About

Alan Chumley is the Principal of PRooph, Canada’s first method/vendor-agnostic communications measurement consultancy. 

 

  • Former Director of Measurement at Hill & Knowlton Canada.
  • Former Director of Communications Research, Leger Marketing (market research).
  • Former VP, Cormex Research, (a Canadian media content analysis and measurement firm).
  • Positions in corporate communications including: Bell Canada as Associate Director of Corporate Communication, & ING. 
  • Masters from York University; research on media effects/uses, audience studies, reception analysis, & PR measurement.
  • Instructor of Research & Measurement for PR @ Ryerson University; and Stakeholder Relationship Management @Seneca 
  • Special Advisor to the Canadian Public Relations Society’s Measurement Committee.
  • Member of: the Market Research & Intelligence Association, IABC, CPRS.
  • Disciple / booster of the Institute for PR’s Measurement Commission & The Ass’n. for Meas’t. & Evalution of Comm. 
Alan is a regular contributor to http://www.princanada.com/author/alan-chumley.   
 
LinkedIn Profile:  http://www.linkedin.com/in/alanchumley
Twitter: http://twitter.com/alanchumley
E-mail:  alan.chumley@prooph.ca  
 

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  • 2. Michael Blowers  |  July 24, 2007 at 6:02 pm

    Hi Alan, I realise this question is probably more relevant to your former job position but I was just wondering if you could steer me towards where I might be able to lay my hands on some audience figures for Canadian TV and radio. I have a quite large number of slots on stations like CBAF-FM, CBCT-FM, CFCB-FM CTV, ASN, CBC and NTV. The client is also adamant they want any value data available for which I would very much value any advice on source. Needless to say they are in a bit of a hurry so would appreciate your thoughts just as soon as. With best regards, Michael Blowers Media Evaluation Research

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  • 5. gilliganscorner  |  December 4, 2007 at 3:47 pm

    Hi Alan,

    I am looking for a way to measure the change in usage or frequency of phrases appearing in online publications over time. Any pointers?

    Thanks!

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  • 6. achumley  |  December 4, 2007 at 4:49 pm

    Gilligans Corner,

    If I understand your question correctly, you’re really talking about volume and velocity. It’s a form of citation analysis. To that end,
    you’d be best advised to use a tool like BlogScope or Buzzlogic to set up search terms with the phrases you want to track and analyse what that’s looking like over time. You could also track a sort of adjacency or proximity–in other words, what other phrases or terms are most frequently cited along side the words / phrases you’ve asked the system to track for. A sort of heat map of what else is being talked about on-line.

    Cheers

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