Anne Dougherty

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    Energy Innovation through Deeper Engagement

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    Five years ago, Sara Conzemius and I left thriving practices at large, successful energy service companies to create a new kind…

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    Whimsey and (Energy) Wonks

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    This year at the Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP) 28th National Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, ILLUME is engaging in…

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    Hacking Your New Year’s Resolution With Behavioral Science

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    Around 5:40 am on a Sunday morning, more than an hour before sunrise, I found myself trudging, bleary-eyed, through the snow.…

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    Do Not Compute

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    How do we judge the “success” of the holiday season? Some people meticulously document and curate their holiday season in glowing…

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    A Paradoxical Holiday

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    2017 has been a paradoxical year for ILLUME. We have been so fortunate to build our ILLUME family with the generous…

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    FAQs of Customer Journey Mapping

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    The ILLUME team is currently partnering with a number of clients to build customer journey maps of their services. The use of…

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    Zoltar Speaks: Curiously Delightful Fun With Predictive Modeling

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    Recently, ILLUME attended the Behavior, Energy, And Climate Change conference (BECC 2017) armed with a glittery fortune-telling box and iPads loaded…

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    Escape The Echo Chamber

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    It’s fall again, and if you’re anything like me, changing seasons makes me get all contemplative. And given the world events…

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    Growing Stronger Together After An Energy Crisis: A Humanized Energy-Scape

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    As hurricanes pummel the shores of states and island communities, the primacy of energy in sustaining our lives is brought to…

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    Pulling The Plug On The Telephone Game

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    I am in Copenhagen this week for six early mornings of 75-minute yoga sessions.  You may be wondering, “A transatlantic flight…

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    Investing in Team Retreats

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    More and more companies are switching to models that include numerous offices and remote workers. For example, at ILLUME, our headquarters…

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    How Many Women Are Enough? Nine.

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    You may have seen that ILLUME is hiring.  We are in fact in a phase of pretty rapid growth, adding 5…

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    Big Data: Tyrant or Tool?

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    The energy industry is on the cusp of a big data revolution. More than 50% of households have a smart meter,…

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    We March! We March For What? We March For Whom?

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    This spring has been a season of marches and protests as engaged individuals have turned out by the millions in support…

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    We’re Blushing!

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    March has been full of unexpected good news. We are excited to share with all of you not one–but two–pretty fantastic…

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    We think through all the nitty gritty details in order to create a seamless experience for our clients. Communication Standards

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    Award Winning Website… But What Does it Mean?

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    This Saturday, the ILLUME website received a Gold ADDY Award at the 35th Annual American Advertising Federation Tucson (AAF Tucson). This…

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    Conservatives And Conservation In The Midwest

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    My home state of Wisconsin voted for a Republican in this presidential election, and with that victory came the reelection of…

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    A Love Letter

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    There is a slight sense of dread in the energy efficiency industry these days. Dread that comes with the uncertainty of…

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    Competition! Competition! – Can An App Change Your Behavior?

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    A couple of weeks ago, we published the blog  Wanna, Hafta, Track, Win. In that post, we talked about considering when…

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    Northwest Ductless Heat Pump Initiative: Market Progress Evaluation Report

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    This evaluation of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Ductless Heat Pump Initiative assesses the Initiative’s progress in meeting its market…

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    Matching and VIA: Quasi-Experimental Methods in a World of Imperfect Data

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    Co-authored by Eileen Hannigan and presented at the 2015 IEPEC conference. Click on the title to read the white paper.

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