Podcasting and Impact Cheryl Brumley and Mark Carrigan
What’s the point of podcasting? Raising your own profile Raising the profile of projects you’re attached to Multimedia content for individual/collective web presence Disseminating research findings Making events available to those not physcially present Connecting with wider public(s)
The World of Podcasting Simple
Complex
Will I be able to do it?
Desired quality level: micro-podcasts, magazine Environment: office, outside, large empty room Length Type of interaction: interview, conversation, solo
Will I be able to do it? Simple
Complex
iPhone mic
Shure SM58 USB podcasting mic AKG C 1000s
Olympus Tascam
Promoting your Podcasts
Personal and multi-author blogs Personal, department and university pages Twitter, facebook, academia.edu University communications office Soundcloud, iTunesU, Audioboo
Where do I go from here? Do you already listen to podcasts? Which ones? What do you like about them? Do you know anyone in higher education who already podcasts? Is there a particular style of podcast that interests you? Can you think of occasions when podcasting might have been a worthwhile activity for you?
Where do I go from here? Technical help/equipment advice: transom.org thepodcastguy.com audacity.sourceforge.net
Thank you! LSE Public Policy Group Mark Carrigan and Cheryl Brumley
@mark_carrigan @cherylbrumley Podcasts: blogs.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/podcasts Blogs: European Politics and Policy: europp.eu British Politics and Policy: lsepoliticsblog.com LSE Review of Books: lsereviewofbooks.com Impact: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
'How to' session on academic podcasting from the Future of Impacts conference, delivered by Cheryl Brumley and Mark Carrigan.
Published on Dec 13, 2012
'How to' session on academic podcasting from the Future of Impacts conference, delivered by Cheryl Brumley and Mark Carrigan.