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Welcome to the Learn-a-Thon

2024-08-26 · announcement · Hank · 2:05 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Projects · mode: Advocacy & fundraising · tags: fundraising ask, self promotion

Presenting Complexly as a YouTube network of researched, fact-checked, free educational shows (over 9,000 episodes in 12 years), Hank announces the Learnathon, a weeks-long fundraiser for accessible education, and asks viewers to donate.

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00:00:00 — Complexly's mission: vetted, fact-checked, free educational videos; its output and reach

  • ★★★ Hank says almost anyone can make a YouTube video about anything, true or not; Complexly answers what a network that vets and fact-checks free content to help teachers and students would look like. — 00:00:00 · Complexly, YouTube, curiosity
  • ★★ Hank says Complexly believes it is worth working harder for good information: its shows are researched, written, fact-checked, produced and promoted by the Complexly team. — 00:00:29 · Complexly
  • ★★ Hank says that over the last 12 years Complexly has made over 9,000 episodes of its shows, viewed or listened to over 5.5 billion times. — 00:00:29 · Complexly, It's Over 9000!

00:00:51 — Why Complexly videos are free; the Learnathon fundraiser and the ask to donate

  • ★★ Hank says Complexly's content is expensive to make and designed to be accurate and informative rather than inflammatory, which is not the fastest way to make money from videos. — 00:00:51 · Complexly
  • ★★★ Hank says access to learning should not depend on location or money, which is why Complexly videos are free, and that good information can make the world better. — 00:00:51 · Complexly, education
  • ★★★ Hank announces the Learnathon, a fundraiser over the next few weeks for Complexly's mission of accessible education, celebrating its staff with livestreams and behind-the-scenes videos. — 00:00:51 · Complexly, education
  • ★★★ Hank asks viewers to check the Learnathon schedule of events and donate what they can at the fundraiser page to keep Complexly going. — 00:00:51 · Complexly

00:01:41 — Tagline and the promised embarrassing dance for donors

  • ★ Hank says Complexly believes good information is worth it, then promises donors an embarrassing little dance as soon as they send money. (playful) — 00:01:41 · Complexly

    “at Complexly, we believe that good information is worth it.”

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Also: curiosity · education · fact-checking · misinformation · YouTube

Only in the description or credits: It's Over 9000!

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