Project for Awesome

project · in 79 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 4 · 2008: 8 · 2009: 10 · 2010: 12 · 2011: 19 · 2012: 11 · 2013: 15

Threads

John's proposal to say 'jokes' instead of 'cool' (2007) — bit, callback, 2007–2008
Project for Awesome 2007 edition: the final Brotherhood 2.0 project (2007) — stage, retro, 2007–2013
Hank asks viewers to give money to their local humane society (P4A 2007) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2007–2007
Hank asks viewers to comment on, rate and favorite Project for Awesome 2007 videos (2007) — ask, reported back, 2007–2007
Hank invites viewers to make a Project for Awesome 2007 video (2007) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2007–2007
John asks viewers to watch Project for Awesome 2007 videos and support charities they like (2007) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2007–2007
P4A 2008 edition — stage, retro, 2008–2009
Hank asks viewers to make and submit P4A videos about their favourite charities (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
Hank asks viewers to join the P4A supporters' mailing list (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
Hank: no P4A mailing-list emails after December 20 and no sharing of addresses (2008) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
Hank (with John): donate $1,000 to a P4A 2008 charity chosen by video quality (2008) — promise, changed, 2008–2008
Hank encourages others to award money to P4A charities (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
Hank asks viewers to spend the P4A days watching, rating and commenting on P4A videos (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
Hank: write a Project for Awesome song and post it as an mp3 (2008) — promise, kept, 2008–2008
John: Hank's P4A challenge to microwave a CD and short a 9-volt battery with steel wool (2008) — punishment, performed, 2008–2008
John and Hank ask front-page viewers to search out more P4A 2008 videos (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
John asks Hank and Nerdfighters where their P4A 2008 charity money went (2008) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2008–2008
Hank: give any DARPA challenge winnings to the charities of the best P4A 2009 videos (2009) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
P4A 2009 edition — stage, result, 2009–2009
Hank asks viewers to join the P4A 2009 mailing list on nerdfighters.com (2009) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
Hank: send P4A 2009 mailing-list members nothing except P4A material (2009) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
John: make a P4A 2009 video in support of malaria research (2009) — promise, kept, 2009–2009
John asks for Question Tuesday questions on the P4A and Nerdfighter-like dating (December 2009) — ask, reported back, 2009–2009
John asks Nerdfighters to make P4A 2009 videos for their favorite charities (2009) — ask, reported back, 2009–2009
John asks Nerdfighters to spend the P4A 2009 days commenting, rating and favoriting videos via the live show (2009) — ask, reported back, 2009–2009
John: auction his nerd glasses for P4A 2009 (2009) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
P4A 2010 edition — stage, result, 2010–2011
John asks Nerdfighters to make P4A 2010 videos for charities (2010) — ask, reported back, 2010–2010
Hank asks viewers to subscribe to P4A 2010 email updates (2010) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2010–2010
Hank asks viewers to subscribe to youtube.com/p4a for P4A 2010 (2010) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2010–2010
Hank's trip to Washington, D.C. for a YouTube policy event and a YouTube-for-good panel (2010) — story, tell, 2010–2010
John (with Hank): donate one penny per P4A 2010 comment, up to one million comments, to Save the Children and Partners in Health (2010) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2010–2010
John asks viewers to comment on, rate and favorite P4A 2010 videos at youtube.com/p4a (2010) — ask, reported back, 2010–2010
John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2010 charities at projectforawesome.com (2010) — ask, reported back, 2010–2010
Hank's album Ellen Hardcastle: release (2011) — stage, milestone, 2011–2011
Hank: auction the poster signed by the VidCon 2011 speakers at the Project for Awesome (2011) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2011–2011
P4A 2011 edition — stage, result, 2011–2012
Hank asks viewers to make, curate and promote P4A 2011 videos on December 17-18 (2011) — ask, reported back, 2011–2012
Hank asks viewers to donate to the P4A 2011 Fund at projectforawesome.com or fightworldsuck.org (2011) — ask, reported back, 2011–2011
Hank asks viewers to vote at projectforawesome.com for the charities of P4A 2011 videos they like (2011) — ask, reported back, 2011–2012
Hank asks viewers to follow the P4A 2011 live show at youtube.com/vlogbrothers (2011) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2011–2011
Hank asks viewers to check out the P4A 2011 eBay auction items at projectforawesome.com (2011) — ask, reported back, 2011–2011
Hank asks viewers to sign up for the P4A mailing list (2011) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2011–2011
John's Sharpie Face: answering questions with Sharpie drawn on his face (title bit, 2012) — bit, callback, 2011–2013
John points viewers to his playlist of ten favourite P4A 2011 videos (2011) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2011–2011
Hank asks VidCon 2012 attendees to bring books for the charity book drive (2012) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
P4A 2012 edition — stage, result, 2012–2013
John asks Nerdfighters to make P4A 2012 videos about charities they care about (2012) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
John: donate a penny to charity for every comment on a P4A 2012 video (2012) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
Hank asks viewers to sign up for the P4A 2012 mailing list (2012) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
John: P4A 2012 mailing-list members will get only email about this year's P4A (2012) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
John asks viewers to vote for favorite P4A 2012 videos at projectforawesome.com to decide where the funds go (2012) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2012 through its Indiegogo campaign and rewards (2012) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
John: share an e-book of his stories with P4A 2012 contributors (2012) — promise, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
John asks viewers to watch the P4A 2012 livestream and comment on P4A videos (2012) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
Hank asks the community to vote on Our Pants whether P4A 2012 money goes to five or ten charities (2012) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012
Hank's weekly 'million dollar idea' phone calls to John, and John's phone-baby app (title bit, 2013) — bit, origin, 2013–2013
Hank asks people to make and submit P4A 2013 videos promoting their favorite charities (2013) — ask, reported back, 2013–2013
P4A 2013 edition — stage, milestone, 2013–2013
Hank asks viewers to vote for P4A 2013 videos at projectforawesome.com (2013) — ask, reported back, 2013–2013
Hank asks viewers to donate to P4A 2013 through its Indiegogo campaign and perks (2013) — ask, reported back, 2013–2013
Hank asks viewers to join the P4A 2013 livestream and comment on P4A videos (2013) — ask, reported back, 2013–2013
Hank's P4A 2013 Christmas album (2013) — stage, launch, 2013–2013

