Comments on: Play it forward video contest entries

By: Are you going to be in San Francisco or Santa Cruz, CA next week?

Are you going to be in San Francisco or Santa Cruz, CA next week? — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:29:42 +0000

[...] improv show called “The Uncle Ukulele Show.” You may remember him from his “play it forward” contest entry, “Improvising [...]

By: And the winners are….

And the winners are…. — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:44:13 +0000

[...] had a really hard time narrowing the 54 entries for the Play it Forward contest down to just 3 winners. I sure wish that I had a lot of money, [...]

By: Play it forward video contest deadline looms

Play it forward video contest deadline looms — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:32:05 +0000

[...] to an end. Please submit your last minute entries before midnight (EST) tonight. So far we have 51 entries. Good luck to [...]

By: Friday Links | Uke Hunt

Friday Links | Uke Hunt — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:25:09 +0000

[...] Only a few days left to win a Flea and a bunch of other stuff in Ukulele Review’s Play it forward video contest. [...]

By: jhob

jhob — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:25:49 +0000

It is definitely a great concept for a competition. I’m not sure I would have got around to making a video were it not for the competition, however now that I have done so I am really keen to do some more videos - it’s fun to teach!

Thanks Julie!

By: davoomac

davoomac — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:53:06 +0000

Hey Julie! This is a great contest.

I don’t see what the problem with calling it ‘play it forward’. The contest is encouraging people teach others what they know on the ukulele. Those people in turn can teach other people. Everyone wins!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:01:12 +0000

samuel:
I’m sorry that I’m not fitting the exact definition of the ‘pay it forward’ theme. I believe the idea is that you do something nice for someone and in turn they do something nice for another person who does something nice for yet another person… Right? Well, all the people that have posted ukulele videos on YouTube did something nice for me as they have taught me various songs. So, I bought 3 ukuleles and some accessories and made a contest that will pay back 3 people for making even more videos that will help/inspire/entertain even more people… I look at it as each person that submits an entry could have a positive effect on multiple people and in return they might win a prize and I also will generate some extra traffic to my site. Everyone benefits

By: samuel

samuel — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:14:31 +0000

I don’t get the point of talking about “pay it forward” as it is a contest… Why don’t you just send those ukes to three people who need them or have already done something good with instructions on how to pay forward ?

You’re not paying forward, you’re paying back people for an effort through a contest, and getting a benefit out of it. That’s not how it’s supposed to work.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think this contest is a bad idea, it IS a good idea, BUT there’s no way it is a “paying forward” action, it’s simply a contest.

By: Play it forward ukulele video contest

Play it forward ukulele video contest — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:10:03 +0000

[...] See all of the contest entries here. [...]