Friday, May 15, 2026
online interviews
A big week on zoom with 25 online interviews for an AngelWings Ltd research project, commissioned to research pathways to ministry across denominations. The big week brings the total number of interviews to 65, across ten denominations.
Hence, as per the visual, this week also included the need to break out a second research journal, to help me take notes and record impressions from each of the interviews.
As my eyes got tired, I needed to touch the soft and tactile journal covers to remind my online wired brain of other senses, like touch, that help us feel and be in life.
To help me pay attention to each interview, I not only take notes. I also gain permission and use record. This allows me to play back the interview when I move from data gathering to data analysis.
In addition, I also keep a track of demographics of my participants. This involves a set of questions, drawn from the New Zealand Census, that clarifies ethnicity, age and qualifications. Plus three questions I developed myself around denomination and congregational connections. I record the responses after each interview, which allows me to keep a running check against national averages.
The mix of taking notes in journals, recording interviews for later playback and regular checking on the demographics of my population guides my research practice.
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