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Special discount offer: ·     Use the discount code INTEGRATE20 to receive a 20% discount off registration for our Qualitative Data Analysis Camp, Spring and Fall Qualitative Inquiry Seminars, and/or QRSI. ·     Discount expires April 28, 2026.

4 hours ago • Integrate skills and mindsets from ResearchTalk’s courses in your current and future hashtag#qualitative work Whether your needs for improving your qualitative knowledge and skills are immediate or long-term, ResearchTalk’s courses and camps help you prepare for current projects and a career in our field. ·     Our camps offer interactions with your colleagues and our mentor team to help build problem-solving skills and improve data-based decision-making. ·     Our seminars and QRSI offer a range of courses that cover concrete foundational approaches and techniques to a broad array of specialty topics. Combining the knowledge you gain from all these opportunities helps you be prepared to start a project strongly and make wise choices for adjustment when necessary. We include our upcoming schedule below. Please check out the discount offer at the end of this message that can be applied to any of the courses and camps on our current schedule. Qualitative Data Analysis Camp ·     April 27 - 30, 2026 with ResearchTalk’s Mentor Team ·     Details and registration link: lnkd.in/e66FQKmX Spring 2026 Qualitative Inquiry Seminars Details and registration link: lnkd.in/efZRdBhv ·     Qualitative Data Analysis for Practical Insight: A Phronetic Iterative Approach – May 14-15 with Sarah Tracy ·     Crafting Phenomenological Research: Tools, Strategies, and Applications – May 19-20 with Mark Vagle ·     Designing Qualitative Interview Guides and Conducting Interviews and Focus Groups – June 11-12 with Alison Hamilton 23rd annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive - July 27-31 and August 5-7, 2026 ·     Co-hosted with UNC’s Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, held online via Zoom ·     Details and registration link: lnkd.in/gWH_Qvny Fall 2026 Qualitative Inquiry Seminars Details and registration link: lnkd.in/eumm686g ·     Planning and Designing a Qualitative Project – October 27-28 with Elaine Keane ·     Additional courses will be added to the fall schedule soon. Please contact info@researchtalk.com with any questions. Visit ResearchTalk’s YouTube channel at lnkd.in/eBNKAbQG

Special discount offer: · Use the discount code DATA20 to receive a 20% discountoff registration for our Qualitative Data Analysis Camp, Spring and Fall Qualitative Inquiry Seminars, and/or QRSI. See full calendar at researchtalk.com/upcoming_events. · Discount expires April 28, 2026.

Are you asking the right questions, to the right people, in the right way, at the right time? “The secret to well done qualitative data collection is asking the right questions to the right people in the right way at the right time.” ~ Alison Hamilton “Data generation is at the heart of high-quality, impactful #qualitative research. Without a solid empirical basis of sufficiently rich data, producing a high-quality study is challenging.” ~ Elaine Keane This year ResearchTalk is honored to have two leading minds in qualitative inquiry, Drs. Keane and Hamilton, offering courses on qualitative data collection and generation. Whether you’re new to qualitative inquiry or have been in the field for years, we suggest you consider learning from one or both of these scholar instructors. Schedule and registration information for each of their classes is included here. Spring 2026 Qualitative Inquiry Seminars Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/sqis2026 · Featured course: Designing Qualitative Interview Guides and Conducting Interviews and Focus Groups – June 11-12 with Alison Hamilton 23rd annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive - July 27-31 and August 5-7, 2026 · Co-hosted with UNC’s Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, held online via Zoom · Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/QRSI2026 · Featured course: Qualitative Data Generation: Conducting Interviews, Focus Groups, and Field Observations– July 29 with Elaine Keane Please contact info@researchtalk.com with any questions. Visit ResearchTalk’s YouTube channel at @researchtalkconversations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@researchtalkc…

For more information about QRSI, please see our 2026 Qualitative Research Summer Intensive YouTube playlist and visit the event website at researchtalk.com/QRSI2026. 23rd annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive · July 27-31 and August 5-7, 2026, hosted by ResearchTalk in partnership with UNC's Odum Institute for Research in Social Science · Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/QRSI2026 Special discount offer: · Use the discount code WHY20 to receive a 20% discount off registration for QRSI and any of our current offerings. See the full calendar at researchtalk.com/upcoming_events. · Discount expires April 30, 2026. Please contact info@researchtalk.com with any questions.

Why qualitative inquiry in 2026? We just posted a video on our YouTube channel where members of our QRSI #qualitative scholar team, Elaine Keane, Sally Thorne, Mark Vagle, and Kristin Black, respond to the question "Why qualitative inquiry in 2026?" Here is a link to the video: youtu.be/1BNTkiZk31c This video is the first in a series about the topic. Additional videos will be posted in our "Qualitative Scholar Wisdom" playlist at @researchtalkconversations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@researchtalkc…

Special discount offer: Use the discount code PROGRESS20 to receive a 20% discount off registration for our #Qualitative Data Analysis Camp, Spring and Fall Qualitative Inquiry Seminars, and/or QRSI. View the full calendar at researchtalk.com/upcoming_events Discount expires April 22, 2026.

