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	<blockquote>''Gregory Kohs gave a splendid presentation at the 2015 Atlantic Region Energy Expo in Atlantic City, a conference gathering of about 2,400 industry professionals, of which I was the chairman. He crafted an informative program which focused on the small business owner, and especially our industry. It was great to have a guide educate us on how to achieve greater profitability on a limited budget.'' -- '''Trent Van Doren''', Chairman, [http://www.trendmultimedia.com/2015aree.pdf AREE 2015]</blockquote>		<blockquote>''Gregory Kohs gave a splendid presentation at the 2015 Atlantic Region Energy Expo in Atlantic City, a conference gathering of about 2,400 industry professionals, of which I was the chairman. He crafted an informative program which focused on the small business owner, and especially our industry. It was great to have a guide educate us on how to achieve greater profitability on a limited budget.'' -- '''Trent Van Doren''', Chairman, [http://www.trendmultimedia.com/2015aree.pdf AREE 2015]</blockquote>
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		+	===US Sailing Center of Martin County===
		+	From 2018 through at least 2025, Gregory Kohs brings his dynamic, attention-getting speaking skills to various youth and adult sailing regattas at the [https://www.usscmc.org/ premiere nautical facility in Jensen Beach]. Volunteering his event emcee services, Mr. Kohs has won the Golden Microphone award for his "Voice of the Regatta."
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		+	===Trivia Nation===
		+	In 2020 and 2021, Greg dazzled socially-distanced crowds at regional restaurants and bars with his unique spin on Trivia content emcee services. He rolled out 2-hour shows, multiple nights per week.
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		+	===Florida Public Relations Association===
		+	In 2022, Mr. Kohs presented to the Treasure Coast chapter of the association a 45-minute workshop on "Using Survey Research for PR Goals." Then in 2024, he was invited by the FPRA to present a similar talk to the statewide annual summit, entitled "Florida's Wins and Fails: Using Research for PR Goals."

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-| contact     = [[Phone::302.463.1354]]<br>Web: [http://www.gregorykohs.com GregoryKohs.com]<br>E-mail: [mailto:thekohser@gmail.com Gmail]<br> Blog: [http://insidemr.blogspot.com Inside Market Research]
+| contact     = [[Phone::302.463.1354]]<br>Web: [http://www.gregorykohs.com GregoryKohs.com]<br>E-mail: [mailto:thekohser@gmail.com Gmail]<br> Blog: [https://ResearchBiz.biz/blog Research Biz blog]
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-'''Gregory J. Kohs''' is a [[marketing research]] practitioner and founder of Internet enterprises.  He is the youngest child of four, born in [[Directory:Jackson, Michigan|Jackson]], [[Directory:Michigan|Michigan]] to Richard and Loretta Kohs.  In 1981, he moved with his parents to Central Florida, settling in [[Directory:Winter Park, Florida|Winter Park]], [[Directory:Florida|Florida]].
+'''Gregory J. Kohs''' is a [[marketing research]] practitioner and founder of enterprises.  He is the youngest child of four, born in [[Directory:Jackson, Michigan|Jackson]], [[Directory:Michigan|Michigan]] to Richard and Loretta Kohs.  In 1981, he moved with his parents to Central Florida, settling in [[Directory:Winter Park, Florida|Winter Park]], [[Directory:Florida|Florida]].
-Kohs now lives on the Treasure Coast of Florida with his wife, daughter, and a high-energy [[chihuahua]] mutt.  He has been both a Vice President of research sales at a market research vendor and a Director of market research at [[Directory:Comcast|Xfinity]] and at [[Directory:Comcast|Comcast Business]].  He founded or co-founded three Internet-based organizations:  Facts On Call, Inc. and the non-profit [[Directory:Internet Review Corporation|Internet Review Corporation]] (both now closed), and [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz.com]], which is a publicly-edited directory featuring tens of thousands of pages of content.  Across a number of years, Kohs served as a volunteer director of the [[Directory:Church of the Loving Shepherd|Church of the Loving Shepherd]].
