What exactly is a podcast?
A podcast is a digital audio or video file that can be distributed over the Internet. While podcasts can be listened to or viewed on a desktop or laptop computer, they are changing the way we communicate because they can be downloaded on demand to a portable device. Podcast creators, or podcasters, can also employ the Web to set up subscriptions to podcast feeds, whereby users can sign up to automatically receive new podcasts as soon as they become available.
Events professionals have just recently caught on to the power ofpodcasts. They are deploying these messages via the Web in the hopes ofcreating stronger, more profitable connections by both marketing theirevents and distributing event content to a wider audience. "A lot ofevents and companies are using these to build communities amongcustomers and suppliers," says Tim Scannell, principle at Shoreline Research, a technology consulting firm in Needham, Massachusetts.
So what does this have to do with my iPod?
Technophiles coined the word podcast in 2004 as Apple's iPodportable device surged in popularity. (Analysts predict that by the endof this year, Apple will have shipped some 85 million iPods since theywere introduced in 2001.) But the term is something of a misnomer.Almost all podcasts can be downloaded and played on any device thatsupports the nearly ubiquitous formats such as MP3 (audio) or MPEG(video).
Can I just convert the conference audio I record now?
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Author: Matt Purdue