Free Webinar: Getting Started with the New Google+

On December 7th, I joined +Michael Daniels in his Top Contributor Hangouts series to talk about how to get started with the new Google+.  I talked about how to set up your profile, find interesting content, and  post your own content.

Whether you are new to Google+ or a long time Plusser getting used to the new interface, you should learn something new.  And if you are still using the Classic Google+ interface, now is the time to give the new web experience a try!

Here's the general outline of what we discussed.

1. Setting up your Google+ Profile

2. Populating your Home stream

       * Finding and following Collections

       * Following People and Pages

       * Organizing people into Circles

       * Communities

3. Engaging with posts: Plus, Comment, Share

4. Posting

         * Create your own Collections

         * New posts, Text and Plus Mentions

         * Share photos and images

         * Share links

         * Create a poll

         * Post settings

5. Notifications

You can watch the recording and join the chat by signing in here (it's free, with registration). I've also embedded the video below.

We covered a lot of topics in an hour, so I've shared my slides below (with a few edits for clarity). You can peruse them at your own pace. To get the full description of each slide, view the speaker notes.

• To view full screen, click the  button.
• To see the slide description and notes, click the gear, then select "Open speaker notes"

If you have questions, need help, or are looking to take Google+ to the next level, here are some resources:

Get help with Google+

• Google+ Help Center 
• Google+ Help Community (English)
• Google+ Help Communities in other languages (French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish)

Create Collections

• Official Google+ Collections Community - learn to build great Collections
• Getting started with Google+ Collections Guide
• Collections 101 Panel discussion

Follow my "Get the most out of Google+" Collection for updates and tips:

Watch the webinar Learn Google+ from a TC:

Updated March 2019