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Tips for your Connect Live application video

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Caption: Image showing Connect Live branding: a global skyline with fireworks, with video clapboard.Caption: Image showing Connect Live branding: a global skyline with fireworks, with video clapboard.

 

One of the requirements to apply for Connect Live 2018 is to submit a 1-minute video in which you appear on camera, speak about why you’d like to attend.

 

To help you create a video that shows you in the best light (pun intended), we reached out to our friends in the YouTube Contributors program, who are a group of passionate volunteers that help YouTube become a better platform for users through answering questions on the help forum or Twitter or by creating YouTube help videos.


YouTube Creator Kate from Kate’s Adventures made an excellent video with tips for capturing the best footage and incorporating your adventures as a Local Guide into your application video.

 

 

Below are some highlights from Kate’s video:

  • Equipment: Any camera, including your smartphone’s camera, is OK
  • Lighting: While filming outdoors in natural light is best, filming indoors is OK, too, as long as you’re in a well-lit area
  • Filming outside: If you do film outside, be aware of the background sounds, including wind. Talk loudly and clearly, and keep the microphone close when talking and filming scenery.
  • Visuals: Show what’s around you but don’t forget to tell viewers what they are looking at, and be specific about what’s being shown

 

Check out Kate’s other tips for preparing to film videos, too.

 

Remember, you don’t need fancy equipment or special effects, just be yourself!

 

Looking for more tips? Check out these videos:

5 important elements of high-quality video. Follow them and your video will look great by Video SEO

Easy tips and tricks to make Video for Local Guides applicants ! by Asmageek

How to create a good video on YouTube by Alex Tereshkov

 

Learn more about YouTube Contributors.


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531 Comments
Level 9

Thank you very much @TraciC it really Helpful video

Level 7

Oh my god! I'm so happy to receive the invitation!! 

The best of luck to all the local guides 🙌

Level 6

Great!

Another great tip is to use a smartphone sound recorder with the microphone close to your mouth (slightly close) if you are shooting the video outdoors, this way is easier to cut off the background noise.

Level 5

 SEE YOU THERE SAN FRANCISCO.

Level 6

Thank you @TraciC   and Kate about you video. So amazing

Level 9

Yo realmente estoy muy contento de participar en esta experiencia de compartir con otros local guides a nivel mundial contribuir con Google Maps es como un juego hecho realidad es muy divertido interesante y gratificante conocer a otros local guide me va a permitir enriquecer mi experiencia y compartir con ellos gratos momentos haciendo excelente nuestro desempeño con las contribuciones, respuestas, modificaciones y nuevos lugares que podamos Añadir al globo terráqueo, estoy verdaderamente complacido y les agradezco mucho a todos en Google por esta gran oportunidad Saludos un abrazo cordial desde Venezuela

Level 5

I feel very identified with this post because it shows us that one should not be a professional in any career to be an expert guide who can be the simplest from a cell phone and the light of day to make a simple, practical video and very useful for search engines

Level 9

Estoy muy agradecido con todos en Maps y emocionado en participar gracias

Level 5

Thanks very much for sharing useful tips @TraciC.

Level 6

Hey, Thanks for the tips. I am already excited for the lG summit 2018.

Thanks @TraciC

Best regards,
Vinayak Salunke
Level 9

I have posted my video by taking care as mentioned and send mail to no-reply@localguide connect.com

Please acknoledge if found o.k.OR I would send another.

Regards,

MukulMeena

Level 6

mam i didnt collect my T-shirt for a complete Level 5 and now i almost near to  compelete level 6 please can i know when i got T-shirt?

 

Level 7

Thank you @ishan19997@  important question for me. my level is 7. How I'll got t-shirt ? 

Hola a todos los que colaboramos en Local Guides Connect soy nivel 5 y seria una gran experiencia el estar en el evento Connect Live18 aunque solo sea para 150 personas les deseo suerte a todos.

Level 7

Hey, Thanks for Sharing The Insights.

To Start With Basic Tips which a Novice Video Creator Would Definitely Consider.

Level 9

Thank you @TraciC

That will be helpful for uploading the video

 

Level 7

the video is easy to make.  You can use your mobile phone for recording and uploading. But you need a good internet connection 

be there at the connect 

Than you for this News lam very happy 

Level 5

Thanks for this timely information 

thx for all your tips! good luck for everyone!

