Risa Sacks
As owner of Risa Sacks Information Services, Risa specializes in custom tailored phone inquiries and in-depth interviews in addition to manual and online research. She has provided research, writing and training to government and business from Fortune 100 companies to small start-ups for over 25 years. She literally "wrote the book" on phone research - Super Searchers Go to the Source: The Interviewing and Hands-On Information Strategies of Top Primary Researchers - Online, on the Phone and In Person. Risa frequently works with other researchers and research departments, helping them meet their phone research needs and provide complete answers for their clients - online and beyond.
She recently received the prestigious Sue Rugge Memorial Award from the Association of Independent Information Professionals (aiip.org).
Articles by Risa Sacks:
Search Beyond the Web: When to Pick Up the Phone
Saturday, 5th July 2008
Online search has come to dominate the information world, but there's one 19th century tool no researcher should be without - the telephone. Risa Banks reminds us of ten situations in which picking up a phone and talking to someone in person is far more effective than any other search tool.
Search Beyond the Web: When to Pick Up the Phone [ABSTRACT]
Saturday, 5th July 2008
Online search has come to dominate the information world, but there's one 19th century tool no researcher should be without - the telephone. Risa Banks reminds us of ten situations in which picking up a phone and talking to someone in person is far more effective than any other search tool.
Vendor adoption of AI
Community session
23rd May 2024
AI prompting and AI-sourcing, US private companies, and Jinfo on YouTube
Blog posting
10th April 2024
April 2024 Update
YouTube video
10th April 2024
- AI prompting and AI-sourcing, US private companies, and Jinfo on YouTube
10th April 2024 - AI practical actions, prompting and outsourcing
6th March 2024 - GenAI and ESG wisdom of the Jinfo crowd
13th February 2024
- Jinfo Community session (TBC) (Community) 20th June 2024
- Vendor adoption of AI (Community) 23rd May 2024
- Offshore, outsource or AI-source? (Community) 16th April 2024