# Next Year, You Can Stay Home for the Holidays

- Link: https://chatterblast.com/blog/next-year-you-can-stay-home-for-the-holidays/
- Published: 2011-12-29T21:42:52-05:00
- Author: chatterblastteam

**_Spreecast intent on putting the face time back into social networking_**

Look out YouTube, video sharing just got a lot more social with [Spreecast](http://www.spreecast.com/),
a new social media platform hoping to combine the magic of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
and Skype all into one fun interaction. [Jeff Fluhr](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/jeff-fluhr),
the founder of [StubHub](http://www.stubhub.com/), created Spreecast as a way for
users to share and interact through video. What distinguishes Spreecast from peers
YouTube and Skype is that **four users can be live on camera simultaneously**, streaming
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submitting comments and questions to those on screen. Now that, my friends, is a
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And like any good party, Spreecast hopes to be _the_ destination – for video sharing,
conferencing, webinars and Q&A’s. This isn’t a place for your DIY works of art, 
the platform is best utilized for the exchange of ideas and thoughts. It’s conversation–
not exposition. Leave the hugging cats for YouTube and conversations with Mom for
Skype. When you”re looking to discuss videos hugging cats with Mom – and the rest
of the family – then here comes SpreeCast. Founder [Jeff Fluhr](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/jeff-fluhr)
is banking on the communal aspect by allowing users to share their videos with the
Spreecast community as well as through other social networks such as Facebook, Twitter,
and Google .

Intrigued? Ready for your first four-way? Here’s how to get your Spreecast on:

 1. Go to their website: [spreecast.com](http://www.spreecast.com/)
 2. Click “Create a Spreecast” in the top right corner
 3. Select your channel, when you’d like it to air, and pick privacy settings
 4. Personalize the spreecast with photos, title, and add tags
 5. Set up your webcam
 6. Send out invites via other social networks
 7. Click “Start Spreecast” and you’re broadcasting!

Once live-streamed, Spreecasts are recorded and then made immediately available 
for playback and sharing. The platform is browser-based and built on Flash. By default,
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Spreecast is still in the middle of their launch and working out kinks, but we’re
excited about using the network to expand our client and personal relationships 
and think the sharing feature is its strongest aspect. Honestly, what Spreecast 
does well is that it allows users to connect and **engage directly** instead of 
passively watching a video.

Individual users might enjoy using Spreecast to learn new cooking tips, instructions
on how-to ride a penny-farthing, or get the inside scoop on behind-the-scenes secrets
from the Real Housewives producers. [Klout CEO Joe Fernandez participated in a chat](http://www.spreecast.com/events/conversation-with-joe-ceo-klout)
in September in which he announced an important product update. The editorial team
for Al Jazeera”s The Stream has [used it to broadcast editorial meetings and invite public participation.](http://www.spreecast.com/events/ajstream-editorial-meeting)

Internally, Chatterblast plans to use Spreecast to interact with clients, partners
and collaborators across the world and also save our ‘casts to use as teaching models
to interns and junior teammates. Spreecast really gives that staid old conference
call a good swift kick in the pants!

While watching one of the Spreecasts we were reminded of a split screen news television
debate. That helped us realized that one of the most exciting features of Spreecast
is giving users the opportunity for **public discourse**. You’re no longer watching
or being watched, now you’re participating in a discussion. It further shows how
social media continues to evolve into omni-directional discussion.

Allowing people to share their voices through video is always powerful. Take, for
example,[Time Magazine naming The Protestor as their 2011 Person of the Year](http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101745_2102132_2102373,00.html).
With YouTube counting one trillion hits on its site this year, Spreecast’s new twist
on conversation might be VERY successful. YouTube was all about YOU talking to ME,
and then me leaving a comment. Unlike many video sites that allow for declaration
and proclamation, Spreecast allows for two-way organization. Or four-way! This is
real-time tit-for-tat talk!

Give it a whirl, use it internally and then role it out with some daring partners.
We are going to be test-driving this new tech too. Who knows, maybe next Christmas
you’ll be caroling with your family via Spreecast!
