RADIO PODCAST DEVELOPING IDEAS FOR YOUR OWN PODCAST

‘RADIO PODCAST’ DEVELOPING IDEAS FOR YOUR OWN PODCAST

HOW TO COME UP WITH GOOD PODCASTS IDEAS • Please read this article to get you started on developing your ideas. • https: //designyourthinking. co m/podcast-ideas/

BRAINSTORM • Every idea starts with a brainstorm. Create a ‘mindmap’ of possible ideas that you can base your podcast on. ‘Rotary Radio’ is particularly interested in subjects covering community, environment and volunteering. This should not restrict you in your ideas as if your ideas and podcast is successful they will still be able to broadcasts it on their radio. • From your ‘mindmap’ pick tree ideas and talk about strengths, weaknesses, opportunities ad threats of each idea. • Strength – might be the subject that we do not hear much about etc. • Weaknesses – the subject matter might be misunderstood, difficult to find enough research etc. • Opportunities - to give you the opportunity to talk about your passion, show your presenting skills etc. • Threats – Subject mater too broad, timescale of the project too short etc.

TEST YOUR IDEAS • Once you have your three ideas you will need to test your ideas with your audience. • You will conduct an online primary research and ask your friends / family to give their thoughts on your ideas and suggest the one they think it would be the most successful for your podcast. • You will reflect on your findings and justify your final idea. You will need to show screengrabs of your research (responses to your questions) in your analysis.

RESEARCH EXISTING PODCASTS • Once you have finalised your idea you will research and listen to podcasts with the similar content. • You will look for and analyse • How the podcast is put together such as; • Type of interview – formal or informal. • Number of guests and how that affects dynamic of the interview • Do you think questions are prepared in advanced or is it a more discussion type of podcast • The reason for the interview – is it vehicle for the host or the guest. • Is it an edited podcasts with sections and music stabs or is it discussion type with a group of people around microphone. • The pace and rhythm of the podcast and how that corollate with the subject matter.

PRE PRODUCTION • In this week sessions you will plan and finalise your podcast • You will finalise the type of podcast you want to create ( reference some similar examples that you have listen) • You will create the production clock and plan what will go into your 2 minutes segments. You will create the content for two to three 2 minutes segments and have music fills in between. 2 min interview • Think of the title • Please be specific what goes to each • Plan how are you going to 2 min interview Finish / music • Plan the questions and discussion • Plan who are you going to have in your guest. Intro. to podcast 2 min interview Music segment introduce your podcast points. 2 min interview • Think of what music will be • The more you plan the better end result would be. your podcast who will be suitable for your podcast.

BEFORE YOUR START THINK WHO ARE YOU MAKING YOUR PODCAST FOR CREATE A PROFILE YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE PROFILE • Who are they? • Imagine you had a chance to speak to a bunch of those people. Where would you find them? What would they be doing? • Are they students? Maybe retired people? Or, maybe musicians? Who are they? • Imagine one person who fits the description above and give the person a name, so you can refer to them easily. • What do their typical days look like? • If you were to ever meet Mark and get to see his life from close quarters, what would you see him do through the day? • Who does he live with? How does he commute to work? Does he have pets? How do his mornings look? • Write down all of this down.

TARGET AUDIENCE CONTINUES • What are their needs, fears, desires, and concerns? • Finally, write down everything you think, Mark needs. Does he secretly wish he had something? What are his biggest fears? • Great. Write them all down. • What’s a Conversation You and Mark Would Enjoy Having? • Now that you have a good understanding of your audience and yourself. Think about the best way you’d like to record a podcast. • What conversations or topics would you enjoy talking about? Would Mark enjoy listening to them? Rather, would Mark be patiently waiting for your episodes every week if your podcasts are to continue?

WHAT KIND OF PODCAST WORKS BEST FOR YOUR AND YOUR AUDIENCE? • Monologues / Commentary • You can choose to go solo on a topic that Mark cares about. This is the Monologue style. There is no one else talking to you in these episodes. • It could be a commentary about something you care, or a news style, a how-to style episode. If this fits your personality and that of your audience (Mark), you will find this a lot interesting. • Interviews • This is one of the most common kinds of podcasts. You typically have another person joining you on the show, to whom you ask questions. • It’s can turn into a conversation, but largely it’s you who is steering the conversation with your style of inquiry.

• Storytelling • Many podcasts have taken the storytelling approach. These podcasts have a lot of soundscaping and attempt to bring a story out in full or part, in every episode. • You are attempting to immerse the listener (MARK) through a story with highly descriptive talking accompanied by sound. • Banter / Freestyle / Conversation • Finally, it’s the freestyle conversation. This is just like the interview style, with the exception that the conversation takes place between the hosts. • There are no guests (largely) and the show’s strength lies in the chemistry between the hosts in conversation.

