The Van den Berg family employs their podcast as a monthly tool for keeping their members connected across three countries. Their podcast serves as a communication hub, space for learning, onboarding and an ever-growing archive of family stories.
A private trust company developed a seasonal podcasting schedule to address important themes for their 150 clients. This includes interviews with the founding family & experts and best practices shared by clients on philanthropy, investments, and family culture.
Welcome to the world of private podcasting, where stories come to life and families and enterprises forge stronger bonds through the power of multimedia storytelling.
For over a decade, we've been crafting films that capture the essence of family histories and life stories. But we realized something crucial along the way: traditional legacy films are one-time experiences, often centering around a single storyline, typically that of a family's patriarch or matriarch. While these stories are undeniably important, they only scratch the surface of a family's intricate tapestry as it evolves over time.
Private podcasting is a unique form of internal communication, tailor-made for your family or enterprise. At StoryKeep, our mission is to harness the power of private podcasting to unite families and keep them cohesive. It's not just about fostering a deeper familial bond, although that's certainly a beautiful aspect of it. It's also about practicality, especially for families with businesses or enterprises. Private podcasting serves as a platform for educating and aligning family members on critical topics, facilitating decision-making, and ensuring everyone is on the same page.
Enter private podcasting – a fresh and innovative tool that's changing the way families and enterprises connect.
Used as an on-going tool, your podcast invites a multitude of voices and perspectives.
Often audio-only, there are no lights, no cameras. Our team calls you, and you speak to us from a quiet room.
Podcast listening analytics let you see what’s working: top episodes, listening devices, downloads & more.
Designed for a select group, your podcast is accessible by invitation-only on a fully secure platform.
With no travel and less production demands, podcasting is an efficient and effective tool.
Intrinsically episodic, podcasting helps you slowly build an impressive time capsule of stories.
Invite individuals in your family, business or community to record their memories about important histories, events and turning points. Document first-hand experiences and institutional knowledge to share now and into the future.
Share your origin stories, values, and philosophies in a tidy set of themed podcast episodes. Warmly invite new people into your inner circle. Help your family's married-ins and your enterprise's new hires up to speed.
The intimacy of podcasting and storytelling can reach your furthest flung members. If your family or team is spread out and meets only occasionally, you can build culture and a sense of togetherness over the air waves.
What initiatives, projects and current themes does your family have to share with each other beyond the origin story? Podcasting gives voice to a diverse, layered narrative.
To begin, we discuss your goals. If podcasting can help you reach them, we develop a plan.
You may want to create a limited number of episodes, just 4 or 8.
Or, you may want to use your podcast as a regular tool to educate and nurture culture.
We help you develop a show concept, signature sound and promotion plan.
We take care of arranging recording dates, facilitating interviews, editing content, writing show notes and obtaining photos and other media content.
We offer full service back–end management or, alternatively, on-call support as needed.
"Jamie and Piet are the rare kind of people who naturally draw stories out of those they interact with. StoryKeep does an incredible job capturing those stories in a truly meaningful way. I was thrilled to be able to capture my own story in a private podcast, and continue to be amazed by how they helped me articulate my narrative in a new way that felt more true and more profound than ever. If you're looking to "keep" your story or the story of your family, there's no one better to draw out the beauty, capture it, and help you keep it."
— Bryn Monahan
Family Enterprise Consultant at Relative Solutions