HeartJapan Contest: A Million Hearts For Japan http://ow.ly/9pj4c http://su.pr/1Kb0OG
We’re Off And Running
As promised in my last post,I’m back to tell you about the contest! But, first let me give a big thanks to everyone who has been so supportive so far. We’re off to an amazing start! What looked like an impossible dream only a few weeks ago, is now a global, multi-platform event taking shape and gathering momentum with every new message to Japan, every new retweet, and every amazing person finding a way to help move this forward! Last week I did a guest post on Michael Q. Todd’s blog titled “How Social Media is Helping Japan”. This has now been tweeted and retweeted to millions, then Wednesday’s post on this very blog, out to millions more!
Messages From Around the World
From Belgium: keep up the Japanese positive spirit!
From Spain: all my support and admiration to the people of Japan !
From South Africa: Well done. Your courage and determination is an inspiration.
Hundreds of messages from 32 countries and counting!
Ganbatte 365 tweets on the big screen in Tokyo
We’re running the tweets on over 300 screens in Tokyo that have a total reach of about 30 million people per week, and on March 2nd, we are taking a road trip up to the three hardest hit prefectures: Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate. There we will be setting up screens for people to see the messages coming in from around the world.
Ganbatte 365 & BC-JERF in Vancouver
Cities around the world are joining in to get the word out. In Vancouver, we partnered with
Pattison Outdoor and BC Japan Earthquake Relief Fund to call for messages and also promote the charity concert being held by BC-JERF on March 11. And it looks like we are going to have an announcement about, dare I say it, Times Square… very, very soon!
Instagram Contest
Grand Prize: a trip to Japan and an appearance in the documentary film.
And now we have a new fun way to participate, the Million Hearts To Japan Instagram photo message contest on Statigram To enter, tag your photo message with HeartJapan, and upload via Instagram. It’s that easy. Lot’s of great prizes. Check out the rest of the details on Statigram and see how to win a trip to Japan. Send a photo message or like some of the entries. We’re on our way to a million! More news soon…
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Friday, March 2, 2012
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#JpQuake NPO: @Ganbatte365 Kizuna Project http://su.pr/2Q4ibJ
Ganbatte 365 and You
After the 3.11 disaster, I started an NPO called Ganbatte 365 to increase awareness of the recovery and renewal of Tohoku. The content is a combination of 15 second videos (especially suited for outdoor digital media) and longer videos for the web. It’s all Creative Commons licensed so anyone can freely use it on any media world-wide just by downloading it from the Ganbatte 365 web site. Since last summer we have made almost 300 videos in English and Japanese, which have been played on screens at hundreds of locations in Japan and around the world.
As we come up to the 1st anniversary of the disaster, the focus will once again be on Japan. We’re taking a break from our usual activities to run a special crowd event called the
“Ganbatte 365 Kizuna Project: A Million Hearts To Japan.”
Now is the time to send another round of messages. If the outpouring of support from around the world last year was like the response to a friend who has just been in an accident, then this will be more like reminding a friend in the midst of a long, hard challenge that you are still there for them and that you are thinking of them.
Your Message on outdoor signs in Tokyo with a reach of 30M per week
It’s a Global multi-platform event, and we’re putting out the call through our fantastic outdoor media partners, the Web, and various social media. Send us your message to Japan! We’re collecting the messages, translating them and putting them on outdoor signs in Tokyo at over 300 locations with a reach of almost 30 million people per week.
We’re also taking the messages right to where the people need them most, at some of the places hardest hit by the disaster. We are setting up special screens there to publish messages as they come in.
Million Hearts To Japan Contest – Win a trip to Japan! (Come back in two days – when it goes live!!!)
We couldn’t stop there so we kept on going and made a contest. We know that people sending messages of support don’t need to win anything. They do it because it feels good. But the bigger we make this, the better everyone will feel, so let’s make it really big and have some fun at the same time. Submit a photo using Instagram and use the HeartJapan hashtag and you can win some great prizes. Contest details via Statigram to be announced in two days. We are giving away products from Tohoku. Some are even from the stories we are covering in Ganbatte 365. All the finalist photos will appear in the Ganbatte 365 documentary film.
Grand Prize: a trip to Japan and an appearance in the documentary film.
Four easy ways to participate:
Send a Tweet (Copy, Edit & Sent the tweet. You’ll be retweeted)
Write a message on Facebook
Write a message on Google+
And then there’s the contest – enter the brand new contest here (With a prize of a trip to Japan!)
Ganbatte is a Japanese word that can mean “Do your best!” when you are working or “Go for it!” in sports. When someone is faced with a personal challenge, it can also mean “Stay strong!”. The name of this project, “Ganbatte 365″, refers to “staying strong” and “doing our best” for a whole year (the minimum length of the project), and also “doing our best” for each of the 365 days in a year.
#JpQuake NPO: @Ganbatte365 Kizuna Project http://su.pr/2Q4ibJ
Ganbatte 365 and You
After the 3.11 disaster, I started an NPO called Ganbatte 365 to increase awareness of the recovery and renewal of Tohoku. The content is a combination of 15 second videos (especially suited for outdoor digital media) and longer videos for the web. It’s all Creative Commons licensed so anyone can freely use it on any media world-wide just by downloading it from the Ganbatte 365 web site. Since last summer we have made almost 300 videos in English and Japanese, which have been played on screens at hundreds of locations in Japan and around the world.
As we come up to the 1st anniversary of the disaster, the focus will once again be on Japan. We’re taking a break from our usual activities to run a special crowd event called the
“Ganbatte 365 Kizuna Project: A Million Hearts To Japan.”
Now is the time to send another round of messages. If the outpouring of support from around the world last year was like the response to a friend who has just been in an accident, then this will be more like reminding a friend in the midst of a long, hard challenge that you are still there for them and that you are thinking of them.
Your Message on outdoor signs in Tokyo with a reach of 30M per week
It’s a Global multi-platform event, and we’re putting out the call through our fantastic outdoor media partners, the Web, and various social media. Send us your message to Japan! We’re collecting the messages, translating them and putting them on outdoor signs in Tokyo at over 300 locations with a reach of almost 30 million people per week.
We’re also taking the messages right to where the people need them most, at some of the places hardest hit by the disaster. We are setting up special screens there to publish messages as they come in.
Million Hearts To Japan Contest – Win a trip to Japan! (Come back in two days – when it goes live!!!)
We couldn’t stop there so we kept on going and made a contest. We know that people sending messages of support don’t need to win anything. They do it because it feels good. But the bigger we make this, the better everyone will feel, so let’s make it really big and have some fun at the same time. Submit a photo using Instagram and use the HeartJapan hashtag and you can win some great prizes. Contest details via Statigram to be announced in two days. We are giving away products from Tohoku. Some are even from the stories we are covering in Ganbatte 365. All the finalist photos will appear in the Ganbatte 365 documentary film.
Grand Prize: a trip to Japan and an appearance in the documentary film.
Four easy ways to participate:
Send a Tweet (Copy, Edit & Sent the tweet. You’ll be retweeted)
Write a message on Facebook
Write a message on Google+
And then there’s the contest – enter the brand new contest here (With a prize of a trip to Japan!)
Ganbatte is a Japanese word that can mean “Do your best!” when you are working or “Go for it!” in sports. When someone is faced with a personal challenge, it can also mean “Stay strong!”. The name of this project, “Ganbatte 365″, refers to “staying strong” and “doing our best” for a whole year (the minimum length of the project), and also “doing our best” for each of the 365 days in a year.
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