interview-facilitation

# Interview and Facilitation Skill Conduct semi-structured interviews and moderate focus groups with professional facilitation techniques. ## Overview The Interview and Facilitation skill enables conducting semi-structured interviews and moderating focus groups with rapport building, probing techniques, group dynamics management, and ethical practice for high-quality qualitative data collection. ## Capabilities ### Interview Technique - Question design - Rapport building - Active listening - Probing strategies - Closure techniques ### Focus Group Moderation - Group composition - Discussion guide development - Group dynamics management - Participant engagement - Conflict navigation ### Probing Methods - Follow-up questions - Clarification probes - Elaboration prompts - Challenge probes - Silent probing ### Recording and Documentation - Audio/video recording - Note taking - Transcription - Field notes - Quality assurance ### Ethical Practice - Informed consent - Confidentiality - Sensitive topics - Power dynamics - Participant welfare ## Usage Guidelines ### When to Use - Collecting qualitative data - Exploring perspectives - Understanding experiences - Gathering stakeholder input - Building theory ### Best Practices - Prepare thoroughly - Build genuine rapport - Listen actively - Probe appropriately - Document carefully ### Integration Points - Qualitative Analysis skill - Ethnographic Research skill - Research Ethics and IRB skill - Mixed Methods Integration skil...