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NERA 2026
AJ Keirans returns to the Northeastern Educational Research Association's annual conference, October 14–16 in Trumbull, CT, for a roundtable on generative AI in education and the workplace.
Recognition
For the second year in a row, our Founder, AJ Keirans, is one of the Insight250: 250 leaders and innovators across market research and analytics, recognized by ESOMAR.
Insights Association CRC
AJ Keirans and Ginger De Stefano were at the Insights Association's Corporate Researchers Conference in Chicago, where Ginger received the Insights Association Volunteer of the Year award.
Recognition
At CRC 2026 in Chicago, Ginger De Stefano, our Head of Operations, was recognized as Insights Association Volunteer of the Year.
Three years
AJ Keirans on Good Human Partners' (belated) third anniversary: what three years have taught us, and what's about to roll out.
The Quirk's Event
AJ Keirans and Ginger De Stefano spent Quirk's week in New York: two days at the Javits Center for The Quirk's Event, plus mixers, the MRC Research Council lunch and Phish at Madison Square Garden.
ESOMAR CEO Forum Dinner
For the third year in a row, AJ Keirans joined fellow research-industry CEOs at ESOMAR's CEO Forum Dinner in New York.
IIEX North America
Two days in Washington, D.C. at Greenbook's IIEX North America, with AJ Keirans chairing the Red Stage on day one and a show-floor chat with 10k Humans.
SampleCon
AJ Keirans returns to SampleCon, the sample and data-quality industry's small-by-design conference, two years after joining a panel there.
News
Tonight, December 9, Good Human Partners is the photo booth sponsor at the Insights Association Central Atlantic Chapter's NYC Holiday Party, a chapter where our Founder and our Head of Operations both serve on the board.
News
We're thrilled to share that our Founder, AJ Keirans, has been named a 2025 Insight250 winner, one of a global group of leaders and innovators in market research, analytics and evidence-based marketing.
IA NCC Fall Summit
In October 2025, AJ Keirans headed to Chicago for the Insights Association North Central Chapter's 2025 Fall Summit at The Emily Hotel.
Video
A short video of the LinkedIn QR-code networking trick AJ Keirans picked up from AMA Connecticut and used at the Digital Summit Series in Philadelphia.
Anniversary
AJ Keirans' reflection on two years of Good Human Partners, from a first project worked between hikes in Acadia to Sarajevo, IIEX and Ginger joining the team.
IIEX 2025
AJ Keirans chaired the Green Stage track at IIEX North America 2025 in Washington, D.C., two years after Greenbook gave him a ticket to IIEX as a free agent.
Out of office
In May 2024, AJ Keirans wrote about why out-of-office messages are a reminder that we all have lives outside work. Before a week off in April 2025, he followed his own advice.
Sarajevo
In February 2025, AJ Keirans and Ginger De Stefano spent a week in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the MR TECH OPS and Q ONE TECH teams.
Podcast
AJ Keirans was the guest on Episode 8 of Insightful Connections, the podcast from QualRecruit's Sebastian Murdoch-Gibson.
News
Tonight, October 23, Good Human Partners is proud to sponsor the Insights Association Central Atlantic Chapter's CT Event at The Speakeasy at Elicit Brewing in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Team
On October 9, 2024, Good Human Partners announced the appointment of Ginger De Stefano as Head of Operations.
NERA 2024
On October 8, 2024, AJ Keirans led a 90-minute session on data quality at the Northeastern Educational Research Association's annual conference in Connecticut.
Anniversary
Good Human Partners celebrated its one-year anniversary in August 2024.
Quirk's NYC
In July 2024, AJ Keirans headed to The Quirk's Event in New York at the Javits Center, thanks to Elicit Research.
Iceland
On a family trip to Iceland in April 2024, AJ Keirans looked back on the year since he was laid off, and shared some thoughts on what quality really means in market research.
MAU Vegas
In April 2024, AJ Keirans joined Vikrum Srivastavaa and Sumit Gupta of Elicit Research at the MAU Vegas conference at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
SampleCon
AJ Keirans spoke on SampleCon 2024's 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Data Insights' panel at Lake Oconee, Georgia.
IA CEO Summit
In January 2024, AJ Keirans attended his first Insights Association CEO Summit, at The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida.
MRxPros
AJ Keirans was a featured speaker at MRxPros, the weekly gathering for the market research community.
Year in review
As 2023 wrapped up, AJ Keirans looked ahead, starring as his own AI-generated Funko POP.
Seton Hall
AJ Keirans spoke to two market research classes at Seton Hall University, where he sits on the Advisory Council for the Market Research Center.
Perspective
Why "confirming receipt" is one of the rules AJ Keirans lives by, in day-to-day life and in business.
Founding
On August 17, 2023, AJ Keirans announced the launch of his new company, Good Human Partners, a consulting and custom fielding solutions company.
News
Today we're launching Good Human Partners. Our name comes from a phrase our Founder, AJ Keirans, has lived by for years: be a good human.
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