ANNOUNCING: Global Geek Week!!!

2009-08-02 · announcement · Hank · 2:11 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: Nerdfighteria) · mode: Announcements · tags: civic or action cta, timely hook, community lore

Hank takes over Sunday to announce Global Geek Week, saying geeks can do unique good, and asks the geek community including Nerdfighters to make two-minute videos about being a geek and giving back, judged by a panel he sits on.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Hank takes over John's Sunday Newsday; Global Geek Week begins; brothers as go-to guys for doing good on YouTube; Jonas Brothers and GGW gags

• ★ Hank opens 'It's Sunday. It's Newsday', notes that John, not he, does Newsday, and says he is taking over Sunday because he is a geek for good. (playful) — 00:00:00
• ★★★ Hank announces that today is the start of Global Geek Week, a week in which geeks realize how much good they can do for the world. — 00:00:00
• ★★★ Hank says he, John and the Nerdfighters have somehow become the go-to guys for talking about doing good on YouTube, and he is proud of it. — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria, YouTube
• ★★ Hank guesses it is because they would rather talk about the world's problems than celebrity gossip such as the Jonas Brothers' marital status. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
• ★★ Hank says what excites him is people using their brains to save the planet, and that is what he wants to see in People magazine. (playful) — 00:00:29

00:00:58 — Global Geek Week video contest: rules, judges, prize, Twitter hashtag, Thursday deadline

• ★★★ Global Geek Week asks the whole geek community, Nerdfighters included, to make videos of up to two minutes about being a geek, why giving back matters and how geeks can give back. — 00:00:58 · Nerdfighteria
• ★★ Videos go to the Global Geek Week YouTube group and are judged by a committee including Hank, Lisa Nova, HotForWords, Guy Kawasaki and the 2008 U.S. Sudoku champion. — 00:00:58 · YouTube
• ★★ The winner gets two round-trip tickets on Virgin America with a free Wi-Fi pass for the trip. — 00:01:32
• ★ More information is at globalgeekweek.com, and the Twitter hashtag is Geeks for Good. — 00:01:32 · Twitter
• ★★★ Hank urges viewers to move fast: videos must be in by Thursday (6 August 2009) at midnight Pacific time or they do not count. — 00:01:32

Threads in this video

• restate · What is the community for? — Hank says he, John and the Nerdfighters have become the go-to guys for talking about doing good on YouTube, and he is proud of it. (00:00:00)
• launched · Global Geek Week 2009 edition (video contest) — Hank announces the start of Global Geek Week and its video contest: two-minute videos submitted to the YouTube group, a judging panel including Hank, a Virgin America prize, deadline Thursday midnight Pacific. (00:00:00)
• asked · Hank asks Nerdfighters to make Global Geek Week videos about being a geek and giving back (2009) — Hank relays the Global Geek Week call for the geek community, Nerdfighters included, to make two-minute videos about being a geek and giving back, due Thursday. (00:00:58)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Hank asks Nerdfighters to make Global Geek Week videos about being a geek and giving back (2009) — reported back; last: thanks, 2009-08-25
• Global Geek Week 2009 edition (video contest) — completed; last: outcome, 2009-08-25

Mentioned

Central: Global Geek Week

Also: People: Guy Kawasaki · Lisa Donovan · Marina Orlova · Wei-Hwa Huang

Works: Girls Gone Wild

Organizations: Google · People · Twitter · Virgin America · YouTube

Groups: Jonas Brothers

Rituals: Newsday

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