Plan

What's special about the monologue format:

This is one of the most common delivery formats for assessment tasks. In this format, there is one presenter who delivers all the content.

Storyboarding tips for monologue podcasts:

• For a natural-sounding delivery, it is usually best not to write a full script, but planning the rough structure and content of your podcast will help you determine the best order of information and reduce repetition or gaps.
• Monologues can be a little more difficult to make engaging than other kinds of podcasts, because you do not have co-hosts or guests to converse with. Consider including content that will engage directly with your audience, such as:
  • personal anecdotes (if appropriate for your content)
  • posing questions to your audience
  • compelling quotes or descriptions of scenarios.

What's special about the co-host format:

Co-hosted podcasts are a common format for teamwork assessments. In this format, the co-hosts share or take turns introducing the content, and typically have conversations with each other about the content throughout the podcast. This means that a fair amount of the content tends to be unscripted as it evolves through natural conversation.

Storyboarding tips for co-hosted podcasts:

• Before you start, clearly define the roles of each host.
• The actual storyboard content should be in dot-point format. This will make it easy and quick to refer to while recording, to make sure you stay on track, while also allowing for spontaneity and natural conversation.
• If you will be discussing different opinions or perspectives on a given topic, include these in your outline so that you can fully address them.
• Consider allocating each subtopic/segment to a specific host, so that you can share the time and content equally.
• Ensure all hosts are familiar with all topics so that everyone can contribute to the conversation, even for sections where they are not the main host.
• Consider using visual cues for each other (such as hand signals and body language) to indicate when someone has finished speaking, or when it is suitable for others to jump into the conversation with additional comments.
• Be open to changing the plan if the conversation takes a different direction, as long as it is still relevant to your assessment. The strength of co-hosted podcasts is the dynamic relationship between hosts and embracing flexibility is the best way to lean into that strength.

What's special about the interview format:

In this format you are the host, and you interview guests. Most of the content is question-and-answer format.

Your role as host is to prepare and ask questions (and ask follow-up questions based on the responses), guide the conversation to stay on topic, and to comment on and contextualise the content for your audience.

If there is more than one guest and they are recorded in conversation together, the host also facilitates the conversation between guests. This can be done verbally by asking guests to comment further on something a different guest has mentioned, or taking turns in which guest you post questions to.

Storyboarding tips for interviews:

• You can only storyboard your questions, because you do not know what your guest’s responses will be. But it is useful to brainstorm a few potential follow-up questions based on what they might say.
• In your storyboard, decide roughly how much time to spend on each section. Some guests will talk forever if you let them, and others may need encouragement, so having a rough time plan will help you guide the conversation to create the podcasting experience you want for your listeners.
• After the interview, add dot-points to your storyboard outlining the key ideas that your guests discussed. This will let you plan your edits without having to relisten to the files multiple times.