Finding Your Voice: Creative Ideas forBeginning a Pod- or Vidcast SeriesJason PuckettInstruction Librarian/Communication LiaisonSarah SteinerLearning Commons Librarian/Social Work Liaison www.library.gsu.edu

Create Your Plan of Attack http://www.flickr.com/photos/76074333@N00/317952268/

Step 1: Identify audience, aims, outcomeshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/78112161@N00/3758644556/

Step 2: Identify mediumhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/26572975@N00/1346068786/

Audiohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/77863109@N00/30500424/

ToolsAudacity (free)Wavosaur (free)SoundForge Audio Studio 9 ($55)Garage Band (for Mac)

Videohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/23763371@N06/2457401813/

ToolsWindows Movie Maker (comes with most Windows OS)Jing (free w/ upgrades available)Pinnacle VideoSpin (free)Cyberlink Power Director (under $100

Step 3: Identify approach(Formal)(Informal)http://www.flickr.com/photos/86533050@N00/19242146/http://www.flickr.com/photos/44724248@N00/2215964000/

One-shot vs. Serialhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jgoforth/3111875161/

Step 4:Identify needshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/96178872@N00/2233479790/

Step 5: Identify allieshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/7942490@N05/1332977125/

Step 6: Createhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/michale/108192060

Step 7: Upload and markethttp://www.flickr.com/photos/thomas-merton/3810630254/

Fun with RSS15

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Free Sampleshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/hollyclark/500629037

Video“Ask”Carrie Donovan, Indiana University Bloomingtonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3APyP2ADZhg

Audiohttp://www.library.gsu.edu/podcast/“Library Insider” podcastGSU Library

Gearing up20About thirty bucks

Gearing up21Blue Snowball, about $100

Pic of the Exchange audio roomGearing up22Probably a couple hundred dollars

Gearing up23$ A lot

Audiohttp://dekalblibrary.org/podcastsDekalb County Public Library

Audio“Meet the Databases”Fairfield University, CThttp://www.fairfield.edu/library/lib_podcasts.html

Videohttp://www.library.gsu.edu/learningcommons/“Learning Commons Theatre”GSU Library

Sarah: ssteiner@gsu.eduJason: jpuckett@gsu.eduhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/fliegender/406200388