Audio: My Podcast Process from PodCampAZ 2009

NMI Founder, Douglas E. Welch, speaks at PodCampAZ 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona on “My Podcast Process.”

Links mentioned in this presentation:

Audacity

New Media Interchange

New Media Interchange Community Site

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Audio: Ghosts of the Internet Live 2009

Last night, NMI Members Michael Lawshe and Keri Dearborn hosted their annual Ghosts of the Internet Live Reading of Halloween and Spooky Stories. If you didn’t get a chance to join us live, you can now listen to this encore presentation via podcast.

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New: Zoom Q3: Flip Video-type camera with better audio

This new product from Samson seems an odd duck. It looks like a Flip  video grafted onto a Zoom H2 recorder. While that is certain to up the audio quality, the standard 640 x 480 video falls short of the Flip HD. I will be more interested to see the next revision of this device.

Zoom Q3: Finally A Flip-Type Pocket Cam With Decent Audio [Camcorders]

from Gizmodo by Dan Nosowitz

Our Battlemodo showed that while cheap pocket camcorder video quality has come a long way, audio quality is usually abysmal. The Zoom Q3 aims to change that with TWO directional microphones that can be focused much like a lens zooms.

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Audio: Douglas E. Welch talks WordPress on Small Business Hosting podcast

SBHosting.com posted an interview I did last week talking about the uses and differences between WordPress.com’s hosted blogs and the WordPress software available from WordPress.org.

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WordPress.org Vs WordPress.com With Douglas Welch

On this episode I talk with Douglas Welch about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org and when you might want to use WordPress.org vs WordPress.com. WordPress.com is hosted and managed by automattic (the company behing wordpress). If you choose WordPress.com you don’t install or control the software. WordPress.org is the home of the open source wordpress software. [...]

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Audio: Douglas talks New Media on the Handbell Podcast

Douglas E. Welch talks New Media to the listeners of the Handbell Podcast, hosted by Dean Jensen and Paul Weller.

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Webinar: New Media: So many options to try for the eLearning Guild

This presentation was given as a webinar for the eLearning Guild as part of its E-Learning 2.0 and Beyond – Practical Real-World Solutions Using New Technology Approaches series. (Length: 1 hour 14 minutes))

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Audio: You don’t know who your audience is

(Reposted from Careers in New Media)

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One of the most important lessons for New Media creators is the fact that when you start, you often have absolutely no idea who your audience might be. You can survey, you can review, you can correlate, but until you put something out there, you will never truly know. More importantly, this uncertainty is often what stops people from creating New Media at all.

Today over lunch I was watching some podcasts on my televison (There are a bunch of ways to do that) and I caught a TedTalk with Malcom Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce — “Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry’s pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce — and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.” Gladwell tells the story of Dr. Howard R. Moskowitz who revolutionized the food industry with his concept that there is no one, perfect item, but rather a horizontal continuum of perfect products based on what groups of people desire. More importantly, he discovered that asking people what they want was often the worst way of discovering their preference.

The same applies to New Media. If you asked someone what they want in New Media, most will tell you they want it to look and feel like mainstream television. In fact, though, tens of thousands of people are already enjoying New Media shows that look nothing like television. Witness “Fred”, Make Magazine’s podcasts and shows, Diggnation, Ask a Ninja and more. Even more, television these days is starting to look more and more like New Media, not the other way round. Shows like “Destroyed in Seconds”, “How It’s Made” and others owe much to the success of YouTube. It seems mad, but the audience doesn’t honestly know how to indicate what they really want in media except by voting with their eyeballs.

This fact is why it is so important to start producing content — whether individual episodes or complete series of shows — and then see what attracts the most attention. This may seem madness after all these years of focus groups, private screenings, in-depth analysis and such, but I think it is the only true way to discover your audience.

Of course, “throwing something against the wall” is so much easier in New Media, even it is a bit scary. You can start producing shows on a shoestring and then increase the time and budget as you start to discover your core audience. Unlike mainstream television, you aren’t spending millions of dollars on a pilot, only to have the show be cancelled after one episode.

New Media gives you the freedom to try many things, in many mays, and pick the best. You should take this freedom and run with it as this is the first time in the history of modern media where, not only can you create something, you can easily distribute it directly to your audience. Don’t squander this great advantage.

You may have some idea who your audience is, but I can guarantee you that there will always be surprises. There will be a demographic that you had no idea you would reach. You could be successful in a far flung country. You could end up with a huge following across the globe, but you won’t know until you do it! You have no idea who your audience is, but it is very likely they will find you anyway.

Elsewhere Online: DVeStore’s Shotgun Shootout

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I came across this blog post via Twitter user @guycochran . This is something I have been wanting to create for a while, so it is great to be able to pass it along to you.

DVeStore’s Shotgun Shootout

This is the most amazing mic comparison on the internet! Listen to a variety of shotguns and compare the sound quality right on this page!

A good quality shotgun mic will pickup great sound a few feet directly in front of the mic while at the same time rejecting sound from the sides. This is great for picking out just the sounds you want and is the most desirable and common microphone for DV filmmakers.

A question most new camcorder owners have is, “Which shotgun mic should I buy?” This usually happens after they shot some awesome footage, but later found that they can’t quite make out the intriguing dialogue from what was a light breeze but somehow now whips, rumbles and howls like a tornado.

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Audio: State of the Music Industry Panel Discussion – Feb 9, 2009

On February 7, 2009, TK Promotions in association with the Coalition of SoCal Music Organizations (COSMO) and New Pants Publishing, Inc., presented the 2nd in a Series of Pitch-A-Song™ Industry Panels at the Guitar Merchant.

A “State of the Industry” panel proceeded the “Pitch-A-Song™”, moderated by Steve Scott, Pres. of COSMO (Coalition of Socal Music Organizations) with industry guests including writer/podcaster/new media consultant (and founder of New Media Interchange) Douglas E. Welch, producer Mandi Martin and film/tv professional WinJow speaking on hot topics covering the music industry.

Listen: State of the Music Industry Panel Discussion

New Gear: RODE VideoMic

I saw mention of this new consumer level shotgun mic in my RS feeds today — Douglas

RODE VideoMic – Walk the walk and talk the talk

from The Red Ferret Journal by Dan

Let’s face it, the microphones built into camcorders are pretty rubbish. The cameras might be able to push out HD [...]

Great video and audio info from Izzy Video

Get great information on producing your own New Media projects from Izzy Video.

I met Izzy at PodCampAZ back in November and he has a host of information to help make your New Media projects the best that they can be. He is also a great guy, so check him out.

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Sampler: Mortgage rates and the Bailout – January 1, 2009

This is a show hosted by New Media Interchange member, Rick Gundzik and produced by NMi Founder, Douglas E. Welch and is presented here as a sampler of member’s work.

Have any of the bailout plans worked? We discuss the past few bailout ideas and why we think the Fed’s latest attempt to push mortgage rates down will work. We have touched on this plan before but we add some more commentary and delve a little deeper. Nothing but the best for our listener’s on New Year’s Day. Get ready for an exciting 2009!

Happy New Year!

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If you have any questions you would like us to answer on our show, please call our listener line at 714-519-7833 or email mortgagepodcast@gmail.com.

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Career Opportunities: A Year of Leadership

This is my latest article and podcast for Career Opportunities. I am re-posting it here, as I think it is a message we all need to hear as we head into 2009.

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It’s time to lead again!

A Year of Leadership
By Douglas E. Welch

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When looking back over 2008 I see a number of issues, but one that presses most deeply on my mind was a lack of leadership. From the highest government offices to the individual in a cubicle, it is as if we had collectively forgotten how to lead. We seemed to stand around looking at one another, expecting someone else to fix the problems. It should be clear by now that when leadership is lacking from above, it is imperative on each of us to take up the reins of power and help both ourselves and those around us by leading. For that reason, I declare 2009 the Year of Leadership. A year when we all reflect on what it means to be a leader and how we can exercise our leadership every day.

Small steps

First, leadership isn’t something that happens out there, or more usually, up there. Leadership is an integral part of each of us. It is in our DNA. It is only when we ignore its call that our lives run off the rails. You may be thinking, “What is Douglas talking about? I don’t have any power, let alone the power to lead others.” This is where you are wrong. It is the small efforts that we provide every day that allow us to lead. We do have power. If nothing else, we have the power to provide a good example. We can choose to not do those things that make our lives more difficult, that abuse out bodies, that cause pain to others. In fact, I believe this is the most important power at our command – the power to do good.

