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Earlier this week, I travelled down to Virginia Beach, VA to participate in the first United States Coast Guard PodCamp which took place on November 18, 2009. It was a great event where, in the spirit of social media, people connected, shared and learned.

There were so many highlights of the day but for the sake of crafting a post that doesn’t go on forever, I’ve limited my self to the five (5) below.

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Why podcast?

Well, there could be lot’s of reasons but I believe they all fall into two overarching ones: passion and business objectives.

Spend some time in the iTunes store or any of the podcast directories, like Podcast Alley, Podcast Pickle or Mevio, and you will be amazed by the breadth and depth of content that you will find with much of it is produced by people who simply have a passion for something. » Read the rest of this entry «

My first experience with podcasting dates back to December 2005 when my parents gave me a video iPod for Christmas. Prior to that I wasn’t really familiar with the concept of podcasting but soon after loading iTunes on my laptop, and rummaging around the iTunes store, I stumbled upon some very interesting content and the best part was that it was all free! Not only that, but I could press one little button and get fresh stuff automatically delivered to me whenever I plugged my iPod in for charging.

Soon after this “iPodiphany,” I started to think about how I might be able to use this tool at work.  At that time I was the executive director of the American Sail Training Association and we produced a rather large public event each summer called the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE which is a series of tall ships races and maritime port festivals. One of the problems we had was how to effectively educate the general public about our organization’s mission as well as the diverse missions of the participating ships. Inspired by the Acoustiguide experience that many museums offer to their visitors, but having no budget for this type of thing, we began to look into producing our own podcast audio tour of the ships that visitors could download before coming to the event. » Read the rest of this entry «

On Monday I’m heading down to Virginia Beach for the first U.S. Coast Guard Podcamp, which is part of the annual USCG Innovation Expo.  I’m really looking forward to catching up with some great Guardian friends that I’ve made online over the past few years.  The event is free and open to the public so if you’re in Virginia on Tuesday, come participate.

I’ve been asked to present a session on podcasting basics and thought it would be a good idea to flush out my material here. So over the next few day’s I’ll do a series of posts about podcasting.

A few points to consider. » Read the rest of this entry «