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WEBINAR: DIY Marketing for Independent Podcasts | May 27, 2020

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Lynn Casper of the Homoground podcast has partner with the Association for Independents in Radio (AIR) to bring you a webinar on DIY Marketing for Independent Podcasts on May 27, 2020 at 5pm EST

In this session you will learn DIY marketing strategies to grow your podcast and web presence. By the end of the session you’ll be equipped with the tools you need to build your marketing strategy without the burn out.

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/DIYMarketingMay27

Please note: This event is open to the public but questions are reserved for AIR members, There will be a recording of this webinar available on airmedia.org within a few days of the webinar.

Presenting at the Queer Hustle Visibility Summit (June 6th, 2020)

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The Queer Hustle Visibility Summit is a 2 day virtual event for queer womxn entrepreneurs, creatives, freelancers and side hustlers on June 6-7, 2020.

I am organizing and moderating a panel discussion at the summit titled “Audience Building and Crowdfunding for your Podcast“. In this panel discussion you will hear from queer podcasters who have built communities around their podcasts and how they sustain their podcasts financially through crowdfunding.

Joining the panel are the hosts/creators of popular queer podcasts: Jessie Blount & Lark Malakia Grey of The Gayly Prophet, Molly Woodstock of Gender Reveal and Ellie Brigida of Lez Hang Out. You can read their bios below!

Registration to attend the summit is FREE.

Jessie Blount and Lark Malakia Grey (from the Gayly Prophet)
The Gayly Prophet is an intersectional, queer Harry Potter analysis podcast hosted by Jessie Blount (she/her), a queer woman of color, and Lark Malakai Grey (he/him), a disabled trans person. Together they discuss the books chapter by chapter through a “humorous, yet ruthless” lens. As a reviewer said, “if you want to queer the way you engage with the witchy world of HP, challenge the systemic problems in that world as well as our own, have your heart torn in two by seeing the beauty in the what-ifs, and laugh so hard it hurts, I urge you to give this podcast a listen!”

Molly Woodstock (from Gender Reveal)
Molly Woodstock is a queer, biracial journalist, audio producer, and equity educator. Molly produces and hosts an award-winning weekly podcast called Gender Reveal, and has been featured as a gender educator in the New York Times, NPR, Washington Post, SF Chronicle, and Autostraddle.

Ellie Brigida (from Lez Hang Out)
Ellie Brigida is a musician, producer and podcaster from Boston, MA. She is the co-host of Lez Hang Out which is on the TAGG podcast network, featured on LOGO’s list of best queer podcasts, HER’s The Best LGBTQ+ Podcasts You Should Be Listening To and named #1 lesbian podcast to listen to on FeedSpot.

Lynn Casper (from Homoground)
Lynn Casper is a queer filipina-american who has been producing the Homoground podcast since 2011. Homoground elevates LGBTQIA musicians from around the world. Lynn is also a project consultant and productivity coach who helps creative-minds overcome internal & external blocks that hinder progress on creative projects and life goals.

“This is How We Mobilize” – My talk at WNYC Studio’s Werk It Podcast Festival

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photo by gina clyne

In October 2019, Podcastivist founder Lynn Casper presented a strategy session for those looking to use their podcasts to do greater good at WNYC Studio’s Werk It Festival for women podcasters.

As individual podcasters, we all have unique audiences who tune in each episode because they relate to us and our content. Often our shows and audiences get stuck in a vacuum, which can be great for building and engaging small communities, but how do we then create a framework that networks our individual efforts on a larger scale?

Attendees of the session came with issues they’re working on that need a signal boost.

This talk was the launch of building a coalition of womxn and non-binary podcast producers. Join the coalition.

You can view the slides and photos from the presentation here.

You can listen to the talk below (transcript available here):

Presenting a Podcasting Panel @ Queer Hustle 2019

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I put together a panel on podcasting for the Queer Hustle conference taking place in NYC April 26th – 28th 2019.
My panel will be on Sunday April 28th at 3:30pm. You can get tickets here.

I invited Jocelyn K. Glei, Bailey Richardson and Eboné Bell to join me to talk about the amazing work they are doing and how they are using podcasts to elevate their work.

Read more about them below!

Jocelyn K. Glei is obsessed with how we can find more creativity and meaning in our daily work. She created the online course RESET, a cosmic tune-up for your workday, and hosts Hurry Slowly, a podcast about how you can be more productive, creative, and resilient by slowing down. Jocelyn has published numerous books for creative folks, including Manage Your Day-to-Day, Make Your Mark, and Unsubscribe. Previously, she was the founding editor of the Webby Award-winning 99u.com website and director of the 99U Conference. She lives in Brooklyn with an introverted dog and an extroverted cat.

