Podcasting 101

I gave a 20-minute presentation on podcasting at the BiztechDay event held Saturday October 25th in San Francisco. I recorded the class on podcasting as a podcast (duh!) using my trusty Olympus DS330 digital recorder and a lapel mic.

The presentation covers the basics of recording, editing and publishing podcasts.

Here’s the step-by-step guide to podcasting handout.

Here’s the slides on podcasting 101.

To hear what I said, click on the podcast icon below. (Since this is a 20 minute podcast, you might prefer to choose the Download option and save it for later.)

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Very simple, concise, and clear. I’m following your instructions, and should be (god help us) a podcaster soon. Just what the world needed…

Ian, thanks for making this so simple.

Additional resources for intro/outtro music – royalty-free, no-charge sound files to clip for the opening and closing of your podcast:

http://www.taylorhayward.org/recordings.htm

http://www.publicdomain4u.com/

http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-resources.html

http://www.musopen.org/music_overview.php

And last but not least istockphoto – the well-known stock photography site – has a whole series of audio files. Not free, the pieces cost $5-25 each. But there is a vast range of audio on the site. There are collections of files for themes in these ‘lightboxes’ or search by keyword for the sound you need:

http://www.istockphoto.com/audio

Just heard (10/28/11) that Vimeo has a Music Store licensing thousands of tracks for videos and podcasts.

Another low-fee resource:

http://www.productiontrax.com/music.php

And another recommended site:

http://www.arthurstead.com/About_Us.htm

Important guidelines on the necessity of licensing music for podcasts or presentations.

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