I was wondering if anyone interviews company employees who have gone to a conference and created a podcast of that interview.

We are thinking about doing this to capture the knowledge/experience gained so it can be shared with others.

I have extensive podcasting experience and would be happy to offer some insight. Do you need help with the technical aspects of podcasting (how to record and distribute), or are you looking more for validation for your idea?

In my experience, I've found you can't hold a company-wide audience's attention for more than 10 or so minutes at a time. So, I wonder how much knowledge your conference attendees can impart in a short amount of time. Maybe you could create some reference material to accompany the podcast.

Have you considered doing a regular show and incorporating conference-related material as it occurs and just focusing on what is happening in your organization for the rest of the time?

I was hoping that if someone was doing this that they might have a script or questions they ask that they have found capture the information. I found a conference report template, but I wouldn't want to do a podcast based on that.

My thinking was this: if you gave a conference attendee a list of questions that you might ask during the interview, the attendee could be thinking about those questions while away at the conference. Then when the time came to record the podcast about the conference, the attendee would already have some answers in mind.

I recently did a podcast interview where I as the interviewee was asked to provide 4-5 questions. I was asked a couple of these questions and had coherent answers because I expected those questions. As the interview went on, we "went off script" because natural conversation does that. The questions were used as a springboard to a fuller and more conversational interview. While this worked in this particular situation, I am not sure it would work for this conference attendee situation.

I don’t want the podcast to be a knowledge dump more like a book report about the conference attended.

What is the purpose of this podcast ? Ask participants to submit questions and pass them on to the speaker. If the speaker is not either light on his/her feet or is not really intimate with the subject for follow up questions. Limit exposure by time and your deft facilitation, promise a follow up by any means suitable (podcast2, email answers to questions, in person.

Nero

Nero

Probably the best "template" you can find is the traditional journalist/interviewer's template.
The 5 W's.
In journalism, the Five Ws (also known as the Five Ws (and one H)) is a concept in news style, research, and in police investigations that are regarded as basics in information-gathering.[1] It is a formula for getting the "full" story on something. The maxim of the Five Ws (and one H) is that in order for a report to be considered complete it must answer a checklist of six questions, each of which comprises an interrogative word:[2]

* Who? Who was involved?
* What? What happened (what's the story)?
* When? When did it take place?
* Where? Where did it take place?
* Why? Why did it happen?
* How? How did it happen?

Add to that another question:
* How does it apply to me? My business? My situation

More details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Ws


This works for just about any situation.

..Steve