Agenda:
- (Oral) Story Telling (ppt, uStream1, uStream2, Vaun’s Vodcast)
- Writing for the Ear
- Discuss/pitch possible projects
- Technologies: RSS, Bloglines/GoogleReader, WordPress, iTunes
Writing For The Ear
“Reading most long sentences is like trying to nail Jell-O to a wall.”
~ David Clark (Writer)
More “Shows”
- Akron Children’s Hospital (tip)
- American Airlines (six week promotion – what’s bad about this interface?)
- BMW (2006, 2007)
- Common Craft Show
- GM Fastlane (tip)
- IT Conversations
- Radio Nostalgia Network
- Serial audiobook (pre-print): 7th Son (podcasting primer, podcast show, tip)
Possible Projects
(We have 14 students per survey but only 10 registered. Ideal team size is four.)
- Communications Dept.
- MSN – Corey
- Nordstrom or Mariners – Jonathan
- South Lake Union – Josh
- Washington Wine Show – Matt
- NonProfit Fundraising Project – Y
See Radio Days for an example of the steps in a project like this
Technologies:
- Bloglines or GoogleReader
- Technorati or this blog’s blogroll
- Subscribe to 3-4 blogs that relate to this course
- RSS (RSS In Plain English)
- WordPress (next week)
- Examine blog design for usability
- Must have widgets: categories, links (blogroll), archives, “meta”
- GMT (-7) instead of (-8) — must annually adjust for DST!
Assignment!
- Subscribe to at least two podcasts that publish at least once/week
- Post to your blog – by Monday at 9 pm – the list of blogs and podcasts. I’ll make a directory.
- Look at this page — if your URL is wrong, send me an email!
Next Week:
- If you want to produce a “draft” podcast on a topic of personal interest, bring a recording of your voice (3-4 minutes) next week. There is no requirement that you to do this, however, as I’ll be providing voice and sound files. We’ll spend most of our time together becoming familiar with the software for editing sound. If you want to use your own laptop — bring it!
Where to find podcasts:
Other Resources:
8 April 2008 at 5:40 pm |
Three common elements for a valuable/useful story
Listenable: no “ums” and “likes”. Also, audio quality isn’t poor — doesn’t distract listener.
Actionable / “how to” information: listener comes away with practical information or advice.
Relevant to the listener: the storyteller knows what is interesting and compelling to the listener.
8 April 2008 at 5:40 pm |
Three common elements for a valuable/useful story
Listenable: no “ums” and “likes”. Also, audio quality isn’t poor — doesn’t distract listener.
Actionable / “how to” information: listener comes away with practical information or advice.
Relevant to the listener: the storyteller knows what is interesting and compelling to the listener.
–Nate, Vaun, Sarah
8 April 2008 at 6:08 pm |
Terry, Josh and Yijen’s Group.
#1 Subject matter needs to be relevant to the audience.
#2 The presenter should maintain credibility.
#3 The information should be new and interesting.
#4 The tone/voice/point-of-view.
8 April 2008 at 6:09 pm |
Here are Matt’s and my ideas for what’s important to a story:
Audience Relevance
A Goal
An Obstacle
A protagonist
It must be well told
It needs to have some sort of entertainment value
13 April 2008 at 10:39 am |
Elements of a good story from Chris, Corey and Garrett:
Should include descriptive and appropriate language that provides attention to detail in a succinct manner.
Should include engaging content that is culturally and socially relevant
Should have a beginning, middle and end – Conflict resolution
Should raise questions as well as answers them