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Straus, Roger Austin was born on April 20, 1948 in New York City. Son of Siegbert and Trude (Salomon) Straus, immigrants from Germany and England, respectively
(In this practical handbook, author Roger Straus shares in...)
In this practical handbook, author Roger Straus shares insights, tips, and wisdom acquired from his decades-spanning career as a moderator and depth interviewer. You'll find practical tips for responding to an RFP (including budget considerations that are not always obvious), planning a depth-research project, working with research facilities, conducting the research, and conveying your findings to your clients. Focusing on six applications for depth methods, Straus explains that focus groups and depth interviews can be used for much more than preliminary research and ideation exercises. He takes you through the Five-Question process for planning a group, addressing Who?, How Many?, Where? When?, and How?. In addition to discussing each of these critical questions, he offers scores of useful best-practice tips that you can put to use immediately. You'll also find valuable advice for integrating qualitative and quantitative research and for choosing the best approach to your research project, with extensive discussion points weighing the benefits of in-person groups and interviews vs. on-line, synchronous and asynchronous methods. Recommended for professionals in market research, product development, government, sociological practice and public policy research, especially for those who might be new to the discipline.
https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Focus-Groups-Depth-Interviews/dp/1941688667/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ULGMODP5NELX&keywords=mastering+focus+groups+and+depth+interviews&qid=1673050116&s=books&sprefix=mastering+focus+groups+and+depth+interviews%2Cstripbooks%2C153&sr=1-1
2019
(A lifetime of poetry from the edges, age 17 through 73, p...)
A lifetime of poetry from the edges, age 17 through 73, published and unpublished, my very own counterculture (since no-one else would have me), serious and satirical, sacred and profane, life-affirming and angstily squirming, from word-besotted youth and the acid skies of San Francisco on to the Lower East Side and back to the Coast, Philly to Portland and around the globe, from parenthood through unrepentant septuagenarianism by way of various substances, trips and stumbles, with a soupçon of silliness and profundity, a dash of wisdom, a hint of enlightenment and a spoonful of sex, all over a background of rock 'n roll and old weird American music. Tasty!
https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Marginalist-Manifesto-ebook/dp/B08PBC7PQ2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2THEUER3VHOCJ&keywords=from+prime+to+prime%3A+a+marginalist+manifesto&qid=1673050486&s=books&sprefix=from+prime+to+prime+a+marginalist+manifesto%2Cstripbooks%2C158&sr=1-1
2021
(Marriage and Family Therapy: A Sociocognitive Approach is...)
Marriage and Family Therapy: A Sociocognitive Approach is a comprehensive and clearly written introduction to sociocognitive therapy. It is rich with transcripts and case examples, culled from the authors’more than thirty-five years of practice, providing you with valuable background information on helping difficult-to-reach and hard-to-help populations. In practical language, this volume takes you step-by-step through methods of assessment and change that are useful in traditional and nontraditional families and couples. With clear language and taxonomy for family troubles and their resolution, Marriage and Family Therapy provides conceptual handles to guide you in learning intervention strategies, enabling you to work effectively with, most notably, lower working-class and poor inner-city, African-American families. A highlight of the book is the detailed look at terminal and instrumental interaction hypotheses and how they can be applied in actual therapy situations. With Marriage and Family Therapy as a guide, you will develop multiple skills and methods that equip you to better handle the challenging task of helping troubled families and couples.The first two chapters present the theoretical framework of the sociocognitive approach. In the third chapter, the assessment and change concepts central to Dr. Hurvitz's approach are introduced. The last four chapters show how these humanist principles are applied through the phases of opening, change-producing, and termination in therapy, creating an invaluable book for marriage and family therapists, social workers, psychologists, and educators.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156024061X/?tag=2022091-20
(The classic, best-selling guide to self-improvement throu...)
The classic, best-selling guide to self-improvement through self-hypnosiscompletely updated, with new techniques. What would you and your life be like if you could reach your peak potential and become the person you want to be? Any of the things you imagine could be yours if you take back control over your thoughts and feelings by following the principles and methods of strategic self hypnosis, which have been used successfully by thousands of people since 1982. Now these proven, easy-to-use methods have been updated to provide you with even more effective techniques that will unleash the power of your creative imagination, allowing you to: stop suffering from stress and worry; overcome bad habits; reach your true potential; achieve maximum performance in work, study, sports and your personal life; overcome pain and negativity. Strategic Self-Hypnosis gives you the step-by-step guidance and techniques you need to break down self-imposed barriers and gain full control over your mind and body. Dr. Straus shows you how to tailor a life-changing strategy to your needs and goals and how to begin implementing your action plan immediately. Youll learn the three basic principles of strategic self-hypnosis: how to relax and let go, how to vividly envision the new realities you want for yourself, and how to allow yourself to make it happen. And to have fun in the process! With Strategic Self-Hypnosis, you will be able to make your life work out the way you want it to.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0138513031/?tag=2022091-20
(De-hypnotize yourself and empower your life, works and re...)
