30 Days of Google #14: How to create a live Hangout on Air

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtaTkG9lwifRUp-CC1t6f9xQ0NRk4eZsOwmelqeDPW5ELtT_E7u9amNvihL7lF7TuUvyfjWyDH1bFzQm-55Uh3i4lfjWs_gpeHSBb-wIg3K29Thfz0jaXFgwid_tA7XymFUNDgHQzLzGlP/s1600-h/image3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8TwfGW6k8U7J4vcOr7IAtxuZNUP-CgXZ3nbrGHJNEarBeZ7KQWHkTSqHBPsWK_qzG5Aj-aZiIyDSf0QXNs0ZALZhi-X5TTel1vfFsBu3cAcKyjaF-9soOwAt69mqk4PovavbrDYguaif/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been quite fascinated by the concept of a Google Hangout plus the concept of Google+ Hangouts On Air, which lets you broadcast to an unlimited audience.  I have experienced both and this is a real hit from Google. (I can’t say that I fully understand it all perfectly) yet I must admit! In this post I want to talk more about the live Hangout on Air and show how to create one. </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></strong></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>What exactly is a Google Hangout on Air?</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A normal Hangout can only have ten viewers but Hangouts On Air allow you to publicly broadcast your Hangouts on YouTube and your Google+ stream for anyone to watch. This is amazing – it’s like having your own live video show on the web! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When broadcasting, your video will stream live on your YouTube account as well as on your Google+ stream. This means you can share your YouTube URL with anyone who wants to watch your broadcast live or they can watch in your Google+ stream. </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So what is the process then for a hangout on Air?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a brief summary:</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. </span></strong></span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Create your hangout or schedule your hangout and invite people</span></strong>.<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you invite more than 25 people they won’t get a personal invite but<br />the invitation will rather just occur in your stream. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also note that this is the time you have to decide whether it will be a Hangout on air. Check the button that enables Hangouts on Air.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2</b>. <strong>Prepare your YouTube channel</strong>.</span>This might only be necessary the first time you use a Google+ hangout</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3</b>. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Edit Your Hangout When Complete</strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After your Hangout On Air, you can edit the video in your YouTube account(connected to your Google+ account). </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Simply go to your </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/my_videos" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Video Manager</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> page and click on the Video Editor link on top of the page.</span><br /><h5><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. Share Your Recorded Hangout</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Once you’re happy with your video, you can then share it just like any other YouTube video.</span></h5><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A Slideshare on how to create a live Hangout on Air</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Please take a look at this SlideShare entitled, ‘<i>How to create a Google+ Hangout on Air' </i>and which has more detail on how to create a Hangout on Air.</span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/15565646" style="border-bottom: #ccc 0px solid; border-left: #ccc 1px solid; border-right: #ccc 1px solid; border-top: #ccc 1px solid; margin-bottom: 5px;" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="427"> </iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/how-to-conduct-a-google-hangout-on-air" target="_blank" title="How to conduct a Google+ Hangout on air">How to conduct a Google+ Hangout on air</a> </strong>from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a></strong> </div><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Extra reading</span></strong><br /><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/google-hangouts-on-air-guide/" title="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/google-hangouts-on-air-guide/">http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/google-hangouts-on-air-guide/</a><br /><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/youtube-live-streaming/" title="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/youtube-live-streaming/">http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/youtube-live-streaming/</a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/live/all" title="http://www.youtube.com/live/all">http://www.youtube.com/live/all</a><br /><a href="http://sproutsocial.com/insights/2012/05/how-to-hangouts-on-air/" title="http://sproutsocial.com/insights/2012/05/how-to-hangouts-on-air/">http://sproutsocial.com/insights/2012/05/how-to-hangouts-on-air/</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><br /></div>

30 Days of Google 30 Days of Google #14: How to create a live Hangout on Air

I have been quite fascinated by the concept of a Google Hangout plus the concept of Google+ Hangouts On Air, which lets you broadcast to an ...

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