Whether your goal is collaboration, client meetings, live streaming conference content or community outreach, Google Hangouts are an excellent (and free) option that could replace webinar and video-conferencing platforms. Learn how to use this exciting new technology, and its marketing, broadcast and collaboration tools while avoiding some of its hang-ups.
To join the PYM+ G+ community and receive regular invites to hangouts, visit http://Ez.com/pymhangout. For more advice, best practices and meeting planning tools, visit http://www.planyourmeetings.com.
To view the video archive of this session go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4-N2f9XLGs&feature=share. This session has been CIC-reviewed and is worth 1.5 CMP-IS clock hours in Strategic Domain A: Strategic Planning.
Plan well & prosper, friends! #yaypym
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Hangouts on
Air (HOA)
Broadcast live and
archived on your
YouTube Channel.
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YouTube Live
Professional quality
broadcast with multiple
audio and video feeds,
streamed live and
archived on YouTube.
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Hangout needs
Internet (wired is best)
On mobile: Download
Hangouts app
On desktop/laptop:
Download Google Voice
and Video plugin (the
first time you Hangout,
follow the prompts)
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HOA needs
Internet (wired is best)
On desktop/laptop:
Google Voice and Video
Gmail/Google Plus
account
YouTube Channel linked
to your G+ account
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YouTube Live needs
Internet (wired. period.
minimum speed of 5 MB)
Everything you need for HOA
(if broadcasting that way)
Going pro? You need an
encoder (like Wirecast for
YouTube)
Plus, firewire/cables to
external camera & audio
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YouTube
Set Up
1. Log into YouTube with
your page’s email.
2. Go to Channel
settings-> Features ->
Enable live events.
3. Link to your G+ page.
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Schedule
an HOA
There are two ways.
Here’s the difference.
G+ menu
YouTube page
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G+ page
Can start now
or schedule for later.
When you invite
people, they’re
invited to watch
and sent to a page.
Event page is easy
to edit & operate when
you go live.
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YouTube
Live Event page
Can start now
or schedule for later.
Allows greater technical
control.
There’s no event page,
just a watch page.
Best for YouTube Live
Events.
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Video Hangouts
Use instead of
conference calls.
Conduct training.
Collaborate with teams.
Hangout privately with
VIPs, fans, friends or
family members.
Hangout Apps
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Hangouts on Air
Webinars
Hybrid educational
sessions
Speaker interviews/event
teasers
Community engagement
Talk shows
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YouTube Live
Broadcasting multi-day
conference content
Toggling from action on a
stage to a virtual moderator
Creating professional
quality talk shows
Sharing concerts and other
live events in real time
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These 3 buttons
are magic!
Your G+ event page…
Add a
video teaser!
Let people
ask questions!
Hit start to begin!
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More apps…
YouTube
Google Drive
UberConference, to name
a few
!
Remember, anyone you
want to participate has to
also load/allow the app.
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Prepping tips
Make sure you’ve filled out
all the details in your
event.
Schedule a tech-thru with
all participants.
Sign on the day of early to
troubleshoot.
Read this: ez.com/hoatips.
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Don’t forget your virtuals!
Invite them in.
Give them a voice.
Connect them to in-
person audience.
Add virtual event design.
Eliminate dead time.