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Can You Hear Me Now?How to Make a Podcast
Alison Aldrich, Technology Outreach CoordinatorNational Network of Libraries of Medicine,
Pacific Northwest Region
What is a Podcast?
• A multimedia file distributed over the Internet for playback on portable media devices or personal computers
• One recording or a series of regularly updated episodes
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Look Who’s Podcasting
• Media• Schools• Libraries• Everybody
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Look Who’s Podcasting
• Media• Schools• Libraries• Everybody
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Look Who’s Podcasting
• Media• Schools• Libraries• Everybody
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Multnomah County Library
Look Who’s Podcasting
• Media• Schools• Libraries• Everybody
(and their brother!)
>100,000 podcasts in the iTunes directory6
Is Anybody Listening?
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Is Anybody Listening?
• 19% of Internet users have downloaded a podcast to play back later
• 43% of Internet users own an mp3 player• Podcast listeners are more likely to be
– Male– Under 50– College educated– Broadband users
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2008
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Listening to Podcasts
• Listeners control what, when, and where• Makes use of downtime• Great for aural learners
Listening from the Web
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Really Simple Syndication
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Notifications from a Feed Reader
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Catching the Feed in iTunes
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Why might YOU want to make a podcast?
• Raise awareness and advocate for the library• Reach more and different users• Take on a new role within your institution
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Plan Before You Begin
• Think about:– Technology requirements– Production team– Audience and purpose– Content
• Permissions and consent– Frequency, format, length
• Get buy-in from those who matter
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Crafting Your Message
• For any podcast:– Standard introduction– Introduction if there is a guest– Brief description of what will be covered– The actual content– Standard “outro”– Optional musical intro and outro
[Link to WillowWeb]
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Tips
• Write down what you want to say• Don’t use library jargon• Have someone else listen to it• Practice, practice, practice• Educate but don’t bore
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What Sticks?
• What people will remember:• SUCCESs
– Simple– Unexpected– Concrete– Credible– Emotional– StoriesFrom Made to Stick. Heath, C. New York: Random House 2007
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Checklist
A PlanSome Content Computer with Internet connection Hardware Software Web Hosting
Let’s make a podcast!
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Here’s What You Need
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Microphone Options
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Built-in audio
Headset(Plantronics, $25)
Standalone USB Mic(Blue Microphones Snowball, $81)
Software
• Audacity – cross-platform free audio recording & editing software
• LAME encoder – for converting audio to MP3 format
– Download: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• GarageBand – audio recording software for Mac– http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
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Checklist
A PlanSome Content Computer with Internet connection Hardware Software Web Hosting
Let’s make a podcast!
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Promoting Your Podcast
• Submit it to a podcast directory• Talk it up
• Use the symbols– More at podcastlogo.lemotox.de/
• Web pages, newsletters, posters etc.• Be prepared to teach
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Other Ways to Podcast
• By phone– Gabcast, Hipcast, TalkShoe, Skype
• Text to speech– Odiogo
• Screencast– Camtasia, Captivate, Jing
• Find existing podcasts serving your audience and record an episode
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Image Credits
• Slide 1: Modified podcast logo by Colleen AF Venable on Flickr, Creative Commons License
• Slide 8: El bosque de cuentos by borya on Flickr, Creative Commons License
• Slide 10: Untitled by Seth Mazow on Flickr, Creative Commons License
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Questions?
• Slides available athttp://slideshare.net/aldricham
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Alison AldrichTechnology Outreach Coordinator
NN/LM Pacific Northwest [email protected]
206-221-3489or 1-800-338-7657 in AK, ID, MT,
OR, WA