Services to Speak to an Audience
Eric is curious about ways to speak to a lot of people live. What are some of the best ways for him to do that?
Recommendation from the Hive Mind / Brain Trust[edit]
- Use Zoom to stream to YouTube as a first test.
- Streaming for Dummies
Video Casters[edit]
Multi-stream to YouTube, Twitch, etc.
- https://zoom.us/ - Ability to stream to Facebook, YouTube, Custom Possibly easiest to set up and to stream to multiples service. Has screen sharing and white board.
- https://streamyard.com/ - Ability to stream to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Periscope, Twitch
- https://obsproject.com/ - Difficult to use, but people use it.
- https://restream.io/studio - Ability to stream everywhere. Monthly subscription to consider. Advanced features but easy to use.
Video[edit]
- https://www.youtube.com/ - Should be considered the canonical stream. Could be linked to your existing YouTube channel.
- https://www.twitch.tv/ - Could be simulcast here, too. Why not?
- https://www.pscp.tv/ - Since, you're announcing on Twitter, it makes sense to simulcast here.
- https://facebook.com/ - Access to normies.
- https://jitsi.org/
- https://mixer.com/
Video Tools[edit]
Not Video[edit]
- WordPress - If you're going to create a website, you should use this. Highly configurable and very widely used by devs.
- Medium - Easy to get up and running, but not configurable.
Community[edit]
- Discord
- Mighty Networks - costs money but allows you to provide courses, organize topics well, and users can find people near them to build local community.
Pros and Cons to Consider[edit]
- Technical overhead
- ability for people to ask questions live
- audience/reach