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| TAVERNER WAY : E-Newsletter
VOL. 2 |
• Philip Mitchell-Taverner
appointed a Fellow of the Research Society
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Taverner find a fast way of catching up
with clients
• Australasian
Transport Research Forum sponsored by Taverner
• Taverner welcomes six new staff
members
• “Triangulation, Bricolage
and The Taverner Way” – a fascinating
view of the latest research buzzwords from the UK by one of our
new young guns, Lisa Lee. |
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At a dinner which marked the 50th anniversary of the founding
of the AMSRS; Philip Mitchell-Taverner was appointed a Fellow
of the Society. Philip has spent 40 years as a practising researcher.
“I am most proud of helping to train many of today’s
research industry leaders” he said. “Indeed at Taverner
I like to think we are not just proving excellent and insightful
research for our clients but we are assisting more and more young
researchers to become ‘heroes’ within the organisation
and the industry”. Philip looks forward to helping even
more Taverner researchers become the best they can be and assisting
with the development of the research industry as an active member
and sponsor of the Society.
Photo Right: Philip Mitchell-Taverner,
new fellow of the Research Society
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| It may have something to do with developing
a new young team of researchers – but, Taverner had no trouble
fielding its own version of the Awesome Foursome – at the
JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. Held on November 9 in Sydney
– the 5.6 kilometre run through Centennial Park is seen
as the first of the 2006 series of Corporate Challenges held in
16 cities throughout the world by JP Morgan Chase. The Taverner
Team completed the course in a highly respectable 26m:30sec. Gerry
Guinan said “the race was a fantastic event and it turned
out to be a rather unique way of catching up with some old and
new clients”. Rumours are strong that the Taverner Awesome
Foursome is suggesting that Philip might like to sponsor them
in some of the 16 events coming up in the New Year. |
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| The Team clockwise from back left:
Gerry Guinan, Michael Trigwell, Alice Xu and Victoria (Tora) Cullip. |
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| Transport Research has been a core
activity for Taverner research since its inception. Therefore
the opportunity to sponsor the 28th Australasian Transport Research
Forum held in Sydney in September was readily accepted by Philip
Mitchell-Taverner. “With more than 200 transport researchers
and practitioners from Australasia and beyond, the forum proved
to be a very ‘passionate’ affair” said Connie
Jansen, Senior Research Director for Taverner’s social and
government division. The key issue of reducing damage to the environment
by restricting private vehicles while increasing the efficiency
and effectiveness of public transport took centre stage. |
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| Taverner promotes a decade of Transport Research
at ATRF conference |
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| The Taverner Way is now being enhanced
by the combined knowledge and enthusiasm of six new staff members
– when you visit Taverner next they would all love to say
hello. |
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Clair Reynolds - Data Analyst
Clair grew up in Hampshire, England and graduated from The London
Institute in 1999 with a BA (Hons) in Publishing. She has worked
for a variety of London publishing houses in a production capacity
on illustrated titles ranging from cookery to cricket. After seven
years of living in London Clair decided to travel and arrived
in Australia at the end of 2002 and started work at Taverner Research
as a casual telephone interviewer. After taking time out to see
the country she rejoined in March 2004 and became involved with
the coding of jobs. Research with Taverner is now her fulltime
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Michael Trigwell - Research Manager
Michael spent the past 6 years working as a marketer for organisations
from a start up Technology Company to a global manufacturer and
marketer of heavy mining and construction equipment. His background
in strategic marketing and product management brings valuable
input to Taverner and our clients. He has also been involved with
projects involving identifying new markets and business opportunities.
Michael holds an Advanced Diploma in Marketing specialising in
Sports and Entertainment and is currently studying part-time towards
a Bachelor of Business Majoring in Marketing and Management. |
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Lisa Lee - Research Assistant
Lisa joined the Taverner Research phone room in 2004 while attending
the University of New South Wales. After graduating from with
an honours degree in Psychology minoring in Industrial Relations
she has now joined Taverner full time focussing on research analysis
with a special interest in qualitative research. Read Lisa’s
article in this edition of the Taverner Way |
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Victoria Cullip - Senior Research Consultant
With a BA (Hons) and MSc, Tora as she is known, has over eight
years experience in both the UK and Australia working with a broad
range of blue chip and not-for-profit organisations including
JP Morgan, Macquarie Bank, AMP and the UK’s National Health
Service.. She also has a postgraduate diploma in counselling from
the Australian College of Applied Psychology. Tora is a firm believer
in the need to build strong partnerships with clients as a foundation
for Quality Research. |
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Alice Xu - Research Assistant
As well as a B.Information Systems from UNSW, Alice has also graduated
from the role of part-timer in the Taverner phone room where she
began in 2001. Taverner is all about giving talent a chance and
after her promotion to field supervisor in 2003 Alice developed
her skills to take on responsibility for overall project management,
data processing, analysing and reporting. There is a rumour that
she actually joined Taverner on an athletic scholarship following
the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. |
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Karen Deveridge - Receptionist/ Admin Assistant
Karen has joined Taverner as our receptionist as well as undertaking
administrative duties. After a 13 year career in the hospitality/hotel
industry she is looking to undertake new studies in the areas
of Business Economics and Social Sciences and learn more about
the research industry. In the meantime for many Karen will be
the face and the voice of Taverner. |
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An interesting look at the latest research
buzzwords from the UK by one of our new young guns – Lisa
Lee. Lisa first joined the Taverner Research phone room in 2004
as an impoverished uni student. She found she liked it so much
she stayed on to become a research assistant after graduating
from the University of New South Wales with an honours degree
in Psychology minoring in Industrial Relations.
Since commencing work with Taverner Research, Lisa has gained
experience in varied research areas, including the following:
government agencies and departments, pharmaceuticals, not-for-profit
organisations, the financial industry and goods and products.
She is also proud to say that she’s learning the art of
the ‘bricoleur’.
Click here to read her article. |
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