Participate in the live sessions of the retreat:
1 Watch:
Simply click on the YouTube link that will be posted on the home page in the days leading up to the conversation.
Comment or ask a question on the YouTube comment thread:
On live YouTube pages, there is a comment column to the right of the video (if you watch the video after the live broadcast,, the comments will be below the video). In order to comment, you need to create a YouTube account. If you need instructions, click www.wikihow.com/Make-a-YouTube-Account. If you already have a g-mail or Google+ account, your YouTube account is created automatically. Please add a photo, so that people can see you, this makes the experience more vivid for everybody.
To ask a question: please put the word QUESTION in capitals, so it’s easily visible. You can repeat it to make sure it’s noticed. I usually check the comments and questions towards the end of the conversation.
To ask a question: please put the word QUESTION in capitals, so it’s easily visible. You can repeat it to make sure it’s noticed. I usually check the comments and questions towards the end of the conversation.
Ask your question live by joining the Google hangout:
This takes a bit of time and willingness to deal with technical stuff to set up, but once you've done it, you're ready to participate as directly and fully as is possible on the internet! If you're a 'low tech' person, maybe you could ask a tech-savvy friend or young person to help you out?
You can join with or without video. If you prefer, you can come on just on audio. Please indicate your preference.
Take these preparatory steps a few hours before the start of the conversation.
If you want to come onto a live hangout,
You can join with or without video. If you prefer, you can come on just on audio. Please indicate your preference.
Take these preparatory steps a few hours before the start of the conversation.
- Create a Google+ account if you don’t have one yet. The link for doing so is: www.plus.google.com. If you’re not permanently signed in, please keep a record of your password!
- Add Grace Bubeck to one of your circles. Make sure you do this well ahead of time, as it can take a few hours for the notification to arrive in my account. I will then add you back to one of my circles so that I can easily identify you when you ask to come onto a hangout. Also make sure that you add the right account: The profile photo that you see for Grace Bubeck should be the same as the photo on the homepage of this website or on the Living from Love facebook page.
- Also ahead of time, if you like, do a trial Hangout on Air by yourself, but this is not necessary. On your Google+ homepage, click on the home page symbol at the top left of the screen, and on the drop down menu, click Hangout on Air. If you’re doing one for the first time, Google will ask you to download a hangouts plug in. Download, and then start your hangout. Get familiar with the screen. Know that it’s only when you click on the Broadcast button at the bottom of the screen that you will go ‘on air’. You don’t have to, you can end the hangout without going public.
- If you haven't done a trial hangout, you need to download the hangouts plug in or app by going to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/hangouts/
If you want to come onto a live hangout,
- Ask to come on by posting a YouTube comment, and confirm that you’re ready to come on. Make sure you indicate the name of the Google+ account in case it is different from your YouTube account/identity.
- Open your own Google+ account in a new window. I will announce the fact that I'm inviting you to join the hangout. Once you've heard the announcement, check whether there is an invitation.
- You will receive an invitation in two places:
- 1: easier and more straightforward: on your google+ page: click on the green hangout button underneath your photo in the top right corner of the screen, and there will be a listing of Grace Bubeck and a green camera symbol: by clicking on that camera, you join the hangout.
- 2: if you have a g-mail account you'll receive a message about the hangout; the message has a link that you can click to join the hangout.
- Before you are connected into the hangout, you have to tick a little box to agree to the terms and conditions, and then you can click the join button. You will come into the hangout with your microphone and image muted, and I will unmute you when I bring you on.
- Once you’re on the hangout, make sure you close your YouTube broadcast, as staying on it will create an echo. You can reopen the YouTube broadcast by clicking on the link on the home page once you’re off the hangout.