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BIPC – Podcasting workshops for start-ups

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022
by Vic

MIC works with the Business and IP Centre (BIPC) to regularly train their network of new businesses, entrepreneurs and freelancers with a suite of podcasting workshops for start-ups

(Above: our Vic delivers Podcast Training at the BIPC in Manchester City Centre)

MIC delivers bespoke podcast training for the BIPC in Greater Manchester. Based at Manchester’s stunning Central Library, the BIPC GM is part of a network of 15 Centres across the country. Its main HQ is based at the British Library in London. The Centres are an amazing resource to help start, grow and sustain your own business.

We deliver an ongoing programme of podcasting workshops for start-ups for the centre. These include how to start a podcast and interview techniques. We deliver these online and in person.

It’s the perfect fit for the BIPC centre’s network of new businesses.

Podcasts can increase business visibility and show you off as an expert in your field. They’re a key marketing tool that could pay dividends in terms of brand recognition, awareness-raising and impactful comms. So we’re on hand to offer the BIPC’s new business network how to get started in podcasting and to begin to take advantage of them!

As part of the training MIC,

– Designs workshop structure as per participant/client need
– Delivers online/ real-time and in=person training
– Provides post-workshop resources, including templates, cheatsheets and planning tools
– Offers open-door for any future feedback needs & requests

Looking for podcast training for your members, team or group? Contact MIC here, let’s have a chat about your podcast workshop wants and ideas!

National Football Museum – Quite Unsuitable for Females

May 19, 2022May 23, 2022
by Vic

MIC works with a team of brilliant, young female community podcast producers from the National Football Museum, to create ’Quite Unsuitable for Females’ a podcast series about women in football and their personal experiences of the beautiful game.

Quite Unsuitable For Females
Listen to Quite Unsuitable For Females on Spotify. This is Quite Unsuitable For Females, a podcast series where we reveal the secrets, tackle the stereotypes and bust the myths about women in football. Community producers Rosy, Meg, Uma and Debs delve into the National Football Museum’s archive to bring women’s football off the bench and onto the pitch.

👆🎧 Listen to the Quite Unsuitable for Females podcast

The National Football Museum in Manchester is the world’s biggest and best museum dedicated to football. At the start of 2022, they called MIC in to train their new bunch of young community producers to create a podcast about women in football. This would coincide with the Women’s European Championships in Summer 2022 and their accompanying exhibition.

Delivering our Blended Service we designed and delivered a podcast development training programme to their new producers. Over just 3 months, we supported the team every step of the way, from gathering ideas and teaching the group how to research, to how to record great audio and the best out of their interviews. They also received an industry visit from the huge sports podcast network The Ringer and music / podcast platform Spotify. We then produced the final podcast from the audio gathered by our producers.

Community Producers Rosy & Meg get interviewing

3 people around a table. 1 girl seated with headphones on. A male and young girl stand looking over a sound desk. The record the national football museum podcast — Community Producers Rosy & Meg get interviewing

The resulting 5-part National Football Museum podcast…

‘Quite Unsuitable for Women’ shines a light on the untold stories of women’s football. It takes its name from the FA who stated in 1921 that “the game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged”. Women were then prohibited from playing at FA-affiliated grounds for 50 years.

The National Football Museum podcast has been hugely well-received,

including the #1 rated ‘New and Noteworthy’ podcast on Apple podcasts, Podbible’s ‘New Podcast of The Week’, it was also spotlighted on Great British Podcast’s newsletter and mentioned as a recommended podcast in The Times.

As part of the production and training MIC,

– Designs and delivers a 3-month podcast development training programme
– Facilitates discovery/ brainstorming sessions
– Guides group on professional podcast production best practices and techniques
– Stage sessions to professionally record intro, outro, and discussions
– Advises on podcast branding, copy, messaging, and distribution
– Professionally produces podcast trailer and 5-part series

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Children’s University: Live!