Bailey Richardson has spent the last 5 years studying people who have built rich, thriving communities.With her partners at People & Company, their mission is to help people bring their people together. They interview extraordinary organizers on their new podcast  “The Get-Together” and will publish a book this summer on how to build a community today. Before People & Company, Bailey shaped the early community at Instagram, where she was the 8th employee. She has also worked at IDEO, StoryCorps, Pop-Up Magazine and the California Sunday Magazine.

Eboné F. Bell is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Tagg Magazine and Tagg Communication. After seeing a lack of queer women represented in local publications (around DMV), she decided to start a magazine and website to tell our stories, provide resources and create events. Before starting Tagg, in 2002 she founded the first group for queer people of color called True Colors of Maryland (TCOM) at University of Maryland College Park. The group is still thriving today and meet weekly. After college, she immediately immersed herself in the Washington Metropolitan Area LGBTQ community for several years. Eboné has produced such events as the annual Capital Queer Prom giving the older LGBTQ community a second-chance prom, Capital Pride Women’s Events, Pride in the Sky, and the Put on the Gloves Fashion Show benefitting The Trevor Project. These events have raised over $20,000 for LGBTQ non-profit organizations. Tagg Magazine has been around for over six years, telling thousands of stories, creating safe-spaces for  queer women, and providing important resources for the LGBTQ community. Over the past three years, Tagg Magazine as been named “Top 25 LGBTQ-Owned Companies” by the Washington Business Journal. Last year, Eboné founded the Tagg Scholarship Fund—a scholarship created specifically for young queer woman of color who can’t afford to attend school. After realizing that only 23% of Black LGBTQ college students graduate, she wanted to make a difference within marginalized communities. While running Tagg, she still manages to lend her time to volunteer efforts in the Washington, D.C. area. Last year she served as the Table Captain Co-Chair for the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner. Also, she has served on the board of the Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber, creating the first women’s networking series in Washington, DC. Tagg also continues to promote and support such organizations as SMYAL and The Point Foundation focusing on LGBTQ youth. Eboné has expanded Tagg through podcasting: Tagg Nation, a podcast for everything lesbian, queer, and under the rainbow. The three host, weekly podcast show dives into pop culture, politics, stories, LGBTQ educational issues, and queer history.

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Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality by Scott Belsky

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Making Ideas Happen
by Scott Belsky

Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality

I read this book in 2011. This was probably one of the first books to truly motivate me to stop wasting time and instead take action to get sh*t done. It transformed me into taking my projects more seriously and led me down the path of developing my skills as a “leader”. I think prior to reading this book, I viewed a lot of my ideas as just fantasies or things that are nice to think about but could never happen. This book, along with many other books, articles and resources offered by 99U shifted that for me and made me realize my full potential in manifesting my ideas.

Available on Kindle, Audible, Hardcover and Paperback through Amazon.

Emotional Intelligence by Christine Wilding

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Emotional Intelligence
By Christine Wilding

Use CBT to understand and manage your emotions and live a happier life

This is a great book on understanding and developing emotional intelligence. The book offers many real life examples, provides exercises and assessments so you can start practicing and applying cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) techniques into your consciousness. Emotional intelligence and CBT can transform the way a person views themselves and the world. You’ll learn techniques on how to challenge negative thoughts, managing your thoughts and emotions, developing personal strengths, communication skills and mindfulness. This is one of those books that you can revisit multiple times to learn new things and continuously grow.

Available on Amazon (Paperback & Kindle)

 

Gonna Be An Engineer: Breaking Barriers In Music Production & Technology (Published in She Shreds Magazine)

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I wrote about an event called “GONNA BE AN ENGINEER: Breaking Barriers in Music Production & Technology” that I attended in NYC in April 2018.  You can read it online on She Shreds.

The event was hosted by She Shreds Magazine curated by SADIE DUPUIS of Sad13 & Speedy Ortiz who moderated a panel discussion with mega badass babes EMILY LAZAR, DANIELLE DEPALMA, NATALIE HERNANDEZ & SUZI ANALOGUE

The night was super inspiring & I’m grateful for the opportunity to have attended and write about it for She Shreds Magazine Issue #15 (July 2018). I hope the stories & words of these amazing women also inspire many others!


 

Tales From Planet Earth Film Festival – Madison, Wisconsin

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In 2009, Working Films partnered with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison to help guide the Tales from Planet Earth Film Festival in its 2nd year. The festival connected with local nonprofits directly involved in issues explored by films created by UW-Madison student filmmakers.

  • A group that provides a shelter for the homeless and low-income housing strives to create stable jobs for its clients by marketing a line of home-grown specialty food products.
  • A local Latino organization seeks to steer at-risk youths toward positive social influences, to encourage them to set constructive goals, and to create opportunities for young people through immigration reform.
  • A Dane County wildlife rehabilitation center that operates on a shoestring works to save hundreds of injured and orphaned animals each year and promote the value of wildlife in human communities.

The film festival helps create greater community awareness and support for organizations and their work.

We worked with students to craft their own outreach campaign specifically unique to the issues covered in their films. As Social Media Strategist, my specialty was helping the students use digital and social media to promote, engage and document their campaigns. I got to attend various events and film screenings related to the festival and created the videos below:

Working Films is a national nonprofit organization that links film to cutting-edge activism. 

Growing a Healthy Community: gardens educate, unite residents

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What originally started as an internship for Lynn Casper’s public sociology class has launched a community initiative to make Northside Resource Center the location of Wilmington’s latest community garden.

The University of North Carolina Wilmington senior already had an interest in gardening, and after reading up on progressive cities launching successful community gardens and the social benefits, she jumped at the idea of starting some in the Wilmington area.

Casper’s job as the Community Gardens Coordinator was to reach out to local organizations and build relationships to form a collaborative project.

“Our goal in doing this is to create awareness that community gardens and green space in general are beneficial for communities. So when other communities are being developed, space will be included for more garden space,” she said.

The project began in the fall of 2006 when the Kate B. Reynolds Foundation helped the Wilmington Housing Authority fund the garden and nutrition program through the Obesity Prevention Initiative. The goal is to provide residents in public housing access to healthy lifestyles. The community garden came up as an idea because past research has shown that such gardens bring residents together. In addition, it gives them access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

The first public housing community garden was started last year at Sunset South. That garden had proved successful so the initiative wanted to continue in different neighborhoods.

Resident Ernestine Walker, who participated in cultivating the Sunset South garden, said the project has helped not only as a social gathering but also in keeping the residents physically active.

Randolph Keaton of the Wilmington Housing Authority, who oversees Casper’s internship, said projects like these are an excellent way to bring the young and the elderly working together.

“It gives the kids a sense of ownership and pride and teaches them to care for the earth and their community,” he said.

Eight-year-old Nicolas Baldwin and younger brother Jalen planted anxiously and said they would be back as often as possible to check on the progress of the garden.

Community Garden Initiative partners include The Wilmington Housing Authority, University of North Carolina Wilmington public sociology students and faculty, Healthy Carolinians Obesity Prevention Initiative, New Hanover County Cooperative Extension, Northside Resource Center, Food Bank, Kids Making It, Tidal Creek Cooperative Market. 

Source: Star-News, 2007

[MUSIC REVIEW] Mivart Storkower by TEAMGEIST

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TEAMGEIST
Mivart Storkower
Environmental Studies / Ancre Music
March 2017

TEAMGEIST is a music collective featuring a rotating cast of musicians from all over the world who come together to record an improvised album. Mivart Storkower is the collective’s second freeform instrumental release recorded over the span of five days in Berlin and Bristol.

Each track has a soul of its own and are collaborations with TEAMGEIST creator, Maximillan Markowsky, who appears on all of the album’s 10 tracks. Portishead bass played, Jim Barr, makes several appearances as well as French electronic violinist Agathe Max, Guy Metcalfe, Christos Kollias, and Paul Pollinger.

Track seven “Marzahn” features Kiran Gandhi and is one of two tracks that includes anything that bears the closest resemblance to vocals as hypnotic, warped echos throughout the song, bearing resemblance to the vocal cadence of Portland-based trio Explode Into Colors.

Readers may be familiar with Gandhi’s own electronic project, Madame Gandhi, as well as drumming for M.I.A, her work as an activist (she ran the London Marathon while menstruating sans tampon to raise awareness for women’s health) and a long time supporter of Tom Tom Magazine.

Listen to this for moments of introspection, relaxation, and creative processing.

teamgeist.com

This review was originally published in Tom Tom Magazine Issue #30 (June 2017)