# Local business story worksheet

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Organization / business: ____________________________

Participant and role: _______________________________

Interview date: __________  Interviewer: _____________

Audience: __________________________________________

What should this audience understand or do? __________

## Seven questions

1. What happened here recently that you are still telling people about?

   Notes: __________________________________________________________

2. What was difficult, and what did you try?

   Notes: __________________________________________________________

3. Who made the difference? What did they do?

   Notes: __________________________________________________________

4. What about this community helped you do it?

   Notes: __________________________________________________________

5. What can you show us?

   Notes: __________________________________________________________

6. What changed, and how can we check it?

   Notes: __________________________________________________________

7. What should the right person do after hearing this?

   Notes: __________________________________________________________

## Turn the answers into a brief

Person + moment: _________________________________________________

Challenge + action: ______________________________________________

Community connection: ____________________________________________

Visual / demonstration: __________________________________________

Supporting fact + source + date: _________________________________

Next step + destination link: ____________________________________

## Before production

- [ ] Participant is willing and available; photo/video use is agreed.
- [ ] Location, access, safety, and any confidential material are addressed.
- [ ] Names, roles, quotes, dates, and numbers have a source and reviewer.
- [ ] Results have a defined period; observations are attributed as observations.
- [ ] One example is not presented as proof of the entire local economy.
- [ ] Factual-review owner and deadline are agreed.
- [ ] Audience and next-step link are clear and current.

Missing item / owner / due date: _________________________________

Final factual reviewer: _____________ Review deadline: ___________

Production owner: __________________ Planned publication: _______

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