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A Quick Guide to Creating a Nonprofit Podcast: 5 Steps

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For example, an individual in the nonprofit event planning industry might create a podcast on event-planning best practices, helping to build their audience and potential clientele. Ensure that your podcast's audio sounds crisp and clean by purchasing a high-quality microphone. Audio interface. Headphones. Stay hydrated.

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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. A job description is nonprofit best practice (although too often ignored). or “I love filing so much! Feeling comfortable in a new environment is important! Introduce them.

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

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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

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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

As Stephen Downes notes, being a super learner takes time and practice. 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. I used a hybrid of his approach.

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Podcasting 101 Live Blogging from Boston Podcamp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Record Two families of mics Dynamic mic - $80 SHURE SM57 or 58is top of the line- any $20 USB mic Castblaster - can que up your audio files and sound effects - DJ tool. Adjust the audio signal and keeps the quality high. Audacity or goldwave can help you get a soft audio louder. Garageban is king for Mac.

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Learning Journal: Experimenting With Adding Music to Web Videos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Why add KB or MB to the file size when my content instructional. Lack of technical skills or software tools in cutting, splicing, fading the audio and weaving it with the video track. Here I found phosphor by Francesco Stablum and decided to incorporate it into the video I created to practice my music skills.

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