Gain traction and make progress on your work at the Qualitative Data Analysis Camp Our #Qualitative Data Analysis Camp begins in less than 3 weeks, April 27 - 30. Click this link to see a 90 second video on what to expect at the Analysis Camp: youtu.be/ddvhDtsQbzU?si… The 3.5-day Camp is ideal for both individuals and teams to gain traction and make progress on their qualitative work. Register today! Qualitative Data Analysis Camp, April 27 - 30, 2026 Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/QDAC2026

Special discount offer: Use the discount code ANALYSIS20 to receive a 20% discount off registration for our #Qualitative Data Analysis Camp, Spring and Fall Qualitative Inquiry Seminars, and/or QRSI. View the full calendar at researchtalk.com/upcoming_events Discount expires April 21, 2026.

Are you suffering from analysis paralysis? ResearchTalk can help! When you set out to understand your data more deeply, do you freeze and not know where to start or what to do next? This situation is commonly referred to as “analysis paralysis.” Good news! Knowledge is power, and is the solution to analysis paralysis. Learn analytic tools that will keep you more engaged in your #qualitative work at three of our upcoming events: · Qualitative Data Analysis Camp · Spring Qualitative Inquiry Seminars · Qualitative Research Summer Intensive Featured analysis courses: Qualitative Data Analysis Camp ResearchTalk Mentor Team, April 27 - 30, 2026 researchtalk.com/QDAC2026 · Are you feeling stuck as you analyze your qualitative data? · Would you like to learn a data-driven approach to qualitative analysis? · Do you want to learn analytic tools that will keep you more engaged in your qualitative work? Join us at ResearchTalk’s Qualitative Data Analysis Camp. · Our Qualitative Data Analysis Camp fosters data-based decision-making, reflection and strategizing about your analysis approach with guidance from the ResearchTalk mentor team. Qualitative Data Analysis for Practical Insight: A Phronetic Iterative Approach Sarah Tracy, May 14-15 Spring Qualitative Inquiry Seminars, researchtalk.com/sqis2026 · Once you’ve gathered interviews, fieldnotes, or artifacts, the big question looms: How do I actually make sense of it all? This two-day workshop introduces Dr. Sarah Tracy’s Phronetic Iterative Qualitative Data Analysis (PIQDA)—an adaptable, umbrella approach designed to create practical wisdom and transformative insight. Participants will learn how to move back and forth between data and theory, code with curiosity, and craft claims that matter. Along the way, we’ll explore a range of analysis techniques, from foundational coding practices to advanced interpretive and artistic approaches. Qualitative Analysis with the “Sort and Sift, Think and Shift” Method: Launch or Refocus Your Work Ray Maietta and Kevin Swartout, July 30-31 Qualitative Research Summer Intensive, researchtalk.com/QRSI2026 · The Sort and Sift method is an iterative process in which analysts dive into data to understand its content, dimensions, and properties, and then step back to assess what they have learned to direct next stages of analysis and to position findings with current conversations in the field. · The method is a data-driven process that is both flexible and fluid. Data content is directive as it guides researchers to strategic options for what to do when. · The goal of the process is to arrive at an evidence-based meeting point that is a hybrid story of data content and researcher knowledge. Coding and Analyzing Qualitative Data Paul Mihas and Karen Campbell, August 5-6 Qualitative Research Summer Intensive, researchtalk.com/QRSI2026 · Coding serves as a heuristic (i.e., a method of discovery) to pay analytic attention to qualitative data using numerous possible lenses. It provides a foundation for analytic sense-making—including the ongoing development of categories, themes, and theories—and can also foster cognitive empathy, emergent discovery, and analytic precision. · This two-day course focuses on a select number of coding practices, including process coding and in vivo coding, and will provide opportunities for in-class exercises and activities. Reflexive Thematic Analysis: Identifying, Analyzing, and Interpreting Patterns of Meaning Karen Campbell, August 7 Qualitative Research Summer Intensive, researchtalk.com/QRSI2026 · This course is designed to develop skills and confidence in conducting reflexive thematic analysis, a method for identifying, analyzing, and interpreting patterns of meaning within qualitative data. As its name implies, this approach to analytic theme building emphasizes the importance of reflexivity, encouraging researchers to critically engage with their own role and influence in the research process.

Special discount offer: · Use the discount code CONVO20 to receive a 20% discount off registration for our QRSI, #Qualitative Data Analysis Camp, and/or Spring and Fall Qualitative Inquiry Seminars. See full calendar at researchtalk.com/upcoming_events. · Discount expires April 24, 2026.

Coming soon: topical conversations on ResearchTalk’s YouTube channel Keep an eye on ResearchTalk’s YouTube channel at @researchtalkconversations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@researchtalkc…. We’re going to add montages of highlights from topical conversations we had with our QRSI scholar instructors. The accompanying graphic shows highlights raised when our scholars considered the question, “Why qualitative inquiry in 2026?” Other topics include: · What keeps you committed to #qualitative inquiry? · Carving new paths in qualitative inquiry 23rd annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive - July 27-31 and August 5-7, 2026 · Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/QRSI2026 · Co-hosted with UNC’s Odum Institute for Research in Social Science

Special discount offer: · Use the discount code BUILD20 to receive a 20% discount off registration for any of our current offerings. See the full calendar at researchtalk.com/upcoming_events. · Discount expires April 14, 2026.

