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What You Hear Yourself Say
There’s a model of conversation most of us carry without examining it. The model goes like this: you have a thought, you put it into words, and you send …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
From the archives: Bryon Howard
From Connection with Bryon Howard… How does a supportive community influence the success and motivation of podcasters? Shared experiences and mutual encouragement shape the journey of podcasting beginners. “…
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
The question you had to ask badly first
Suzi Nou asks every question twice. The first time is the mumbled version — halting, imprecise, feeling its way toward the thing she actually wants to know. The second time is …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
Top topics
A few of the most-popular topics in the last month…
What the ending was for
Kira Higgs made a podcast with ten episodes and stopped. Not because she ran out of ideas or energy or time. Because ten was the number she chose before she …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
Campfires on hold, for now
Unfortunately, I have limited free time for the next few months and so I cannot host the regular Podtalk Community Campfires. If anyone is interested in hosting them—using your …
(In category Campfires, last updated by @ChristiCassidy)
What happens when nothing’s in the way
Julie Angel came to podcasting from documentary filmmaking, which meant she arrived with a specific understanding of constraints. Not the podcaster’s understanding — where limitations are problems to solve, obstacles …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
The Conversations You Can’t Reconstruct
Julie Angel has a test for whether a conversation was good. She asks herself one question at the end: how did that feel? “The sign of a really great conversation …
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)
From the archives: Pete Machalek
From Presence with Pete Machalek… What are the benefits and challenges of incorporating video content into professional communication and personal branding efforts? Pete Machalek discusses presence, in-person, a…
(In category Workbench, last updated by @craigconstantine)