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Podcasting 101 — by Tom Johnson
October 17th, 2006 | Posted in Podcasts 8 Comments »
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Duration: 37 min.
This podcast offers a 101 crash-course on podcasting. If you’re intrigued by podcasting, or if you’re looking to learn more about how to take advantage of the podcasting trend, listen to this podcast.
Topics in this podcast include:
- What podcasting is
- How podcasting differs from radio
- Why podcasting can connect with listeners more profoundly
- How to monetize podcasts
- How to start your own podcast
- How to record your chapter’s presenters
- How to publish and distribute podcasts
Unlike the other interview-based podcasts on this site, this podcast just features me. The music is from the Brobdingnabian Bards.
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Tom,
I recently joined the Atlanta STC and have volunteered to begin Podcasting their meetings having had no prior experience in this area. This podcast was very valuable to me in terms of simplifying the process and providing your recommendations from someone who has already tried a few methods. I will start podcasting with the February meeting and I will post a link to this site. I was wondering if you had given any thought to doing a Webcast or would that just prove to be to much work?
Michelle,
Actually I’m planning to do a screencast on recording chapter meetings. Look for it sometime this week. It won’t be a real-time event, but will be like a movie you can watch.
I did write up a few brief notes on recording in a blog post.
I think you will find that podcasting your meetings is not very difficult, nor is it too expensive. The hardest part is training your speaker to repeat questions asked.
Can you let me know the top 5-10 questions you want me to answer during the screencast?
That is great! I will be sure to look for it.
My top five questions are
1. What equipment do I need? Do I need special lighting?Two cameras?
2. What software do I need for editing?
3. Should I save it as a Flash movie for faster downloading and compatibility? and, if so, what software do I use to convert it to Flash?
4. Where do I store such large files?
5. When is it more appropriate to Webcast then Podcast?
Thanks,
Michelle
Tom,
I just reread your post and I think I misunderstood you. You are doing a screencast on Podcasting the meetings. I am interested in videotaping our meetings and putting them up on the web. Would that be called a “webcast” ?
Have you ever recorded the presentations with a video camera? And, if so, how did it work out?
I have never attempted to videocast our meetings. If you are able to do this, please share your technique. When it comes to video, I don’t have much information. I do know that it’s possible. The best example I can think of is the Diggnation podcast from Revision3. Go to http://revision3.com/diggnation/2007-01-11. The hour long video is only 268 megs. They use Bitgravity. Check out http://www.bitgravity.com/ and see if you can find any solutions.
As far as simply recording the audio, I’ll try to answer your questions in the screencast. Yes, by screencast I did mean that it would be different from a videocast. I am interested to hear if you can provide instructions for videocasting! The screencast will show the computer screen with accompanying audio.
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