On Tuesday I participated in a Twitter chat about podcasting organized by MediaShift as part of their EducationShift chat series. Stacy Forster of the University of Wisconsin-Madison moderated the chat, and we were joined by impressive panel of podcasting, journalism and education experts, including MediaShift’s Mark Glaser, host of The Mediatwits podcast; Jule Gardner Banville, of the University of Montana and Last Best Stories; Michael O’Connell, of Federal News Radio and the It’s All Journalism podcast; Meagan Francis of The Home Hour podcast and other programs; and Stacy Bond of KQED.
The big topic at hand was “how to succeed at podcasting,” which is something I think an awful lot about, and discuss often with my colleague Eric on our podcast. Of course, the topic begs the question of, “what qualifies as success,” which I didn’t ask, and we didn’t quite tackle. Regardless, there were several valuable nuggets of wisdom that I took away from the chat:
Q2: Too many start without listening first–immerse in what’s out there and see where your perspective could bolster dialogue. #edshift
— Nicole Kraft (@Nicole_Kraft) October 20, 2015
@stacylf9 A2: These are two sides of a key question. Utilizing “design thinking” can help you arrive at what and who… #Edshift #podcasting — stacybond (@stacybond) October 20, 2015
@stacylf9 A form of human-centric problem solving — you define your goal as the “creative problem” to be resolved… #podcast #Edshift
— stacybond (@stacybond) October 20, 2015
@stacylf9 Alternatives + iterations are part of the process, until you hit on what’s called an “ah-hah” moment. Great for creating! #podcast
— stacybond (@stacybond) October 20, 2015
A4: Educate your audience to get them to follow you. They may not know what a podcast IS or how to listen. Keep informing. #EdShift — Meagan Francis (@MeaganFrancis) October 20, 2015
There’s more than these, which you can read in this Storify of the chat:
