While doing research for our upcoming podcast hypertext project, I stumbled upon an article on Techsoup called “How to Record, Edit, and Promote Your Nonprofit’s Podcast”. Techsoup.org is a nonprofit website providing learning resources to those that are interested in making their own nonprofit organizations. I really like the idea that all  of these learning resources are available for free to help people start their own nonprofits. It’s tough to get any nonprofit started, and most people won’t be interested in the cause until there is a communication system such as a website or podcast. The website and podcast have to be interesting in order to get attention from the public. Although I am not in the process of creating a nonprofit organization, I still found the tips on this article pretty helpful. I have never made a podcast before, nor have I recorded or edited anything of the like. So, I really don’t have any knowledge in this field, which is why I found this article helpful. The author, Karen Soloman, a San Francisco based writer, gives a step-by-step overview on how to create and edit your own podcast. This article was very basic and I feel that it could include a little more detail, especially on the technical parts of creating your own podcast.

My favorite tip in the article was that the content of the podcast is the most important part. I think this is very true. You can work really hard on all of the technical aspects and getting all of the specs right, but in the end if your content isn’t so great, no one is going to listen to your podcast.