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Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?!

2013-12-16 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Global development · announcement promotion

Hank explains the Project for Awesome 2013, starting the next day: charity videos, voting at projectforawesome.com, an Indiegogo campaign with perks and matching donations, the livestream, and how the money reaches top-voted charities.

What is said

00:00:00 — Monday video; P4A happens on December 17, starting tomorrow; since 2007 the community spends one day of the internet making the world better

  • ★★★ 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 · Project for Awesome, Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ Hank's description says the P4A Indiegogo campaign is live and some of the perks are already sold out. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ 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 · Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria

00:00:36 — How it works 1-3: charity videos, voting at projectforawesome.com, the Indiegogo campaign and its perks (calendars, Nerdfighter art, Watsky haiku, Hank's shirts); $400,000 last year, $125,000 matching

  • ★★★ 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 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Hank says the Indiegogo campaign raises the actual money, with perks including a Men of YouTube and a Women of YouTube charity calendar, Nerdfighter-made art, and a George Watsky haiku with his signed CD. — 00:00:29
  • ★★ Hank says he is giving away all his shirts except the six he loves most as perks; they are all men's mediums. (playful) — 00:01:12 · Hank Green
  • ★★★ Hank says last year P4A raised $400,000, and this year an anonymous donor matches donations up to $125,000. — 00:01:41 · Project for Awesome

00:01:58 — How it works 4-5: the livestream; top-voted charities split the money after costs

  • ★★ Hank says the livestream also starts at noon Eastern on December 17: everyone hanging out, watching and commenting on videos, voting for favorites, and slowly degenerating into madness. (playful) — 00:01:41 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ 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 · Project for Awesome

00:02:37 — More perks: a J.K. Rowling-signed book, two chapters of John's new work, Hank's P4A Christmas album; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank lists further perks: a chance to win a book signed by J.K. Rowling, and the first two chapters of John's new work in progress, which may or may not become his new novel. (hedged) — 00:02:39 · John Green
  • ★★ Hank says he made a digital-only Christmas album for the Project for Awesome, six or maybe seven songs, much of it but not all recorded. (hedged) — 00:02:42 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank invites viewers to join the livestream on the Vlogbrothers channel and get their commenting fingers ready. — 00:02:42 · Vlogbrothers

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