Second, we need to show leadership when it is most uncomfortable and sometimes, the most dangerous. Corporations and con men take advantage of people’s fear and discomfort in “rocking” the boat. Whether we are inside a group, club or corporation we fool ourselves into thinking that the problems we encounter aren’t our problems or that someone else will take care of them. We have seen where this has led with Exxon, the mortgage crisis and, most recently, the alleged Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. If we continue to do nothing while customers get abused, investors get cheated and companies misstate profits then we have only ourselves to blame for our collective troubles. Again, leadership is not something that is handed down from on high. Leadership is in the small everyday actions we take to make ourselves, our companies and our government better, even when it is uncomfortable to do so. Imagine all the great works in the world that would have remained undone had not someone conquered their fear and chosen leadership over laissez-faire.

What will you do?

For myself, I am already starting in on the year of leadership. I am determined to lead in my two groups, New Media Interchange and LA Friday Coffee, as well as a new group for LA Organizers. I will strive to lead you all (and myself) to the “career you deserve” through these columns. I will lead my family through increased commitment to make the right decisions when they have to be made. I will lead by continuing to write my blogs on technology, podcasting, gardening and more. I will think twice before I ignore problems and allow them to fester.

There are so many opportunities for you to lead, too. Move ahead a faltering project. Solve an on-going and intractable problem that everyone hates, but no one takes the time or responsibility to solve. Share yourself and your knowledge to lead others in your area of expertise. Stand up and make a decision when no one else seems to be able. Even making a decision about where to have lunch with a group is a small act of leadership that needs to be achieved.

How will you lead in the New Year? What, long delayed, actions are you already considering with your new found focus? How will you exercise the new power that comes from a leadership focus? I would love to hear how you tackle this Year of Leadership. Send in your comments and questions either to the Career Opportunities blog or join us on the new Career Opportunities Community site. You’ll find a link on the web site. That, in itself, is a small act of leadership that can help all of us grow.

2009 is the Year of Leadership. Let us renew our commitment to leadership and all that it has to offer. We need it more than ever before.

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Audio: 3rd Annual Reading of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol

3rd Annual LIVE Reading of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol
Sunday, December 21, 2008

Presented by WelchWrite.com

Music courtesy of Incompetech.com

Listen: A Live Reading of Charle’s Dickens A Christmas Carol

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Audio: Douglas speaks on New Media at DevLearn 2008

I had a great time at DevLearn 2008 and the Adobe Learning Summit last week. Here is my New Media presentation from the conference. I also gave a all-day Podcasting Workshop the day before the conference.

Listen: Many-to-Many Media from DevLearn 2008

Douglas speaks on New Media at DevLearn2008

I had a great time at DevLearn 2008 and the Adobe Learning Summit last week. Here is my New Media presentation from the conference. I also gave a all-day Podcasting Workshop the day before the conference.

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New Media Interchange Phoenix Launches at PodCampAZ

New Media Interchange Founder, Douglas E. Welch and Phoenix Chapter leader, Evo Terra announce the launch of New Media Interchange Phoenix and then hold a New Media Question and Answer session at PodCampAZ, held in Phoenix, Arizona on November 1-2, 2008.

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In the New Media Interchange session.

Originally uploaded by dr.coop

Links:

• PodCampAZ.org
  
• New Media Interchange
• New Media Interchange Facebook Fan Page

New Media Answers 010: Facebook Revisited

Listen: New Media Answers 010: Facebook Revisited

In this episode, Douglas E. Welch and Tracy Pattin revisit Facebook Fan Pages and how to use Facebook for your New Media projects.

Links:

• Sizzle in the Middle web site
  
• New Media Interchange
• New Media Interchange Facebook Fan Page

This interview recorded with the Zoom H2 Handy Portable Stereo Recorder.

New Media Answers 009 – YouTube and Video Tips

Listen: New Media Answers 009: YouTube and Video Tips

In this episode, Douglas E. Welch and Tracy Pattin take on YouTube, how to use it and what it can do for you and some general video tapes.

Links:

• Flip Video Camera – Amazon.com
  
• YouTube
  
• Rule of Thirds video from TechLearning.com
  
• Rule of Thirds article from Hippasus.com
  
• Rule of Thirds article and videos from PresentationZen.com
  
• TubeMogul.com

• Sizzle in the Middle web site
  
• New Media Interchange
• New Media Interchange Facebook Fan Page

This interview recorded with the Zoom H2 Handy Portable Stereo Recorder.