Percept Research, a leading management education market research consultancy, announced that Susannah Stayter has joined the client services team as a Marketing Communications Consultant. Susannah will help lead the firm’s consulting engagements such as information sessions optimization, influential testimonial development, social media strategy, and marketing communications. She will also serve as a key resource in translating client custom research into actionable recommendations.

Jerry Provost and Brian Mahoney of Percept Research, attended the UNICON Team Development Conference held November 30 – December 2, 2016 at the Luskin Conference Center, hosted by UCLA Anderson Executive Education.

This year's theme was "Transforming Others, Inspiring Ourselves." Part inspirational and part operational, the interactive three-day experience leveraged attendees’ expertise and provided a platform for rich dialogue and collaboration.

Panel discussions, exercises and break-out sessions facilitated an exploration of the individual’s changing relationship with organizations that increasingly push decision making onto a flattening hierarchy.

Session group worksheets on enhancing UNICON benchmarking research

Jerry Helisek and Brian Mahoney of the Percept Research team attended the Executive MBA Council 2016 annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana from October 22-25. 

The conference theme of Redesign & Renewal, 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 Helisek (Percept Research) greeting attendees at our table

New Orleans is a colorful and vibrant city embodying the conference theme of redesign and renewal. The city has rebounded and recreated itself following the events of hurricane Katrina. Over 300 delegates attended the conference from 114 business schools representing 30 countries.

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Executive MBA Toolkit Session

Brian Mahoney (Percept Research) co-presented a session called “Future of the EMBA: What the data say” with Tanya van Lill, (University of Pretoria) during the EMBA Toolkit, a one-day program held before conference sessions begin. Toolkit attendees learned the must-knows of the Executive MBA industry, tuition concerns, including admissions, marketing, program delivery, budgeting, student expectations, and more from industry veterans.

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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.