Project note for work package 02 “Datenerhebung / Data Collection” produced in the DGS-Korpus project. This manual was compiled for the training of the contact persons. It was the basis of their first training weekend and given to them in support of their task of promoting the project and recruiting informants. It contains general information on the DGS-Korpus project, its aims and the planned data collection procedure. It includes a description of the role and the various duties of the contact persons, the procedure starting with the recruitment and the selection of suitable informants up to staying in contact with them, as well as the preparatory steps necessary at the location of the data collection. Criteria for the search and selection of informants are listed. Legal and organizational aspects, such as advance information talk, license agreement, search for a suitable room, time schedule and time management and communication with the project are mentioned. Also, the first questionnaire on personal data used for informants recruitment is included.