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The 50 Shades of Planning podcast

If you listened to the 50 Shades of Planning podcast and would be interested in it's possible return, please do read on. If you did not and are not, please feel free to move on.

A few months ago a material change in circumstances meant that I drew the podcast to a close, but, pleasingly, another material change in circumstances means that I can think about starting it back up again.

First things first though. I will need to solicit financial support in order for the pod to operate in the same way that it has done. If then you have control over a marketing budget, or know somebody that does, please let me know.

Second things second. In the hope that support is forthcoming from somewhere, I will be thinking about how a refreshed and reinvigorated pod can come back bigger and better than ever. To that end I would welcome any feedback from anybody that has ever listened to it in the past. What did you like? What did you not like? Should fewer topics be covered in more detail or more topics in fewer detail? Do you have any ideas for topics that have not been covered? Who would you like to hear more from? Who would you like to hear less from? Would you like to be involved in putting episodes together yourself, either passively by contributing ideas or by getting actively involved in recording?

I used to say (and will keep saying) that 50 Shades of Planning is 'the podcast by planners and for planners' and so as well as soliciting opinion on the pod to date I wanted to reassert the open invitation to anybody interested in being involved.

Please de feel free to get in touch with me via samstafford@hotmail.com.



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  1. A P Webster8 February 2025 at 07:39

    I listened to several episodes over the last few years, probably about 1 in 2 of the ones that came out in the period I was listening, since about 2022.

    I found the episodes I listened to interesting although there were some things that I felt could have improved the podcast. One of these was that a number of episodes followed the form of an introduction during which various names of speakers were listed, following by a group discussion featuring three or four individuals - on a number of occasions I found it difficult to tell who the person talking at any one point actually was. I wonder if either having fewer people talking, or breaking the podcast up so it was simpler to follow who the speaker was and what their role/job/professional interest in the topic was, would make the podcast more accessible to those not already familiar with the individuals or organisations involved.

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