SCRIPT OUTLINE TEMPLEATE • Please use this template to write your script outline; • https: //almakopricmediapr oduction. files. wordpress. c om/2020/10/podcastoutline-script-template. docx

• Now that you have an idea of the content of your podcasts, your specific target audience and the type of podcast you are creating the next step is to create an outline script. • Remember this is an outline that will help you keep your conversation going and in line with your subject matter. The outline script will also help you to be well organized during the recording. • Try to run through your script / ideas and time yourself to check that you are in line with your production clock planned time. • The best way to write your script is to write it in bullet points, rather than full script as it will give you the freedom to talk about the subject and elaborate on the topic of your podcast. It will give you opportunity to sound more natural and spontaneous in front of the microphone.

INTRO • Give details of title of your podcast, topic, your name and who you are. What are you going to talk about and your call of action (for example check my website, blog post etc. ) • Call of action is telling your audience to do something that is related to your podcast. • Exampe of intro: • Welcome to [Name of the podcast]! • A podcast about [pithy description of your show or a tagline. ] • [One sentence that goes more in depth about what the podcast covers. For example, something like “Each week, we deliver the best hard -hitting analysis of industry news. ”] • Now here’s your host, [name, ex. “Joe Shmoe!”]

MUSIC AND JINGLES • Music helps to set the mood of yoru podcast and refeerence the content of your topic. • Some free music webasites: • 7 Best Places to Get Free Music for Your Podcast [2020] • https: //www. buzzsprout. com/blog/free-music-forpodcasts • Top 16 Sources of Royalty Free Music for Podcasts • https: //www. podcast. co/create/royalty-freemusic-for-podcasts

TOPICS / SEGMENTS FOR YOUR PODCAST 1 Set up your overall theme and discuss a point, topic or segment in detail. 2 3 Make sure you do your research and know your topic well ( facts, figures, interesting stuff about your topic that will engage your listneners) They are not interested in listening what they already know. If you are having a guest, make sure to use open quesitons techniques ( who, what, where, when and why).

SOME IDEAS FOR SEGMENTS IN YOUR PODCAST • These are just a few ideas that make as a great basis for a segment that you can personalize for your podcast. Remember, only choose segments that fit with your podcast and that you anticipate will be appealing to your audience. And, don't be afraid to expand upon these segments and make them your own, the more you personalize and own your segments, the more engaging they will be! • Happy podcasting!

• 1. Q & A • Ask your listeners on social media to send in questions and randomly select a few on your podcast to answer. • 2. Guest • Invite experts, friends, family, influencers, musicians, and other notable individuals to your podcast. You can have a conversation with them, do an interview, or have them co-host. • 3. Topical News • Look up the news related to your podcast and talk about it. Even if it's not directly related, if you're interested in talking about the news, consider discussing it in a segment. • 4. Recommendation • Give artist, song, album, recipe, product, tool, book, game, movie, destination, and other recommendations to your listeners. Whatever you are particularly interested in at the time, let your listeners know!

• 5. Fact of the Day • Do you know of or have you recently learned an interesting fact that your listeners would be interested in? Tell your listeners! • 7. Review/Recap • Review or recap a song, album, event (concert, festival, award show, sporting event, etc. ), book, game, show, or movie. Anything that is relevant to the topic of your podcast and that you have some knowledge about, consider reviewing it. • 8. Social Media Minute • Create a hashtag and read out the posts that use that hashtag. You can engage with your listeners and have them contribute to a fun segment on your podcast.

• 9. Quote of the Day • Whether you have a funny or inspirational quote to share, they both make for a great segment on your podcast. • 10. Spotlight • Feature an artist, album, movie, show, destination, specific topic, or anything else that you would like to talk about more in depth. A spotlight is similar to a review, except spotlights are more based on factual information and reviews are more based on your opinions. • 11. Advice of the Day • Have you got any advice, resources, tools, or anything else that would benefit your listeners? Share it! • 12. Requests • Have your listeners, friends, and family submit news, topics, and other requests for you to talk about.

OUTRO • Summerise theme, topic or segments with conclusion. • Share a message you want your audience to leaave with.

CLOSING REMARK / MUSIC Closing remark: Thank audience, thank guests, and do final call to action. Closing music / jingle, song Choose the music / jingle that will help listeners to stay in tune with your podcast and possibly look forward to a new episode.