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Interview Techniques - Finding the Story

by Anna Farmery

I listened to Heidi Miller at the Podcast Expo, she is a wonderful presenter and gave some great tips on interviewing techniques. I loved her idea that the interview is about telling stories and giving surprises for the listener. She shared with us some ways to start the interview questions, which I thought I would share with you.

1) Your goal is to get the guest to tell their story…each person has a story

2) Some great questions to entice out the story

Why did you decide to…
What has the been the biggest reason …..
Where were you when you decided….
What experience did you draw on when…
Tell me about….

[tags] interviewing techniques, podcast media expo, storytelling, podcasting, podcast [ /tags]

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Posted in Interviewing on October 1st, 2007

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