Design Methods Guide

How young people cope with trying to make a living
Situation
Young people's
basic living
situation
Expectations
How young
people feel they
have achieved
and expect of
the future
Emotions
How young
people cope
emotionally with
making a living
Actions
How young
people cope
practically to
make a living and
what support
they look for
Attitudes
Effect of the
young people's
work situation
on their
attitudes on
society
We are exploring the following areas to understand this issue.
The survey is divided up into these above sections

How can you get involved?
Every person that
completes the survey
will get a personalised
analysis to help them
understand their
situation
Every city with +10
people completing the
survey will get a local
analysis you can use to
stimulate debate on
precarity in your group
Responses from cities
ross Europe will provide
a transnational analysis
we can use to develop
future projects
Please encourage your local members to fill in the survey and carry
out interviews that we can turn into stories .

What methods can you use?
As well as the survey, you can also select from one of the following
methods on the next slide to gather the research. Whichever method
you choose, please:
This will help us produce an analysis that can help us compare
between cities to produce the scenarios & guide. On the next slide are
examples of how you can interview young people, do share other
methods you want to use! Any questions ask Project Team at
london@euroalter.com
Use the same questions from the survey
Document the responses from people
Send us the responses

Send out the
survey to your
members
Interview
groups or
organisations
working with
young people
Interview
young people
face-to-face, by
email, audio or
video
Interview
young people
in public spaces
they interact in
Research Methods

Ask
organisations
if you can
interview their
members
Ask your local
members to
interview each
other using
the questions
Organise a
meeting using
the questions
to stimulate
discussion
Invite speakers
to debate
some of
questions

Method Template
 Description of the Method
Time it will take People you need Link to examples of method
Resources Needed This is a template for how
the different research
methods are described
on the following pages.
If you would like to
suggest a method, let us
know at
london@euroalter.com

Day in the Life
 Description of the Method
 Describe the person based on one of the personas and how they go about the day based on
the elements of the persona you have chosen in the below.
 Describe how they would act, react, feel, think & interact using the template below in 2020!
 Use photos from Make a Living or take your own photos that represent what you’ve written.
30 minutes 1 or 2 people See http://slidesha.re/YkVk7U
Resources Needed
 Day in the Life Template
 Photos (optional)

Interview people one to one
 Invite your members to a local meeting to interview each other using Survey Questions
 At the meeting, show Project Video/Presentation to introduce the purpose of the project
 Invite members to select whether they want to be Interviewer, Interviewee or Reporter
 Ask them to get into groups of three (one Interviewer, Interviewee & Reporter)
 Give them 45 minutes to ask the questions & answer & document the answers
Resources Needed
 Printouts of Survey
 Project Video
 Project Presentation
 Paper & Pens
People needed
 Interviewer
 Interviewee & Reporter
60 minutes Do it in threes Check http://bit.ly/121interviews

 Walk around the room to check everyone understands what to do
 Advise Interviewers that if they haven’t finished asking all the Survey Questions, then they
can continue this outside the meeting if they want
 If they’ve finished all the Survey Questions, before then, they can do the Debriefing
 Ask the Reporter & Interviewer to write up the interview and send it to the Project Team
Resources Needed
 Survey Questions
 Project Video
 Paper & Pens
People needed
 Interviewer
60 minutes60 minutes Do it in threes Check http://bit.ly/121interviews

Questions
(1) What's your job, now?
(2) What was your dream when you were ten years old and what is it now?
(3) If you weren’t paid for your job any more, would you still want to do it?
(4) What would you do if you suddenly won two hundred thousand euros?
(5) How much control and freedom do you feel about your working life?
(6) Did you ever feel disillusioned about your work situation and why?
Resources Needed
 Paper & Pens
People needed
 Interviewer
Ask the interviewee the
following questions
60 minutes60 minutes Do it in threes Check http://slideshare.net/transnarrative

Interview people from organisations
 You can use the Interview people one to one method or you can email them a selection
of the Survey Questions for an email interview
 Explain the content of the debate will be published on www.euroalter.com
 Advise that it could also feature in a printed publication with content from other cities
 Ask them if they would like to get further involved in the Project or with EA
Resources Needed
 Project Issues
 Project Video
 Stakeholder Matrix
People Needed
 Reporter
 Organisation
60 minutes60 minutes Do by yourself Check www.euroalter.com/journal

