Story interview guide for a participant
When to use: before interviewing a participant, volunteer or staff member for a story. How to use: give AI what you're hoping to learn and any sensitivities — get open, non-leading questions.
When to use this prompt
Reach for this prompt when you need to when to use: before interviewing a participant, volunteer or staff member for a story. How to use: give AI what you're hoping to learn and any sensitivities — get open, non-leading questions. It's designed for Comms Lead, Programme Manager. Typically used within Marketing work.
Draft with AI, then have a colleague verify facts and tone before use.
How to use it
- 1
Gather your inputs
Have your local context, audience and goal to hand. - 2
Fill in the template
Copy the template below and replace every bracketed placeholder with real, local context. Keep names and safeguarding details out. - 3
Run it in your AI tool
Paste into your preferred AI assistant. Ask a follow-up if the output misses your association's tone or context. - 4
Review with the checklist
Work through the human-review checklist below before you send, publish or act on the output.
Prefer a guided flow? Adapt with the guided builder — it fills placeholders from your association profile.
Prompt template
Draft an interview guide for a story about {THEME}. Interviewee: {ROLE_OR_RELATIONSHIP}. Sensitivities: {SENSITIVITIES}. 8 open questions moving from safe to reflective. No leading questions. Include a consent check at the start, an offer to skip or pause, and a note that they can withdraw their story at any point before publication.Replace bracketed placeholders with real context. Never paste identifying details about children, health or safeguarding cases.
Worked example
Theme: recovery from homelessness\nSensitivities: past mental health, family estrangement
What good output looks like
A trauma-aware interview guide with consent and pause built in.
Why this prompt works
Ethical story-gathering, especially with young people or people who've experienced harm.
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