Careers in Podcasting and New Media

Douglas Welch Head Shot
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I needed a newer, hi-res head shot for the promotional materials for devLearn 2008, where I will be giving an all-day podcasting workshop and a conference session in November.
As is often said of me, I clean up well, don’t I? (BIG SMILE)
Here is the info on the 1-day workshop…
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This interview was recorded a while ago, but I am so glad it is being released. It sounds good and I get a chance to talk about all things podcasting with host, Tracy Pattin.
Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin Talks To New Media Expert Doug Welch

Doug Welch has been podcasting since September 24, 2004, making him [...]

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UCLA Extension Writers Program is again offering our class, Podcasting and New Media for Writers, during the summer session. Registration is now open at http://uclaextension.edu.

Podcasting and New Media for Writers
Podcasting and New Media have given writers direct access to a worldwide audience and freed them from absolute dependency on television networks, radio stations, and publishers [...]

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Here is a perfect example of what I was talking about earlier when I said that all authors and booksellers should be recording their talks and presenting them on their web sites and podcasts.
Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, presents a talk on the ideas in his latest book at Harvard’s Berkman Center for [...]

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Last week I wrote an essay on how booksellers and authors could make great use of new media to help get their message out. The first step in the process is to simply capture the content they are already creating each time they host a book reading in their store. In that regard, I am [...]

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This is the audio from my talk A Year of Visibility at BarCampLA-5 on March 1, 2008. The audio quality here is slightly better than the video segment, as I was using my lavaliere mics.

Listen: A Year of Visibility

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(Updated 2/26/08 217pm: (from BarCampLA Twitter) - While a more formal announcement is coming later tonight, we’ve upped the number of attendees to 250 people. http://icanhaz.com/bcla5-guests)

The latest installment of BarCampLA is coming this weekend and I will be there. You should be, too. Check out the web site at BarCampLA.org
BarCamp is an unconference, which means [...]

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Douglas speaks on New Media during the founding meeting of StrikeTV: Adventures in New Media at the WGA Theater on January 9, 2008.
This is a question and answer session touching on a wide variety of podcasting, new media and social networking topics.

Listen: Talking New Media at Strike TV

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I was out preaching the new media gospel today to some clients and I got talking about this concept – the New Media Multiplier.
In a pinball game, you can increase your score dramatically by hitting various multipliers on the playing field – 2x, 3x, 5x. Each hit and each bonus gained is worth more and [...]

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Wednesday night I spoke at the regular monthly meeting of the Orange County Podcasters on “What’s Next and What Needs to be Next in Podcasting.”
As is typical with podcasters, they were a great group of people and I had a great time, both during the meeting and later at some after-meeting time at the local [...]

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Last night I spoke at the regular monthly meeting of the Orange County Podcasters on “What’s Next and What Needs to be Next in Podcasting.”
As is typical with podcasters, they were a great group of people and I had a great time, both during the meeting and later at some after-meeting time at the local [...]

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Douglas, writer and host of Career Opportunities — a weekly print column for ComputorEdge magazine in San Diego, and pioneer podcast — presents this session on developing content to keep your show humming from week to week.
Topics covered will include:
* Knowing what your gettng into
* Collecting ideas, [...]

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I will speaking at PodCampAZ on November 3rd, 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona.
I posted a few possible topics, but this is the one that seemed to garner the most response from attendees..

Developing ideas and content for a weekly show with Douglas E. Welch
Douglas, writer and host of Career Opportunities — a weekly print column for ComputorEdge [...]

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This is the audio from the question and answer session at the beginning of PodCamp SoCal on September 27, 2007 in Ontario, California. When some speakers were delayed, I offered to kick things off by getting the conversation started.
Note: The audio is a bit rough during the first part of the session [...]

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Hear and see what my fellow Friends in Tech members had to say about podcasting at this year’s Podcast and New Media Expo. What is there take on my recent article, “I am not a podcaster. I am a producer.”
Technorati Tags: audio, event, events, podcast, podcasting, tech, technology

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I sat in on the SoHo Tech Podcast’s Monday Night Tech again, talking about the Podcast and New Media Expo and about podcasting in general. Check it out using the links below — Douglas

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STP’s Monday Night Tech - PNME and Podcasting
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Member of the Tech Podcast Network at http://www.techpodcasts.com
Member of  the Blubrry Network [...]

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Hear and see what my fellow Friends in Tech members had to say about podcasting at this year’s Podcast and New Media Expo. What is there take on my recent article, “I am not a podcaster. I am a producer.”
This video only captures part of the talk. You can hear the entire [...]

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Answering a call for voice talent, I can be heard reading an article from September issue of Blogger and Podcaster Magazine.
You can hear me near the end (14:32) of the “Lead In” section of the magazine.

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Technorati Tags: audio, podcast, podcasting, mp3

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Rosanne and I were part of this panel discussion today on the UCLA Campus for the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. We are teaching Podcasting for Writers, an online course, this session.
The Independent Vision:Writing and Producing Personal Stories for Film, Television, and the Internet
How do you get your film, your story, out to audiences around [...]

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On Wednesday, July 18th, I spoke to the students attending the Stephens College Summer Film Institute in Columbia, Missouri.
I review the history of podcasting, its uses and a bit of the technology involved.
During this talk, I also showed 2 video interviews with some fellow podcasters from LA. These have been removed from this talk, but [...]

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