Teach What You Know in Descript’s New Video Challenge (Full Transcript)

Descript and Contra invite creators to teach any skill in a video for a chance to win part of $5,000. Entries close September 8.
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[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Creativity isn't magic, it's work, and it's a never-ending process of making hundreds of small decisions and, let's be honest, double the amount of mistakes. I've spent years teaching people that, but I need some help. So Descript and Contra are running a challenge, where you have to make a video teaching one thing that your work has taught you, it doesn't matter what it is, as long as you make it in Descript. There's $5,000 in prizes, and entries close on September 8th. So teach me how you design your logo, or build your website. Teach me how you film your videos. Teach me how you cut your hair. Teach me a peaceful and easy yoga routine. Teach me how to reset my Wi-Fi. Teach me a faster way to cut my grass. Teach me how to make a quantum portal. Teach me how to get myself to actually clean my room. Teach me how to properly use utensils. Teach me literally anything, and we'll pick our favorite submissions. May the best teacher win.

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The speaker explains that creativity is a continuous process of many small decisions and mistakes, then promotes a Descript and Contra video challenge. Participants must create a video in Descript teaching one lesson from their work or expertise. The challenge offers $5,000 in prizes, accepts entries until September 8, and welcomes tutorials on virtually any topic.
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Descript and Contra Launch a Teach-What-You-Know Video Challenge
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  • Creativity is framed as disciplined work involving countless decisions and mistakes.
  • Descript and Contra are hosting a challenge for videos that teach one thing learned through work.
  • Entries must be made in Descript.
  • The challenge offers $5,000 in prizes.
  • Submissions close on September 8.
  • Participants can teach almost any useful skill or topic.
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Positive: The tone is energetic, encouraging, and playful, using a wide range of humorous tutorial examples to motivate creators to participate.
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