Facebook Live is a tool to broadcast live videos from you/your organisation’s facebook account.
It allows you to share live video content with a wide audience, for up to four hours at a time. Viewers can watch, add live comments, and engage with your content. You will be able to see how many people are watching and what they are commenting throughout your broadcast. Video is an engaging form of communication and can attract people to your page/content and is a good way to connect digitally if face-to-face is not possible.

How to go ‘Live’

• Launch your Facebook app or go to https://www.facebook.com/
• At the top of your profile or your newsfeed select the Live icon below where you would write a status. Allow Facebook permission to use your microphone and camera for the video if you have not done so already, this will appear on screen before going Live if you need to do this.
• Choose who you would like to share this video with (public, friends, friends except, just you).
• Add a description, filters, location, and tag any friends you wish to draw attention to the post.
• Place your camera at a good angle/position and ‘Go Live’ at the bottom of the screen. Click ‘Finish’ when you are done.
• Viewers can join/leave at any time throughout your broadcast.
• Your video will remain on your page, and can be viewed still, after you have finished recording. 

Links for more information
 
Tips for Using Facebook Live
Top tips and suggestions for using Facebook Live and engaging viewers.
https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/blog/tips-for-using-live
 
How to use Facebook Live: The Ultimate Guide
This guide includes a YouTube video which explains how to use Facebook Live, and highlights some of the benefits of using it for you/your organisation.
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/facebook-live-guide
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