Google+ Learn how to Share Stuff

Posted by Pierre Khawand on Fri, Aug 05, 2011 @ 08:45 AM

Guest blog article written by Steve Loosley, Tech Blogger

Google+ is about sharing, sharing different things with different groups or circles of people. Today, I want you to learn how to share.

Sign-in to your G+ account, and near the top of the main screen just under the heading, “Stream,” find the gray box, “Share what’s new…”

Click inside the box.

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The box expands, inviting you to type. For practice, type a short note introducing yourself to Pierre, the founder of People-OntheGo. “Hi Pierre, my name is <insert your name.> I work at <name of your organization> in the <name> department.”

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In the lower right corner of the box, find the four icons: the green camera allows you to add photos; the white-and-red icon, videos; the paper clip, links; and the red tack, your location. If you’re adventuresome, click the green camera icon and upload your picture.

Next, we select who we will share this information with. Click the blue button, + Add circles or people to share with… You can share with individual people by entering an address, with groups of people by selecting any or all of your circles, or with everyone by making it public.

Today, let’s share with Pierre. If you completed our last post, Pierre is already in your Business Contacts circle, so in the sharing box, type Pierre Khawand.

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Finally, click the Share icon.

Congratulations! Now that you’ve mastered sharing, you are ready to share specific things with specific people, whether a private message to one person, a public message to everyone, or a custom message to only a few.

If you would like an invitation to join G+, please leave a comment below, note your interest, and we’ll do our best to make sure that you receive an invitation email as soon as possible.

Additional Resources

Google+ Project Website

Google+ Help Article on Sharing

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Google+ Learn how to set-up Circles.

Posted by Pierre Khawand on Mon, Aug 01, 2011 @ 08:34 PM

Guest blog article written by Steve Loosley, Tech Blogger

Google+ is about sharing information with different circles or groups of people. In our last post, we learned how to set-up our G+ account and update our Profile. Today, we want to introduce Circles.

All of us have a variety of relationships or “circles” of people with whom we interact — family, classmates, colleagues, associates, customers, and so forth. Google+ allows us to create our own Circles, giving us the power to share different things with different circles of people.

Set-up a Circle

Log in to your account and click on the icon at the top of your screen that resembles two Olympic rings with a third ring dislodged.

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At the top of the next screen, you will see three categories of people, “People in your circles,” “People who’ve added you” to their circles, and people to “Find and Invite.”

Click on Find and Invite.

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Google+ will suggest people you may want to add. You can either add someone yourself by clicking on the blank card in the upper left titled, “+ Add a new person,” or you can search by entering a name in the box at the top of your screen, “Find People.”

To practice, let’s create a new Circle titled Business Contacts, and add Pierre Khawand, the founder of People-OntheGo to the Circle. In the search box at the top, type Pierre Khawand and press Enter. A card with Pierre’s picture will appear.

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Next, drag and drop his card in the gray, dashed circle on the far left titled, “Drop here to create a new circle.” Next, click the blue link, Create circle.

A pop-up will ask you to enter a description for the Circle. Type “Business Contacts,” and click the blue box, Create circle with one person.

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Congratulations! You have created your first Circle and are well on your way to leveraging the power of Google+.

If you would like an invitation to join G+, please leave a comment below, note your interest, and we’ll do our best to make sure that you receive an invitation email as soon as possible.

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Google+ Receive an Invitation and Set-up your Account.

Posted by Pierre Khawand on Sun, Jul 31, 2011 @ 09:43 AM

Guest blog article written by Steve Loosley, Tech Blogger

Google+, or G+ for short, redefines how we share information on the web. To get started, you will need an account, so today, we want to help you sign-up and create your profile.

Create your Account

Navigate to http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/ where you will land on the G+ welcome screen. In the upper right, click on the blue button Join.

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As you may have heard, you will need an invitation to join Google+. If you would like an invitation, please leave a comment below, note your interest, and we’ll do our best to make sure that you receive an invitation email as soon as possible.

Welcome to Google+. From the Welcome page, you can watch three short videos that overview Circles, Hangouts, and Sparks, and you can complete your Profile.

Set-up your Profile

Click on the blue button near the bottom of your screen, Complete your profile.

Take a few minutes to enter information about yourself and upload a picture or two. The Introduction section is a great way to tell others about yourself. Enter the cities where you’ve lived, your schools, and your job. In a later post, we’ll learn how to customize the privacy settings for each of these categories.

Great job! Congratulations! Once you have created your Profile, it only gets easier and a lot more fun.

Additional Resources

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Google Plus: What does it mean for +You?

Posted by Pierre Khawand on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 @ 07:54 PM

Guest blog article written by Steve Loosley, Tech Blogger

Three weeks and 20 million users — Google Plus is everywhere, from the headlines of the New York Times to the millions of “walls” on Facebook. What is Google+, or G+ as it’s commonly called?

What does Google Plus mean for +You?

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Google claims, “The Google+ project makes sharing on the web more like sharing in the real world.” Even though Google+, Facebook, and Twitter are often used in the same sentence, Google is carefully positioning G+ as a platform for sharing information, as opposed to another social media site.

G+ is designed around the metaphor of a circle.

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All of us have “circles” of friends, circles with our family, close friends, classmates, colleagues, associates, customers, clients, and so forth. Moreover, we share different things with different circles. We tell our parents one thing, our close friends another, and our business associates still another.

G+ enables us to share different things with different groups or circles of people electronically, just as we do “off-line” in everyday life. We can share stuff with one person, with a group of people, or with anyone and everyone, the public. Stuff can be most anything, notes, pictures, videos, web pages — virtually anything.

In the following series of posts, we will show +You how to put Google+ to work, including how to sign-up for G+, set-up your profile, arrange your circles, and share information. In our next post, we will help you join and set-up your account.

Additional Resources

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