Reducing those distances has become a goal for every company operating online. Some tools and resources to bridge the gap are sharing photos of our pets, the workplace, or travels, using recognition platforms to reinforce the company’s internal culture, and planning activities with those who live nearby.
Another great way to connect while working remotely is through the universal language of music. Team members can share songs or playlists on the company’s different channels, such as group chats, Discord, Slack, etc. so that everyone can listen to the same music while they carry out their tasks.
At Coderio, we wanted to go beyond, so in this spirit, we created our own profile on Spotify that grows daily; also, an official podcast, Tech Pill Podcast, was born at the initiative of the ambassadors’ team. This beautiful project, devised by our dream team, produced a series of audios comprising a compilation of news and updates from the IT sector.
The power of voice
First things first: what is a podcast? It is an episodic series of audio files users can download to a personal device or listen to online. Today, there are multiple streaming platforms. The best known is Spotify, which has 422 million subscribers worldwide in its free and paid versions.
Inspired by the radio and its irrefutable success as a mass media, podcasts recover that magic, often intimate and private, shared and enjoyed by everyone thanks to the power of the voice.
Podcasts can be microprograms of at most 5 minutes in length on various topics, interviews, reports, or small news snippets. The latter is the case of Tech Pill, our podcasts.
Creating the Coderio podcast
To create content besides the written one, the ambassadors’ team proposed creating a podcast. During the creation of the Tech Pill Podcast at Coderio, the idea is to connect not only the company’s collaborators but everyone else who is interested in the IT world.
In that sense, names were thought to represent that spirit. After several proposals, the most voted was Tech Pill, based on transmitting the perfect dose of news and novelties from the techie world for lovers of programming, development, design, and entertainment.
The next step was to get to work and start a little research on the platforms that would allow us to store and distribute the content. We analyzed several: Anchor, RedCicle, Spotify, Apple, and Google. Then, we met with some contacts who knew how to guide us in this first stage. Our special thanks to Juan Pedro Manzano from “Más Atlético” and Atahualpa Sánchez from “We don’t test it.”
Continuing with the search for references and guides for this process, we requested professional advice for the editing part. So we hired a pair of editors who, with their creativity and knowledge, composed an exclusive musical theme for Coderio. There were several incredible ideas until we found one with which we felt identified. Great job from Magdalena Lemos and Luciana Roberto!
Our colleague and ambassador, Corina Rodríguez, who has a background in journalism, lent us her voice. Now everything was set for the Tech Pill Podcast at Coderio.
Piano, piano
In this first stage, we have agreed to create an Anchor account to upload the content and link it to Coderio’s profile on Spotify. On it, there is a curated playlist our collaborators listen to while they work.
In the future, we will continue to provide content – such as thematic playlists – and add platforms – such as Google and Apple – and venture into other formats for the program: hand-in-hand interviews, coverage, reviews, and chronicles of events in the sector. As part of our continuous growth, the Tech Pill Podcast at Coderio is expected to expand its reach.
The creative team
The Coderio Ambassadors’ Committee is an initiative that aims to transmit the company’s values, spirit, and objectives through various channels, highlighting the experience of its members, who know it best.
As brand speakers, we seek to collaborate in proposing and implementing joint actions, such as participation in industry events, preparation of articles of professional interest, social media posts, and the recent creation of the Tech Pill Podcast at Coderio, among many others.
In our weekly meetings, we contribute and select the topics and trends of the moment to write the script for the next episode. Although there are no limitations, we prioritize the news related to the world around us based on our profession: news, upcoming events, global context, jobs, releases, and programming updates.
We are very excited about this project. It was created to bridge the gap among our collaborators working in different places and time zones but connected by common interests. Tech Pill aims to bring together every Coderian out there. Click here to play the Tech Pill Podcast at Coderio.
