Use past tense.
You should arrive at the event early. In this way, you can talk with as many people as you can. When an event ends, people are in a hurry to go back home and not willing to answer your questions.
Choose a right time to ask questions. A silent moment before the ceremony begins is an appropriate time to listen people sharing their impressive story. For instance, in this story , I successfully interviewed a pastor and listened to him telling the story about how a great mother inspired her kids through her hard work.
Pay attention to the number of the seat. But you should always pay attention to the actual number of participants. Find a copy of speech draft and booklet that lists the names of participants so that you can do the accuracy check more conveniently.
For an event, a notebook can work better than your recordings. You need to improve your listening skills and concentrate when people are telling stories.
Be patient when you do the accuracy check. Give a pause and double check with the quotes and every statistics in the story. For instance, I made a mistake in this story at first. I just counted the number of the seats but did not notice that no every seat was occupied. So I had the wrong number of participants in my story at first. Fortunately, we correct the number at last.
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