Our Process
Interview Process
Interviews are one-on-one and typically last between 2-3 hours. You can schedule an interview to take place at a home, office, or other more convenient location.
What We Need From You
We encourage the narrator (the person to be interviewed) to review the Story Matters Bubble Sheet PDF. This was created from hours of interactions with our clients during the research and development phase. This collection of topics others found important helps begin the process of reliving experiences that are many years in the past. Please look over this sheet a week or so in advance. No work other than thought is needed.
Gather and write brief descriptions for photos representing the various parts of the interviewed person’s life. These will be scanned and returned. The images will become part of the final product.
A Step by Step Guide to the
Process
Initial Contact
Story Matters™ assigns an interviewer to your family
The interviewer contacts you to learn more about the narrator and your goals for the sessions
The interviewer contacts the narrator
to introduce themselves, organize a
time and place for the interview, and to chat.
to introduce themselves, organize a
time and place for the interview, and to chat.
Day of Interview
Our interviewer arrives at the scheduled time and place
Interviewer introduces themselves and explains what will happen during the session
Interviewer and narrator will talk through and write down a rough timeline of the clients life and write down the very important stories that should not be missed
Interviewer will set up the audio recording equipment
Record the interview
Narrator and interviewer will talk through the photographs with descriptions and put them in a labeled envelope
Post Interview
We edit the recording session for sound quality, voice quality, interruptions, etc.
We digitize and organize photos into CD packaging
We print and package the final product
We send you the final product and follow up with you to make sure you think we fulfilled our promises and ask for referrals to other friends and family.
How to Get Started
Contact us
Info@everystorymatters.com
512-633-7728
512-633-7728
“I am happy to know my children’s kids will get to learn a little about their grandpa directly”
James C. (Austin, TX)
James C. (Austin, TX)