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      <title>Audience Measurement 4.0 Highlights</title>
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Thanks to our attendees, presenters, program committee, sponsors and partners for making Audience Measurement 4.0 another record-breaking event!

4 Keynotes, 10 Panels, 35 Key Issue Forums and 124 Speakers dissected the latest developments in audience measurement and stressed the critical need to address the challenges with STB data, social media metrics and cross-platform media.
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      <title>Data 21, Mythology 0</title>
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June Journal of Advertising Research features 21 Watertight Laws for Intelligent Advertising Decisions
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      <title>Online Research Quality Council (ORQC) Foundations of Quality on Overlap and Duplication – Next Meeting June 9th</title>
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The ARF’s Foundations of Quality (FoQ) project begins to bear fruit with the creation of the first of a number of topic-based reports based on the FoQ research-on-research project’s results.
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      <title>The Stories Behind ARF David Ogilvy Award Winners</title>
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Each year the ARF David Ogilvy Awards recognize the role of consumer research in creating successful advertising. View the case studies to learn about the approaches and techniques utilized to discover insights that generated results.
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      <title>Translating Shopper Insights into Strategy and Solutions – May 12</title>
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The ARF’s Shopper Insights Council’s mission is to reshape industry thinking about shopping as an integral part of the brand experience. The discussion continues on Tuesday, May 12 with additional perspectives on purchasing decisions made pre-store and in-store.
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      <title>Announcing the ARF Career Center</title>
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Bob Barocci, CEO and Joel Rubinson, CRO discuss the ARF’s 21st century resource for employers and jobseekers.
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      <title>Video Consumer Mapping Study at Re:think 2009</title>
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The Video Consumer Mapping Study is the largest and most significant observational study of media activity ever undertaken.
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      <title>The New Marketing Research Imperative: It’s about Learning</title>
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Chief Research Officer Joel Rubinson sets out The ARF’s work to redefine the mission, vision and scope of the research function in this article from the forthcoming March 2009 issue of the Journal of Advertising Research.
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Robert Tomei, IRI, introduced the leaders of the ORQC Industry Solutions Committee, Tomas Emmers, Unilever; Mark Berry, Synovate; and Anne Hedde, Lightspeed at the council’s first meeting of 2009.
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The results of the Foundations of Quality (FoQ) Phase 1 study on online data quality are currently being presented in private sessions with participants and supporters of the project during the month of March, leading up to a presentation to the industry on April 1st at the ARF’s 2009 Annual Re:Think Conference. 
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      <title>On February 19th, the ARF Does a 360!</title>
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Did you ever feel that something just wasn’t right? That the way you plan and measure your advertising is no longer working? That you needed more knowledge and new insights to help you effectively connect with consumers? Well, the media and marketing research industry is about to come full circle – it will literally do a 360!
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      <title>Twitter tells the story at the ARF Industry Leader Forum</title>
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On January 27 Industry Leaders gathered in San Francisco for the ARF workshop “Transform Your Research By Listening ... West Coast Edition.” Gurus from Procter &amp; Gamble, Levi-Strauss, Charles Schwab, Intel, Facebook, Microsoft, Clorox and more explained how their companies have learned from listening to customers’ naturally occurring conversations and behavior. And companies including Communispace, Nielsen Online and Crispin Porter + Bogusky explained how they have put research transformation into practice.
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Open to all, over the two days of the Expo a community of industry peers network and gather information about the latest developments in advertising, marketing and research. The Expo is the social hub of the Re:think convention and attendees are able to connect offline with friends and colleagues through daily happy hours and opportunities to meet the speakers, as well as product demonstration and research presentation events
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      <title>ARF 2009 David Ogilvy Awards Entry Deadline</title>
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It’s your last chance to enter the 2009 David Ogilvy Awards and receive industry recognition for your research. 
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      <title>The Future of Audio Measurement</title>
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ARF Council Meetings showcase best practice and introduce ARF members to new technologies and the latest thinking about all aspects of advertising. The Audio Council is no exception, and at the next meeting in New York on December 17, Chair Dr. Tom Evans of ESPN will bring together two major players representing the potential future of audio measurement – IMMI and Arbitron.
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      <title>Listen, Learn, Transform: Shaping the Future of Research</title>
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The Advertising Research Foundation is leading a Research Transformation initiative that will enable members to stay ahead of the curve in a fast-changing, consumer-driven world.
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      <title>Walmart Stays a Step Ahead of the Economy</title>
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Extensive research helps the retailer create an Ogilvy-Award winning campaign.
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The ARF’s October Councils focus on cutting edge research techniques, from print to video.
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ARF research chief Joel Rubinson look at how consumers’ digital conversations reveal brands’ mojo.
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      <title>The Art of Listening in the Digital Age</title>
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An ARF event sparks an industry discussion on learning from consumers’ online talk about brands.
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      <title>Falling Behind the Trends?</title>
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A September 19 council examines how to learn from brand-building multicultural men. 
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      <title>Examining a Gem of a Campaign</title>
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Ogilvy winner JWT shares research strategies from the Journey Diamonds launch.
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Consumers increasingly expect companies to listen to what they’re saying about brands. An Ad Week workshop on Sept. 22 offers smart solutions on how to do it.
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An ARF council will offer ideas on meeting the challenge on Sept. 16.

It’s no secret that there are panelists who participate in multiple online surveys. But do these serial survey-takers hurt the results?
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TNS/Cymfony presents their new study findings in September 9 webcast. 
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A new study, presented at the ARF, offers a look at how Japanese consumers have responded to mobile phones that offer all of their favorite shows.
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New research by MTV Networks, discussed in a recent online marketing council, begins to track consumer behavior in virtual worlds linked to media properties.
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Notes from the Emerging Media Council, Thursday, August 14, 2008. 

What comes after television, the internet and mobile? The fourth screen was the focus for recent Emerging Media Council meeting, chaired by Terri Dwyer of Avenue A | Razorfish. Digital out-of-home advertising is one of the fastest growing segments, seen everywhere from doctors’ offices and gas stations to taxis and hotels.
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ARF Engagement Council will offer insight into how to pick the best home for magazine ads.
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As screens that consumers can touch catch on in retail, advertisers and agencies have new opportunities to expand their creativity.
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An upcoming Youth Council meeting will offer insight into media usage among the younger set.
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Upcoming Media Effectiveness Council will look at the latest solutions for decision makers.

Are consumers more likely to purchase a product if we run a commercial on a news program, instead of on a weather show? Will advertising a sale three days in advance help sales at a retail store more than doing so five days ahead of time? How much online advertising should we buy?
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Conference co-chair Richard Marks of TNS looks back at highlights of the event.
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ARF members will take stock of the latest measurement techniques at a July 10 meeting.
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The upcoming August 7 Experiential Marketing Council will look at how MSN measured a successful campaign on weight-loss challenge tied to “The Biggest Loser.”
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:47:00 EST</pubDate>
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The search engine giant plans to build on its successful approach to online advertising. But will it seek industry accreditation? 
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Audience Measurement 3.0 looks at how to measure media usage as the pace of technological change accelerates.
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Researchers to offer alternatives to the outdated “one-size-fits-all” approach.
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AM 3.0 will take on the challenge of tracking audiences who won’t stay put.
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comScore Chief of Research Josh Chasin offers insight on the most important trends to consider in audience measurement.
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Given the rapid-fire changes in the media landscape, creating advertising that engages consumers – and finding ways to measure the impact – requires innovative thinking.
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