Next discussion of community direction…
Time: Jun 29, 2021 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Reminder: https://forum.podcaster.community/t/podcaster-community-calendar/123
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Reminder @supporters, this starts in ~6 hours.
Feel free to drop in for a bit, throw in your 2 cents and dash.
The primary thing I want to talk about / introduce is a way to workshop our podcasts — a way to have your podcast put on the workbench and for everyone to give you feedback. I’ll be leading each one and we’ll be focusing on concrete and actionable feedback (both opinion-based like “this part feels flat,” and factual, “you have a problem with noise floor in this recording”)
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A bit behind. Will join asap
no rush! I’ve not even spun up the call yet…
…oh, so many great ideas and comments, thank you!
The next thing we’re building is the Workbench. I’ll put up a well-crafted post in the #supporters category as the permanent explanation, but here are some bullet points:
- this is your opportunity to toss your podcast show, specific episode(s), budding ideas, etc. up “on the workbench” for everyone to tinker with
- you’ll be able to pick a time that works for you, via Calendly
- the workbench session then appears in the PodComm calendar so everyone knows when the workbench session will happen
- you’ll need to post a Topic with some basic info. Attendees need to know what are we workbenching? …your intro? …your interview skills? …your new show idea? It can be anything.
- At the scheduled time, we’ll meet in a Zoom call — ie, we show up at the workbench and we tinker as a group.
- We’ll record the session so others can see both how workbench sessions are done, and everyone can learn from what we’ve done in the sessions.
- No one has to commit to regularly “doing” workbench sessions. Everyone can show up if/when they have time and interest.
- You don’t have to “earn it first”—you can just throw your work on the workbench.
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I think this could be super valuable. One question: what sorts of structures or frameworks will be established or used for this?
I’m asking because I’ve seen too many cases where a subjective thing is given objective feedback, and I think managing that is critical to have this process be useful and safe.
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Great point/question @steve
We’re going to do this as a Zoom call. So the person whose work is “on the bench” and the people giving the feedback have a better chance communicating with sufficient nuance. Often, in written form, feedback lands wrong/badly, or we withhold feedback to prevent it landing wrong/badly. My expectation is that a small group (I don’t expect a huge turnout for each workbench session— but we can always find ways to limit if needed) of people who already are at least familiar with each others’ work, will be successful. I’m imagining a “spontaneous Mastermind” group that flash-assembles for the workbench session. So everyone (whose work goes on the workbench) gets the benefit of a Mastermind, without having to commit to fully being in a true Mastermind group.
(partly as a reply, and partly as I continue to unpack my thoughts before deploying/announcing this more broadly. :)
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…continued in DRAFT: Workbench sessions
@craigconstantine - I like this Workbench idea, and a protocol for generating feedback is a great idea. Once again, however, when I click on the link I am directed to a “page doesn’t exist” screen. It is likely something i need to fix in a Setting, but I need to find out. Gracias.
…you’re not doing anything wrong. I keep moving the furniture around. That link was only a draft. It got finalized, and all the Workbench info is in #workbench
Also, KEEP POKING THE BOX — you’re making things better for everyone 
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