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Suja wrote in
news:Ycieb.27645$sp2.22138@lakeread04: Child wrote: Its not until friday the 3rd of october - the family is going out of town! will keep you posted. Hopefully, you're still following the thread although it has turned into a bloody mess. I just wanted to tell you about the rookie mistakes I made when I was starting out. In the beginning, I always took checklists and lists of questions specific to the adopter's situation with me. While they were really helpful, I also found out that they were a little too disruptive for me. I was often so busy writing down notes that I didn't catch obvious follow-up points to the conversations. Unless your short term memory is *really* short, make short notes as reminders to yourself, but don't go into long tomes during the interview. Use the checklists as a way of making sure that you cover all the bases, but make sure that the conversation goes wherever it would naturally lead to. Too much note taking can also make the adopters nervous or uptight. I think this is a good strategy - I have an excellent memory and do not need to take notes during the conversation. I just need the checklist to make sure I didn't miss anything. -- BethF, Anchorage, AK It's YOUR God. They are YOUR rules. YOU burn in hell. |
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Suja wrote in
news:Ycieb.27645$sp2.22138@lakeread04: Child wrote: Its not until friday the 3rd of october - the family is going out of town! will keep you posted. Hopefully, you're still following the thread although it has turned into a bloody mess. I just wanted to tell you about the rookie mistakes I made when I was starting out. In the beginning, I always took checklists and lists of questions specific to the adopter's situation with me. While they were really helpful, I also found out that they were a little too disruptive for me. I was often so busy writing down notes that I didn't catch obvious follow-up points to the conversations. Unless your short term memory is *really* short, make short notes as reminders to yourself, but don't go into long tomes during the interview. Use the checklists as a way of making sure that you cover all the bases, but make sure that the conversation goes wherever it would naturally lead to. Too much note taking can also make the adopters nervous or uptight. I think this is a good strategy - I have an excellent memory and do not need to take notes during the conversation. I just need the checklist to make sure I didn't miss anything. -- BethF, Anchorage, AK It's YOUR God. They are YOUR rules. YOU burn in hell. |
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Obviously everyone has their own way of doing things that they are
comfortable with so don't take this as a "must do". I don't take the form to the hv and don't want my volunteers doing so either. It can make the applicants uneasy, knowing that you are jotting down notes or referring back to a piece of paper. They have no idea what's on the paper and if you're jotting notes, it would only be natural to wonder/worry about what you're writing. For people with bad memories, I recommend stopping down the street (after you leave the app's house) and jotting down notes or using a micro-recorder. -- Tara |
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Obviously everyone has their own way of doing things that they are
comfortable with so don't take this as a "must do". I don't take the form to the hv and don't want my volunteers doing so either. It can make the applicants uneasy, knowing that you are jotting down notes or referring back to a piece of paper. They have no idea what's on the paper and if you're jotting notes, it would only be natural to wonder/worry about what you're writing. For people with bad memories, I recommend stopping down the street (after you leave the app's house) and jotting down notes or using a micro-recorder. -- Tara |
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Obviously everyone has their own way of doing things that they are
comfortable with so don't take this as a "must do". I don't take the form to the hv and don't want my volunteers doing so either. It can make the applicants uneasy, knowing that you are jotting down notes or referring back to a piece of paper. They have no idea what's on the paper and if you're jotting notes, it would only be natural to wonder/worry about what you're writing. For people with bad memories, I recommend stopping down the street (after you leave the app's house) and jotting down notes or using a micro-recorder. -- Tara |
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