What the videos say

2007

2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — Hank declares December 17 secret project day and welcomes viewers to the 2007 Nerdfighter Power Project for Awesome. (00:00:00)
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — The project is to take over YouTube by making the P4A image the thumbnail of hundreds of videos, from channels with 50,000 subscribers to channels with 5. (00:00:40)
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — Every Project for Awesome video promotes a charity of its maker's choice that they believe reduces the amount of suck in the world. (00:00:40)
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — Hank's P4A cause is pet population control: give money to your local humane society so it can care for animals and get them adopted rather than put to sleep. (00:02:08)
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — Hank asks viewers to comment a lot, rate and favorite this and every video with the P4A thumbnail; if commenting is blocked, refresh and enter the captcha. (00:02:38)
2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — Hank invites viewers who want to make their own Project for Awesome video to follow the link. (00:02:38)
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John says that watching hundreds of Secret Project videos and discussing them with thousands of Nerdfighters made him the happiest he has been, apart from his wedding day, since about age seven. (00:00:00)
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John shows Hank that the most discussed page of YouTube is filled with Nerdfighter videos (and one Mike Huckabee video). (00:00:00)
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John announces it is Question Tuesday, when he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters, after first answering questions about the Secret Project. (00:00:00)
2007-12-20 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — The song's refrain calls the Project for Awesome the day the nerds took over YouTube, joking that their center screenshot proved more powerful than 'two boobs'. (00:01:25)
2007-12-20 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank says the Secret Project was exciting and made him kind of hopeful, seeing so many people promote organizations doing good simply because it is right. (00:02:44)
2007-12-29 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John has come to think a lot of life is about doing things that don't suck with people who don't suck, which is why he enjoyed the Happy Dance Project and the Project for Awesome. (00:03:11)
…and 5 more statements in 2007 (most important shown)

