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I want to thank Bruce Turner for filling in for me on Podcaster Training. Even though I could only be on the phone, it sounded like he had a great turnout and I also want to thank the listeners that participated during the show.

Bruce talked about the angst and awe of podcasting as his main topic. Be sure to listen to this great episode in the player below and join us every Friday Night for more Podcaster Training!

We will return with our regular episodes next Friday and our main topic will be on “Casting Your Net For Listeners”.

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Ok, what’s so special about THIS episode? Isn’t Podcaster Training on EVERY Friday Night? The answer is simple, this episode will be special because it will be Guest Hosted by Bruce Turner!

I will be unavailable (my day job is getting in the way again), however, the show MUST go on! Bruce has been a long time, regular on Podcaster Training and is a fellow host on Talkshoe. He will most likely be doing an Open Mic style show, but then again, that’s entirely up to him! Tune in and see what is happening on Friday Night.

Oh, and if I can manage it, I will try and stop in for a few minutes, if my schedule permits it. I’ll be definitely checking out the podcast to hear all the fun I missed! And, I will be back the following Friday Night with more Podcaster Training.

Have fun on Friday Night, 8:00pm EST at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/16829

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Last week, there was no show and of course, you probably already know that, especially if you attend regularly. I was under the weather and due to the cold I had, I lost my voice and well…for a talk show, the host losing their voice isn’t a good thing!

I’m much better now and when last we met, we discussed a lot of topics thanks to our Open Mic Night! We will definitely make this a regular event for future shows. This week, kind of keeping up with an Open Mic theme, ok, not really like it, but similar, we will discuss “What Makes An Expert…An Expert” anyway? This should be fun and I hope to get your thoughts and opinions on this topic as we go through tonight.

So, when someone professes to be an expert, how did they get that designation? Did they go to college and get a degree? Did they work in a particular job for a number of years and gain a bunch of experience? Did they just all of the sudden one day tell the World that they are an expert and expect everyone just to believe it? Let’s look at these questions and your thoughts on this topic and see what we come up with!

Take a college graduate for example. They have a degree in a certain subject or disipline, but no real world experience…does this make them an expert in that subject or disipline just because they have a piece of paper that says they took those courses? What if they have the degree and then get the real world experience to back up that piece of paper, now are they an expert?

According to today’s business standards, a person with a college degree and no real world experience will be hired over a person with no degree and real world experience, because the college graduate took some courses, so they MUST know what they are talking about and can prove, because the took the courses, that they can do the job better than someone that has the real world experience. But we all know, that just isn’t the case most of the time. Real world experiences are hardly ever found in a text book and what is found in the text books are hardly ever found in the real world!

So, the question begs to be answered, is this college graduate an expert since they have no real world experience?

Let’s look at an example from my own real world experience with the above scenario. We’ll call this college graduate “John”, not his real name and he has a degree. Now John, gets a job as an Engineer, and says he has an Engineering Degree, but in reality, he never finished, much less started, the Engineering Course. His degree is in something non related to the Engineering Job he is applying for. Now the employer doesn’t bother to check as they trust John because he “talks a good talk”. John gets the job, the big salary, corner office and is immediately put in charge of a few people, even though, he has never supervised anyone prior as his only real world experience has been driving a cab. John reads a lot of books and retains most everything he reads and when he doesn’t know the answer, he just talks some technical sounding jargon, makes it sound good and then immediately changes the subject. So, knowing John now as you do, is he an expert Engineer? I mean, he got the job, “looks busy” all the time, doesn’t take a lunch, works overtime without pay and tries to be something to everyone he comes in contact with so that he can establish himself in his job. Now is he an expert?

What about the college graduate that after he graduates, gets a job using his degree in the disipline or subject of that degree, works that job for many years, knows everything about the subject and the job, is the go to guy for answers, maybe even comes up with better fixes for issues that come along…is he an expert?

How about the person that has many years of real world experience, maybe in different subjects, no college degree because they were working to build a career or raise a family, is the go to guy for answers, knows everything about the job they are doing…are they an expert?

Or you take someone like John that we talked about earlier, they just show up one day and proclaim themselves as an expert at that job, claims to have a degree but never can produce it or won’t produce it, always has an excuse for their “wrong answers” when proven wrong, but they still claim to be an expert…are they an expert?

Listen to this great discussion in the player below!

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