Widgets

Here are a couple of podcasting widgets available for WordPress that you may find helpful:

Podcasting

Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting

Riffly

As we’ve been reading, one of the things that sets podcasts apart from radio broadcasts is the ability for the conversation to take place online, and one of the best ways to facilitate this conversation is to include the podcast on a blog. Further, we’ve learned, it’s beneficial to give the audience various options to participate, i.e. the ability to leave audio and video comments.

There are several WordPress plugins for audio and video comments – and I haven’t tried all of them – but of the ones I have tried, I like Riffly the best because of the way it displays on the screen. It’s only downside is it isn’t compatible with Apple’s iSight.

Podtrac

Podtrac. This website was mentioned briefly in our readings, so I checked out the website and was impressed with the services. Basically, Podtrac matches Podcasters with advertisers, but here are some more of its resources for Podcasters:

• Free Audience Survey – in-depth demographics
• Free Podcast Measurement – trending
• Advertisers, Sponsors – assistance with finding revenue streams

week 3 – producing your first “podcast”

AKA getting tired of hearing your own voice!

• Housekeeping
• Group project
• CODECs
• Audacity

Week 2: Oral Storytelling

Agenda:

• Lynda.com invitation (check mail)
• Oral Storytelling (ppt)
• Writing for the ear
• Discuss/pitch possible projects
• Technologies: RSS/Podcasting, WordPress, iTunes

Week 1 – Introduction

Tonight’s Agenda:

- Who are we and why are we in this class?
- What is podcasting? What are social media technologies? What’s the impact on businesses and organizations?
- Technologies: RSS, Bloglines, WordPress

Spring 2009 Books

Podcast Academy: The Business Podcasting Book: Launching, Marketing, and
Measuring Your Podcast by Michael Geoghegan, Greg Cangialosi, Ryan
Irelan, and Tim Bourquin (Paperback – Sep 21, 2007)

How to Do Everything with Podcasting (Paperback)
by Shel Holtz (Author), Neville Hobson (Author)
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (June 15, 2007)

OPTIONAL:
Producing Video Podcasts: A Guide for Media Professionals (Paperback)
by Richard Harrington (Author), Mark Weiser (Author)

week 10 – personal podcasts

Looking forward to hearing personal podcasts tonight! I will have “score sheets” (pdf) for those participating to provide real-time feedback.

week 9 – icing on the cake

- SEO, show notes, enhanced podcasts
- Tips for the Pitch!

week 8 – distribution

:: Guest Lecture: Jason Preston, Parnassus Group and WebCommunity.com
- How do we get listeners?
- Technologies: iTunes, ZuneMarketplace