2008

2008-12-12 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank defines the Project for Awesome as a day when the YouTube community takes over YouTube to promote people who do things because they are right, not for money: charity. (00:00:00)
2008-12-12 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank officially announces that this year's Project for Awesome will take place on December 17, 2008, organised from projectforawesome.com. (00:00:41)
2008-12-12 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank's first way to take part: make a Project for Awesome video about your favourite charity (e.g. Toys for Tots, the Nature Conservancy, Save Darfur) and why you give to it. (00:00:41)
2008-12-12 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank's second way to take part: become a Project for Awesome supporter by signing up for the mailing list on projectforawesome.com. (00:01:10)
2008-12-12 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank explains the plan: the mailing list will feature videos that supporters rate, comment on and favourite so they reach YouTube's big lists, until P4A videos are everywhere and everyone knows YouTube is awesome. (00:01:39)
2008-12-12 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank announces that he and John have both decided to put up a thousand dollars to donate to a P4A charity, chosen on the quality of the charity and its video. (00:02:38)
2008-12-17 · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — Hank tells viewers who have not yet started their P4A video to start right now. (00:00:00)
2008-12-17 · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — Hank says he, John and his wife will spend most of the 48 hours of the 17th and 18th on it: John on BlogTV from noon Eastern, Hank later into the night. (00:00:00)
2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank defines the Project for Awesome as a day when YouTubers talk about their favourite charities, encourage donations and talk about people doing good things. (00:00:00)
2008-12-17 · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — Hank's fix for everyone: make the entire second half of the video the P4A thumbnail, then pick the last thumbnail in the edit-video settings. (00:02:12)
2008-12-19 · Introducing...The Awesome — Hank says they are here to introduce some of their favourite videos from the 2008 Project for Awesome. (00:00:00)
2008-12-19 · Introducing...The Awesome — Hank describes the Project for Awesome as an annual holiday-season event in which tens of thousands of YouTubers draw attention to charities worldwide. (00:00:00)
…and 27 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — Hank thinks Nerdfighteria is level four: it operates on the assumption 'we are great', which lets it do awesome things like happy dance projects and yearly charity gatherings on YouTube. (00:00:51)
2009-12-04 · $40,000 of Red Balloons — Hank thought $40,000 would make the Project for Awesome a little more awesome. (00:00:30)
2009-12-04 · $40,000 of Red Balloons — Hank pledges that if they win the $40,000, all of it will go to the charities promoted in this year's best Project for Awesome videos. (00:03:29)
2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John says Nerdfighteria lost the DARPA balloon challenge despite being tantalizingly close to winning $40,000 to make the Project for Awesome more awesome. (00:00:05)
2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John calls the balloon challenge a way of limbering up for the Project for Awesome, coming as always on December 17th. (00:02:54)
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank announces the Project for Awesome on December 17th, less than 10 days away since it is December 8th. (00:02:05)
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank explains P4A: a day when YouTubers promote charities in videos with the same thumbnail, and thousands promote them, fooling YouTube's algorithms by commenting, watching, favoriting and rating. (00:02:35)
2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank asks viewers to pause the video, go to nerdfighters.com and put their name and email into the Project for Awesome mailing-list form. (00:03:04)
2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria — John says that this year in the Project for Awesome he will make a video in support of malaria research, joking that it's because curing malaria will make him rich. (00:02:05)
2009-12-16 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — John defines the P4A: an annual tradition where many make videos for charities and many more rate, favorite and comment on them, so for one day YouTube's most popular videos are about decreasing world suck. (00:00:25)
2009-12-16 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — John tells viewers to make a video advocating for their favorite charity, upload it on Thursday, ideally with the shared thumbnail linked in the doobly-doo, then rate and comment for 48 hours. (00:00:39)
2009-12-16 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — John announces a live show from Thursday noon to Saturday morning, linked on Thursday morning, to organise going from video to video leaving comments, ratings and favorites. (00:01:44)
…and 22 more statements in 2009 (most important shown)

