Daniel Johnson, Jr.

Last week I mentioned that I spoke to a group in Anderson Township about effective networking, or, as I preferred to call it, building better relationships. A couple of other public appearances I’d like to tell you about – one this past Saturday and one this evening.

Cincinnati SPJ Podcasting Workshop

On Saturday I had the privilege to help with a podcasting workshop at Northern Kentucky University, sponsored by the Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists. Cleve Callison had asked me to be a part of it since I’ve had almost 5 years of experience in podcasting. He and John Hingsbergen come from a radio background and talked about recording and producing audio. It was great to see it come together. The goal of the workshop was to show people who may have never had any experience podcasting how to plan, record, and publish audio to be released as a podcast.

I fell in love with the Zoom H2 Handy Portable Stereo Recorder (affiliate link).

Not only did we have an interesting debate over the Cincinnati Streetcar project with John Schneider and Tom Luken, but we also had a discussion about pizza and subs, and got to learn a bit more about one another.  Check out the audio at the workshop’s blog site.

How I Got My Job – LIVE tonight!

Prior to me getting my current job, many people online and offline asked if I would interview myself for How I Got My Job, once I finally landed. I have shared about how I’d gotten previous jobs two other times, here and here.

Over the past year I’ve been involved with a number of networking groups in the Greater Cincinnati area, and one of them, the $timulus Book Networking Group, is held on Tuesdays at 7 PM at the Barnes and Noble in West Chester. You might remember we brought best-selling author Mitch Joel in via Skype one evening to talk about his book Six Pixels of Separation (affiliate link)  (read the post - Six Pixels of Separation – In Action!).

Monte Washburn, the facilitator for the group, asked me to come in to share my recent job search success story. I asked if I could record it and release it as a special interview for my program, and he enthusiastically agreed.

Tonight is the night.

Tonight, instead of me interviewing myself (which would just be weird), the attendees will ask the questions I typically ask.

I have a bit more of an understanding of what my guests on How I Got My Job feel like as they approach being interviewed by me. Even though I’m very familiar with these questions, I haven’t really thought about how I will answer them. I think this is a good thing, in order to keep things fresh.

If you’d like to join us, feel free. By the way, we hop over to Steak and Shake afterward.

Directions:

Barnes & Noble in the Streets of West Chester
(I-75 Exit 19 Union Centre Blvd., Past The Rave Theater)
9455 Civic Centre Boulevard, West Chester, OH 45069 (map)

Make it a great day!

Daniel Johnson, Jr.

Tags: cincinnati, howigotmyjob, job search, Mitch Joel, new media, podcasting, speaking, success

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