Creating Your Google+ Community

Once you’re ready to create your community, follow these steps:

1. Open Google+.
2. From the drop-down menu in the upper left corner, select Communities .
3. In the upper right corner, click Create community.
4. Choose whether your community is public or private. Tip: You can’t change this later, so if you’re unsure, read the “Differences between public and private communities” section of this article.
   – If you click Private, you’ll also have to choose if people can search for your community.
   – If you click Public, you’ll also have to choose if people need to ask for permission to join the community.
5. Type a name (it doesn’t need to be unique to your group) > Create community.Tip: If your community has 500 members or more, you can’t change the name.