Interview+Questions+EF


 * INTERVIEW QUESTIONS Majorly under construction **

These are some sample questions that I would consider asking someone who runs a Makerspace, particularly in Troy

How long have you lived in the Troy/Schenectady area? What brought you here and what has kept you here?

How long have you been working with tools to make things for your own use? Why did you start?

How long have you been considering the creation of this Makerspace? What do you think really instigated its start up?

Do you have any family or friends that also helped to start the Makerspace and are involved?

So "Making" may be your hobby, but what's your day job? What other jobs have you had? Do you hope "Making" can become something more than a hobby, possibly a means of employment?

How and where do you promote your space or program? Who are you trying to reach?

Will you be running any of the workshops? If so, which ones?

Are there any particular workshops or programs that you are excited about? Do you have a particular realm of "Making" that you are interested in?

Do you ever work with the technology that you already own to better suite your needs?

When you think of science within your local community and its particular availability to you, where can you find scientific knowledge that is engaging and relates to you on a personal or social level? Where and how do you access this information?

When you go to science museums, do you enjoy the hands-on exhibits that give you scientific information, or do you more enjoy digital kiosks that give you information and explain issues but does not give you hands-on demonstrations?

What do you think about online Making communities such as Instructables.org?

How do you find or interface with scientific information? In books or through digital media? Has this changed for you over time?