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I n d e x

•  H o w t o w a t c h p u b l i c h a n g o u t s •  H o w t o j o i n a h a n g o u t •  H o w t o h o s t h a n g o u t s •  C o m p a r i n g p l a t f o r m s •  S t r a y o b s e r v a t i o n s •  H o w N O T t o h a n g o u t

H o w t o W a t c h H a n g o u t s

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•  If you want to watch a hangout, no login is required. You can view the hangout live on Google+ or YouTube. Hangouts are also archived for later viewing.

•  Please share the news. Click ‘+’ and ‘Share the event’ … You can also copy the link and post on other social web channels or send via email.

•  If the Q&A app is on, please ask questions before and during the conversation.

•  Viewers are encouraged to leave comments on the Google+ event page and YouTube.

•  Enjoy the show!

H o w t o J o i n a H a n g o u t

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•  Get an account on Google+ which requires a Gmail address.

•  Let the hangout facilitator/organizer know of your interest in participating.

•  You will need a webcam. It helps to have headphones and microphone.

•  Before your hangout, test the hangout software with a private chat. Install plugins if necessary.

•  Learn how to set up the Lower Third screen.

•  Find a quiet space with ample internet signal strength.

•  Bring something for show and tell. We love to see tangible folk art, food and lo-fi media: postcards, flyers, guidebooks, posters.

•  Use screenshare to show photos already on your computer.

A f t e r t h e H a n g o u t

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•  On YouTube give the video a thumb’s up

•  Share the video on the social web – Facebook, Google+, Twitter

•  Embed the video on your website

•  Bonus Points: Add the video to a YouTube playlist

•  Bonus Points: Edit the transcript

•  Bonus Points: Remix the video to showcase highlights

•  Bonus Points for Planeta Wiki editors: Embed the new info and links on the wiki

H o w t o H o s t H a n g o u t s •  When you are signed into Google+ -- https://plus.google.com -- click ‘Hangout'

from the lefthand navigation menu •  Now click ‘Hangouts on air' and you will be given the choice of starting one

immediately or scheduling a hangout for later (our preference is to schedule the hangouts for later, thus creating an event page that makes it easy to share and thus promote)

•  Enable the Q&A (Questions and Answers) app •  When you are ready, click ‘start' to Broadcast hangout and invite participants

(individually or by circle) •  At the start and during the hangout, invite viewers to submit questions that will

appear in the Q&A •  Afterwards double check the YouTube video and make sure the show notes include

a link to the Google+ event page and other relevant links; optional: set license to creative commons attribution so that others can create highlights

!  Easy Mistakes: If you choose ‘Event' instead of ‘Hangout' from the lefthand column, the YouTube video link is NOT automatically created.

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When you are signed into Google+ -- https://plus.google.com -- click ‘Hangout' from the lefthand navigation menu

Now click ‘Hangouts on air' and you will be given the choice of starting one immediately or scheduling a hangout for later (our preference is to schedule the hangouts for later, thus creating an event page that makes it easy to share and thus promote)

Once you have created a hangout, edit the details which will appear as ‘show notes on the YouTube video.

Please Share this Event

I n v i t e Y o u r G u e s t s

Y o u r g u e s t s w i l l n e e d a G m a i l a d d r e s s a n d w e b c a m . I f t h e y h a v e n o t p a r t i c i p a t e d i n a h a n g o u t b e f o r e , i n v i t e t h e m t o a d e m o c h a t a n d e x p l a i n h o w i t w o r k s .

L o w e r T h i r d

Ask participants to join the hangout 10-15 minutes before the official start time. This lets you work through technical glitches.

Ask participants to set up the Lower Third screen.

Sometimes there will be glitches

Q u e s t i o n s a n d A n s w e r s

Hangout hosts have the option to set up the Question and Answer (Q+A) App which lets viewer post questions. Hosts select the questions and answers are timestamped in the video replay.

E v e n t o r g a n i z e r s c a n

a d d l i n k s t o f e a t u r e d

w e b s i t e s v i a t h e

S h o w c a s e A p p .

Showcase

P r o m o t e Y o u r H a n g o u t s

Guests and the event organizer should promote the hangout.

The organizer should create artwork.

Share the news about the hangout on Google+ AND other social web channels.

A r c h i v e Y o u r V i d e o s

Hangouts are immediately archived on YouTube.

Organizers, guests and others can embed videos on other websites and create playlists from your videos.

Image @ Aftab Uzzaman

C o m p a r i n g P l a t f o r m s

Google+ is not the only platform to stream a live conversation. One advantage of Google+ is that the conversation is streamed live via YouTube and archived immediately.

T h e n u m b e r o f l i v e v i e w e r s f o r h a n g o u t s d e p e n d s o n t h e p r o m o t i o n f r o m t h e o r g a n i z e r A N D g u e s t s .

T h e n u m b e r o f v i e w e r s f o r t h e h a n g o u t i s n o t i c e a b l y l a r g e r f o r t h e a r c h i v e d v i d e o .

C h a l l e n g e o f g e t t i n g o n l i n e p a r t i c i p a n t s : s o m e p e o p l e a r e c a m e r a s h y !

P a r t i c i p a n t s c a n u p d a t e t h e i r G o o g l e + p r o f i l e p a g e

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Stray Observations

How to hangout NOT

•  U s e a b r o w s e r o t h e r t h a n C h r o m e

•  K e e p S k y p e r u n n i n g i n t h e b a c k g r o u n d

•  U s e a f a u l t y m i k e •  U s e a f a u l t y w e b c a m •  W e b c a s t f r o m a n o i s y r o o m •  W e b c a s t f r o m a p l a c e w i t h

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R e f e r e n c e s

Hangouts https://plus.google.com/hangouts

Planeta Wiki http://planeta.wikispaces.com/hangout

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGcZwmpqrhGaIaGeZRe0STyuF-4nQGsIU

Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/ronmader/hangouts

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