USING GOOGLE PLUS HANGOUTS-ON-AIR FOR DECISION SUPPORT SERVICES
By Tim Brice – NWS El PasoAMS Annual Conference January 10, 2012
VIDEO CONFERENCE SOFTWARE EVALUATION
Quickly and easily conducting interviews with media
Face-to-face communication with emergency management involving Decision Support
Savings related to not having to deploy to a remote location.
Training opportunities- SKYWARN, office-to-office, etc
VIDEO CONFERENCE SOFTWARE EVALUATION
A large user base The ability to quickly and easily set-up
and run video conferencing Multi-point video conferencing
capability Desktop sharing User friendly
VIDEO CONFERENCE SOFTWARE EVALUATION
Skype
GoToMeeting HD Faces
Google Plus Hangouts
GOOGLE PLUS
Rapidly growing user database 500+ million users around the world
Easy to use interface Integrated with other Google products
like Search, Reader, YouTube, Picasa, Blogger etc.
Organized via circles Video hangouts have great potential for
coordination use.
GOOGLE PLUS HANGOUTS
Group chat of up to nine users at a 640p x 480p rate.
Uses a client-server system, as opposed to P2P.
News Media and musicians are early Hangout adopters
GOOGLE PLUS HANGOUTS
Easy install of video chat plugin. Can chat with one to nine people
at once Can show desktop in one on one
and group chat No additional cost
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR
Same advantages as regular hangouts
Broadcast live on YouTube (potentially to millions of viewers)
Immediately archived on YouTube
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR EXAMPLES
Cooking classes Game shows Guitar Lessons Presidential chats Music Concerts Hangouts from the Space Station Search for the Higgs Boson Astronomy-casts
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR - DISCUSSION
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – SHARING INFO
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – SHARING INFO
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR - PRESENTATIONS
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – OFFICE BRIEFINGS
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – OFFICE BRIEFINGS
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – ON GOING WEATHER
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – ON GOING WEATHER
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – ON GOING WEATHER
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – ON GOING WEATHER
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – IN THE FIELD
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – PROMOTING THE NWS
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR REQUIREMENTS
Google Plus account (free) YouTube account (free) Computer/Laptop with camera and mic Aircard or DSL Internet connection
(regional LAN usually can’t support HOA)
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR – HOW CLOSE ARE WE
YouTube accounts now available for WR (and soon SR offices)
Google Plus experimental office accounts to start soon
WFO bandwidth limitations will continue
HANGOUTS-ON-AIR TAKE AWAYS
Up to nine people can join the chat Share desktop, videos and docs Unlimited number of people can view
live via G+ or YouTube Automatic archiving on YouTube for
later review or distribution. Great face-to-face briefing and/or
discussion tool.
QUESTIONS?
Tim BriceNWS – El [email protected]@timbrice17+Tim Bricehttp://about.me/timbrice