Level 7

Feeling excited to participate. I am sure to comeback with great ideas to contribute to the society in more effective ways.Thanks for the information.

Level 10

Thanks for the good tips! Definitely, be youself!

I like what Mark Burnett, the creator of Survivor and The Apprentice outlines as his philosophy of business in his book Jump In!: Even If You Don’t Know How to Swim: “Nothing will ever be totally perfect, and nothing can be totally planned. The best you can hope for is to be about half certain of your plan and know that you and the team you’ve assembled are willing to work hard enough to overcome the inevitable problems as they arrive. And arrive they will.”
Level 8

Thank you very much @TraciC for this great post. 

Level 6

Hello, I am a bicycle fan and I walk around the city all day, I use it for everything, I discover new places and take pictures of everything, the new, the old and add what is not, so I help others to find more fast what they need and be more connected by the app, I love this hobby. I am really happy to participate in this experience of sharing with other local guides worldwide contributing with Google Maps is how a game come true is very interesting and rewarding fun to meet other local guide will allow me to enrich my experience and share with they pleasant moments making our performance excellent with the contributions, answers, modifications and new places that we can add to the globe, I am truly pleased and I thank you very much in Google for this great opportunity

Level 6
Thanks for giving useful tips to make application video. Good luck to everyone 🙂
Level 7

I'm super excited and nervous about filming myself. These tips come handy, thanks for sharing.  Does anyone know if there is a time delay for the uploaded youtube video? 

Tina HUANG
Level 9

Great tips. There are excellent microphones to use on dslr, rode shotgub is a good option. Making videos personal is always useful.

Level 8

@TraciC Thanks for sharing with us such a great tips. #LGsummit 2018.

Level 7

 Most useful tips for  local guides Thank you very much @TraciC

Thanks for the tips on how to make your video application. Hope to see you all in San Francisco!

Level 5

I am so wowed by this information... I am looking forward to being picked.

Level 6

It's a very good experience to be a local guide , lots of exploration and all the goods stuffs happening here . Love to be a local guide

 

Level 5

Hi Everyone This is great idea of having to meet the local guides all together. it will be great experiance and good platform to know about other places practically. which will help more and more people. 

Level 6

Thanks for sharing, great tips indeed.

Level 7

All the best to all of us. 

 

Keep up the spirit!

Canny

Level 6

Thank you @TraciC

Hi Everyone,

 

I am very glad to be here. Got to know about the google local guide summit last week; and I am super excited that I am eligible. Funny thing is, I just love making contributions to the map and answering the questions whenever 'human assistance' is required.

 

I hope I make the summit, i'd love to meet more guides, know what works in their countries and also how we can boost our numbers in Nigeria. 

 

See you guys!

 

Wanderdust on all of us,

 

Nigerian_Wanderer


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Level 6

Ohh what a surprise, I found an email inviting me to participate and meet many local guides, I would love to go! I will make my video 😄
Good luck to all! ♥

Level 6

Ohh what a surprise, I found an email inviting me to participate and meet many local guides, I would love to go!
Good luck to all!

thank you.. 

Level 6

@TraciC thanks for the tips. Good luck fellow local guides

Level 5

Thank you for the tips 🙂

Level 6

I've always said I have a face for radio, so this will be interesting!  I appreciate the tips and thank you for the help!

Regards,

 

Andrew in the 616.

Level 6

Thank you @TraciC and thanks to Kate for useful tips. Good luck to all applicants.

Hi Local Guides. 

I've done all of the tasks but video is not yet ready.

Was it easy for you?

It looks like everyone else but me had already applied to summit 🙂

 

Meet you there ♥️

Meet you all at Connect Live 2020


Level 6

This sounds easy enough for a newbie like myself. Definitely applying for #connectLIVE , wish me LUCK!!! Can't wait to get going #Cincinnati

Level 6

@TraciC any tips for posts to connect?? Just starting this journey, Thanks!!

Level 6

Thank you for sharing. This is very helpful. We can only get better if we follow your guidelines.

Level 8

This is my first video and I hope you guys like it so I can be there 🙂 CONNECT live here we go!