FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            October 1, 2016

NCT Linguistics becomes the exclusive provider of translation services for Percept Research

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, October 1, 2016 – NCT Linguistics, the boutique language solutions provider, announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Percept Research, a leader in full-service market research and consulting for domestic and international markets.

Brian Mahoney, Managing Partner of Percept Research, attended the 2016 Executive MBA Council Midwest regional meeting from July 11-13. The Chicago Booth School of Business hosted over 65 attendees at the event.

EMBA Council attendees learn more about social capital

The regional meeting included several sessions covering topics such as “Competitive Advantage of Social Capital”, “Change Pro Simulation”, and “Beyond the Ropes Course” for sharing insights and best practices.

Brian Mahoney, Managing Partner of Percept Research, attended the UNICON Team Development Conference held December 2-4, 2015 at the Rizzo Conference Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  

This year's theme was "Driving and Managing Growth by Building High-Performing Teams." UNICON’s annual team conference provides a great opportunity for members to network, share ideas, explore industry trends and discuss best-practices in executive education. 

Plenary and concurrent sessions featured speakers and panelists from a variety of UNICON member schools. The conference sessions were relevant for anyone working in executive education, with specific concurrent sessions designed for those working in marketing, sales, strategy, program management and operations. 

Brian Mahoney, Managing Partner of Percept Research, attended the Executive MBA Council Southeast regional meeting. 

The Rollins Cummer Graduate School of Business and University of Central Florida Executive Development Center hosted over 90 attendees at the meeting from February 28 to March 1, 2016. The meeting had the largest attendance ever for an EMBA Council regional meeting.

Sarah Perez (University of North Carolina) discusses Doing More with Less

The regional meeting presented several sessions covering topics such as “Trends in Digital Engagement”, “EMBA Transformation”, “Selecting for Quality”, "Doing More with Less", and “Data Driven Results.” During the "EMBA Council Update" session, Michael Desiderio, Executive Director of the Executive MBA Council, presented summary metrics for the region from the 2015 Membership Program Survey.  

Jerry Provost, Mark McQuail, and Brian Mahoney of the Percept Research team attended the Executive MBA Council 2015 annual conference in Singapore from October 25-28.

The theme for the conference, Global Shift, focused on innovative perspectives on the global shifts that are shaking the foundation of the graduate MBA education worldwide and explored the ways EMBA Programs can maximize their efforts to meet the needs of business leaders in a swiftly changing environment.

Jerry Provost joined Percept Research, a leading management education market research consultancy, in August 2014. He serves on the firm’s operations team as a Research Analyst. 

Jerry leads the analyses and reporting for the firm’s MBA Lifecycle Survey Suite as well as other custom research projects for corporate and academic clients. He has brought an increased level of quality and timeliness to our market research projects.

Jerry Helisek and Brian Mahoney of the Percept Research team attended the Graduate Business Student Services Association (GBSSA) annual conference this year in Chapel Hill, NC from October 15-17. The theme for the 2014 meeting, Frugal Innovation, focused on the challenge of business school administrators being “frugal innovators” during a time when new investments in operating budgets responsible for managing the “student experience” are limited or existing operating budgets are being reduced.