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Every other Friday we post a thoughtful essay on an industry topic.

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You Asked, We Delivered – Introducing RIVA 710: Moderator Refresher

November 14, 2025

Part of what RIVA strives to do is provide our students with what they need the most from us – whether that is by covering industry related topics here on our blog, via our newsletter, or on our Facebook Live...

Is 8 Still the Magic Number?

November 7, 2025

When Naomi Henderson, RIVA’s former owner and CEO wrote her article “Magic of 8,” the typical focus group was 2-hours long with eight Respondents, four issue areas, and questions within each area. Like our RIVA DIVA always pointed out, things are...