The beauty of Google Hangouts On Air & YouTube
I've been an avid Google+ user for a long time now. Oh, that's an understatement. Or actually an overstatement based on you who ask. Either way, one great feature I love about Google+ is Google Hangouts. You can have a video conference for up to 10 people. You can broadcast that video conference on YouTube at the same time. Google Hangouts on Air everybody. This weekend, the +Diaspora Camp had one for its #AfricaDayAgric chat and it went extremely well.
Its success is due to proper preparation and knowledge of the product. First, we had to create the +Diaspora Camp Google+ page and then link it to YouTube. +Ali Bukari Maiga has become a Google guru and effortlessly set this YouTube channel up. He's done so for countless +GhanaThink Foundation Google+ accounts now. He's also live streamed many events now - from +Barcamp Tema to +Springboard Road Show Foundation to +Global Shapers Accra's Accra Discourse.
+Jemila Abdulai has had the experience of moderating many Google hangouts and her experience made this +Diaspora Camp Africa Chat on Agric run very smoothly. She moderated the chat really well with great poise too. +Jemila Abdulai is very comfortable in front of the camera, having a history of many vlogs at +Circumspect. You can see her previous Google Hangout videos as well there.
Watch the full video here.
I was on a Google Hangout for +Social Media Week Lagos as a 55Forward Ambassador, this was run by +Raquel Wilson-Sow. Learn about 5 great Google Hangout Apps via Social Media Week. There are many great apps for Hangouts. I love the Lower Third features which gives a great journalistic feel to everything. Being able to view Google Drive documents while on a Hangout with folks has always been my first love.
Google Hangouts (and Google+) for that matter is always improving and changing so stay tuned as much as possible. I hope to see more Africans, especially digital natives and media organizations adopt it more. +Citi97.3FM continues to do a good job with this and +BloggingGhana too. Looking forward to more happy days in Africa with Google Hangouts.
Its success is due to proper preparation and knowledge of the product. First, we had to create the +Diaspora Camp Google+ page and then link it to YouTube. +Ali Bukari Maiga has become a Google guru and effortlessly set this YouTube channel up. He's done so for countless +GhanaThink Foundation Google+ accounts now. He's also live streamed many events now - from +Barcamp Tema to +Springboard Road Show Foundation to +Global Shapers Accra's Accra Discourse.
+Jemila Abdulai has had the experience of moderating many Google hangouts and her experience made this +Diaspora Camp Africa Chat on Agric run very smoothly. She moderated the chat really well with great poise too. +Jemila Abdulai is very comfortable in front of the camera, having a history of many vlogs at +Circumspect. You can see her previous Google Hangout videos as well there.
Watch the full video here.
I was on a Google Hangout for +Social Media Week Lagos as a 55Forward Ambassador, this was run by +Raquel Wilson-Sow. Learn about 5 great Google Hangout Apps via Social Media Week. There are many great apps for Hangouts. I love the Lower Third features which gives a great journalistic feel to everything. Being able to view Google Drive documents while on a Hangout with folks has always been my first love.
Google Hangouts (and Google+) for that matter is always improving and changing so stay tuned as much as possible. I hope to see more Africans, especially digital natives and media organizations adopt it more. +Citi97.3FM continues to do a good job with this and +BloggingGhana too. Looking forward to more happy days in Africa with Google Hangouts.
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