November 1, 2019October 4, 2021
by Vic

MIC produces the debut podcast for Children’s University – a forward-thinking educational charity.

Children’s University: Live!
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👶🎓👆 Listen to the Children’s University podcast here 👶🎓👆

The first 5 episodes feature content that was recorded live at the charity’s conference in 2019, giving the event a far-reaching and lasting legacy.

As part of the podcast production MIC,

– Co-designs the idea & format
– Records (including events)
– Presents the podcast
– Edits
– Produce gorgeous social media content
– Consults on publishing and distribution

Looking for support to produce your podcast? Contact MIC here, and let’s have a chat about your podcast ideas.

Strong Manchester Women Podcast

April 8, 2019February 28, 2022
by Vic

The Strong Manchester Women Podcast is an inspiring series of conversations with women who make Manchester and beyond, a better place to live, work or play.

Strong Manchester Women
Listen to Strong Manchester Women on Spotify. Inspiring conversations with the change makers, activists, leaders and trailblazers – who make our communities a better place to live, work and play. Nominated in the British Podcast Awards 2020 Produced by MIC Media UK (http://www.micmedia.co.uk)

☝🙋 Listen to the Strong Manchester Women podcast here ☝🙋

The podcast was nominated in the 2020 British Podcast Awards

a photo of a woman sitting in a chair and looking at the camera. the woman is white, with white hair. on the table in front of her is a microphone with a yellow foam cover. The microphone is pointing towards her.

A photo of a seated woman. We see her from the waist up. To the left of her on a table is a microphone, which is pointed in her direction. the microphone has a yellow foam on the end of it.

a woman is seated. she has blue, short hair. We only see her from her waist up. a microphone is coming into the image on the left hand side. The microphone has a black foam on it.

a photo of a women with white hair and a blue tshirt. she is sat on a chair. we can see her from the waist up. the3 table in front of her has a microphone with a yellow foam end on it. The microphone is pointed towards the lady

The podcast is full production by MIC Media, involving:

– Original idea & format
– Recording
– Editing
– Artwork/branding
– Publishing & distribution
– Social Media marketing strategy & producing gorgeous content
– Transcripts of all episodes

Commissioned by Manchester City Council, funded by the Centenary Cities Legacy Fund and supported by the Pankhurst Trust

For more info and to listen to the podcast go to the Strong Manchester Women Podcast Page

Looking for support to produce your podcast? Contact MIC here, and let’s have a chat about your podcast ideas.

MIC’s Podcast Club

April 7, 2019October 4, 2021
by Vic

MIC’s Podcast Clubis a regular meetups for people that make podcasts.

MIC’s Podcast Club is a monthly meetup where podcasters can connect, troubleshoot tech problems together, get a fresh pair of ears on their latest edits or kick-start new connections and collaborations. The idea is help everyone, whether pro or bedroom podcaster make awesome audio

During Covid our podcast meetup’s have gone online with a monthly webinar.

A purple background and purple microphone with text saying 'Now virtual!'

A bunch of our podcast community at one of our virtual meetups

Our community has over 650 members and also has professional audio producers on hand to offer real, first-class advice and answer podcast-related questions. These have included podcast superstars Kate Cocker (The Presenter Coach / Everyday Positivity), Claire Freeman (Slimming World Podcast / ASFB Productions), Dan Maudsley (BBC / Paradise), Ant McGinley (Pods Up North/ On The Left Side), podcasting legend Olly Mann, the Brown Girls Do It Too Podcast hosts, Obsessed with Line of Duty podcast producers and BBC Sounds Commissioner Louise Kattenhorn.

MIC’s Podcast Club (when we’re allowed to do it person) is kindly supported by Barclays Eagle Labs at Media City and Manchester and hosted by the good eggs that are The Landing.

Find out when the next MIC’s Podcast Club is, head over to MIC’s Meet Up page here. If you would like a Podcast Club in your town or city, drop MIC a line here

*Formerly known as MIC’s Edit Club, but that just caused loads of confusion

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