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The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year!

2021-02-05 · announcement · Hank · 3:26 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development · mode: Announcements · tags: fundraising ask, civic or action cta, calendar ritual, self promotion

Hank announces that the 2021 Project for Awesome starts in a week and explains what is new (fundraising and perks on Tiltify, matching, early video submissions) and four ways to take part: join the livestream, donate, make a video by February 10, and vote on charities.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — P4A one week away: what it is and that things have changed

  • ★★★ The Project for Awesome, a 48-hour charity livestream with guests and goofs held every year since 2007, starts one week from today on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:00:00 · Project for Awesome, Vlogbrothers

00:00:29 — Tiltify, perks and Hank's short story, matching, the charities of each half

  • ★★★ P4A fundraising moves to Tiltify, a platform designed for charity livestreams; perks will be there, opening next Wednesday (10 February 2021), though not all at once. — 00:00:29 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ As a P4A perk Hank wrote a short story, Bonker Doesn't Die, in which April May goes to VidCon and must rescue a celebrity internet pig. — 00:00:29 · VidCon, Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Perks are available only during the P4A, and some donations will be matched: $10 given for Hank's TikTok drafts can become $30 for charity. — 00:00:58 · TikTok, Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ First-half money goes to Save the Children and Partners In Health, very effective at decreasing world suck; second-half money to organizations viewers vote for. — 00:00:58 · Save the Children, Partners In Health, world suck

00:01:27 — Four ways to take part: livestream, donate or join the matching fund, make a video early, vote

  • ★★ First way to take part: join the livestream and tell people about it, for example by changing your Twitter bio. — 00:01:27 · Twitter
  • ★★★ Second: donate, at the Tiltify for perks or simply at fightworldsuck.org. — 00:01:27 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck
  • ★★★ Larger donors who want to join the matching fund should email the Foundation to Decrease World Suck at Complexly before noon Eastern on February 10. — 00:01:57 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck, Complexly, world suck
  • ★★ P4A video submissions no longer open the day it begins, a relic of gaming the YouTube algorithm; early submission gives volunteers time to choose videos to feature. — 00:01:57 · recommender system, YouTube, Project for Awesome
  • ★★★ Third: make a video, made specifically for the P4A, about the impact of a charity you believe in, and submit it at projectforawesome.com by noon Eastern on February 10. — 00:02:26 · Project for Awesome
  • ★ Less than a week to make a video is fine: every vlogbrothers video is made in less than a week. (playful) — 00:02:26 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★ Fourth: during the livestream, vote at projectforawesome.com for favourite charities to decide who gets second-half money. — 00:02:26 · Project for Awesome
  • ★★ Hank thanks viewers in advance, whether they do none, one or all four things, for being part of this community. — 00:02:26 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ The livestream, a very silly time, starts February 12 at noon Eastern. — 00:02:26 · Project for Awesome

00:03:11 — Sign-off and a failed dab

  • ★ Hank tries to dab but can't, blaming an invisible force, probably age. (joke) — 00:03:11

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Mentioned

Central: Project for Awesome

Also: Projects: Complexly · Foundation to Decrease World Suck · VidCon

Works: Bonker Doesn't Die

Organizations: Partners In Health · Save the Children · TikTok · Tiltify · Twitter

Terms: world suck

Concepts: recommender system

Characters: April May

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