YORKTON - SIGN in Yorkton is hoping to build greater awareness of their services through a podcast.
“I thought, ‘people receive information differently, whether they read it or listen in on a conversation,” said Dick DeRyk, with the communications division at the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours.
One of those ways is a podcast, defined as a digital audio file made available on the internet for downloading to a computer or mobile device, typically available as a series, new installments of which can be received by subscribers automatically.
DeRyk said the podcast helps SIGN present their programs in a more casual way.
“The podcast generally runs from anywhere between 15 and 25 minutes,” said DeRyk, adding, “long enough to provide some meaningful information.”
DeRyk also noted SIGN has many programs people may not be aware of.
“SIGN has 24 different programs built to help people,” he said. “Until you need one of those programs you don’t think about it.”
DeRyk started doing the podcast a year and a half ago. In it, he talks with different members of the organization.
“I meet with people from SIGN and we come up with topics to discuss,” he said.
From the topics, they develop a list of talking points which becomes the general outline for an episode of the podcast cleverly titled ‘SIGN for the Times’.
The podcast is done remotely over Zoom due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. DeRyk records the conversations and edits them using a powerful free software called Audacity.
DeRyk said a typical episode from start to finish, including the pre and post production aspects, takes about three to four hours to complete.
“We’re trying to do one or two a month,” he said.
New episodes of ‘SIGN for the Times’ can be found under the ‘More/Podcasts’ section of SIGN Yorkton's website.
