devLearn 2008 1-day Podcasting Workshop


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…

Audio and e-Learning: How to Turn Sound Files into Training Podcasts

Tuesday November 11, 2008 08:30 AM

Doug Welch, The WelchWrite Company, Inc.

As e-Learning professionals, you create content everyday. Much of that content is lost when you fail to capture it, or when you fail to edit and distribute it to your audience. Audio is already a big part of your e-Learning, but you could be using it for so much more. Learn new ways to capture audio content, and how to distribute it via internal and external systems and services like blogs, RSS (Real Simple Syndication), and Podcasting.

In this workshop you will be immersed in sound, and learn how new audio technologies can be used to enhance your learning solutions. You will learn how to capture, edit, and distribute sound files, as well as learn which tools are best for you. You will be learning about Podcasting from an industry veteran who specializes in new media production. If you already know the learning theories related to audio in your e-Learning courses, then this workshop will get you to the next level, and help make your corporate learning Podcast dreams a reality.

In this session, you will learn:

* How to capture good audio, and what tools you can use
* How to edit audio to produce a complete, professional sounding, show
* How to use a blog and RSS to distribute your work
* How to share your work with the world using the iTunes Podcast directory (and other products) can share your work with the world

Audience: Intermediate Designers, Developers, Project managers, and Managers who have Only basic computer knowledge is required. Additional experience with audio production is helpful, but not required.

Voice Registry Podcast- Tracy Pattin Talks To New Media Expert Doug Welch

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

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Doug Welch has been podcasting since September 24, 2004, making him a veteran in the New Media industry. He is the founder of the New Media Interchange and produce/co-host of Mortgages Made Simple with Rick Gundzik. He also co-teaches with his TV writer wife, Rosanne Welch, at UCLA for Podcast and New Media for Writers, a 10-week course educating writers and others how podcasting, YouTube, Facebook and others can be used to further work and career.

[audio:http://www.productionbank.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/doug-welch-vr-podcast.mp3]

right + click here to download podcast (9.8 MB)

(Via Voicebank.net’s VoiceRegistry Blog.)

Podcasting and New Media for Writers – Now open for registration

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“>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 to buy and market their work. To the audience, new media is “what you want, where you want it, when you want it,” while to the podcast creator and producer, it is the ultimate creative freedom. This course covers the current state of this new medium; the basics of writing for it; and strategies for publicizing your podcast and expanding your readers, viewers, and listeners. Guest speakers available via audio and video podcast interviews, live interactive podcasts, and video conferences introduce you to the variety of ways you can use the medium. The course goal is to develop your own podcast based on individual professional or personal needs, interests, and goals. For technical requirements click here. Enrollment limited to 18 students. Additional technical requirements: Students need a recording device with microphone that is compatible with their computer; built-in microphones on laptops are acceptable. Students must have Apple iTunes software and access to audio recording software, such as Audacity or Apple GarageBand, to perform course exercises. High-speed Internet connection is required.

Course Open Reg# T8766U

No Textbook Required

Online&nbspCourse
July 9 – September 10

$55 nonrefundable.

Rosanne Welch, writer/producer; WGA member whose credits include five seasons as staff writer, executive story editor, and producer on the CBS series Touched by an Angel. Ms. Welch also has written for Fox Broadcasting’s Beverly Hills, 90210; Picket Fences for CBS and David E. Kelly Productions; and is the author of The Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space.

Douglas E. Welch, writer and computer analyst, whose work has been published in Wired, MacWorld, and Los Angeles Times. Mr. Welch is a member of LA Podcasters and Friends in Tech and produced his first show, Career Opportunities, in 2004. He has written and produced over 300 individual episodes and conducts podcasting seminars for schools and businesses.

Perfect Example: Book reading/talk by Clay Shirky

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 Internet & Society. Harvard made a point of recording the talk and released it on their web site and via podcast. Shirky was then able, through no extra effort of his own, to re-post the video to his own site.

Harvard wins. Shirky wins. The publisher wins. We win, since we can see a talk we would have been unable to see otherwise.

Link: Book Talk at Harvard’s Berkman Center

New Project: LA Book Readings on audio and video

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 looking for booksellers who might be interested in having me in to record their readings so that I can share them via a dedicated web site.

In that regard, I am looking for booksellers who might be interested in having me in to record their readings so that I can share them via a dedicated web site.

I would start here in Los Angeles, but I can foresee accepting media from all over the country (and the world) into a larger system broken down by location, genre, etc.

So, now I am looking for my first partner in this endeavor. Are you a bookseller who regularly hosts author readings in your store? Are you an author has an upcoming reading in the Los Angeles area? Do you already have audio or video content of a reading that you would like to share? If so, drop me a line in the comments below or send an email to douglas@welchwrite.com.

Audio: A Year of Visibility from BarCampLA-5, March 1, 2008

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.

[audio:http://welchwrite.com/cip/audio/2008/cip-visibility20.mp3]

Listen: A Year of Visibility

BarCampLA-5 is This Weekend – March 1 & 2

(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 the program is developed entirely by those attending. Everyone who comes is also a presenter. Come listen to sessions on business, technology, PR…whatever strikes our fancy and then give others the benefit of your expertise.

I am hoping to present 2 sessions at this BarCamp:

A Year of Visibility 2.0 – You need to let people know what you do, and how well you do it, if you want to take your life and career to a new level. I will show you how to go about raising your visibility in whatever realm you wish and the tools that can help make it happen.

Podcasting Now! – Using free Internet tools, you can be podcasting within minutes. I will give you step-by-step instructions on how to start podcasting right from BarCamp itself. No need to take weeks getting set up. Pick up you cell phone or camera and start podcasting TODAY!

Openings to attend BarCampLA-5 are filling up fast. Get your name in today or, at least, get on the waiting list. You don’t want to miss it.

Douglas talks New Media at Strike TV

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.

[audio:http://welchwrite.com/cip/audio/2008/cip-striketv.mp3]

Listen: Talking New Media at Strike TV

Benefiting from the “New Media Multiplier”

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 more. New Media is like that for your work and life. New Media can easily multiply the effect you have on the world, if you cultivate it just a little bit.

How does this work? First, you need to start capturing all the content that you are already creating – every day – whether you realize it or not. Giving a talk to the Boy Scouts? – record it. Working up an excellent presentation at work? – record it. Have a good (or bad) experience at a shop, a restaurant, a park? — record it. Have neat friends with cool ideas? — interview them and record it. Get the picture?

“First, you need to start capturing all the content that you are already creating – every day – whether you realize it or not.”

Some people will complain, of course, that this is a lot of extra work. Why? If you are already talking to the Boy Scouts, and you are going to do it anyway, how much more work is it to record it? If you are going to got the restaurant, how much more work is it to make a little videoblog? If you already have cool friends, how difficult is it to get them on tape (or memory chip)? The fact is, with very little effort you can apply a multiplier to everything you are already doing. Each one of these scenarios produces content for a blog, videoblog, web site, podcast, whatever. Too many people think that producing new media requires too much work, but really it is simply about capturing, and using, the content you are creating every single day. Suddenly, everything you do is being used 2, 3 4 different way, reaching 4 different audiences and raising your profile around the world.

How do you think I create all the content for WelchWrite.com? If I had to go out and dream up all this stuff, I would be buried. It would take more time than a typical 40 hour job. Instead, I have integrated new media into my life and continually mine my life for things to share on the web. I was going to bake cookies for my big Christmas Party anyway. Why not record a quick videoblog each day to share with friends, family and the Internet as a whole? I was going to go to a park anyway. Why not record a quick Places LA segment to share with others. I was thinking about the New Media Multiplier and how it effects my own life. Why wouldn’t I type up my thoughts and share them here for you and others to read?

Instead of having an experience and then letting it disappear, why not share it with others. Why not multiply the effect of your experiences 2, 10 or 100 times over. This is the “Year of Visibility” and you need to show people the interesting things you are engaged in. You need to share your life so people can get to know you better – both personally and professionally. Using the New Media Multiplier is one great way of doing just that.

What content could you be capturing today? What thoughts could you be sharing? What great ideas go you be developing with the help of others? The truth is, all of us have some amazing ideas, if only we let people know they exist.

Video: A Presentation to the Orange County Podcasters

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 WingNuts. Below is a link to the audio from my presentation and the following Q & A session.

