This was a good tidbit for our small farm site. I was considering the merit of having this on the site during our active U-Pick season but the costs of the equipment far out-weigh any usefullness this might give us.

I am an experienced public presenter. In my old life I worked with aviation radio daily (22 years) and was also a trained public presenter for recruiting.

Two presentation tips: 1. “Tell them what you’re going to tell them. Tell them. Tell them what you told them.” Is a very useful general outline for any presentation.

2. An accessible, inexpensive way to learn some presentation skills is through your local Toastmaster’s Association. To my knowledge they are sprinkled throughout the USA and Canada, even in the smallest of rural communities.

If you don’t like what you hear when you first record your own voice, try videoing yourself for feedback from people you trust. If you still can’t pinpoint the problem areas, head out to a Toastmasters meeting for some tips.

I’ve seen some video interviews on people’s web sites and was unimpressed with their presentation–the message the video sent about them. I think a podcast of the interview would have served them better. Especially knowledgeable people who aren’t particularily photogenic.

Thanks for your help on all of this!
Warmly,
Bethany

Stef

Greetings from Berlin, Germany
Tomas

“.. Will there be one coming on podcasting Stefan???”

No immediate plans for a podcasting video tutorial, but maybe a little later. I want to study the business end of podcasting a little more before I jump into that.

I’m glad to hear you liked the videos – thanks.

Seems like a school website (wow! Have you seen Stanford.edu and their podcasts???) is the perfect forum for podcasting – all the latest news, in a download!

Love your help –

Jeanne

Another nice job of keeping it simple and to the point. Our firm has been entertaining the idea of adding Podcasting to our list of services. The points that you covered confirm our thoughts. This is a great extension to the newsletters! Please keep up the great work and know that we appreciate your efforts!

* For anyone that has not purchased any of your tutorials I would like to throw in a recommendation – they are very helpful! Will there be one coming on podcasting Stefan???

Kind Regards,
Jim

Thanks for the Podcast on Podcasts. I agree with all the feedback so far. I really look forward to the newsletter and would also like to know, as would Sandy, if I can listen to the podcasts on an MP3 Player?

I can safely say that I always learn something from each newsletter.

Please, please keep up the good work.

Best wishes
Graeme

Yes.

I just found out that ‘umms’ are called verbal connectors. Thanks to Jeff for pointing that one out.

If you listen to the podcast, you will hear me suggest that when recording, you should avoid verbal connectors like umms and ahh because they can get annoying from the listeners perspective.