Jan Krivocheia - Articles

How to run a conference call

With the new innovations more people are working from home, or working from the road. All of this work is done through the internet and through the phone. And a lot of times people don’t know how to run a phone conference. Trust me; I’ve set in on a lot of those meetings. So, I decided to write some steps that will help with organizing a phone conference in a more structured way. Read

By: Jan Krivocheia | 06/11/2009 | Business

How to conduct a focus group

Focus groups are structured small group interviews. The people that are being interviewed are similar in some way (e.g., same views on certain topics, different background, part of the same community, or same financial standing). The purpose of the interview is to gather information about a particular topic guided by a set of focused questions. Participants hear and interact with each other and the leader (facilitator), which yields different information than if people were interviewed individually. Read

By: Jan Krivocheia | 05/11/2009 | Organizational

How to conduct an interview

One of the toughest things in journalism is conducting interviews. Of course finding a good story is tough, but once you find it what’s next. The reason that interviews are tough is because not only you have to talk to people you also need to get certain information out of them. Sometimes you simply want to know what their experience has been; in other words, you want to collect their testimony as witnesses. Sometimes you want their expert opinion, sometimes their knowledge of the facts. One o Read

By: Jan Krivocheia | 04/11/2009 | Writing

New Carrier Pass: Become a Legal Transcriptionst

What you need to know in order to become a legal transcriptionist Read

By: Jan Krivocheia | 02/11/2009 | Business Opportunities