Beyond Powerful Radio ─ A Communicator's Guide to the Internet Age: News, Talk, Information & Personality for Broadcasting, Podcastin, Internet Radio

Beyond Powerful Radio is a complete guide to becoming a powerful broadcast communicator on radio or internet! This how-to cookbook is for broadcasters who want to learn the craft and improve. This practical and easy-to-read book, filled with bullet lists, offers techniques to learn everything from how to produce and host a show, to news gathering, coverage of investigative and breaking stories, writing and delivering the commercial copy and selling the air time. With contributions from over 100 top experts across all broadcast fields, Beyond Powerful Radio offers techniques, advice and lessons to build original programming, for news, programming, talk shows, producers, citizen journalism, copyrighting, sales, commercials, promotions, production, research, fundraising, and more.
Plus: Tips to assemble a winning team; to develop, build, and market your brand; get your next job in broadcasting, effectively promote your product; increase sales; write and produce commercials; raise money with your station; deal with creative burnout and manage high ego talent; and to research and grow your audience.
Never be boring! Get, keep, and grow audiences through powerful personality, storytelling, and focus across any format. Tried-and-true broadcast techniques apply to the myriad forms of audio broadcast available today, including Web radio and podcasting. While the technology and delivery systems change, the one constant is content! Listeners, viewers, and surfers want to be entertained, informed, inspired, persuaded, and connected with powerful personalities, and storytellers.
A full Instructor Manual is available with complete lesson plans for broadcast instructors - course includes Audio Production/Radio Programming/Management/Broadcast Journalism. For ordering purposes, Instructor Manual ISBN is 9780240522678.

Internationally acclaimed broadcast consultant Valerie Geller works with top stations and broadcast groups throughout the world, leading "Creating Powerful Radio? workshops and coaching programmers, on-air personalities, journalists and managers learn techniques to strengthen the programming and grow audiences. Since 1991, she has worked with more than 500 stations in 30 countries to enhance programming in radio, television, podcasting, streaming and new media. Named by Radio Ink magazine as one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Radio, Valerie's contribution to the industry was also recognized by the Conclave's 2010 Rockwell Award.
A broadcast veteran with more than 30 years experience, Geller programmed WABC in New York, served as news director at K101 in San Francisco, helped set up the talk programming at KFI in Los Angeles and has held various management, news and on-air positions at several major market U.S. stations and served on the broadcast board of the Associated Press and the Radio & TV News Directors Association. Geller has also guest lectured at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and New York University in New York City.
As a seminar leader, keynoter or conference speaker, Valerie Geller has presented at the (NAB) National Association of Broadcasters, (RTNDA) Radio & TV News Directors Association, The Conclave Learning Conference, (PRPD) the Public Radio Program Directors Association, The (RAB) Radio Advertising Bureau, Radio & Records Talk Radio Seminar, and (APTRA) The Associated Press TV and Radio Association, (BEA) Broadcast Educator's Association, (IBS) Intercollegiate Broadcasting System conference and (NBS) National Broadcasting Society Conference
USA state broadcast association presentations and workshops include: Arkansas, New Mexico, Illinois, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Ohio, Kansas, South Carolina and Vermont.
Geller has also presented at the 37th Annual (CRS) Country Radio Broadcasters Seminar, (NRBA) National Religious Broadcasters Association, (GMA) The Gospel Music Association conference, (CAB) The Canadian Association of Broadcasters, (CMW) Canadian Music Week, and RTNDA Canada.
In Europe, she has keynoted conferences, or presented workshops for the Swedish Radio Academy, the British Radio Academy, (RCS) Radio Conference of Poland, Norway's Radio Days, Danmark's Radio Days, The (EBU) European Broadcasters Union, The EGTA, The Median Forum in Cologne, The European NAB (Prague, Paris, Athens), at various universities and the International Radio Symposium in Montreux and more.

Part I Tools: Creating Content for Any Platform
1 Creating Powerful Content-No Longer "Just Radio"
2 Are You a Generator or a Reactor?
3 Personality Radio and Morning Shows
4 From Rock to Talk (For Anyone Who Wants to Do a Talk Show!)
5 Local vs. National Programming
6 Performance and Formatics
7 Finding and Developing Talent
8 Airchecking
9 Managing High-Ego Talent
10 Avoiding Burnout
11 Show Prep
12 Producers
13 Radio Talk Shows
14 Call Screening
15 Interview Techniques-for Journalists, Talk Hosts and Music Personalities
16 Public Service
Part II Storytelling and Voice
17 Becoming a Powerful Storyteller
18 Your Voice-Improving Your Instrument
Part III News
19 Creating Powerful News
20 In Case of Emergency
21 Citizen Journalism
22 Traffic and Weather Together
23 Newswriting
24 News Anchoring
25 Multi-version News
26 Integrating News and Talk for Radio, TV and the Web
27 Integrating Radio and TV News
Part IV Working Across Multi-Platforms
28 Audio Communication Across Multiple Delivery Platforms: Broadcasting, Streaming, Video, Social Media, Podcasting, and Beyond…
Part V Marketing Content
29 Promotion
30 Branding-Building The Brand Beyond Radio
Part VI Making Money
31 Sales and Commercials
32 Fundraising and Giving
Part VII Understanding the Audience
33 LifeStage Demographics
34 Research
Part VIII Final Notes
35 Final Notes
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