From the course: The Art of Video Interviews
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Background research
From the course: The Art of Video Interviews
Background research
Rich: Amy, one of the things that I like to make sure I've done before an interview is proper background research. I think it really comes down to knowing your subject. And, when it comes to knowing your subject, there are lots of things you could do to get familiar with that subject. It's really going to be important that you feel like you've already met this person. And, you know what they're thinking, what's on their mind. So, I think it's important that you're familiar with any views that they have about the issue you're talking about. And there are a lot of ways to do this, right? Amy: You can do background research for looking for blog posts or articles that've been written about them. Previous interviews they've done is a really big tip off. I recently have to interviewed somebody, and the previous interviews, I can see right away how she'd try to steer the conversation in a certain direction. And so, I kind of was prepared for that, because I had already seen her actually…
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Preparing for an interview3m 10s
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Planning for project goals and impact4m 15s
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Getting the results you want and need2m 18s
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Using themes1m 27s
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Background research5m 50s
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Conducting pre-interviews1m 46s
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Building your talking points3m 2s
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