If you are a user researcher or UX designer, you probably know how challenging it can be to manage a diary study. This type of research usually involves asking a group of participants to record their experiences regarding a particular subject over a specific period of time, often using digital
Back in 2018, People for Research teamed up with the National Childbirth Trust (NCT), the UK’s leading charity for parents, to recruit new and soon-to-be parents to take part in a research project about antenatal and/or postnatal services, including their experiences of antenatal courses. Through these sessions, the
“As designers, we are responsible for creating worlds of experiences, environments, services, and systems that impact millions of people – with lasting impacts.” As the UK’s leading user recruitment agency, at People for Research we believe that this responsibility should not be limited to designers. As experts in the user
As much as we would love to brag about the well-known clients we work with and the exciting products and services you can get paid to test, we often have to remain rather tight-lipped on the subject. Why? Research and testing is usually part of a much bigger picture, and
Rik Williams, User Experience Architect at Alzheimer’s Society, has teamed up with People for Research to share his experience of recruiting and involving people with dementia in user research. Back in June, People for Research ran a workshop on user recruitment at the annual conference User Research London 2018.
We’re lucky enough to work with some very exciting clients and be able to offer people a unique chance to test out brand new, cutting-edge products. We’ve recently been working with Bristol-based gaming company Reach Robotics, who are at the forefront of the industry with their new gaming
If you follow our blog or social media accounts, you may have noticed that we are running a series of blogs and case studies with some of our clients to document some of the work we do, as well as the importance of finding the right participants to take part
One-to-one interviews can seem intimidating to anyone, let alone someone who is new to taking part in paid research or testing opportunities! We regularly post feedback from those who take part for the first time, to show you that getting involved in paid research isn’t as scary as you
It’s Thank You Thursday today, so we’re giving a shout out to Hasmukh for recently opening up about his accessibility issues and giving us some feedback on our own website and service. Last month, we announced the beginning of our 2018 campaign #LetsTalkResearch, where we’ll be opening
People for Research have been working with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) since the end of 2017, recruiting users to take part in an exciting user research project with the goal to improve the access, findability and reusability of government statistics available across the GSS – the Government Statistical Service.
Paid research sessions can take many forms, from focus groups and interactive workshops to remote research from home or one-to-one interviews. It can be particularly intimidating to attend a session when the topic is accessibility research, especially if you have an impairment or disability to take into consideration. Will there
Arguably the easiest way to make money through paid research is by taking part in a remote research session or task with us; you won’t even need to change out of your pyjamas! Remote research can literally happen all over the world without requiring the participant to even leave