Re: Chair's Interview Guide

On 20 Oct 2012, at 5:34 AM, olivier Thereaux wrote:

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> On 20 Oct 2012, at 05:19, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:
>>> • Tell me about your WG(s). 
>>> (Clarification question: size, activity, history, specific challenges)
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>> I think the first question may be too broad. I do think asking what the biggest challenges to getting work done is a good idea. Maybe not as the first question.
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> Remember this is a conversation, not a survey. Asking about the WG is a very effective way to begin, and gives a lot of follow-up material, a la "so you said your group was very active. How do you…"
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>> How about we ask these questions in a breakout session and treat it like a focus group?
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> We can. Focus groups and interviews obviously yield different kinds of insights. I tend to prefer the quality and depth of one-on-one interviews - focus groups have a tendency to just amplify "obvious" concerns and feedback from usual loudmouths. But it's less time consuming. Why not.

I don't mind doing both. I'm thinking here about the breakout session in particular. I welcome other suggestions for organizing the breakout session (especially given that I am not as far along as I wanted to be.)

Ian

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