Comments on: Recruiting “Peregrine Panel” of 1,000 Consumer/Owners http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117 Creativity, Innovation, and Social Observation Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gregg Fraley http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117&cpage=1#comment-844 Gregg Fraley Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:30:59 +0000 http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117#comment-844 Absolutely. I've taken my time with doing the next post which is going to be all about that aspect of things. It's taken some time to nail things down... Absolutely. I’ve taken my time with doing the next post which is going to be all about that aspect of things. It’s taken some time to nail things down…

]]> By: MarkA54321 http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117&cpage=1#comment-843 MarkA54321 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:15:01 +0000 http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117#comment-843 It may prove necessary to 'tie down security. This should be in terms of intellectual property management and assurance. The group which forms the Peregrine panel must be a trustworthy bunch. The other elements could include legal, ethical, societal, professional, commercial - but things could get a little 'heavy and unecessary. However,if things are not set up right from day one then any subsequent issues will either be challenging to identify or even more challenging to fix. It may prove necessary to ‘tie down security. This should be in terms of intellectual property management and assurance. The group which forms the Peregrine panel must be a trustworthy bunch.
The other elements could include legal, ethical, societal, professional, commercial – but things could get a little ‘heavy and unecessary. However,if things are not set up right from day one then any subsequent issues will either be challenging to identify or even more challenging to fix.

]]> By: Saul Cozens’ Web Technology Blog » Peregrine Panel - 1,000 creative and curious people needed http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117&cpage=1#comment-505 Saul Cozens’ Web Technology Blog » Peregrine Panel - 1,000 creative and curious people needed Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:10:29 +0000 http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117#comment-505 [...] and able to express an opinion in under 140 characters, then follow greggfraley2 on twitter or read Gregg’s blog post for more [...] [...] and able to express an opinion in under 140 characters, then follow greggfraley2 on twitter or read Gregg’s blog post for more [...]

]]> By: Chris Dymond http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117&cpage=1#comment-501 Chris Dymond Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:24:56 +0000 http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117#comment-501 I think no matter how broad and inclusive you try to be, the panel will always be a relatively narrow cross section of the global population - we are all pre-selected by the language, by the technology, by our interest. Just look at the United Nations' WSIS and IGF processes to see the effort it really takes to even approach a truly representative set of stakeholders. However, this is not necessarily a problem because of the questions being asked of it. If the questions are targetted at the panel 'as it is', rather than the expectation set that the panel will provide a representative opinion to any given question, then I can see that it will be extremely useful. For example, you could ask every panelist to provide categorised information about their knowledge, outlook and interests. Then each question to the panel could be 'pre-checked' against that database to see how suitable the panel might be in terms of its domain knowledge. So a question about web technology might earn a 92% suitability score, while one about the value of, say, providing tagalog translation services, might only earn a score of 3%. I think no matter how broad and inclusive you try to be, the panel will always be a relatively narrow cross section of the global population – we are all pre-selected by the language, by the technology, by our interest. Just look at the United Nations’ WSIS and IGF processes to see the effort it really takes to even approach a truly representative set of stakeholders.

However, this is not necessarily a problem because of the questions being asked of it. If the questions are targetted at the panel ‘as it is’, rather than the expectation set that the panel will provide a representative opinion to any given question, then I can see that it will be extremely useful.

For example, you could ask every panelist to provide categorised information about their knowledge, outlook and interests. Then each question to the panel could be ‘pre-checked’ against that database to see how suitable the panel might be in terms of its domain knowledge.

So a question about web technology might earn a 92% suitability score, while one about the value of, say, providing tagalog translation services, might only earn a score of 3%.

]]> By: Ragen Chastain http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117&cpage=1#comment-493 Ragen Chastain Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:19:48 +0000 http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117#comment-493 I think that you've really got the main things that are required. I absolutely agree about the "willingness" piece and the ongoing vetting process to make sure that panel members are really playing. To that end, I would suggest that you also look for ways to clarify what is expected of panelists on an ongoing basis. That will set you up to have better quality people join in the beginning, and make the ongoing vetting process much easier. I think that you’ve really got the main things that are required. I absolutely agree about the “willingness” piece and the ongoing vetting process to make sure that panel members are really playing. To that end, I would suggest that you also look for ways to clarify what is expected of panelists on an ongoing basis. That will set you up to have better quality people join in the beginning, and make the ongoing vetting process much easier.

]]> By: JR Moreau http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117&cpage=1#comment-492 JR Moreau Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:18:16 +0000 http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117#comment-492 Consistency is so important Gregg. I think the vetting you're speaking of is key to knowing the services and opinions you'll be getting out of people have some weight and *consistency* to them. Consistency is so important Gregg. I think the vetting you’re speaking of is key to knowing the services and opinions you’ll be getting out of people have some weight and *consistency* to them.

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]]> By: GREGG FRALEY http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117&cpage=1#comment-489 GREGG FRALEY Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:28:55 +0000 http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117#comment-489 You are quite right about Willingness. Part of what comes next is a "vetting" of all the signed up folks. They will need to agree to be responsive and participative. Have also thought we could "vote off" a panelist if they weren't playing by the rules or not playing at all. With Ownership comes responsibility...don't want to be heavy handed but this is serious business! So, be serious, or don't play! You are quite right about Willingness. Part of what comes next is a “vetting” of all the signed up folks. They will need to agree to be responsive and participative. Have also thought we could “vote off” a panelist if they weren’t playing by the rules or not playing at all. With Ownership comes responsibility…don’t want to be heavy handed but this is serious business! So, be serious, or don’t play!

]]> By: Renee Hopkins Callahan http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117&cpage=1#comment-488 Renee Hopkins Callahan Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:24:51 +0000 http://www.greggfraley.com/blog/?p=117#comment-488 Greg, you've pretty much got it nailed here. I've done a lot of recruiting for online research and the articulateness piece is crucial -- will be more crucial on Twitter to avoid me-too responses. You may have this covered, but another key is willingness and enthusiasm about participating. That goes a long way! And signing up does not necessarily indicate these things....! :) renee Greg, you’ve pretty much got it nailed here. I’ve done a lot of recruiting for online research and the articulateness piece is crucial — will be more crucial on Twitter to avoid me-too responses. You may have this covered, but another key is willingness and enthusiasm about participating. That goes a long way! And signing up does not necessarily indicate these things….! :) renee

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