Outline of Family Stories course
9th November, 2002, 10am - 5pm

What we'll cover on the course

MORNING
Introductions and course overview
Listening to extracts from actual interviews
Approaching the person
Jogging the memory
The pre-interview chat
Selecting topics
Questioning techniques
Introduction to recording equipment
Trying out the equipment

AFTERNOON
Interviewing practice
What if? scenarios
Following up the interview
Editing and archiving
Review of day
Next steps

What you'll take away

A set of practical handouts covering the main topics covered in the course.

Equipment

On the course, you'll use mini-disc recorders and broadcast-quality microphones.
If you need to borrow equipment to do your interview after the course,
we can arrange this.