Trafcom News Podcast

Show #60: Faking it. Or how to read a script naturally

Do you ever need to read a script – for a podcast or otherwise – and not sound like you’re reading? In this show I offer suggestions for sounding conversational while you’re reading.

This podcast is a just 14 minutes. Please listen and then let me know what you think! You can download the show right here or subscribe through iTunes

Here are the show notes:
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00:01 Intro and welcome
01:00  About today’s topic: why it’s important to not sound like you’re reading
01:30 If you have two people speaking on the podcast, conversational tone comes pretty easily
03:55  Scenario 1: You want to script at least parts of your podcast and not sound like you’re reading
04:20 Tips on vocal variety, pauses, fillers, colloquial language
06:00  Reading is absolutely fine if you acknowledge that you’re reading
06:48 Scenario 2: You are recording someone and you need to help them sound unscripted, yet convey the necessary information
08:00 When you record someone, remind them that you can do several takes and that the recording can be edited
09:11 Where to send comments: email to donna@trafcom.com, call the comment line at 206-338-4200 or post a message to the Trafcom News Podcast blog
10:00 Comment from Piotr Golonka in Poland
11:27 The Forward Podcast’s list of PR podcasts from Paull Young and Luke Armour:
For Immediate Release
Inside PR
Trafcom News Podcast
New Comm Road
Comms Café
Six Pixels of Separation
PR Junction
Across the Sound
Marketing Over Coffee
On The Record Online
Managing the Gray
American Copywriter
The Client Side
12:49 Invitation to my Webinar, Podcasting 101 for Communicators and Marketers, August 21 at 2 p.m. EDT
13:49  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

Show #59: A chat with Shel Holtz about his new podcasting book; plus Podcasters Across Borders 2007

If you’re interested in podcasting, particularly in podcasting for business, you’ll want to hear this interview with my podcasting hero, Shel Holtz, co-author (with Neville Hobson) of How to Do Everything with Podcasting, just published by Osborne. Shel and Neville host one of the best podcasts out there, For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report.

I chatted with Shel at a geek dinner in Toronto in late June. Plus, you’ll hear a few tidbits about Podcasters Across Borders 2007, recently held in Kingston, Ontario.

The whole podcast is a just 26 minutes. Please listen and then let me know what you think!
You can download the show right here or subscribe through iTunes.

Here are the show notes:
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00:01 Intro and welcome; the interview with Shel Holtz, co-author (with Neville Hobson) of How to Do Everything with Podcasting; see the accompanying Web site too
11:45 Quick interviews from Podcasters Across Borders 2007 (PAB2007): Chris Penn of the Financial Aid Podcast and Bryan Person of the NewCommRoad Podcast; also a shout-out to Mitch Joel and Podcamp Boston2
16:05 Kudos to Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche and their partners Andrea Ross and Cathy Bobkowicz for doing such a great job with PAB2007. For more about PAB2007, see the blog posts by Joe Thornley and Mitch Joel. Listen to the Canadian Podcast Buffet too.
17:00 Tod Maffin’s “Idea to Air” workshop at PAB2007
17:19 Webinar Wisdom podcast: The place to learn about using Webinars as a marketing tool
18:33 Comment from MY NORTHERNMOST LISTENER Francis Wooby about text-to-speech
21:26 Comment from Hugh McGuire about text-to-speech
21:26 Comment from Tina Hansen about text-to-speech (she’s the one who started this whole thread)
25:00 Where to send comments: email to donna@trafcom.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