De-hypnotize yourself and empower your life, works and relationships. We are all victims of post-natal suggestion. By learning how to use your thoughts, feelings and imagination through the dramatic new approach to self-hypnosis presented for the first time in this book, you can become more fully aliveand make your life and yourself what you want them to be. Grounded in state-of-the-art clinical sociology, this wide-awake approach to self-hypnosis enables you to use your creative imagination to redirect and empower all areas of your life without having to put yourself in a trance. Rather, you will learn how to free yourself from the trance of everyday life limitations and misconceptions. Teaching you how to be your own life-change consultant, this book gives you practical techniques you can use to get what you want out of your life, your work and your relationships. It provides a training program for self-empowerment, with detailed exercises, techniques and tactics that you can use anywhere, any time, in any situation. This very useful book shows the readers step by step how to live more fully by combining modern (alert) self-hypnosis with advanced principles of social psychology. I highly recommend it for all who wish to enhance their task performance, their social relationships, and their life enjoyment. Theodore X. Barber, Ph.D. Director, Biomedical Research Foundation Author of Hypnosis, Imagination and Human Potentialities
https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Self-Hypnosis-wide-awake-techniques-relationships/dp/0595001920/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2AKZI43OD674K&keywords=creative+self+hypnosis&qid=1673050661&s=books&sprefix=creative+self+hypnosis%2Cstripbooks%2C141&sr=1-3
(A humanist alternative to massive, encyclopedia-like text...)
A humanist alternative to massive, encyclopedia-like texts, Using Sociology provides a passionate and focused introduction to sociology and sociological practice. It tells not only how sociologists make practical sense out of social life, but also how they use their knowledge and perspectives to create positive change. The authors work in a variety of academic, nonprofit, and business settings and include several past-chairpersons and presidents of the ASA Section on Sociological Practice and the Sociological Practice Association.
https://www.amazon.com/Using-Sociology-Introduction-Clinical-Perspectives/dp/0742516636
sociologist marketing consultant
Straus, Roger Austin was born on April 20, 1948 in New York City. Son of Siegbert and Trude (Salomon) Straus, immigrants from Germany and England, respectively
Lakeville School, Great Neck South Junior & Senior High Schools
Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Davis (1977) with concentrations in Sociological Practice, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Religion, Qualitative Methods
Assistant professor Alfred (New York ) University, 1983-1986. Director Center Clinical Sociology, Sacramento, 1975-1982. Vice president sales Straus-Artys Corporation, Great Neck, New York, 1982-1983.
Senior study director National Analysts, Philadelphia, 1986-1991. Research consultant Opinion Research Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1991-1993. Executive director TVG, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, 1993-1996, vice president, 1996—2003.
Research group director Strategic Marketing Corporation, Bala Cynwyd, 2003—2004. Vice president V2GFK, LLC, 2004—2006. Private practice, since 2006.
Vice president Blackstone Group, 2010. Marketing director Frederick Productions/Red Newt Records, since 2004. Adjunct faculty Maryhill University, Lake Oswego, Oregon, since 2009.
Editorial board member Journal Applied Social Science.
(A lifetime of poetry from the edges, age 17 through 73, p...)
2021(In this practical handbook, author Roger Straus shares in...)
2019(Marriage and Family Therapy: A Sociocognitive Approach is...)
(The classic, best-selling guide to self-improvement throu...)
(De-hypnotize yourself and empower your life, works and re...)
(A humanist alternative to massive, encyclopedia-like text...)
"It's alive!"
I'm one of those late 60s types who was never really a hippie (they came a few years down the pike)... Traveled a lot of the roads available down the years. Ended up here, which is not a bad place to find oneself.
Been there, watched it happen, even lent a hand. Generally you'll find me at the margins. A professional dilettante who does not understand the phrase, "mind your own business" (synonym for "sociologist")
Quotations:
“And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.” Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum
"It is vital for a king to maintain the good opinion of his subjects. And it is not so very hard to do. The lowly have small ambitions, and are satisfied with small indulgences. They need not get fair treatment. They only need to think they do..." Joe Abercrombie, The Last Argument of Kings
Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (President 2021-2022).
Children: Erica E., Amber C. Married Kathryn Frederick, November 2, 2005.