Hello class–
Your fellow classmate brought up a great question–how do you approach the person you want to interview?
I responded with the following suggestions:
1. just walk up to the person, tell them who you are and what you’re
doing, and just ask point blank if they would be willing to talk to you.
2. approach the person with a friend that you KNOW this person knows.
Use the friend as a way to lay the ground work and make the person feel
more comfortable and willing.
4. Have the friend approach the person first, maybe even ask the person
for you.
5. Approach the person talk with them a little bit so they get to know
you, but don’t ask them about the interview. Then the *next* time you
see them, approach them again, but this time, ask them about the interview.
What do you think of these suggestions? Do you have some of your own?
The suggestions are all good, i am one for the more direct approach though…for my group confidence and anonimity is the most important thing…so I phrased my interview as something I needed to do for my class and reassured them that none of their personal information would be compromised.
Really great point Mattymo–It’s really important to pay attention to the needs of your community more than anything. And if your community needs you to be forthright and to the point, than you better be exactly that. Otherwise, right off the bat, you’re not going to get very good results.