This End Up

Today I spent some time describing to someone from the worship team the process we use in order to podcast our weekly message. They wanted to learn so that they could help one of their volunteers from another ministry setup and begin podcasting some event they are recording each week.

As I neared the end of my overview, it was very clear to me that Podcasting is still a complex process that involves too many steps for the non-technical person.

Afterwards I did some quick research on possible free systems that might be used to publish their podcasts. I liked the overview of podcast publishing that yahoo created , but I shutter to think of someone using Notepad to create the XML for their podcast as described in step 3B.

Blogger has no real support for podcasting (without doing it this way -- yuck).

I managed to setup a sort of podcast on a new Wordpress account, but it was still not as simple as I think it should be. However, with a little training, I think a normal person should be able to use Wordpress for their simple podcasting needs.

As a staff person, facilitating and empowering our servant ministers (volunteers) is one of the most important things we are responsible for doing. It is because of this that my heart aches when I realize someone may not have the skills (or tools) they need to succeed with their dream/vision/task.

What solutions are your people using to publish their podcasts? Are they easy enough? Are you satisfied with them?