Interview people where they interact
 Identify places where young people meet or “hang out” (parks, malls, youth clubs)
 Invite a member to accompany you to the place you have selected
 Decide between you who will be the Interviewer and who will be the Reporter
 Introduce yourself & purpose of the project to young people
 Use the Interview people one to one method
Resources Needed
 Project Issues
 Pen & Notebook
People Needed
 Interviewer
 Reporter
 Young people
60 minutes60 minutes Do it in pairs Look at http://bit.ly/spaceinterview

Observe your neighbourhood
 Go on a tour of your neighbourhood
 Take photos of places, objects & interactions that make you think of the Project Issues or
represent what it feels like to be out of work, look for a job or try and make a living
 Write down why you chose what you shot and what it makes you think about the issues
 Upload the photos & description to www.flickr.com with the #transeuropa tag
60 minutes60 minutes Do by yourself Check http://bit.ly/photoneighbourhood
Resources Needed
 Project Issues
 Pen & Notebook
 Camera / Smartphone
People Needed
 Reporter

Identify relevant organisations
 Download Stakeholder Matrix & identify Organisations working on the Project Issues
 Contact them and introduce yourself & EA, the purpose of the project
 Say you’re interested in the issue they’re working on
 Ask them if they would be happy to be interviewed and/or be speak at a debate on the
issue they are working on relevant to the Project.
60 minutes Do by yourself Check http://bit.ly/stakeholdermatrix
Resources Needed
 Project Issues
 Project Video
 Stakeholder Matrix

Invite speakers to debate the issues
 Find a venue and invite speakers from the Organisations you’ve identified
 Ask the organisations whose speakers you’ve invited to promote event to their members
 Email your local members to invite them to the event
 Nominate a Chair to ask questions to the speakers & take questions from the audience
 Nominate a Reporter to document the speakers’ responses and the audience’s questions
Resources Needed
 Organisations Contacts
 Project Issues
 Project Video
 Camera
People needed
 Chair & Reporter
 Speaker
30 minutes Do as a group Check http://bit.ly/planyouractivity

Organise a debate on the issues
 Photograph the debate, write up the answers and send to Project Team
 Explain the content of the debate will be published on www.euroalter.com
 Advise that it could also feature in a printed publication with content from other cities
 Thank the organisation for participating and send them the Project Presentation
 Ask them if they would like to get further involved in the Project or with EA
Resources Needed
 Organisations Contacts
 Project Issues
 Project Video
 Venue
People needed
 Chair & Reporter
 Speakers
180 minutes Do as a group Check http://bit.ly/planyouractivity

Document the support virtually
 Search online for types of organisations featured in Support section of the Project Survey
 Write down how important you think the types of support are to help young people in
precarious work situations make a living?
 Write up your thoughts and include a link to the documents and send to Project Team
Resources Needed
 Project Issues
 Pen & Notebook
People Needed
 Interviewer
 Reporter
 Young people
60 minutes60 minutes Do it by yourself Look at http://bit.ly/spaceinterview

Create a fictional feed
Create a fictional Facebook/Twitter feed that show how people are coping or tackling
with the issues on being out of work, finding a job or trying to make a living
It can be everyday people or even leaders like this example above
60 minutes60 minutes Do by yourself Check http://bit.ly/fictionalfacebook
Resources Needed
 Project Issues
 Project Video

Write a precarious poem
Create a poem about issues on how it feels being out of work, find a job or make a living
Each person submits two lines that rhyme
We will connect up the different submissions to turn them into a poem
You can scribble it down however it comes to you, even if it doesn’t initially rhyme
60 minutes60 minutes Do by yourself
Resources Needed
 Project Issues
 Project Video

Your role is to ask the interviewee the Survey Question and make sure they’ve understood
the exercise and your questions
 Concentrate on the answers from the interviewee
 If you feel they want to talk more about a question, ask them to tell you more
 Question anything you don’t understand from the interviewee
At the end of the interview
 Ask them at the end if there is something you haven’t asked they’d like to share
 Thank them for participating, ask them for their email address so they can check the
interview, get a self assessment and find out how they can get more involved in the
Project
 Advise them that their interview will be published on www.euroalter.com and may be
featured in guide on how young people cope with precarity
 Advise them that their interview will be used to develop the personas & scenarios
After the interview
 Organise a debriefing with the Reporter documenting your interview
 Make sure the Reporter sends the interview to the Project Team
Interviewer

Your role is to document the answers in the Interview using the Survey Questionnaire and
send it to the Project Team
 Concentrate on the answers from the interviewee
 Write down the answers in the Survey Questionnaire
After the interview
 Organise a debriefing with the Interviewer documenting your interview
 Write up the interview
 Send the interview to the Interviewee to check they are happy with it
 Send the interview to the Project Team
Reporter

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