mHealth for Youth, via Google Hangout on Air
February 26, 2013 • 0 comments • By Jessica Ken, Digital Communications Associate, ISIS, Inc.
First things first: What is a Hangout on Air?
Google Hangout On AirmHealth for Youth Hangout
ISIS’ Hangout, “mHealth for Youth: Text Messaging Beyond the Basics”Deb Levine, ISIS‘
- Pamela Johnson, Co-founder of Voxiva
(Text4Baby & Quit4Health);
- Tom Subak, Chief Information Officer of Planned Parenthood Federation
of America;
- Sam McKelvie, Head of Mobile Strategy at Mobile Commons
; and
- Eric Leven, President of RipRoad
.
A key message throughout the Hangout was the opportunity for text messaging to engage hard-to-reach populations at high risk for HIV and other STIs.“The real issue that we all face in our [public health] work is reach,” said Eric Leven, “and text messaging is the ideal medium to get the broadest reach…particularly to reach those people that are the most difficult to reach and would choose to use text message to either get information or ask a question.”
Ready. Set. Hangout.
Interested in other recent examples of Google Hangouts on Air? President Obama hosted the “Fireside Hangout” on February 14 with five Americans who had questions about the State of the Union address. Doug Fridsma, Chief Science Officer and Director, Office of Science and Technology, in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS also hosted a Hangout on Air last weekHost your own Google Hangout on Air
- You will need a Google+ account
and a computer or other Internet enabled device (mobile phone or tablet) that has a webcam and microphone. You will also need a YouTube account
to livestream the video.
- Add the Hangout speakers to your Circle. (They must have accounts, too) and have the speakers add you to their Circle. Only the speakers have to be in your Circle, but because it uses YouTube, anyone with the link to the video can view the video live.
- From your Google+ page, select “Start Hangout”. Enable the livestream by selecting the button that says “Enable Google Hangouts on Air”.
- Once you have started your Hangout, give it a name, invite your participants, preview the video stream and then to embed or link to the video (just like you would if you were sharing a YouTube video)
- Do a test run to make sure that all of the speakers understand how to use Google+ and that the video and sound are OK.
- Check out Google’s Hangouts on Air User Guide (PDF) that covers all the specifics and best practices for hosting a Hangout.
Note: There are apps that label the different screens so people know who is talking. Google+ also has some built in features, that help you moderate the Hangout. Learn about and practice using these before your Hangout.
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