What is a Google Hangout “On The Air”?• Video Conference between several (up to 10) remote sites• Live streaming to a YouTube Channel, subsequent archiving

What is “Hangout With CERN”?• Google Hangout between CERN physicists and the public• A means to interest, inform, educate the public• An ongoing conversation with the public• A means to address scientific and social issues• A demonstration of accessibility• A means to get young researchers involved in Outreach

A Typical Hangout (about 30-40 minutes)• Introduction of Topic and Guests• Posing of Trivia Question• Discussion between Host, Guests, Theorists, Experimentalists• Q&A from Social Media, YouTube chat, Guests, Hosts• Answer to Trivia from Audience• Next Week’s Topic

http://cern.ch/hangouts

#HangoutWithCERN

Selected Hangout Titles from the Pilot Season (2012-2013)• Welcome to CERN• The Large Hadron Collider• What’s New with the Higgs?• Why does Antimatter Matter?• Mouse Smashes Mammoth• LHC and the Grid – The World is Our Calculator• LHC and the Grid – Big Data, Big Questions• Extra Dimensions• Multiplying Dimensions• All About SUSY• About Last Week• The Dark Side of the Universe• Going Pear-Shaped• ISOLDE – The Dream of the Alchemists• Penguins!• Why the Shutdown?

Selected External Partners & Guest Stars from the Pilot Season• Google Science Fair• The Science Museum, London• Lisa Randall and Raman Sundrum• Elise Andrews of “I F--king Love Science”• Fraser Cain of “Universe Today”• Several Vocal Fans on Social Media• Several High School Classes

Reaching the Public with the Collaborative Tools of Social Media