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For my Podcamp Toronto talk, “I Quit- Maybe” today, I wanted to discuss the phenomenon of Podfading and how the experience of podcasting changes for people who have been doing it for a number of years.  I did not have a slide deck or even a clear agenda.  I did have just a few notes on a mind map prepared last night.  One of the participants asked me to post them so here they are.

The talk developed into a wide ranging discussion among several veteran Canadian podcasters including Bob Goyetche, Scarborough Dude, Dave Delaney, Bill Deys, Will Spaetzel, Ninja, Sylvain Grandmaison and several others.  I recorded the session and I may post it at a later date.

Discussion Notes

I Quit!!– Maybe

• • What is Podfading?
    • 1. podfading 21 thumbs up A podcast that after a while becomes less and less frequently updated and then blinks out altogether. Alternately a podcast that is going strong and suddenly stops. The phenomenon has earned its own label, “podfading,” coined by podcaster Scott Fletcher in February 2005 when he gave up on two podcasts of his own. -from Wired News By Steve Friess Feb, 07, 2006
      • http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=podfading

      7 Ways to fight podfading?

  • http://youroutsourcesolutions.com/2010/12/7-ways-to-fight-podfade/

    http://jasonvanorden.com/how-to-avoid-podfading

    

    Bob Goyetche- Killing vs Podfading

    http://www.bobgoyetche.com/?p=420

  • • • Tells the story of beginning and ending MostlyTunes

       

• - My Podcast Experience
  • Librivox
    • Volunteer reader
    • Librivox Community Podcast
    • Admin- MC
    • Back to occasional reader
  • Audio Feedback
  • Podcamp Toronto Blog and Podcast
  • For the Sake of the Song
    • About 150 episodes
    • Now going for 5 years since just after pcto 2012
    • Started weekly for first year
    • moved to biweekly for a couple years
    • then monthly
    • have considered podfading many times
    • Now It’s a mostly summertime activity
    • 12 episodes a year released on the first of the month
    • My 2011/2012 series was finished by August 31.
    • Podfade for 10 months– Season
  • K9 Days, Podcast 100 club
  • Guest Spots on other Podcasts
  • Catholic Roundup
  • School Podcast– Family Literacy Day
• Why do people take up podcasting?
• Why do people quit podcasting?
• Life after podcasting
• When is it time to quit?
• Antidotes to Podfading
  • seasons
  • reinvent your show
  • bring on a co-host
  • Fine tune your focus
• You might be about to podfade when?
• My Podcast and Contact Information:
• Sean McGaughey
  • • For the Sake of the Song
      • https://ductapeguy.net
    • Catholic Roundup
      • http://catholicroundup.com
    • Twitter
      • @Sean_McGaughey
        • https://twitter.com/#!/Sean_McGaughey
    • Email
      • ductapeguy@gmail.com
    • Facebook
      • https://www.facebook.com/ductapeguy
• Discussion Notes prepared with the open source mind mapping software, Freemind
  • http://freemind.sourceforge.net

UPDATE: March 6: I have added the audio recording of the presentation to this post. Enjoy.