Hi Lauren, Since you want to post more than one podcast you need a solution that will serve up as many videos as you plan to offer. I'd recommend using free services like Vimeo or YouTube to host your videos. Many museums have set up channels on these websites. The advantages are 1) you're not paying for storing and serving the videos from your website and 2) your videos will be accessible to millions of people, rather than just those that go to your website. Once you upload them to Vimeo or YouTube, and tag them with keywords, any time people are on those sites and searching those keywords, your videos will appear. People who are interested in your subject will find you and you can actively begin to develop a new community of museum fans.
There have been many posts about this on the mcn mailing list. Also, this link will take you to some great examples of museums who've put podcasts on YouTube and successfully developed these new communities. http://mediacombo.net/blog/?cat=8 Best, Robin Robin White Owen M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net http://mediacomb.net/blog twitter.com/rocombo On Jan 19, 2009, at 3:00 PM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: > Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to > mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mcn-l-request at mcn.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Podcasting Advice (Lauren Zalut) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:32:34 -0500 > From: "Lauren Zalut" <Zalut at wagnerfreeinstitute.org> > Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice > To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Message-ID: > <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A at > ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.org > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > I am new to the Museum Computer Network and I am looking for any > advice regarding podcasting. I work for a small natural history > museum with a very limited budget and we are looking to make > podcasts of past museum lectures available to the public on our > website. I have been told by senior staff that we do not have enough > space on our website, I wonder if anyone knows how much space a 60 > minute podcast would take up. Also, what kind of technology would be > required to post a podcast on our website? > > The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we > established it was the possibility that the podcast could be > downloaded from there. Is that really a viable option? We do have a > completely edited podcast ready to go and hope to have it up and > running by the summer. I would appreciate any suggestions or advice, > it would be very helpful to hear about others' experiences with > podcasting in museums. > > Thank you in advance. > > Sincerely yours, > > Lauren Zalut > Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator > Wagner Free Institute of Science > 1700 W. Montgomery Ave. > Philadelphia, PA 19121 > phone: (215) 763-6529 ext. 17 > www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org > > Become a fan of the Wagner on www.facebook.com! > > Follow us on www.twitter.com! > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mcn-l mailing list > mcn-l at mcn.edu > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 13 > ************************************* Robin White Owen M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net http://mediacomb.net/blog twitter.com/rocombo