2010

2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — The other shows Hank and Katherine on a thrift-store couch singing about how amazing the first Project for Awesome was; Hank says the P4A has since grown bigger and better. (00:01:10)
2010-11-27 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — John announces that the 2010 Project for Awesome is happening. (00:00:17)
2010-11-27 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — John hopes all viewers will upload Project for Awesome videos on December 17 that show charities they care about in action. (00:01:04)
2010-11-30 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — John asks viewers to sign up for the Project for Awesome mailing list at projectforawesome.com, one of the main ways to organize descending on videos about non-profits. (00:03:13)
2010-12-09 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — John announces that the only copy of the novella that will ever exist will be one of many Project for Awesome raffle prizes. (00:03:15)
2010-12-09 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — John tells Nerdfighters he hopes they are working on their Project for Awesome videos and urges them to make them awesome. (00:03:19)
2010-12-09 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — John says that on December 17 and 18 Project for Awesome videos will be featured all over YouTube. (00:03:30)
2010-12-11 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — Hank announces that the Project for Awesome is coming fast and this year will be a bit different, taking place almost exclusively on YouTube. (00:00:00)
2010-12-11 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — Hank tells anyone who wants to participate at all, even just tuning in, to subscribe to youtube.com/p4a right now, calling it extremely important to P4A's success. (00:00:08)
2010-12-11 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — Hank tells video makers to get the P4A thumbnail from 'the links in my pants' (the description); only YouTube partners can change thumbnails, so others should put 'Project for Awesome' or 'P4A' in title and tags. (00:00:31)
2010-12-11 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — Hank says P4A videos must be uploaded 'midnight-ish' on December 17; through the 17th and 18th the P4A crew, including the brothers, will feature them on ProjectForAwesome.com, the mailing list, YouTube's front page and youtube.com/p4a. (00:00:47)
2010-12-14 · 8 Things I Love — John corrects Hank's Friday video: the Project for Awesome begins at noon Eastern on December 17, not midnight, so upload videos close to noon and tune into youtube.com/p4a. (00:00:00)
…and 28 more statements in 2010 (most important shown)

2011

2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John reports that the Project for Awesome generated more than 600,000 comments and raised more than $150,000. (00:01:40)
2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John announces that as part of P4A 2011 the Foundation to Decrease World Suck comes back, with no stupid stuff: Nerdfighteria will pool money and choose together how to spend it to decrease the most world suck. (00:01:07)
2011-11-05 · You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! — Calling the choice too big to make alone and a chance to fill the Foundation to Decrease World Suck before P4A, Hank asks viewers to vote with dollars at fightworldsuck.org on keeping or shaving his facial hair. (00:02:44)
2011-11-10 · 27 Part Video — Hank announces the Project for Awesome is happening again this year on December 17th. (00:02:40)
2011-11-29 · Stuffed with STUFF! — The Project for Awesome happens again on December 17th and 18th; Hank asks viewers to make, curate and promote videos then and clear their schedules. (00:03:24)
2011-12-12 · Our Grandfather — Hank says nothing is changing with the Project for Awesome: it has always used the online video community, and Nerdfighteria specifically, to make great content for non-profits and to promote and curate the best videos. (00:02:19)
2011-12-12 · Our Grandfather — Hank says curating means not promoting your own or friends' videos but finding the best P4A videos and getting them in front of as many people as possible. (00:02:19)
2011-12-12 · Our Grandfather — Viewers will be able to vote for the charities in P4A videos; the most-voted charities get a piece of the money being raised for P4A, already over $10,000. (00:03:27)
2011-12-17 · Project for Awesome Logistics — The official time to upload P4A videos is noon Eastern time tomorrow, Saturday, December 17th. (00:00:00)
2011-12-17 · Project for Awesome Logistics — Hank encourages everyone to donate at projectforawesome.com, live from noon, or before then at fightworldsuck.org; all the money goes into the P4A Fund. (00:00:00)
2011-12-17 · Project for Awesome Logistics — No funny business: the P4A Fund money is distributed to the charities that get the most votes at projectforawesome.com. (00:00:47)
2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — Hank asks viewers to vote for Water.org at projectforawesome.com so it gets a share of the Project for Awesome fund. (00:01:53)
…and 32 more statements in 2011 (most important shown)

