Trafcom News Podcast

Show #53: Podcasting inside the corporation

In this 21-minute podcast, you can learn how organizations are using podcasts to share information, increase employee engagement and reduce costs.

You can download the show right here or subscribe through iTunes.

Here are the show notes:
00:01 Intro and welcome
00:55 Today’s topic is based on my article about internal podcasts published in the March/April issue of the Journal of Employee Communications Management
01:45 Internal podcasting can be a smart way for a corporation to start podcasting, before venturing into an external ‘cast.
02:25 Internal podcasting at Sedgwick Claims Management (first heard about them on For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report)
03:45 Internal podcasting at ALTANA Pharma (Nycomed)
05:55 Podcasts are cost-effective
06:33 Replacing some conference calls with podcasts
07:45 How organizations measure success of their podcasts
08:30 Advice before starting your internal podcast
09:45 Not ready to commit to a podcast? Start with a series.
10:30 Short list of internal podcast applications: peers interviewing peers; leadership communications and interviews; education and training; conference podcasts; visit my new microsite PodcastYourConference.com.
13:00 Please share your internal podcasting case study with me
13:33 Comment from Corey Taratuta of the Irish Fireside Podcast
15:48 Comment from Luke Armour of the Observations of Public Relations blog
17:55 Comment from Ron Hartman
18:50 Where to send comments: email to trafcom AT gmail.com, call the comment line at 206-338-4200 or post a message to the Trafcom News Podcast blog
19:08 Promo of the new Foreword Thinking Podcast from Mitch Joel of Twist Image
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Theme music is “Beneath Your Surface” by the Elisabeth Lohninger Quartet from the Podsafe Music Network

Show #52: Reflections of Podcamp Toronto

In this 17-minute podcast, I share my thoughts on Podcamp Toronto and play a short interview with Mitch Joel, Luke Armour, Bryan Person and John Wall.
You can download the show right here or subscribe through iTunes.

Here are the show notes:
00:01 Intro and welcome
00:55 What’s an unconference?
03:33 The importance of editing/thanks to Mark Blevis
04:21 Role of personal branding/thanks to Mitch Joel, whom you can hear at the Power Within in Montreal April 3
05:04 We have a lot of educating to do when we talk to business people about podcasting/thanks to Chris Penn for his tips
06:18 My Webinar on podcasting for communicators and marketers on March 20; book your space
06:40 Panel discussion on “Should your business be podcasting” was recorded by moderator Mitch Joel for his Six Pixels of Separation podcast
Fellow panelists are Michael Seaton of Scotiabank, Luke Armour, Terry Fallis of Thornley Fallis and the Inside PR podcast
NOTE: Here is the Media Archive for Podcamp Toronto
07:33 Were you at Podcamp Toronto? Send me an email
08:30 Interview after the first day of Podcamp Toronto with Mitch Joel, Luke Armour, John Wall, Bryan Person
14:45 Comment from Dave Williams about podcast promos
15:54 Where to send comments: email to trafcom AT gmail.com, call the comment line at 206-338-4200 or post a message to the Trafcom News Podcast blog
Look for the Trafcom News Podcast on Blubrry.com
Theme music is “Beneath Your Surface” by the Elisabeth Lohninger Quartet from the Podsafe Music Network