Personal+Communication

An essential part of good research is to seek information/advice/feedback from others. You need to create a record of all the personal communications you make throughout your research. It will provide ** evidence ** that you are consulting widely and are actively pursuing all avenues to gather information. Personal communication includes:
 * phone calls
 * emails
 * informal discussions
 * interviews
 * fax

Create a new page in your Electronic Research Journal and make a chart like the one below. Fill out the chart below every time you have personal contact with someone about your Research Project. Add new rows as required. If you have hard copy evidence of the contact e.g. print outs of email, add them to your folio.


 * ** Nam​e of contact? ** || ** Relationship to topic ** || ** How did you make contact? e.g. phone, email etc ** || ** Was this contact formal or informal? **
 * Give details. ** || ** Did you get what **
 * you wanted? Explain. ** || ** How would you improve your next personal contact? ** ||