motivated by doing lots of networking calls, which helped me get my name out there and also feel connected to the UX research community. In a way, I felt like I was conducting my own UX research with the goal of learning about research at other companies, and understanding how other researchers landed their current jobs. While it was challenging being on the job market, I learned a lot about what I want in a career and who I am as a researcher, and I’m ultimately thankful for the space and insight it provided me.

3. With over 10 years of research experience, what advice do you have for those looking to pursue a career in the field?

There are two key parts of being a UX researcher that are important for being successful. First, there’s the research part, which includes selecting appropriate methodologies, being a good moderator, managing research projects and timelines, and delivering insights that are impactful. I would encourage those new to the field to try to get as much diverse research experience and training as they can so that they can understand how to make the best strategic research decisions for a variety of situations.

The second part is the relationship part. Whether you are an in-house researcher or a market researcher working with clients, building strong relationships with your stakeholders is essential to being a great researcher because it ensures that your research is impactful. For example, I once had to deliver research insights that I knew would not be received positively by my team because the findings suggested that we should not move forward with a product idea we were pursuing. I had a great relationship with the product manager on my team, so I leaned on him to help me strategize how to present the results in a way that offered a more viable and exciting solution. The team ended up accepting my recommendations and shifting product directions, which led to the whole product team being successful because of my research.

What makes UX research valuable is not only that it is rigorous and designed appropriately, but also that someone takes the research and does something with it to improve a product or experience. If you’re new to the field, make sure you’re investing not only in your research expertise but in your collaboration and relationship-building skills.

4. What’s your go-to hobby or activity outside of work that brings you joy?

Relationships are extremely important to me, so I try to spend my free time planning activities and spending time with my family or friends. About a year ago, I started a “club” for my group of friends that meets every month where we take turns hosting get-togethers at our houses. I’ve been friends with the same group of friends since middle school, and having a recurring event on the calendar for us to get together brings me so much joy and means there’s always something to look forward to.

When I’m not sipping wine and eating cheese with my life-long friends, you can typically find me spending time with my husband, Frank, and my 2-year-old daughter, Madison. Maddie is absolutely wild and has boundless amounts of energy, and I love watching her climbing and jumping at gymnastics, digging in the dirt, and talking to literally anyone that she sees. Every moment with her is pure joy.

5. What are you most excited about in your new role at Fluent Research?

I am most excited to work on projects with an amazing group of smart and driven researchers. What drew me to Fluent was the people, who are not only incredibly bright and interesting, but driven, empathetic, and kind. Even when work is busy, people are always asking how they can help move a project forward. I’m looking forward to working with such great people, and I know I will be learning a lot from them.

Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn!

29 Mar

Posted at 12:53h in Content, Get to Know Us

This Women’s History Month and we’re excited to share this post from Fluent’s Project Manager, Aeliya Ahemd, where she shares her admiration for Jane Elliot, a trailblazing educator.

A woman who inspires me is Jane Elliot, a powerhouse educator and anti-racist activist.

First coming across her work in a child development psychology course in college, I learned about her groundbreaking “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” classroom exercise with her third-graders to allow her students to see firsthand what experiencing discrimination could feel like. Fifty years later, her work is just as important as it was then.

Elliot’s ideas about race were not popular at the time, as they challenged the deeply ingrained attitudes of her small, predominantly-white town in Iowa, but despite criticism and backlash, Elliot didn’t shy away from being a tireless advocate for anti-racism education. She confronted injustice head-on — and continues to untill today, more than five decades later. Since her “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” classroom exercise, Elliot’s work has been dedicated to the pursuit of racial equity and justice. In 2019, Elliot gave a lecture at my college campus, and getting the chance to hear her speak ardently and witness her indomitable spirit was heartening.

Above all, I deeply admire Jane Elliot’s message on the transformative power of education. Through her work, she doesn’t just share knowledge; she instills empathy and compassion, shares meaningful actions we all can take to create a more equitable society, and challenges us to hold ourselves accountable. She’s teaching us how to be better people.

02 Jan

Posted at 05:43h in Get to Know Us

As we step into 2024, our team is bursting with anticipation and excitement for the next twelve months. From sharpening skills to exploring new places, our employees share what they are looking forward to in the coming year! Here’s to a year of growth, achievement, and new beginnings!

Aeliya Ahmed – Associate Project Manager

I’m super excited to get back to figure skating — I haven’t practiced ice skating in years, and one of my goals is to get into it again!

Charlotte Beatty – User Experience Researcher

I’m looking forward to traveling to a few new places in 2024! I’ll be going to Oaxaca and southern France.

Farrah Brensinger – Senior User Experience Researcher

I took a class in ASL for one semester in grad school. I loved it, and have been thinking again about jumping back into the language. 2024 may be the year!

Paige Frankovich – Associate Producer 

Getting married!

Amber Gonzalez – Quantitative Researcher  

In 2024, I’m eagerly anticipating a blend of tranquility and adventure. I look forward to deepening my yoga practice, reading more books, and embarking on exciting travels to immerse myself in diverse cultures and create lasting memories.

 

21 Dec

Posted at 16:32h in Content, Get to Know Us, Meditations

As we approach the conclusion of 2023, the Fluent team is excited to reflect on some standout moments that have shaped this year. Join us on this journey down memory lane as we celebrate impactful client work, innovative research initiatives, and the recognition of one of our exceptional colleagues.

1) Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report™

Fluent Research conducted the eighth edition of the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report™, a biennial national survey examining parents’ and children’s reading attitudes and behaviors. This year’s findings, including the correlation between reading frequency and emotional wellbeing, garnered attention from major media outlets such as Psychology Today and The Washington Post. Explore the results on the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report website.

2) Research Camp

Picture a camp nestled in the outskirts of Boston, where children engage in typical camp activities while sharing their thoughts with researchers on various topics. What began as a quest to find Latinx children for GBH’s curriculum testing transformed into Research Camp—an immersive research environment. This novel approach allowed our clients not only to observe focus groups and interviews but also to actively engage with the dynamic world of summer camp, fostering breakthrough insights and participant engagement. Keep an eye out for announcement about future Research Camps in Boston, MA (February 19-23 & April 15-19) and Los Angeles, CA, during school breaks and throughout the year. If Research Camp piques your interest, reach out to Nellie Gregorian.

3) Sofia Polo’s Outstanding Young Researcher Award

In November, Fluent’s Director of Research Strategy Sofia Polo received the Outstanding Young Researcher Award at the 2023 Marketing Research and Insight Excellence Awards. Presented to individuals under 30 who have made significant contributions to the industry, this accolade recognizes Sofia’s dedication, client focus, and insightful analyses. Sofia’s achievement underscores Fluent’s commitment to nurturing talent and innovation in market research.

As we bid farewell to 2023, these milestones stand as testaments to Fluent’s commitment to excellence, innovation, and client satisfaction. We are grateful for the opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow throughout the year. Looking ahead, we remain dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is possible in market research. Thank you for being a part of our journey, and here’s to another year of continued success and meaningful contributions in 2024.

By Stefanie Cousins – Vice President, Marketing and Communications