JJRR Ep47 Podcasting at Harvard - Community building - Founding PodFest - with Chris Krimitsos

Chris Krimitsos is an event producer, speaker and expert communicator who's developed a passion for building community. Listen to Ep47 as Chris, founder of international podcast / mulit-media conference PodFest, describe how he starting building community with Tampa Bay Business Owners; which led to founding many groups such as the Florida youtube and podcasters association. Now finding the national spotlight, Chris was Invited recently to speak on podcasting at Harvard University. https://www.soundeducation.fm/ https://podfestexpo.com/ http://chriskrimitsos.com/ http://bizwomenrock.com/ 04:38s Speaking at Harvard / EDU professors podcasting conference 07:56s Sponsoring by Zack Davis and Harvard Divinity school 10:14s Founding Podfestexpo and partnering with John Dennis 11:45s Moving to Tampa, FL and starting Tampa Bay Business Owners Association 13:58s Starting Podfestexpo in 2015 15:33s Hiring J Conrad Levinson for $13.5K to speak but leaving no money for promotion 16:20s Creating gorilla marketing video at Barnes and Nobles 22:02s Meditation for Women podcast with Katie Krimitsos 23:12s Producing 8 podcasts and enjoying digital media for communication 24:34s Florida demographics, Florida podcasters association, tech incubators 30:55s Developing a national speaking presence and writing two books 32:20s Being an exceptional communicator being able to adjust on the fly 35:18s The Messengers, a podcast documentary and the genesis of the title 39:12s 2019 technology trends for podcasting and audio 43:01s The challenge of addictive aspects of technology 47:28s Long form content mediums: podcasting, video 50:23s Discovering expertise in speaking, and in connecting people 54:02s Having confidence in your own schools "It's very tough to scale caring. You really have to take the time and care about your individual members. Know who they are." "It's what I call abundance.  Every city should have an area for podcaster / youtuber meetups. I understood that I could claim the state of Florida."  Enjoy this episode? Share it with friends! Subscribe in Itunes or Google!