Day one of Radiodays Asia 2024 will feature a must-attend session called “Making Hard Work Look Easy – 10 ‘secret’ sauces for 20 years of success in radio and podcasting” on Monday, September 4, from 10.10 am to 10.45 am.
It is a chance to learn from the best in the world as Chris Marsh, the creative audio producer of Hamish and Andy, shares the secrets to motivate talent and achieve success.
Over the past 20 years, Marsh, Senior Lead Future State Sound Design and Audio Production for LiSTNR Original Podcasts at Southern Cross Austereo, has been a driving creative force behind many of Australia’s biggest radio shows and podcasts. He has collaborated with notable names such as Carrie Bickmore and Tommy Little, Mick Molloy and Jane Kennedy, Matt Tilley and Jo Stanley, as well as podcast hosts Abbie Chatfield, Tom Tilley, The Shameless Girls, Alex Dyson, Matt Okine, and even former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
His most significant creative relationship has been his 15-year association with Hamish and Andy Show. As the Creative Audio Producer for their radio shows and, for the past six years, on Australia’s #1 podcast, Chris has also contributed to several of their TV projects. In addition to his technical expertise in editing, recording, and all areas of audio production, Chris has unique skills in managing high-profile talent. He also possesses vast knowledge in creating compelling, entertaining content and understands what it takes to run highly effective teams.
Another insightful workshop on day three will show how sustainability is much more than just how much electricity your studios and transmitters use.
“Sustainability Workshop: Future-Proofing Your Media Company” will take place on the morning of Wednesday, Sept 4.
Discover the big picture and learn how the UN Sustainability Goals can help you to build a better media company for the future.
The workshop will include examples of how broadcast companies are saving money on transmission and how they are thinking bigger as they formulate plans to sustain their business models into the future.
Sustainability encompasses planet, people, processes and passion, learn how to harness all the important elements for success in the face of continued competition in the media industry. You will leave the workshop with guidelines you can use to start planning for your own company’s future sustainability.
Steve Ahern is an internationally recognised trainer, digital media industry expert and broadcast management consultant. He is the author of the text book Making Radio and the publisher of the radioinfo industry trade magazines in Australia, Asia and Africa. Steve previously held various media industry leadership positions including Manager of ABC Radio in Sydney, Director of the ABU Media Academy in Kuala Lumpur and Director of the Radio faculty at Australia’s elite media university, AFTRS.
Radiodays Asia will be held 2-4 September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Register for the conference here.