Abstract: This presentation highlights the interview process related to evaluation of the Mining and Industrial Safety, Technology, and Training Innovation (MISTTI) project. MISTTI seeks to improve worker health and safety by facilitating the introduction of new and existing technologies, training, and technology transfer approaches from government and private research facilities into the mining industry. The project includes five tasks: management (including evaluation), worker safety training, mine of the future, International Mining Health and Safety Symposium, and mine and safety rescue technologies. The interview team includes two project evaluators, a project associate, two external evaluators, a doctoral student, and her faculty advisor. Interviews with key stakeholders assist the evaluation team in analyzing project activities, outputs, and outcomes. Discussion will cover the collaborative interview process, challenges with the process, stakeholder group categorization, interviewee nomination, task-related question identification, analytical tool development, theme coding and identification, and application of concepts to the project’s logic model. #EnvironmentalProgramEvaluation #2012Conference