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Join us December 10 – Holiday Open House in Fairbanks
November 27th, 2009
Clients and friends of Information Insights who find themselves in Fairbanks on Thursday, December 10th are invited to join us for our annual Holiday Open House. Come by between 4:30 and 7 pm for good music and good food. Our Fairbanks office is located at 212 Front Street. (Map)
Tom Hewitt on Fairbanks Focus Alaska View
October 22nd, 2009
Tom is one one of the panelists on the second half of the this week’s Fairbanks Focus. Besides working at Information Insights, Tom is also the editor or the UAF SunStar, the campus paper. He’s a busy guy. Other Information Insights connections to the show include the student producer/director (Eric Lonn, son of Ellen Ganley and Rick Lonn) and the guy in charge of it all, Charles Fedullo, husband of Information Insights senior consultant, Shannon McCarthy.
This week, Lynne Snifka interviews UAF Snedden Chair and longtime journalist David Offer on the state of journalism today. In addition to Tom, the panel includes Jason Gazewood and Dermot Cole. who discuss the mayoral runoff, Bethel loosening its alcohol restrictions, and Stars and Strikes for the week. See the video at alaska.edu »
Dewey Hoffman to intern with Doyon, Limited on cultural resources project
June 18th, 2009
Former Information Insights intern, Dewey Hoffman plans to work as an intern this summer at Denali National Park with Doyon’s cultural resource department. Dewey will assist professor James Kari with an ongoing Athabascan language place mapping project that Kari.
Deborah Hewitt awarded for top-notch shooting
June 15th, 2009
Information Insights employee Deborah Hewitt placed high throughout the five day, Pacific International Trapshooting Association Alaska State shoot, held June 10th-14th. She took High Lady in eight of the nine events, including championship events.
Out of over 90 shooters, Deborah placed in the top 15 overall, and took High Overall Lady for the entire shoot, and High All Around Lady, for just the championship events. She plans to keep up the good shooting, and continue to shoot well next month at the Amateur Trapshooting Association Alaska State shoot at Birchwood near Anchorage.
It’s decided: Brian Rogers named to permanent position as UAF chancellor
May 26th, 2009
UAF President Mark Hamilton made the decision earlier today to officially appoint Brian Rogers to a permanent position as chancellor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Brian co-founded, and was a Principal Consultant at Information Insights until his appointment as interim UAF chancellor in 2008.
Maia Peirce to start at Stanford University this fall
May 17th, 2009
Information Insights intern Maia Peirce has been accepted as a freshman at Stanford University. Maia will start at Stanford this fall. While she is looking forward to exploring a variety of fields, at this point she thinks she will major in one of the biological sciences and minor in creative writing. Maia has worked as an intern at Information Insights since age 14, doing website development and maintenance for a variety of non-profit organizations and small businesses, and assisting Information Insights’ senior consultants with research, writing and editing. Maia was valedictorian of her senior class at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks. Good luck, Maia!
Graduates of the Class of 2009
May 15th, 2009
Information Insights is proud to announce the graduation of Maia Peirce and Deborah Hewitt from Lathrop High school and Matt Klaich from West Valley High school. Maia and Deborah have both worked at Information Insights as high school interns. Maia is the daughter of Information Insights senior consultant Jana Perice. Matt is the son of project coordinator Nancy Lowe.
Maia is valedictorian of her class at Lathrop, and will attend Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. Deborah and Matt plan to attend the University of Alaska Fairbanks this fall. The staff at Information Insights congratulate all our high school graduates this year and wish them the best of luck in their new adventures.
Joan Kane’s poetry included in Words and Pictures exhibit
November 20th, 2008
Former Information Insights’ staffer Joan Kane was featured in an article in the Life section of this Sunday’s Anchorage Daily News. The article reviews the Words and Pictures exhibit that opens this week at Anchorage’s MTS gallery. One of Joan’s poems is included in the exhibit. Continue Reading »
Information Insights announces Fairbanks community energy survey in partnership with CCHRC
August 22nd, 2008
Ellen Ganley presenting at the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce
Information Insights and the Cold Climate Housing Research Center are partnering to conduct a survey of Fairbanks residents on how they plan to cope with high energy costs this winter.
The survey will be conducted in two parts, an initial survey this fall to gather information about how residents are planning to handle the rising cost of energy, and a follow-up survey in the spring to find out how higher energy costs actually impacted residents.
Chris Rogers controlling the Consensor presentation
We announced this survey at the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 during a Chamber Spotlight on Information Insights. During the presentation we used our Consensor audience response technology to ask attending chamber members questions similar to those on the survey and display the results instantly.
Continue reading for more photos or to download the PDF results of our presentation »
Citings: Information Insights to lead leadership class
August 12th, 2008
Leadership Fairbanks, the new leadership course from the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, was featured in today’s column by Dermot Cole. Information Insights’ staff will facilitate sessions of Leadership Fairbanks, which runs from October through May. The course is intended for both would-be and established leaders in the community. In addition to covering the theory and practical application of leadership skills, the course offers participants the opportunity to work with a local mentor from a group of high-level Fairbanks leaders. Applications for the program are available at the Chamber of Commerce website. Scholarships are available.