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Subject:Re: Interviewing for info. gathering From:Mike Pope <mikep -at- ASYMETRIX -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 5 Apr 1994 10:04:00 PDT
Well, one technique I've always found useful is to lock them into their
offices and only let them out when they agree to talk to you. <g>
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>From: TECHWR-L
>To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
>Subject: Interviewing for info. gathering
>Date: Tuesday, April 05, 1994 8:13AM
>I am researching the information interview as used by
>technical writers. This is a basic tool that we all
>use, but I was wondering if any of you have a particular
>process that you use when interviewing SMEs.
>Also, if you have run across any good articles on the
>subject, please point them out.