+Kohs now lives on the Treasure Coast of Florida with his wife, daughter, and a high-energy [[chihuahua]] mutt.  He has been both a Vice President of research sales at a market research vendor and a Director of market research at [[Directory:Comcast|Xfinity]] and at [[Directory:Comcast|Comcast Business]].  He founded or co-founded four Internet-based organizations:  Facts On Call, Inc. and the non-profit [[Directory:Internet Review Corporation|Internet Review Corporation]] (both now closed), [[Directory:MyWikiBiz|MyWikiBiz.com]], which is a publicly-edited directory featuring tens of thousands of pages of content, and [https://ResearchBiz.biz Research Biz, LLC], a fast-growing market research consultancy.  Across a number of years, Kohs served as a volunteer director of the [[Directory:Church of the Loving Shepherd|Church of the Loving Shepherd]], a board member of a high school PTSA, and a member of the Florida Public Relations Association.
 [[Image:Gregory_Kohs_persona.jpg|thumb|center|500px|MIT Media Lab's persona tool, as it characterized "Gregory Kohs"]]
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 In 1986, Kohs accepted a Dean's Scholarship (half tuition) to attend [[Directory:Emory University|Emory University]] in [[Directory:Atlanta|Atlanta]], [[Directory:Georgia|Georgia]].  Graduating magna cum laude in 1990 with a [[Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor's degree]] in History, Kohs accepted a Russell Conwell Fellowship (full tuition, plus annual stipend) to attend [[Directory:Temple University|Temple University]] in [[Directory:Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Directory:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]].  There, he pursued a PhD degree which combined elements of Military History and Quantitative Methods in Geography.  Simultaneously, he worked as a dormitory faculty member at the boys' boarding school, [[Directory:The School at Church Farm|The School at Church Farm]].  Living for three years with 15 different seventh- and eighth-grade boys from diverse backgrounds taught Mr. Kohs a great deal of patience and understanding.  After passing his four comprehensive exams required for the PhD program and completing work on about one-quarter of his dissertation (which was to have covered the aviation industry in Eastern European during the 1930's), Kohs opted to leave academia with his [[Master of Arts|Masters degree]] to pursue a more promising career in marketing research.
-With decades of experience designing and executing market research services for Fortune 500 companies like AT&T, Comcast, IBM, McKesson, and SunTrust, growth is the driving purpose energizing Mr. Kohs' work. When selling client-driven market research insights on the vendor side of the industry, he took a $400,000 book of annual business and in just a few years grew it to $1.75 million. While employed with Comcast Business, as the division grew from $2 billion annual revenue to over $7 billion, Kohs' leadership of the market research function at corporate headquarters witnessed expansion from two generalized personnel to five specialized experts, and he cost-effectively authorized operating budgets that grew from $2 million to $5 million annually. Where Comcast Business used to complete about 20 research projects per year (at the time of his hire), in his most recent year with the company he and his team successfully delivered over 100 such projects.
+With decades of experience designing and executing market research services for Fortune 500 companies like AT&T, Comcast, IBM, McKesson, and SunTrust, growth is the driving purpose energizing Mr. Kohs' work. When selling client-driven market research insights on the vendor side of the industry, he took a $400,000 book of annual business and in just a few years grew it to $1.75 million. While employed with Comcast Business, as the division grew from $2 billion annual revenue to over $7 billion, Kohs' leadership of the market research function at corporate headquarters witnessed expansion from two generalized personnel to five specialized experts, and he cost-effectively authorized operating budgets that grew from $2 million to $5 million annually. Where Comcast Business used to complete about 20 research projects per year (at the time of his hire), in his final year with the company he and his team successfully delivered over 100 such projects.
-Mr. Kohs' market research expertise covers advanced quantitative, qualitative, and user-experience research techniques. He has successfully executed pivotal work related to brand equity, customer satisfaction, strategic product planning, pricing optimization, product bundling, advertising tracking, name testing, feature prioritization, and public relations. His research and commentary have been [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26348518 published] in peer-reviewed [http://www.academia.edu/1276652/AJR_technology_forum_CT_in_your_clinical_practice journals], and he has appeared on both [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5uQHNN5K1c cable] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwg2yQETiro broadcast] television shows and in [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-25-wiki-paid-entries_x.htm USA Today], the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/15/the-great-wikipedia-hoax/ Washington Post], other major newspapers, and [http://tinyurl.com/kohs-in-books popular books], discussing how businesses interact with crowd-sourced websites.
