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A Quick Guide to Creating a Nonprofit Podcast: 5 Steps

Achieve

Ensure that your podcast's audio sounds crisp and clean by purchasing a high-quality microphone. Some sounds tend to sound harsh and jarring in recordings. Pop filters and windscreens will reduce these sounds and protect your microphone from saliva. Audio interface. Check your sound before recording.

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10 Volunteer Training Ideas for Onboarding All Types of Volunteers

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It may sound minor, but it’s a great opportunity to make your volunteers feel at home and answer any housekeeping questions they might have. or “I love filing so much! Even if shoveling soil or filing reports is their volunteer role, chances are they’re with you because they believe in the higher purpose of your nonprofit: the mission.

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The Making of "Product Demo - Mobile Beacon" Video

Tech Soup

As for the sound, I had an Audio-Technica AT899 lavalier microphone attached to record my voice. I used the same microphone as the live footage to minimize any sound differences, and inserted the voice track into the the final file. A good mic will not only ensure good voice pickup, but will save you time post processing.

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Nonprofit Radio: How to Make Podcasts That Promote Your Brand and Engage Supporters

NTEN

From questions about the actual production of the files, to distribution, to listener metrics and feedback, there are plenty of moving parts that can raise questions. Podcasting is formally defined as the act of distributing syndicated audio content online via RSS to listeners who use software or a hardware device to receive updates.

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How to Produce Your Own Podcast

Have Fun - Do Good

Overall, the recording sounds best if the call is Skype to Skype, but it's usually OK if I call the interviewee's land line too. What does not sound good is if person is on their cell phone. When I'm done, I export the show into iTunes where I convert the file into an MP3. I try to avoid that scenario as much as possible.

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NTEN and SalesForce Screencast: Learnings About the Interview/Documentary Approach

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One thing I learned just two weeks ago from a phone call to the TechSmith tech support guy is that the.wmv files from Ready/Talk can be run through microsoft media encoder - so they could be pulled into Camtasia and edited. However, the idea of editing a long file in Camtasia does not sound appealing to me.).

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How to license mixed media, without a law degree

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

s licensing and that of the sound bite? at the end of their try-before-you-buy audio tracks referring listeners to Magnatune; 2) Include credit information on the website or other source from where the content is being downloaded, for example, on the page for American Bach Soloists Favorite Cantatas album. into the file itself.

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