Did you know that a woman invented Kevlar? Most people don't! Unfortunately, we just don't celebrate the contributions of women enough - particularly in the areas of science, math and technology.
Women in Technology International wants to change that by inviting you to participate in a unique Social Celebration! We need your help to celebrate women and their contributions to technology by sending them a "wave." (The video shows you how it looks!)
Technology brings us together. So just imagine all of our videos edited together where my hand touches yours, yours touches...Oprah! Then Oprah connects with...Michelle Omaba! Lady Gaga gets in on the act, news anchors in the middle of a broadcast suddenly "wave" at their friends and women from around the world are all waving at each other in celebration.
If you use or create technology, science or math, you should be celebrated for your contribution. We'd like to celebrate YOU as part of this video because you're part of the WITI Wave!
It's easy to participate!
Make a video of yourself, your friends - your kids and their friends - doing the "WITI Wave" to join in the fun!
Post your video as a Video Response below this video (instructions below)
To make a video response, click the All Comments box located underneath the video's information (the same place you would click to write a comment). A hyperlink on the right of the box called Create a video response will appear - click this link. You will be given two options for choosing your video response:
Choose a Video
The Choose a Video option lets you respond with any video you've already posted. Each video in your account can only be used as a video response one time. You'll notice that your videos that have already been used as video responses have an asterisk (*) beside them.
Upload a Video Response
This option works like the normal upload process. Simply go to the upload page and upload the video as usual. Once this is complete, return to select your newly uploaded video as the video response.
WITI Wave Video Sharing Instructions
At some point today, please take 15 minutes to share the video via your social media sites.
ADD this exact line of text at the end of every comment you use (link and hashtag):
http://youtu.be/34-PL1z9rnA #WITIWave
Some examples of what you can say in any social network, comment, message:
This just blew my mind. Everybody needs to watch.
#WITIWave gets me every time, keeps you thinking.
Still my favorite video on @youtube...
Watch this and spread it.
You HAVE to watch this video! Besides, you can spare 2 minutes, right?
Completely worth the 2 minutes to watch this and celebrate! #WITIWave
Very inspirational #WITIWave
Watch this!! It's awesome
Have you seen this video yet? I bet it's going to go viral.
This is awesome!
This is so creative, I love it.
Hey @PERSON'sTwitterAccount, I want you to watch this then I want to talk about it with you.
[video] Spectacular! watch:
YouTube
Most of your sharing can be done from YouTube. After you watch the video,
Click the "Like" thumbs-up button
Click "Subscribe" button
Leave a comment in the comments section
Click "Post" to submit your comment
Click "Share" button to share it on other social networks
Click each of the icons for each social networks you use (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and lots more)
It is safe to log in with each of your social networks' username and password for this process. It is secure and you are not authorizing YouTube to do anything beyond posting the contents you get to see prior to submitting.
Write a short blog post and paste the "Embed code" for #WITIWave in a new posting so your readers can watch the video within your blog and not have to leave