+Now with Research Biz, LLC, Mr. Kohs' market research expertise covers advanced quantitative, qualitative, and user-experience research techniques. The company is seeing triple-digit year-over-year revenue percentage growth. He has successfully executed pivotal work related to brand equity, customer satisfaction, strategic product planning, pricing optimization, product bundling, advertising tracking, name testing, feature prioritization, and public relations. His research and commentary have been [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26348518 published] in peer-reviewed [http://www.academia.edu/1276652/AJR_technology_forum_CT_in_your_clinical_practice journals], and he has appeared on both [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5uQHNN5K1c cable] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwg2yQETiro broadcast] television shows and in [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-25-wiki-paid-entries_x.htm USA Today], the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/15/the-great-wikipedia-hoax/ Washington Post], other major newspapers, and [http://tinyurl.com/kohs-in-books popular books], discussing how businesses interact with crowd-sourced websites.
 ===Cheers===
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 ==Consulting and speaking==
-Gregory Kohs is currently available for consulting projects, speaking engagements, and press interviews, regarding market research practices, or (if it is of interest to you) about Wikipedia and how businesses interact with community-managed websites.
+Gregory Kohs is currently available for consulting projects, speaking engagements, and press interviews, regarding market research practices, or (if it is of interest to you) about Wikipedia and how businesses interact with community-managed websites. Kohs has also served as expert witness in high-profile litigation where consumer surveys are introduced as evidence.
 As a Director-level researcher at a Fortune 50 company, Kohs has seen it all in the fields of advertising and marketing communications.  As someone who is also very knowledgeable about wiki communities, he can present to your group or help you complete a news story with anything you need to know about wikis, Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia Foundation.

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 ===Overview===
-In 1986, Kohs accepted a Dean's Scholarship (half tuition) to attend [[Directory:Emory University|Emory University]] in [[Directory:Atlanta|Atlanta]], [[Directory:Georgia|Georgia]].  Graduating magna cum laude in 1990 with a [[Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor's degree]] in History, Kohs accepted a Russell Conwell Fellowship (full tuition, plus annual stipend) to attend [[Directory:Temple University|Temple University]] in [[Directory:Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Directory:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]].  There, he pursued a PhD degree which combined elements of Military History and Quantitative Methods in Geography.  Simultaneously, he worked as a dormitory faculty member at the boys' boarding school, [[Directory:The School at Church Farm|The School at Church Farm]].  After passing the comprehensive exams and completing work on about one-quarter of his dissertation (which was to have covered the aviation industry in Eastern European during the 1930's), Kohs opted to leave academia with his [[Master of Arts|Masters degree]] to pursue a more promising career in marketing research.
+In 1986, Kohs accepted a Dean's Scholarship (half tuition) to attend [[Directory:Emory University|Emory University]] in [[Directory:Atlanta|Atlanta]], [[Directory:Georgia|Georgia]].  Graduating magna cum laude in 1990 with a [[Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor's degree]] in History, Kohs accepted a Russell Conwell Fellowship (full tuition, plus annual stipend) to attend [[Directory:Temple University|Temple University]] in [[Directory:Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Directory:Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]].  There, he pursued a PhD degree which combined elements of Military History and Quantitative Methods in Geography.  Simultaneously, he worked as a dormitory faculty member at the boys' boarding school, [[Directory:The School at Church Farm|The School at Church Farm]].  Living for three years with 15 different seventh- and eighth-grade boys from diverse backgrounds taught Mr. Kohs a great deal of patience and understanding.  After passing his four comprehensive exams required for the PhD program and completing work on about one-quarter of his dissertation (which was to have covered the aviation industry in Eastern European during the 1930's), Kohs opted to leave academia with his [[Master of Arts|Masters degree]] to pursue a more promising career in marketing research.
 With decades of experience designing and executing market research services for Fortune 500 companies like AT&T, Comcast, IBM, McKesson, and SunTrust, growth is the driving purpose energizing Mr. Kohs' work. When selling client-driven market research insights on the vendor side of the industry, he took a $400,000 book of annual business and in just a few years grew it to $1.75 million. While employed with Comcast Business, as the division grew from $2 billion annual revenue to over $7 billion, Kohs' leadership of the market research function at corporate headquarters witnessed expansion from two generalized personnel to five specialized experts, and he cost-effectively authorized operating budgets that grew from $2 million to $5 million annually. Where Comcast Business used to complete about 20 research projects per year (at the time of his hire), in his most recent year with the company he and his team successfully delivered over 100 such projects.

