Bird Language Story Contest
Tell your Bird Language story and win cool stuff!
The knowledge of Bird Language is shared through stories. When you tell your story, you reinforce your own learning journey and inspire others.
Submit your story by visiting: youtube.com/birdlanguage
Videos will be judged by having the most likes – so share your video with your friends!
Contest ends April 3rd 11:59PM PST
1st place – Free admission to the Bird Language Intensive April 21-27 2012 in Bolinas, CA $850 value *
2nd place – Signed copies of Bird Language with Jon Young instructional DVD and Jon’s new book “What the Robin Knows”
3rd-4th place – Bird Language with Jon Young instructional DVD and Jon’s new book “What the Robin Knows”
5th-8th place – Your choice of either Bird Language with Jon Young instructional DVD or Jon’s new book “What the Robin Knows”
*If you have already registered for the Bird Language Intensive, don’t worry, if you win the contest we will give you a refund.
More information here http://8shields.com/programs/bird-week/
Submission Instructions
Step 1. Sign in to or get a YouTube account
Make sure you have a youtube account and are signed in to your account. You can do so by going to youtube.com and clicking either “Create Account” or “Sign In” in the upper right corner.
Step 2. Make a Video
It’s easier than you think:
With a video camera: Record your video, transfer it to your computer, upload it to youtube (go to youtube.com and click “upload” at the top of the page or go to http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_upload and follow the instructions.)
From your computer’s camera: Go to youtube.com, click upload, click record from webcam (or just go to http://www.youtube.com/my_webcam), Adobe Flash player will ask to use your camera, click allow, Hit the record button and follow the instructions.
From your IPhone: Open your camera application, switch it to video mode, record your video, open your video in the gallery, click the share icon in the lower left corner, click “send to youtube” and follow the instructions.
From your Google Android Phone: Open the Youtube app, click the camera icon on the top, follow the instructions.
Step 3. Submit your video as a reply
Once you have your video on youtube, go to the contest video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPk0q_33vaA , click “respond to this video” in the comments section below the video, then click “create a video response” (short cut to this page here http://www.youtube.com/video_response_upload?v=rPk0q_33vaA), then select the video from the list of your videos and click “Use selected video”
Step 4. Get your friends to “like” your video
Go to page that plays your video (go to youtube.com, next to your picture in the top left click videos, then click your video – it should start playing your video), click the “share” button below the video, copy the link that looks something like this http://youtu.be/rPk0q_33vaA
Now go to your facebook, google plus, blog, email, pen and paper, signal fire, or your communication method of choice and paste that link and ask your friends, family, and neighbors to watch your video and then click the like button below the video.
Step 5. Go to Youtube.com/birdlanguage and watch the youtube channel that you helped make!
Rules
- Submit as many stories as you want, but you can only win once.
- If you use a video you already have on youtube, we will record the number of likes it has and count up from there for the contest.
- If there is a tie, the 8 Shields staff will vote.
- Have fun!
If you have any troubles, feel free to contact us at youtube.com/birdlanguage and click the “send message” button on the right.
And remember the video with the most “likes” wins so get your friends to push the “like” button on your video.
To see the responses visit youtube.com/birdlanguage
