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We won’t be there, but we feel the need to promote this annual upcoming symposium that’s all about podcasting.  Check the Macworld site for more info or just digest this here press release:

The world’s leading experts on podcast production and promotion will be featured at the MacWorld Podcasting and Rich Media Symposium, on Friday, January 18th, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, at MacWorld Expo, Moscone Center (Conference Wing), in San Francisco, CA.

The MacWorld Podcasting and Rich Media Symposium will include how to create a great podcast, build an audience and monetize your efforts. The course will also cover the essentials of everything from planning your show content to growing it into a media property.

“We’re going to share how to move from producing shows you love to do, to shows people love to hear,” said Scott Bourne, host of The Apple Phone Show (http://applephoneshow.com). “Whether you’re new to podcasting or a seasoned veteran looking to catch up on the latest and network with colleagues, this symposium has lots to offer.”

Session speakers include podcasting and new media experts Leo Laporte, host of This Week in Tech; Richard Burns and Dusty Wright from CultureCatch; Paul Vogelzang, producer of MommyCast and Friends, and Lee Gibbons, CEO of Podango.

The Symposium Schedule is as follows:

Pre-Production (9:00 am - 10:30 am)

9:00 * Craig Syverson, Grunt Media — Podcasting Overview — Know the Basics Before Building Your Show

9:30 * Scott Bourne, The Apple Phone Show — Podcaster’s Checklist, Building A Show Clock

10:00 * MommyCast — Building a Successful Podcast from the Ground Up

10:30 * Lee Gibbons, CEO of Podango, Considerations and Options in Choosing a Hosting Platform

Keynote (11:00 am)

11:00 Leo Laporte — Keynote — “The State of Podcasting and New Media Today”

Producing Your Podcast (11:30 am - 1:30 pm)

11:30 * Alex Lindsay, Mac Break Weekly — Video Podcasting Secrets, Tips, and Tricks

12:00 * Richard Burns & Dusty Wright, CultureCatch — Video Production Essentials

12:30 * Scott Bourne, The Apple Phone Show — Selecting The Right Production Gear

1:00 * Don McAllister, Screencasting

Publishing & Promoting Your Podcast (1:30 pm - 4:00 pm)

1:30 * Liana Lehua — Going Beyond iTunes and Promoting Your Podcast on Blogs and Social Networks

2:00 * Paul Vogelzang, MommyCast/Porter-Novelli — Using Viral Distribution Techniques to Get Heard

2:30 * Richard Harrington, RHED Pixel — Creating an Appealing Brand Identity for Your Podcast

3:00 * Tim Street, French Maid TV — Marketing Your Podcast

3:30 * Neil Vineberg, Vineberg Communications — How to Spread the Word About Your Podcast

Super Serving Sponsors (and making money) with Your Podcast (4:00 pm - 5:00 pm)

4:00 * Panel discussion — Ad Networks vs. Sponsorships:

- Lee Gibbons, Co-Founder/CEO, Podango (Moderator)

- Jonathan Cobb, Founder/CEO, Kiptronic

- Doug Smith, Co-Founder/President, Podango

- Mark McCrery, Co-Founder/CEO, Podtrac

4:30 * Richard Harrington, RHED Pixel — Selling Podcasting and New Media as a Service,

5:00     * Conclusion

MacWorld and Symposium conference passes are available online at http://macworldexpo.com

For more information on the Podcast and Rich Media Symposium, visit: http://www.macworldexpo.com/symposiums

Podcasters in the Boston area have long been marking their calendars for the second Podcamp conference in Boston (you can attend a Podcamp at various times and places around the world), and that week is finally here. But Podcamp is not just for podcasters; it’s an intimate get-together for anyone interested in new and social media. All skill levels are welcome. The speakers/presenters welcome plenty of contribution from the audience, so this isn’t a conference for sitting idly through overly long, overly boring sessions — you’ll get your chance to lend your own expertise and opinion should you attend.

(Registration has hit capacity already, unfortunately.  We’ll provide more info if we hear otherwise.)

The premiere industry event for podcasting, PNME, is underway in Ontario, California.  You can catch updates from the event here.

Our COO Duncan Perry and VP-Marketing/Biz Dev Glenn Gaudet are in attendance.  If you are too and would like to meet up with one or both of them, email glenn {at} podcast.com to make arrangements.

This just in: if you tuned in here just over a month ago, we mentioned a new version of our site almost ready for prime time.  And yes, that’s still true.  In fact, we’re making plans to coincide this new site launch with the Podcast and New Media Expo at the end of September.  You heard it here first.

And if you’re still wondering or are just now wondering, you can send a blank email to register [at] podcast [dot] com to be notified when we’re ready for you to come in.

Now back to your regularly scheduled podcasting / programming …

I guess you know you’ve hit the big time when people organize a conference around you. In our last post we mentioned the Podcast Awards to be announced at the 3rd Annual Podcast and New Media Expo, a ‘”prosumer” and corporate event’ for people who make audio and video for the Web. Turnout to this Ontario CA event has been strong the past two years — evidently so strong that podcast types decided to organize another conference just over a month later called the Blog World and New Media Expo, and take it straight (or at least close) to the Vegas strip. Looks like the name “New Media Expo” is the flavor of the month.

The conference title mentions blogs but it features many of the same tracks as the P+NME: how to make media for the Web, how to get an audience, and how to make money.

Registration is open for both P+NME and BW+NME (don’t get the acronyms confused!), and it’s time for you to pick your poison …

Looking for a conference that features indie culture, podcasting, digital music and the arts? Yeah, well, maybe you weren’t, but the Podcast Hotel is just that type of conference, and after making a fuss in Portland and Seattle it has ventured south into the Golden State. The San Francisco version features P.H.-relevant speakers representing videobloggers/podcasters (Rocketboom, Podtech), record/music labels (Sub Pop, IODA), Web radio (Pandora, Soma.fm), big Internet media (Real Networks), academia (Stanford University), and more. For people who are far away from the left coast (like us), check the Podcast Hotel website for potential archives from the conference, or maybe a stream, or maybe that’s too much to ask although I will be snarky and say it should not be in this day and age, especially at a podcast-centric conference.