Past Event
Wednesday, October 27 2021
6:00–7:30 pm
Debbie Millman
What We Talk About When We Talk About Talking
Wednesday, October 27 2021
6:00–7:30 pm
Debbie Millman
What We Talk About When We Talk About Talking
Best-Practices on How to Interview Anyone for Anything
Debbie Millman has been hosting her popular, award-winning podcast for over sixteen years and has interviewed some of the world’s most creative and inventive artists, designers, musicians, writers, performers and more. In her upcoming book Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People, you will see examples of her masterful and engaging interview skills.
In this first ever webinar, learn how to interview with soul, stamina and scintillation.
Takeaways include:
- how to start the interview and immediately put your interviewee at ease
- how to ask original, never-asked-before questions
- how to listen
- how to research your interviewees
- how any good conversation is like a game of billiards
- how to approach difficult topics
- how much is too much
- how to leave the audience satisfied with what they’ve heard
Along with this webinar of interviewing best practices, join Debbie for a Q&A about her upcoming book Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People and get a sneak peak on how it was done.
Pre-order a signed copy of Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People book and save 15% for all attendees! Click here to order your very own signed copy.
This event will be live-captioned and include ASL interpretation.
Event chair and graphics: Lyanne Dubon Aguilar
Event Series: Work in Progress
Debbie Millman: What We Talk About When We Talk About Talking is part of the Work in Progress event series. These events are focused on the creative process, personal development and professional development. They aim to give a peek behind the curtain and expose failure as a valuable experience.
Tickets
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Event Recording
This webinar will be recorded and shared with the community: videos will be captioned and posted to the event page.
Schedule
- 6:00 pm Webinar begins
- 7:30 pm Webinar ends
Tickets
- Members $5.00
- Non-Members $10.00
- Students $3.00
Speaker
Debbie Millman
Debbie Millman is a designer, author, educator and the host of the award-winning podcast Design Matters, one of the first and longest running podcasts in the world. She is also co-founder and chair of the world’s first graduate program in branding at the School of Visual Arts; editorial director of Print magazine; and the author of seven books on design and branding. She has worked on the design and strategy of over 200 of the world’s biggest brands. Twitter and IG: @debbiemillman