Top Tips for Podcast Movement
With Evo Terra, host of the Bangkok Podcast & keynote speaker in 2014
The following is a conversation which took place on the #podcasters slack group between Jonathan and Evo, if you would like join the conversation, please sign up to the slack group here!

Jonathan: Hi Evo, if you would be so kind, please tell us a bit about yourself!
Evo: I’m the host of the Bangkok Podcast, This One Time, and a few hundred (not kidding) podcasts since October 14, 2004.
Jonathan: Awesome! The Bangkok Podcast was my favourite when I spent a while living in Thailand. I also understand that you’re familiar with the Podcast Movement Conference?
Evo: That’s right! I was at the first one, when I was a closing keynote speaker in ’14. Great event.
Jonathan: Cool. This year I’m attending it here in LA. Do you have any top tips for a first time attendee like me?
Evo: Just the standard ones: Exercise the Law of Two Feet.
Jonathan: law of two feet? think you’ll have to explain that one for me…

Evo: That means you have two feet. If the conversation you are in or the presentation you are attending isn’t of interest, move on to something else.
Jonathan: Gotcha. I also find asking for a business card a good way to get people to end or close off a conversation if it’s time to move on.
Evo: If that works for you! Here’s my next tip: Hallway meetings and chance conversations are often better than planned events.
Evo: Final tip: Hit the parties! The parties we threw at the PME conferences back in the early days of podcasting were legendary, but I’m sure someone has picked up the baton for me.
Jonathan: Awesome! So what else are you up to these days?
Evo: You mean beyond hosting my two shows and doing consulting work on behalf of other podcasting clients? :) Right now I’m doing my best to develop the local podcasting community in Bangkok. There aren’t a lot of us, but as the 5th wave is breaking… that might change.
Jonathan: Interesting… i’m curious to learn about how you go about developing a local podcasting community..
Evo: For me it’s pretty guerilla. Since I don’t speak or read Thai (I’m learning), most of the local stuff is out of my reach. I started by simply searching LinkedIn for people who live here and have “podcasting” or “Podcast” somewhere in their profile. I created a LINE group (because this is Thailand) as my initial way of keeping us connected. I chose LINE because it’s the network in Thailand, and I need to get better at it. I doubt we’ll stay with LINE as the community grows.
Jonathan: so where are you thinking of moving to?
Evo: Not sure. Our first Bangkok-wide podcast event is taking place on the 30th of August. Fans, podcasters, and people just interested in the space. There’s no agenda, but if we all get along, I’m sure talk of continuing the conversation will happen. I’m a fan of Slack, but have done this long enough to know that it needs to be supported by the members or it won’t fly. Plus I don’t know what angle the online organizing tool will take.
Jonathan: Many thanks for sharing Evo! We look forward to hearing more about your podcasting community in the future. Before we finish, can you let us know where we can follow your activity or find you online?
Evo: Sure, the pleasure is mine! You can find me on just about every social platform and the podcast slack group at @evoterra. Cheers!
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