{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 262: Honing Your Craft Using Smart Project Management With Kickass Conferences Founder Isaac Watson","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2838,"description":"\n\n\n\n\nThe Nitty-Gritty:\n\n\n\n* How Kickass Conferences founder Isaac Watson manages massive projects like organizing a conference* The 5 phases that each event plan goes through and how project management works at each stage* What tools Isaac and his teams use to ensure every detail is accounted for and every guest has a fabulous experience* How he manages the experience on the ground during a live event\n\n\n\n\n\nI used to balk at project management.\n\n\n\nIt felt like the systems I was supposed to follow were imposing rules on things that didn’t need rules.\n\n\n\nI’d get it done. And I’d do it my own way, gosh darn it.\n\n\n\nBut then, at some point…\n\n\n\n…probably the 341st time I didn’t have enough time to execute a project the way I really wanted it to be done…\n\n\n\n…I realized that project management is as much about honing your craft as it is about making sure you hit deadlines or don’t forget a step.\n\n\n\nTeasing out the bits and pieces of how projects happen helps us make better stuff…\n\n\n\n…whether what you’re making is a publicity campaign, a book, a set of complex financial reports, or a podcast.\n\n\n\nThis month, Sean and I have working hard on the next phase of our project management at Yellow House Media. Yellow House is the full-service podcast production agency we co-founded back in August.\n\n\n\nThe way we look at it, every step in the process of producing a podcast is an opportunity to make a show better—to make it more engaging for the listener and to drive more results for the business owner. But to fully take advantage of those opportunities, we have to have our process down.\n\n\n\nWe can’t just throw an episode together. We have to carefully and intentionally work each step of the process so that both the host that we’re working with and our team has the greatest freedom to innovate and improve.\n\n\n\nThe structure of project management gives us the space to hone our craft, to get creative, and to make something great.\n\n\n\nAnd the better we get at making great podcasts, the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}