Podcasting 101: Tools & Techniques for Getting Started

In this intensive two-part workshop, you'lll get a head-to-toes overview for how to get started with a podcast of your own. No previous podcasting or media experience is expected or required. Simply bring your show ideas and a willingness to learn!

CURRICULUM PLAN
This workshop's format is a combination of information-sharing, conversation, hands-on activities, and case studies. Each participant will gain access to a bibliography of recommended books, equipment, resources, and, of course, podcasts for further listening and learning!

In Part One, we’ll cover story planning and project goals, including a self-assessment of your dream podcast and inventory of your current resources. Next, we’ll explore what goes into making a podcast by looking at the lifecycle of a single episode and how a show develops over time. You’ll receive handouts, including links to different recommended production tool kits, and you’ll have a short “homework” assignment to complete ahead of the second class.

In Part Two, we’ll look at what goes into editing a podcast, including the different apps and programs you can use. Following a short demo of different platforms, we’ll talk about creating community around your show, through audience-building, distribution, and monetization. Finally, students will share the results of their “homework” assignment and receive project-specific advice. 

What You Will Learn:
– Learn about the different styles of podcasting, including shows you should be listening to!
– Learn audio storytelling tips and find inspiration for podcast format and content. 
– Discover tools and techniques for getting started with both low and “no-budget” DIY podcasting, including audio production equipment (microphones, recorders, apps, etc.) and editing software.
– Examine ways to market, distribute, and monetize your podcast.

About the instructor:

ASHLEY MAYNOR is an award-winning filmmaker who uses digital and analog technology to tell compelling stories. Her work as director includes the documentary For Memories’ Sake, which screened at the Library of Congress, the Nashville Film Festival, the Maryland Film Festival, and on the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, among other venues, and the transmedia project, The Story of the Stuff.

Maynor has previously been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech, an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and a production mentor for Stony Brook University’s MFA in Film program. She currently serves on the faculty of New York University.