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 Pasotim.brice@noaa.gov@timbrice17+Tim Bricehttp://about.me/timbrice