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 With decades of experience designing and executing market research services for Fortune 500 companies like AT&T, Comcast, IBM, McKesson, and SunTrust, growth is the driving purpose energizing Mr. Kohs' work. When selling client-driven market research insights on the vendor side of the industry, he took a $400,000 book of annual business and in just a few years grew it to $1.75 million. While employed with Comcast Business, as the division grew from $2 billion annual revenue to over $7 billion, Kohs' leadership of the market research function at corporate headquarters witnessed expansion from two generalized personnel to five specialized experts, and he cost-effectively authorized operating budgets that grew from $2 million to $5 million annually. Where Comcast Business used to complete about 20 research projects per year (at the time of his hire), in his most recent year with the company he and his team successfully delivered over 100 such projects.
-Mr. Kohs' market research expertise covers advanced quantitative, qualitative, and user-experience research techniques. He has successfully executed pivotal work related to brand equity, customer satisfaction, strategic product planning, pricing optimization, product bundling, advertising tracking, name testing, feature prioritization, and public relations. His research and commentarya has been [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26348518 published] in peer-reviewed [http://www.academia.edu/1276652/AJR_technology_forum_CT_in_your_clinical_practice journals], and he has appeared on both [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5uQHNN5K1c cable] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwg2yQETiro broadcast] television shows and in [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-25-wiki-paid-entries_x.htm USA Today], the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/15/the-great-wikipedia-hoax/ Washington Post], other major newspapers, and [http://tinyurl.com/kohs-in-books popular books], discussing how businesses interact with crowd-sourced websites.
+Mr. Kohs' market research expertise covers advanced quantitative, qualitative, and user-experience research techniques. He has successfully executed pivotal work related to brand equity, customer satisfaction, strategic product planning, pricing optimization, product bundling, advertising tracking, name testing, feature prioritization, and public relations. His research and commentary have been [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26348518 published] in peer-reviewed [http://www.academia.edu/1276652/AJR_technology_forum_CT_in_your_clinical_practice journals], and he has appeared on both [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5uQHNN5K1c cable] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwg2yQETiro broadcast] television shows and in [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-25-wiki-paid-entries_x.htm USA Today], the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/15/the-great-wikipedia-hoax/ Washington Post], other major newspapers, and [http://tinyurl.com/kohs-in-books popular books], discussing how businesses interact with crowd-sourced websites.
 ===Cheers===

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 Kohs is available for speaking engagements and press interviews, regarding the promises and perils of community-edited spaces on the Internet.  He also runs a low-profile, [[Directory:MyWikiBiz/Paid_editing|paid editing]] service that targets Wikipedia content. [[Image:Kohs_Wikipedia_original.jpg|thumb|165px|right|Associated Press photo, 2007.]]
-As a Director-level researcher at a Fortune 50 company, Kohs has seen it all in the fields of advertising and marketing communications.  As someone who is also very knowledgeable about wiki communities, he can present to your group or help you complete a news story with anything you ''really'' need to know about wikis, Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia Foundation. Observing Wikipedia and other wikis since 2005 through the lens of business ethics, he'll pull no punches and will draw aside the curtain to reveal the manipulative wiki wizards who hide behind it.  The story of MyWikiBiz was [http://www.bing.com/news/search?q=mywikibiz&go=Submit&qs=n&form=NWBQBN&pq=mywikibiz&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk= broadly publicized] in over 150 mainstream media outlets, including the ''Washington Post'', ''USA Today'', ''MSNBC.com'', and the ''Chronicle of Higher Education'', as well as a [http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/theloop/63519/The-Loop-Can-Wikipedia-Be-Trusted.html television appearance] on the ''G4 TV'' network.  Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain also extensively covered the MyWikiBiz phenomenon in his best-selling book, ''[http://yupnet.org/zittrain/archives/16#48 The Future of the Internet]'', and Kohs has spoken before Zittrain's class on Internet law at Harvard Law School.