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Watch: A Presentation to the Orange County Podcasters (MPEG 4)

Presentation to the OC Podcasters – December 12, 2007

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 WingNuts. Below is a link to the audio from my presentation and the following Q & A session. Video should be available by tomorrow.

Listen : Douglas E. Welch presents to the Orange County Podcasters
[audio:http://welchwrite.com/cip/audio/2007/cip-ocpodcasters.mp3]

Douglas E. Welch presenting to the OC Podcasters

Photo by Jason Tucker

Video: Generating ideas and content for a weekly show from PodCampAZ 2007

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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 you’re getting into
* Collecting ideas, no matter where you are or what you’re doing
* Using your own life experiences to drive your show
* Using series to provide on-going material
* Using co-hosts to share the load
* “The Beast Must Be Fed!” and other truisms from journalism
* It’s like writing a novel….every year!

Douglas is now in his 12th year of publication with the print edition of Career Opportunities and recently celebrated the 3rd Anniversary (Est. September 24, 2004) of the Career Opportunities podcast.

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Douglas is speaking at PodCampAZ – November 3rd

PodCampAZ LogoI 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 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, no matter where you are or what you’re doing
* Using your own life experiences to drive your show
* Using series to provide on-going material
* Using co-hosts to share the load
* “The Beast Must Be Fed!” and other truisms from journalism
* It’s like writing a novel….every year!

Douglas is now in his 12th year of publication with the print edition of Career Opportunities and recently celebrated the 3rd Anniversary (Est. September 24, 2004) of the Career Opportunities podcast.

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Event: Douglas Facilitates the PodCamp SoCal Q&A – September 27, 2007

[audio:http://welchwrite.com/cip/audio/2007/podcamp-socal-qa.mp3]
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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 buts gets better as the session continues.

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Audio: Friends in Tech at the Podcast and New Media Expo 2007

Friends in Tech at the Podcast and New Media Expo 2007

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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.

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Douglas on STP’s Monday Night Tech – Podcast and New Media Expo and Podcasting

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

Introduction

Member of the Tech Podcast Network at http://www.techpodcasts.com
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Live Recording from Talkshoe

On this edition of Monday Night Tech, I talked with Douglas Welch from http://www.welchwrite.com,
Michael King, Jeff and others that joined me in the Talkshoe chatroom.
 We talked about the Podcast and New Media Expo, the future of
podcasting and how to get into podcasting.

Links from the show:

Podcast and New Media Expo
http://www.newmediaexpo.com
Podrunner – http://www.djsteveboy.com/podrunner.html
Friends in Tech – http://www.friendsintech.com
Chuck Tomasi – http://www.chuckchat.com
Association for Downloadable Media – http://downloadablemedia.org
Scouta – http://www.scouta.com

Contact Me

Email Address: SOHOTechPodcast@gmail.com
Voice Mail: (651) 204-6612
Mailing List: http://groups.google.com/group/SOHOTechPodcast

Direct Download

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(Via SOHO Technology Podcast.)

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Video: Friends in Tech at the Podcast and New Media Expo 2007

Friends in Tech at the Podcast and New Media Expo 2007

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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 panel when I release the audio show, coming soon!

Douglas Reads for Blogger and Podcaster Magazine

Blogger and Podcaster MagazineAnswering 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.

[audio:http://www.bloggerandpodcaster.com/audio/podcast/Sept/BPSept2007LeadIn.mp3]

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Panel: The Independent Vision: Writing and Producing Personal Stories for Film, Television, and the Internet

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 the world? Learn how today’s screenwriters, directors, and producers are exploring alternative venues for distributing their work, from the world of independent film to public television to YouTube. Discover how you can turn the words in your script into a reality on the screen.

Jonathan Tydor, Douglas E. Welch, Rosanne Welch (chair)

[audio:http://welchwrite.com/cip/audio/2007/cip-ucla-20070909.mp3]
Listen to the Panel Discussion

Douglas speaks on podcasting at the Stephens College Summer Film Institute

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 I plan on releasing them here, as well. Subscribe today to receive them automatically.

[audio:http://welchwrite.com/cip/audio/2007/dew-stephens.mp3]

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