Careers in New Media and Podcasting

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Douglas E. Welch (http://douglasewelch.com) presents “Stay in Control of Your RSS Feed” at PodCampAZ 2009 (http://pocampaz.org) It is important for podcasters to start out on the right foot when setting up the RSS feeds for their podcasts. The RSS feed is their main connection with their [...]

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My friend, Liam Johnson (@editorliam) just told me about this free New Media event happening in early June in Orange County, California. It sounds like a great day and — based on Liam’s recommendation — something worth attending. I have already registered to attend. Hope to see you there. — Douglas MCAI LA/OC MediaProCamp 2012! [...]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed This presentation was recorded as part of the ELearning Guild’s Online Forums in 2010. I still find it to be a great overview of why new media is important and how it can be used in a variety of environments — not just elearning. If video [...]

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Announcing – a new Eclipse-1.com  radio show: – Listen to : Reaching Across the Distance – Love Letters for Valentine’s Day 2012 Sunday, February 12, 2012 3:00 pm  Pacific      –       6:00pm Eastern A Live look at Love Letters and Poems Through History - Reaching Across the Distance- Join us in an [...]

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To start the podcasting New Year right, I am giving away a copy of Podcasting for Dummies (1st Edition), written by two of my podcast buddies, Evo Terra and Tee Morris. This book is a great introduction into the world of podcasting and can get you up and running in just a couple of hours. [...]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed The Podcast Community on Facebook has come together this season to record an audio version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This reading is based on an edited version of the story created by Dickens himself for his own live readings. Wishing you a Merry Christmas [...]

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E-Book PDF: Open in New Window | Download Our 6th Annual LIVE Reading of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol will take place on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 6pm EST/3pm PST. Our annual holiday reading of this classic Dickens’ story. We bring together frends and family to read sections from a condensed version of the [...]

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Techmunch Panel: Tips on Creating and Distributing Mouthwatering Multimedia Content Watch “Tips on Creating and Distributing Mouthwatering Multimedia Content” from Techmunch – iTunes Ready Video Moderator: Douglas E. Welch (@douglaswelch), New Media Consultant & writer/producer of A Gardener’s Notebook. More at DouglasEWelch.com Sara O’Donnell (@averagebetty), Producer and Host of AverageBetty.com Diane Cu (@whiteonrice), Photographer and [...]

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I had a great time moderating the panel “Tips on Creating and Distributing Mouthwatering Multimedia Content” and spending the entire day at Techmunch food blogger conference on Friday. We were talking about the technical aspects of creating multimedia content for food blogs. There were lots of great questions and some great answers from the panel. [...]

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I  have just been asked to moderate at panel discussion at the TECHmunch Food Blogger Conference being held in Santa Monica, California on Friday, September 23, 2011. TECHmunch is a series of conferences in cities across the U.S. designed to help food bloggers gain the hands-on digital media, marketing and business skills they need to [...]

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I was part of this panel a few weeks ago at the Writers Guild of America West here in Los Angeles. You’ll find my section around the 36 min point as well as during the small group discussions after the panel proper, but the entire panel is worth a watch. Here is the info from [...]

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Following my successful founding of CareerCampLA and CareerCampSCV, I am moving forward with another unconference idea I have had for a while — MediaCampLA. This unconference will focus on New Media of all sorts including online video sharing sites, podcasting and social media like Facebook, Twitter and more. I have attended many New Media conferences [...]

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Here is a picture from the panel discussion I was part of last night at the WGA. Here is the description from the WGA Web site… “TOOT YOUR OWN HORN: SELF-PROMOTION IN THE DIGITAL AGEIn these challenging times, it is imperative that writers take control of their own careers. Be proactive, “do it yourself,” especially [...]

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Tuesdays with Transitioners Journeying to a better career A message to all members of Tuesdays with Transitioners May 3 is Tech Tuesday! Douglas Welch will be our guest host for this Tech Tuesday, so come armed with your laptops (or borrow one) and questions about the Tuesdays with Transitioner site, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or other Social [...]

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I produced this video for my “A Gardener’s Notebook” blog and podcast and thought I would share the results of this New Media project here, as well. – Douglas Douglas E. Welch from A Gardener’s Notebook visits Tomatomania 2011 in Encino, California. He interviews Scott Daigre, organizer of Tomoatomania at a dozen locations across the [...]

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On Tuesday, February 15, I will present “Production, Promotion and Being Proactive in You Career.” at Tuesdays with Transitioners. I will touch on various uses of social media to help show people “what you do and how well you do it” and help attract work to you, instead of always searching for that next job. [...]

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SHVH Update for Saturday Jan 22, 2011 Here’s an update of schedule and activies for this Saturday’s Super Happy Vlog House. This is an open and free event where we learn, share and play with web video, blogs and the like. Come and geek out for the day at the beautiful Ojai Digital Dojo with [...]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Tonight marked our 5th Annual LIVE Reading of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. We had some new voices this year and had a great time as usual. You can listen to the entire show using the link below. Consider having your own reading of A Christmas [...]

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed My friend, Michael Lawshe, from Eclipse-1 Media hosts an annual live reading of Halloween and spooky stories. A recording of this year’s show is now available for your listening pleasure. Everyone in the Welch Family took turns reading a variety of stories from the witches of [...]

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This talk was part for the eLearning Guild’s Online Forum 2010. Making the Case for Using Media for e-Learning The physical and creative aspects of media are easier than ever before, but sometimes there are those people that must be sold on the usefulness of using media for e-Learning. It always pays to ask “Why?” [...]

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