John asks Nerdfighters to make P4A 2010 videos for charities (2010)
ask · status: reported back · last event: thanks (2010-12-22) · owner: John
In late November 2010 John asked Nerdfighters to upload Project for Awesome videos on 17 December about charities they care about. The brothers thanked them afterwards and reported more than 3,000 videos totalling over 40 hours.
Part of: P4A 2010 edition
Told alongside: John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2010 charities at projectforawesome.com (2010) · John asks viewers to comment on, rate and favorite P4A 2010 videos at youtube.com/p4a (2010)
About: Project for Awesome
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11-26 | asked | John asks viewers to upload P4A videos on December 17 showing charities they care about in action, with three weeks to plan. (hedged) | p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger 00:01:04 |
| 2010-12-08 | reminder | John tells Nerdfighters he hopes they are hard at work on their P4A videos and urges them to make them awesome. | My Zombie Apocalypse Novella 00:03:19 |
| 2010-12-17 | thanks | John thanks Nerdfighters for all their P4A videos and for inspiring the brothers. | PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health 00:03:23 |
| 2010-12-20 | result reported | Hank reports over 3,000 P4A 2010 videos with a total running time of over 40 hours. | Thoughts on the Project for Awesome 00:02:23 |
| 2010-12-20 | thanks | Hank thanks everyone, and John, for P4A 2010. | Thoughts on the Project for Awesome 00:03:22 |
| 2010-12-22 | result reported | John reports more than 3,000 P4A videos were made. | I Was on Jeopardy!!!! 00:00:31 |
| 2010-12-22 | thanks | John thanks Nerdfighters for making P4A videos, donating and commenting. | I Was on Jeopardy!!!! 00:01:38 |
What is said about it
10 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — recommendation: The description advises that P4A videos work best when well edited and showing how the charity changes lives for the better. — video description
- 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — recommendation: John: As models, the description points to Shawn's Uncultured Project video, Tyler Oakley's for the Trevor Project and Kristina Horner's about First Book. — video description
- 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — The description adds that such videos are often useful to the charities themselves, so makers may be contacted by the organization. — video description
- 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — ask: John hopes all viewers will upload Project for Awesome videos on December 17 that show charities they care about in action. (hedged) — 00:01:04 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
- 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — ask: John urges viewers to get out there: leaving the bedroom is no fun, but a better P4A video makes for a better universe. (playful) — 00:01:19
- 2010-12-08 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — announcement: The description sets the plan: an official thumbnail is coming, and on December 17 at noon Pacific everyone uploads their P4A videos at the same time. — video description
- 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — John thanks Nerdfighters for all their P4A videos and for inspiring the brothers, and hopes the fourth P4A is the best yet. — 00:03:18
- 2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank calls P4A 2010 the most successful ever: 600,000 comments on over 3,000 videos with a total running time over 40 hours and over 10 million views. — 00:02:17
- 2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John reports that P4A 2010 generated more than 3,000 P4A videos and raised more than $135,000 that can be confirmed, probably much more. (hedged) — 00:00:31
- 2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John thanks Nerdfighters for making P4A videos, donating, commenting, and for making Alex Trebek say his name on television. — 00:01:38