2012

2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — VidCon 2012 will raise money for the Project for Awesome and the Foundation to Decrease World Suck through a book drive and a charity auction; attendees should bring books. (00:02:27)
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank lists results: $300,000 and thousands of videos for charities through P4A, thousands of This Star Won't Go Out bracelets, over $1,000,000 lent through the Nerdfighter Kiva group, hundreds of Thoughts from Places. (00:01:04)
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — John introduces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: every year on December 17th the Nerdfighter and YouTube communities come together to decrease world suck. (00:01:27)
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — John asks viewers to upload, at noon Eastern (5pm GMT) on December 17th, a creative video about a nonprofit or cause they believe in, ideally showing its work, and embed it at projectforawesome.com for voting. (00:01:27)
2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — John says money raised for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck goes to the organizations in the five most-voted videos, at the discretion of an all-Nerdfighter P4A board, so a rigged vote cannot win. (00:01:56)
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says that after last year's Project for Awesome the Foundation to Decrease World Suck gave more than $80,000 to five charities chosen by the YouTube community, leaving it broke. (00:00:29)
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John asks Nerdfighters to make a video about a charity they feel passionately about and upload it on Monday at noon Eastern. (00:02:37)
2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin... — Hank says it is a good time to feel together as humanity, and that with the Project for Awesome coming everyone is ready to work together to make the world suck less, in little and big ways. (00:00:55)
2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin... — Hank asks viewers to sign up for this year's P4A mailing list, through which the project is coordinated; previous years' sign-ups do not count. (00:00:55)
2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin... — Hank says everyone who can should make a video promoting the charities they care about most, so that on Monday they take over YouTube for good stuff. (00:00:55)
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — John announces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: today people all over YouTube are making videos about their favorite nonprofit organizations. (00:00:00)
2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — John asks viewers to go to projectforawesome.com to submit their P4A videos and to vote for favorites, which helps decide where the P4A funds go. (00:00:00)
…and 26 more statements in 2012 (most important shown)

2013

2013-01-16 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Asked what most decreased world suck, Hank names P4A but recalls their first-year visit to a microfinance organization in the Dominican Republic; microfinance seems to really work. (01:55:09)
2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — Hank says the Project for Awesome has been a huge success every year, and this year raised over $400,000. (00:00:58)
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says last year's P4A raised more than $400,000 for organizations fighting illiteracy, domestic violence and global poverty, among other things. (00:00:39)
2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John urges anyone who has never taken part in P4A to start making videos for December 17th. (00:00:47)
2013-11-29 · REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! — John says a good P4A video does not just talk to the camera about why a charity matters to you but shows the charity at work. (00:03:16)
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — Hank announces that the Project for Awesome happens around December 17 and starts tomorrow at noon Eastern; this video explains what it means. (00:00:00)
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — Hank explains that since 2007, every December 17, Nerdfighteria and the wider internet community spend one day of their internet experience on making the world a better place instead of fandom and cat gifs. (00:00:24)
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — Hank says people make videos promoting their favorite charities, upload them around noon Eastern on December 17, and submit them to projectforawesome.com, where the whole community votes. (00:00:29)
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — Hank says last year P4A raised $400,000, and this year an anonymous donor matches donations up to $125,000. (00:01:41)
2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — Hank says that after voting, the charities featured in the top-voted videos split the Indiegogo money, minus processing, shipping and printing costs. (00:02:10)
2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John announces the 2013 Project for Awesome; its 48-hour livestream begins at noon Eastern today on youtube.com/vlogbrothers. (00:00:00)
2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John says 100% of the money raised goes to organizations the community chooses by voting at projectforawesome.com, so it is up to everyone to be good stewards of it. (00:00:24)
…and 31 more statements in 2013 (most important shown)