Podcasting for Connection
INTERNAL PODCASTING FOR ORGANISATIONS
An internal podcast is an audio-show created regularly by your people, for your people.
HOW IT WORKS GET IN TOUCH
Many teams have successfully adapted to the online space and have figured out a way of staying connected at different levels.
Yet, while offices will still play an important part in 21st-century work life, hybrid workspaces and 100% remote organisations are here to stay.
“Organisations characterised by a high degree of trust, pride and camaraderie result in more satisfied and engaged employees.
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As organisations have woken up to the fact that it is possible for team members to collaborate at a distance, that employees can be trusted to get on with the work when they’re out of sight, and that technology has given us a range of options to remain connected, there are still many questions buzzing around your organisational leaders’ minds:
Will people continue to feel like “they belong”?
How will our employees continue building their informal networks?
Is our collaborative culture in danger of disappearing?
It’s time to design new ways of keeping our people connected, to their peers, their leaders and the purpose of their organisation.
Enter Podcasting.
Podcasting can be a powerful way of bringing your people together, away from their screens.
But not the kind of podcasting we hear about every day.
The kind that surfaces those conversations we long to overhear in the workplace.
The kind that celebrates achievements.
The kind that tells stories that resonate with and inspire employees.
The kind that builds a sense of belonging and community.
What is Podcasting for Connection?
This service from Virtual not Distant will help your people stay connected through audio.
There is something powerfully intimate about hearing someone’s voice. It can bring a sense of closeness – regardless of how physically apart you are.
Carefully curated and designed, an internal podcast can build a sense of belonging and inclusiveness. You can help your people be a part of those conversations that matter, but that are not part of their day to day.
It puts your people at the centre of the creation process.
Who Is It For?
ORGANISATIONS WHO BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF PERSONAL CONNECTION
-Organisations with teams distributed remotely or across multiple offices
-Organisations with a hybrid or "office optional" model in place
-Organisations forced to switch to remote working during COVID-19
-Organisations growing fast who want to maintain the current company culture
How Does It Work?
1) We speak
You will speak to Pilar Orti, prolific podcaster herself and online collaboration specialist
What disconnection issues are you facing? What aspects of your culture do you want to amplify? What other internal communication and learning initiatives are you running in your organisation?
2) You decide your level of support
We recommend that you start with a “Podcast Inspiration and Planning Workshop”
Through this workshop you’ll assess whether there is enough appetite and available time in the organisation to commit to the project. If there is, we can continue working together.
3) We map out our collaboration
After the workshop, we’ll help you put together your podcast team, upscale your people and help them plan the show.
We’ll help you set up the online collaboration tools and systems of visible teamwork to keep the project running. We’ll give your team feedback on their first 4 episodes and help them plan their first 10. (We recommend one episode every four weeks.)
4) We take it one step further
We can look after the whole production process.
We’ll provide a facilitator-podcaster who can bring the voices in your organisation together. We can also look after the content and production process, making sure that we become the vehicle for your people’s voices and stories.
What About The Tech?
Recording your voice has never been easier, and some meeting platforms have made it easy to record good-quality audio conversations.
If your people need help learning how to record and edit their voice and/or their conversations, we'll train them (just make sure you select the Team Coaching & Training option).
How We Can Work Together
Choose one of our podcast packages to start
Podcast Planning Workshop
WE KICK-OFF THE PROJECT
A 3hr session where we identify the aspects of your culture you want to amplify, the value it will bring to your people and the type of content you will create.
Plus pre- & post workshop conversation
Cost £1,200
TELL ME MORETeam Coaching & Training
WE TRAIN YOUR TEAM
Following the workshop, we'll help you put a plan together for your internal podcast.
We train your team of hosts and producers in basic microphone technique and audio editing plus coach them through their first 4 episodes.
From £4,500
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WE CREATE YOUR EPISODES
Sometimes, you've got the talent, but no-one has the time to take on a new project, and learn a new set of skills.
We can plan and create the episodes for you, always with you at the centre of the process. We provide your show's host.
From £2,500 / month for 2 episodes per month
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