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VidCon

project · in 63 videos (2009–2013)

Mentions by year: 2009: 1 · 2010: 15 · 2011: 14 · 2012: 17 · 2013: 16

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2009

2010

  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank announces the preliminary VidCon schedule is finished, so people can now see what will be going on. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — Hank says this is why he wants VidCon: something important is happening on YouTube, and people who understand it should meet to talk, learn, plan what comes next and celebrate. (00:02:31)
  • 2010-03-11 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — Asked whether he and Hank are trying to get rich from VidCon, John jokes about it, then says any proceeds from VidCon will go to charity. (00:02:35)
  • 2010-04-24 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Asked why VidCon runs July 9-11 but has only two days of programming, Hank says the Sunday, the 11th, is meant to be user-generated conference content. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-04-24 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — Hank asks viewers to leave their ideas as video responses to the version of this video at youtube.com/vidcon, not the vlogbrothers one, and get people to like them; most-liked ideas are most likely to happen. (00:01:38)
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — VidCon is less than a month away: the conference hotel is full but there is a group rate at another hotel, prices are about to rise for the last time, and it is almost sold out. (00:00:45)
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — John tells Nerdfighters who want to go to VidCon that they should probably register now. (00:00:45)
  • 2010-07-03 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank apologizes for talking about VidCon again, since it is sold out and many people cannot come. (00:00:23)
  • 2010-07-03 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank says 1,227 people have paid VidCon registrations. (00:00:52)
  • 2010-07-03 · VidCon by the Numbers — Not everyone can be at VidCon, but online video makes a strong community: it is in the end about online, so those who cannot come can follow it on the internet. (00:03:17)
  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John thanks Hank for the thousands of hours he spent making VidCon and says it felt like his favourite parts of the internet existed in real life for three days. (00:03:08)
  • 2010-07-17 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank says he and John both failed to make a video last week; viewers' forgiveness over VidCon doesn't count, since they agreed to keep the schedule, so both must be punished. (00:02:13)
  • …and 33 more statements in 2010 (most important shown)

2011

  • 2011-01-29 · Is Hank Green Batman? — Hank officially launches VidCon, saying some will laugh because people found the website long ago; vidcon2011.com is now officially online. (00:02:52)
  • 2011-01-29 · Is Hank Green Batman? — VidCon 2011 is in Los Angeles at the same hotel as last year, the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza: July 28 (Thursday) is an industry day, July 29-30 community days. (00:03:02)
  • 2011-01-29 · Is Hank Green Batman? — Hank asks viewers to register for the conference and find information at vidcon2011.com. (00:03:19)
  • 2011-07-21 · HARDCASTLED! — Because of the confusion, Hank extends the offer: anyone who buys within 14 days gets a video of their ten-word script on his new Hardcastle Videos channel, filmed after VidCon. (00:03:07)
  • 2011-07-27 · 150,000 Autographs — John announces next year's VidCon will be at the Anaheim Convention Center, and invites viewers to sign up at VidCon.com for news even if they can't come this year. (00:03:18)
  • 2011-08-05 · Vidcon: Thoughts from Places — John says that through nerdfighting, DFTBA Records, helping YouTubers and planning conferences, Hank has built a career making places where people can fall and get caught: he builds communities for a living. (00:02:20)
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — Hank announces that VidCon 2012 is happening and that the site and registration are being released now-ish. (00:01:04)
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — Hank urges viewers to register now, because early-bird registration is only available to the first 1,000 people. (00:01:31)
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — Answering FAQs gathered on Twitter, Hank says VidCon is in Anaheim, across the street from Disneyland at the Anaheim Convention Center, with lots of cheap hotels. (00:01:31)
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — The community days are Friday June 29 and Saturday June 30; the industry day is Thursday June 28. (00:01:31)
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — There are three registration passes: the community pass, as always, for everything on the 29th and 30th; the industry pass adds the 28th, an industry-of-online-video day. (00:01:55)
  • 2011-10-17 · VidCon 2012!!! — The new Expo Pass is extra cheap but gives access only to the expo hall. (00:02:18)
  • …and 23 more statements in 2011 (most important shown)

2012

  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — Hank is in Anaheim at the Anaheim Convention Center planning VidCon, on top of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, 2D Glasses, SciShow, Crash Course and DFTBA Records. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — Hank shows where VidCon 2012 will happen: registration in the main lobby, the Expo Hall, and an arena for the main stage event with floor seating. (00:00:23)
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — Hank says that at past VidCons it was easy to get in front of people only if they already knew you; this year VidCon is trying to make that easier for talented unknowns. (00:01:28)
  • 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)
  • 2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank! — Hank says he can be more productive because he has help: teams at VidCon, DFTBA Records, SciShow and Crash Course. (00:02:35)
  • 2012-07-03 · The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon — John says what he loves about reading together is what he loves about VidCon: Hank started VidCon but everyone makes it happen, as Bradbury wrote his novel but it becomes real only when read. (00:02:05)
  • 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Hank and the Nerdfighters give John a birthday present: a picture of the brothers at VidCon 2011 made up of over 5,000 Nerdfighters doing the Nerdfighter sign. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-12-01 · VidCon 2013! — Hank explains VidCon as a yearly gathering he and John started for everyone who loves online video: professionals, hobbyists and fans, creators, communities and the industry that enables them. (00:01:47)
  • 2012-12-01 · VidCon 2013! — Hank says VidCon has two tracks: an expensive industry track that subsidizes the community track; community tickets are $100 for now and rise as the conference nears. (00:02:16)
  • 2012-12-01 · VidCon 2013! — Hank gives the VidCon 2013 schedule: an industry day on Thursday, August 1st, the conference open to everyone on the 2nd and 3rd, and Disney Day on the 4th. (00:02:46)
  • 2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — John says he and Hank were also privileged to have internet access in 2007 and $249 for cheap video cameras at the end of 2006; without that, Vlogbrothers, Crash Course, SciShow, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and VidCon would not exist. (00:00:58)
  • 2012-12-22 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — Hank says he is grateful to have worked with so many amazing people on projects like the P4A, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, DFTBA Records and VidCon, and that he just loves to create and to help people create. (00:03:01)
  • …and 29 more statements in 2012 (most important shown)

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