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Training 2017 Conference: The art and science of interviewing

9/2/2016

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Frost and Nixon Interview - pophistorydig.com
"Don't conduct an interview, have a conversation. One of the biggest mistake people make in the interview setting is to conduct it like it appears in a magazine (question and answer). Don't make that mistake. Forget about the questions and just have a comfortable conversation. Keyword: comfortable." - Six Pixels of Separation

Journalists study hard to become good interviewers. Sure, it comes natural to some, but even the most prodigious journalists have volumes of tapes to review that show wonderful examples of how to get strangers to open up and tell all.
Instructional designers get neither the training nor the footage, yet the work we do is a close cousin to journalism. Perhaps it's time to take a page from their book and learn how to become a professional interviewer - even though you are already expected to be one. .

In January 2017, at the Training 2017 Conference & Expo in San Diego, I'll be speaking about using interview strategies culled from the world of journalism and nonfiction writing. But instead of using those techniques with political figures and criminals, we'll use them to get best practices out of Frank in accounting (who may or may not be a criminal). 

My session is described below:

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