Master Brewers Podcast

Working Group

Working Group

Purpose

We want every episode of the Master Brewers Podcast to be interesting, informative, and entertaining and we want to increase awareness of as much of the amazing content our association produces as possible. But no 1 person can attend every district meeting, read every TQ article, etc. Therefore, as a member of the Podcast Working Group (PWG), you will screen potential content for the Master Brewers Podcast by serving as the association's eyes & ears when consuming any MBAA content (ie District presentations, TQ articles, annual conference presentations & posters, books, other publications, webinars, Tool Box Talks, Ask The Brewmasters, courses, etc.).

PWG Member Responsibilities

  1. Each PWG member is assigned a content area and tasked with screening all content generated by that area since the previous PWG meeting.
  2. Prior to each PWG meeting, follow the steps below to document recent activity from your content area.
  3. Prior to each PWG meeting, prepare to give the PWG a brief overview of recent activity from your content area.
  4. If for any reason you are unable to screen new content from your area, find someone else who can take your place. "Sorry, I couldn't attend my last district meeting" prevents the PWG from executing its mission unless it's coupled with "...but I arranged to get the details from someone else who could."
  5. Attend all PWG meetings.

How to Document Content Area Activity

Add each piece of content (district presentation, TQ article, etc.) to a row below the blue line on our "PWG proposed episodes" Google spreadsheet. Fill in all fields completely and add as much detail as possible. Use the notes field to indicate whether or not the content would make for a good podcast episode. Keep in mind our litmus test: If the content doesn't help brewers make better beer, it's not a good fit.

How to Propose Ideas (rather than published content)

Sometimes PWG members have ideas for podcast episodes that don't originate from published content. This is OK but requires a lot more work from the PWG member. If you'd like to propse an idea, follow these steps before pitching your idea to the PWG:

  1. Put together a detailed outline/well-thought-out plan in a Google doc. Back it up with enough details for us to develop interview questions. This could be some combination of an outline, links to content (see #4 below), a list of any questions that you'd like to be asked, etc. If we can't understand the topic in detail, then we can't develop interview questions.
  2. Add your propsed idea to a row below the blue line on our "PWG proposed episodes" Google spreadsheet. Fill in as many fields as possible and add a link to #1 in the "link to content" field.

How to Join the PWG

If you'd like to join, please contact Master Brewers HQ