Monthly Archives: March 2020

Change with the Times

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Times are changing (hourly, it seems), and we are changing with it. We have moved our focus groups to an online platform until this passes. Clients still need our help and trials will move forward in a matter of a few months. Take this delay in schedule to strengthen your case. Do the things you didn’t have time to do before. Your clients depend on you, probably more now than before, so waiting this out is not an option.

I have been working with online platform options for focus groups. These platforms allow jurors to partake in research from their own homes through a webcam. They can see one another and interact. We can show them videos, exhibits, and data. Attorneys can get real time results of questionnaire data. I can moderate groups the same as if we were in person. The rates for the online platform are extremely reasonable (often cheaper than in person) and includes a copy of the video footage, notes, and questionnaire data.

These online focus groups are also useful for testing a case before intake. We can test small, focused issues to find out if a case is worth taking on or if you should pass on it.

We can test exhibits or client deposition video by showing them to jurors and asking for their individual feedback. This requires even less equipment and can be very streamlined.

Other services of ours were remote to begin with and we will continue to offer those services. These include:

  • Case Analysis
  • Opening Statement Edits
  • Voir Dire prep
  • Witness prep (this can be done in person or over zoom. In person, it is easy to keep a 6 foot distance and sanitize everything so we will adhere to you and your client’s preferences on this)

Please contact us for specific quotes and questions. Stay healthy and let’s make it through this together.  jessica@trialdynamics.net

 

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COVID-19 Focus Group Options

As Coronavirus and fear spread, and as authorities make decisions about travel and quarantine, we at Trial Dynamics are thinking ahead. At the moment, we are still conducting in-person mock trials and travelling nationally to do so. We are offering some extra precautions to make jurors comfortable, such as having an extra person on hand to consistently wipe down surfaces and door handles. We will serve only food that is boxed and nothing will be communal, including coffees and waters. We will also ensure that recruits are not sick and that they don’t have any family members actively sick. We will check that recruits have not traveled outside of the US within the last few weeks. However, if travel bans are implemented for national travel and participants become too afraid to show up in person, we have backup options.

We are working with online platforms to create a virtual focus group option. Most likely, this would allow participants to partake in the focus group/mock trial from their homes using a webcam. They can still hear the case and respond to questionnaires as well as deliberate. While there is a drawback to having a webcam instead of being in a room with other jurors, this may become a necessary step during this time and we are confident that we can get good, accurate, useful feedback. If you are interested in running a focus group or mock trial but are hesitant of losing money on expenses if this virus continues to impact business and travel, let us handle your case online. More details of how this will work coming in a few days.

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