Stacy Bond: Producing for the Ear

If you are a podcaster, you must listen to this podcast!
This Podcast Academy podcast by Stacy Bond from the Portable Media Expo may be the most important podcast for podcasters to listen to that I have heard in a long time. Podcasting is just a way to deliver content. This podcast talks about creating great and compelling audio, how to produce podcasts for the ear.

It is no longer enough to have a podcast to get an audience. There is some great compelling content that you are competing against. You need to listen to this podcast by Stacy Bond the Executive Director of Audioluxe. You need to at least consider what she is saying, even if you choose to ignore it, even if are doing video. This is a great podcast for podcasters, in my opinion. Set aside an hour and listen to it at least once!

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Yesterday at JACC

We had a great time presenting at JACC
What a thrill and honor it was for Cynthia McCune and I presenting at yesterday's Journalism Association of Community Colleges (JACC) Northern California conference at SJSU. It was standing room only in the room. We had a limited amount of time so I had to rush through this PowerPoint. If folks would like to view it at a slower pace, here it is in PDF format. To save file space I have not encapsulated the videos. Links to them are in this PDF.

Some folks asked, how do I get started using emerging technology? In my opinion the place to start is to start a blog. No matter what it is about, start. It can be about your friends and family. It doesn't matter (in fact that can be the best place to start) blogging is as easy as doing email! Set aside a couple of minutes every day. You have to use the tools regularly in my humble opinion (IMHO). Besides, sending a daily email to the world every day can be a real gift to your future generations and to yourself a few years from now.

Then, I recommend you start reading. Here is a brief reading list to get you started:

• We The Media; Dan Gillmor
• The Innovator's Dilemma; Clayton Christensen
• The Cluetrain Manifesto; Chris Locke, Doc Searls, David Weinberger
• Naked Conversations; Robert Scoble, Shel Israel
• The World is Flat; Thomas Friedman
• Smart Mobs; Howard Rheingold

Enjoy, and thanks for reading!
~Steve

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