+As a Director-level researcher at a Fortune 50 company, Kohs has seen it all in the fields of advertising and marketing communications.  As someone who is also very knowledgeable about wiki communities, he can present to your group or help you complete a news story with anything you ''really'' need to know about wikis, Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia Foundation. Observing Wikipedia and other wikis since 2005 through the lens of business ethics, he'll pull no punches and will draw aside the curtain to reveal the manipulative wiki wizards who hide behind it.  The story of MyWikiBiz was [http://www.bing.com/news/search?q=mywikibiz&go=Submit&qs=n&form=NWBQBN&pq=mywikibiz&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk= broadly publicized] in over 150 mainstream media outlets, including the ''Washington Post'', ''USA Today'', ''MSNBC.com'', and the ''Chronicle of Higher Education'', as well as television appearances on the ''[http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/theloop/63519/The-Loop-Can-Wikipedia-Be-Trusted.html G4TV]'' network and on the syndicated news program ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsu-QGi-ZWY Full Measure]''.  Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain also extensively covered the MyWikiBiz phenomenon in his best-selling book, ''[http://yupnet.org/zittrain/archives/16#48 The Future of the Internet]'', and Kohs has spoken before Zittrain's class on Internet law at Harvard Law School.
 As a citizen-journalist, Kohs regularly published [http://mywikibiz.com/Directory:Examiner_articles_by_Gregory_Kohs investigative reports] for years on Examiner.com.  He is also completing work on an e-book to be titled ''[[Directory:Your Business and Wikipedia|Your Business and Wikipedia]]''.
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 :*'''Wikipedia article''': At one time, Wikipedia supported an [[Directory:Gregory_J._Kohs/Wikipedia_article|encyclopedic article]] about Kohs.
-:*'''Television appearances''': Speaking about Wikipedia and the phenomenon of "paid editing" on '[http://www.g4tv.com/pile_player.aspx?video_key=14996 G4TV] and on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsu-QGi-ZWY Full Measure]'.
+:*'''Television appearances''': Speaking about Wikipedia and the phenomenon of "paid editing" on ''[http://www.g4tv.com/pile_player.aspx?video_key=14996 G4TV]'' and on ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsu-QGi-ZWY Full Measure]''.
 :*'''Medical publication''': Kohs co-authored a [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15461297&dopt=Citation study report] for the ''American Journal of Roentgenology''.

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 As a Director-level researcher at a Fortune 50 company, Kohs has seen it all in the fields of advertising and marketing communications.  As someone who is also very knowledgeable about wiki communities, he can present to your group or help you complete a news story with anything you ''really'' need to know about wikis, Wikipedia, and the Wikimedia Foundation. Observing Wikipedia and other wikis since 2005 through the lens of business ethics, he'll pull no punches and will draw aside the curtain to reveal the manipulative wiki wizards who hide behind it.  The story of MyWikiBiz was [http://www.bing.com/news/search?q=mywikibiz&go=Submit&qs=n&form=NWBQBN&pq=mywikibiz&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk= broadly publicized] in over 150 mainstream media outlets, including the ''Washington Post'', ''USA Today'', ''MSNBC.com'', and the ''Chronicle of Higher Education'', as well as a [http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/theloop/63519/The-Loop-Can-Wikipedia-Be-Trusted.html television appearance] on the ''G4 TV'' network.  Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain also extensively covered the MyWikiBiz phenomenon in his best-selling book, ''[http://yupnet.org/zittrain/archives/16#48 The Future of the Internet]'', and Kohs has spoken before Zittrain's class on Internet law at Harvard Law School.
-As a citizen-journalist, Kohs regularly publishes [http://www.examiner.com/wiki-edits-in-national/gregory-kohs investigative reports] on Examiner.com.  He is also completing work on an e-book to be titled ''[[Directory:Your Business and Wikipedia|Your Business and Wikipedia]]''.
+As a citizen-journalist, Kohs regularly published [http://mywikibiz.com/Directory:Examiner_articles_by_Gregory_Kohs investigative reports] for years on Examiner.com.  He is also completing work on an e-book to be titled ''[[Directory:Your Business and Wikipedia|Your Business and Wikipedia]]''.
 Kohs and his venture MyWikiBiz have a devoted interest in the success of the [[Subject Interest::Category:Semantic Web|Semantic Web]].  He can communicate to complete novices the amazing advantages (and some disadvantages) of Semantic Web, or as it's also known -- '''Web 3.0'''.