Let's work together to strengthen the #qualitative community and build qualitative projects that are responsive to our current world ResearchTalk, our partners at UNC’s Odum Institute, and our qualitative scholar team all share a commitment to working with you to strengthen the qualitative community and build qualitative projects that are responsive to our current world. It’s that time of year when we share conversations with our QRSI scholar team on our YouTube channel at @researchtalkconversations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@researchtalkc…. This year our scholars will reflect on: · Why qualitative inquiry matters in 2026 · Their lived experience as qualitative researchers · Their course topics and the nature of their courses While these conversations give you a feel for each course taught by our scholars, we encourage you to watch topics of interest even if you don’t plan to attend a specific course. We’ll be posting the entire conversation we have with each scholar, and brief highlight videos that we’ll add to our YouTube channel and post on social media. As they become available, course videos will also be posted on our QRSI 2026 schedule at researchtalk.com/QRSI2026. 23rd Annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive · July 27-31 and August 5-7, 2026, hosted by ResearchTalk in partnership with UNC's Odum Institute for Research in Social Science · Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/QRSI2026 Please contact info@researchtalk.com with any questions.

Special discount offer: Use the discount code DRIVE20 to receive a 20% discount off registration for our Qualitative Data Analysis Camp, Spring and Fall Qualitative Inquiry Seminars, and/or QRSI. View the full calendar at researchtalk.com/upcoming_events Discount expires April 2, 2026.

Let content drive your analysis of #qualitative data. Attend our Qualitative Analysis Camp. Many of our clients report feeling stuck at multiple points while analyzing qualitative data. Most talk about wanting to be more engaged through the entire analytic process. ResearchTalk’s Sort and Sift, Think and Shift process addresses these issues by introducing a data-driven approach to working through and with your qualitative data. Our Qualitative Data Analysis Camp will let you learn and practice techniques that: · Honor your participants’ language and actions. · Re-present the holistic story your participants share with you in a way that focuses on data content, not interpretation of it. · Prioritize working within individual data documents before considering themes and topics that might run across the full dataset. · Introduce storyboarding, using memoing and diagramming, as a strategy to diagnose and depict processes that direct your participants’ everyday life activities. Spend 3.5 days with ResearchTalk’s mentor team at the end of April! Qualitative Data Analysis Camp, April 27 - 30, 2026 Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/QDAC2026 A second opportunity to learn the Sort and Sift approach: · Qualitative Analysis with the “Sort and Sift, Think and Shift” Method: Launch or Refocus Your Work, with Ray Maietta and Kevin Swartout, July 30-31 · At the Qualitative Research Summer Intensive. Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/QRSI2026 Please contact info@researchtalk.comwith any questions. Visit ResearchTalk’s YouTube channel at @researchtalkconversations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@researchtalkc…

Special discount offer: Use the discount code ANALYZE20 to receive a 20% discount off registration for our Qualitative Data Analysis Camp, Spring and Fall Qualitative Inquiry Seminars, and/or QRSI. View the full calendar at researchtalk.com/upcoming_events Discount expires March 31, 2026.

Gain more confidence and lessen the stress of #qualitative analysis. Consider these 5 offerings from ResearchTalk. · Are you intimidated by the qualitative analysis learning curve? · Does the messiness of qualitative data induce stress? · Would you like to ensure methodological rigor and trustworthiness in your analysis approach? ResearchTalk’s spring and summer calendar offers 5 opportunities to help ease concern about the issues raised in the questions above and build confidence as you analyze your qualitative data. Qualitative Data Analysis Camp April 27 - 30, 2026 with ResearchTalk’s Mentor Team Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/QDAC2026 Spring 2026 Qualitative Inquiry Seminars Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/sqis2026 Featured course: Qualitative Data Analysis for Practical Insight: A Phronetic Iterative Approach, with Sarah Tracy, May 14-15 23rd annual Qualitative Research Summer Intensive - July 27-31 and August 5-7, 2026 Co-hosted with UNC’s Odum Institute for Research in Social Science Details and registration link: researchtalk.com/QRSI2026 Featured course: Qualitative Analysis with the “Sort and Sift, Think and Shift” Method: Launch or Refocus Your Work, with Ray Maietta and Kevin Swartout, July 30-31 Featured course: Reflexive Thematic Analysis: Identifying, Analyzing, and Interpreting Patterns of Meaning, with Karen Campbell, August 7 Featured course: Coding and Analyzing Qualitative Data, with Paul Mihas and Karen Campbell, August 5-6 Please contact info@researchtalk.com with any questions. Visit ResearchTalk’s YouTube channel at @researchtalkconversations" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@researchtalkc…

An important presentation from the Brookings Institute. Two of our qualitative scholars, Keon Gilbert and Rashawn Ray, are part of the panel presenting the event.