Alan Levy will welcome to his show on January 24th at 9 pm est John C Havens. John C Havens, founder and principal owner for PV & V is the About.com’s Guide to Podcasting. As a writer/journalist for About.com John has created many articles, interviews, and a podcast show for the site.
Tune in to hear Alan and John discuss the ever changing world of this new social medium, how it is effecting the way we get our information, and how podcasting has played a role.
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Thanks to you, our thousands of hosts and evangelists, BlogTalkRadio has been nominated for the Second Annual AlwaysOn Hollywood 100 list, a “power list of top digital entertainment and media innovators.”
Nominated companies are evaluated along the criteria of customer adoption, innovation, market potential, media buzz and investor value creation. The winners of the competition will be honored at AlwaysOn’s OnHollywood event in May. Past winners have included YouTube, DivX, BitTorrent, Double Fusion, Motricity, VideoEgg, Sling Media, Shutterfly, and The NewsMarket.
As they say on American Idol, we’re “going to Hollywood” this spring — and no one’s going to stop us! Come and join us.
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BlogTalkRadio is proud to announce that Ed Morrissey from the popular blog “Captains Quarters” has signed onto BlogTalkRadio to be a host.
Captain Ed will kick off his show on ”CQ Radio” tonight with a post State of the Union Show at 10:30 est. He will be welcoming callers to share their opinions on the SOTU and all other political matters.
The call in number is 646-652-4889.
Welcome aboard Captain Ed!
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Tonight history was made on BlogTalkRadio as Alan Levy did a live simulcast with BBC’s Radio Five along with Chris Vallance and Rob Sharp from the Up All Night Show. You can listen to the show here as they discuss Alan’s trip to the UK and BlogTalkRadio.
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Sunday, January 21, 2007
By MARTHA McKAY
STAFF WRITER
Alan Levy’s father was dying of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
To keep family members apprised of his condition, Levy started a blog.
The Web-based diary allowed family members from across the country to read about Maurice Levy’s day-to-day progress. Alan Levy would type up a paragraph or two, family members would post comments in response and his father could read them on a flat-screen TV in his hospital room Continued…….
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My Trip to London,
As I sit on the Virgin flight heading back home, I couldn’t help but wonder how enlightening these last three days have been.
As I posted the other day, I was invited to London by the British Council to present Blogtalkradio to a group of young leaders from around the world. Sixty of the brightest young minds were assembled in London to compete for a chance to attend this years World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
I was invited as one of 7 “technical gurus”, which sounds completely bizarre to those that actually know me. The attendees were scheduled to participate in workshops to strengthen their skills as they make their case in a balloon debate to be held Saturday morning.
Last night, as I was walking to 11 Downing Street, Gordon Brown’s residence it occurred to me that Blogtalkradio has certainly made significant strides in less than five months. Before meeting the delegates at Downing Street, I was invited to meet with the top communication directors at the British Council.
The British Council is truly a worldwide operation. With more than 7,500 staff in 119 countries, the BC does everything from building schools in Nambia, to building telecom infrastructure in Sri Lanka. Their mission is to bring communities together and foster tolerance amongst different peoples. Global communication and dialogue is crucial to their success and as I gave my presentation on the potential uses of Blogtalkradio, I could see that my message hit home.
While I am hopeful that the British Council will consider using Blogtalkradio as a key element to their communication platform, it occurred to me that providing the key elements of our platform to global organizations will develop in a significant way.
I will post more in the coming days, but right now jet lag is setting in. I do have to mention my guest appearance on 18 Doughty Street. Doughty Street is an internet TV talkshow hosted by Iain Dale. Here is the clip and I suggest you catch a bit of the first hour. We had quite an enjoyable conversation especially with the guest to my left.
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One of the things that makes BlogTalkRadio special is that it’s live. Of course, this can also make a new host or inexperienced interviewee a little nervous.
With that in mind, here are a few tips for hosts conducting BlogTalkRadio interviews. They’re borrowed from the Web site of Radio Diaries, which produces wonderful audio content for NPR’s “All Things Considered”:
1. Don’t be afraid of pauses and silences
When conducting an interview, resist the temptation to jump in. Let the person think. Often the best comments come after a short, uncomfortable silence when the person you are interviewing feels the need to fill the void and add something better.
2. Let people talk in full sentences
Avoid questions that can be answered with a simple yes or no. Instead of, “Are you a doctor?” ask, “Tell me how you became a doctor.” Remember that you want people to tell you stories.
3. Listening is the key
A good interview is like a conversation. Prepare questions, but don’t just follow a list. The most important thing is to listen and have your questions come naturally. If your questions are rehearsed and hollow, the answers will be too. If you are curious and your questions are spontaneous and honest, you will get a good interview.
4. Interviewing is a two-way street
Conducting a good interview depends, in part, on asking the right questions. But it is also important to establish a relationship with the person you are interviewing. Sometimes it is appropriate to share some information about yourself in an interview. Remember that it’s a conversation. What’s more, for it to be an honest conversation, people must feel that you care about what they say, and will honor and respect their words and stories.
5. The foolproof question
Here is one simple question that always works: “How do you see things differently since (blank) happened?” If you’re talking to your mailman about the time he was chased for two blocks by a neighborhood dog, ask how he feels every time he goes by that house.
6. Relax and forget you’re being recorded
One thing that’s always amazing: in the beginning of an interview, people are usually stiff and self-conscious, but after a while, they forget all about the tape recorder and start to be themselves.
7. The last secret to a great interview
There is one simple rule for getting people to talk openly and honestly: you have to be genuinely curious about the world around you.
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