This week’s episode of The Showrunner features another listener question. Plus, we announce the reopening of The Showrunner Podcasting Course! Here is this week’s question, from Showrunner listener Samantha: 1. How can I help my boss (the subject matter expert of our company) be more comfortable podcasting? 2. Should I take over my boss’s podcast... Listen to episode
This week’s episode of The Showrunner features another listener question. Plus, we announce the reopening of The Showrunner Podcasting Course!
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Here is this week’s question, from Showrunner listener Samantha:
1. How can I help my boss (the subject matter expert of our company) be more comfortable podcasting?
2. Should I take over my boss’s podcast if he is uncomfortable podcasting?
We deliver our answers to both questions.
And we discuss the reopening of the Showrunner Podcasting Course. Get all of the details here: http://showrunnercourse.com.
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