By leelefever on September 30, 2009 - 1:31pm
Today we've published a new video "Saving for Retirement in Plain English".
Since we first considered making the series of videos on Money, we've had our eyes on retirement savings. Not just our retirement, but yours. Too many people start saving too late and/or don't know the basics of why retirement accounts like 401ks and IRAs make sense. This video is aimed at helping people see the long term benefits of retirement accounts.
Who is it for? Along with use in schools, we see this video being a tool for companies who offer retirement programs. This video can be licensed for use by HR (or financial organizations) that have the goal of increasing awareness and adoption of the programs.
This video will join the other Money videos in a forthcoming "Financial Basics Pack" of 6 videos:
The release of this video also marks a break for our recent focus on money and a return to technology. More coming soon!
By leelefever on July 21, 2009 - 10:13am
By leelefever on June 16, 2009 - 2:59pm
By leelefever on May 26, 2009 - 12:11pm
Today we published a new video called "Preparing an Emergency Kit in Plain English." 
This video represents a new kind of relationship for Common Craft. A while back, we were contacted by Public Safety Canada (PSC) about this subject and we saw a couple of opportunities. First, we could work on a video that has the potential to have a positive impact. Second, we saw an opportunity for a win-win in terms of the video's ownership - something we call a hybrid relationship.
Emergency kits are a widely accepted part of emergency preparedness and most agree on what a kit should contain. The opportunity we saw was to work with PSC to create an emergency kit video that would fit their needs and give us an opportunity to offer a similar video for licensing on commoncraft.com. So, PSC received a video built for their Canadian audience and we have a video with versions appropriate for our American audience. We see this as a win-win and enjoyed working with PSC to make it happen.
This video offers governments and organizations focusing on emergency preparedness a quick and effective way to help citizens get started on building their kits. It can be licensed and branded for use in training and education, or on public facing websites.
Watch the video here.
Video: World Wide Web in Plain English
Show Description:
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<span class="description">A short explanation of what makes the World Wide Web work: browsers, packets, servers addresses and links. </span>
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<span class="description">Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZoMbBzqxyc">YouTube</a> and <a href="http://dotsub.com/view/25f1be59-9a84-4d75-94ef-acd0b5ccf0af">Dotsub</a> (translated subtitles). </span>Need a <a href="/transcript-world-wide-web-plain-english">transcript</a>?
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<b>We're <a href="http://www.twitter.com/commoncraft">@commoncraft on Twitter</a>.
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Store Description:
<span class="description">A short explanation of what makes the World Wide Web work: browsers, packets, servers, addresses and links. </span>
Individual License Price:
WMV, Individual License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=233942&cl=15474&ejc=2
WMV, Site License:
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MOV, Individual License:
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By leelefever on April 08, 2009 - 1:37pm
Video: Computer Software in Plain English
Show Description:
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<span class="description"> A short explanation of how operating systems and software programs work together to make computers useful and customizable. </span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="description">Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lvOfSrFZDc">YouTube</a> and <a href="http://dotsub.com/view/253fc0e4-32fe-4c36-80e4-5dfb692dbb95">Dotsub</a> (translated subtitles). </span>Need a <a href="/transcript-computer-software-plain-english">transcript</a> ?
</p>
<p>
<b>We're <a href="http://www.twitter.com/commoncraft">@commoncraft on Twitter</a>.
</b>
</p>
Store Description:
<span class="description"> A short explanation of how operating systems and software programs work together to make computers useful and customizable. </span>
Individual License Price:
WMV, Individual License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=226513&cl=15474&ejc=2
WMV, Site License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=226568&cl=15474&ejc=2
MOV, Individual License:
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MOV, Site License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=226516&cl=15474&ejc=2
By leelefever on March 24, 2009 - 9:38pm
Video: Computer Hardware in Plain English
Show Description:
<p>
A short explanation of the basic parts of computers and what they do to make computers work. Focuses on the Hard Drive, RAM and Processor.
</p>
<p>
<span class="description">Shared on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pYiNyGKB84">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://vimeo.com/3359111">Vimeo</a> and <a href="http://dotsub.com/view/dc7ca26a-7d5d-404e-8e21-c9e67ec037ac">Dotsub</a> (translated subtitles). </span>Need a <a href="/transcript-computer-hardware-plain-english">transcript</a>?
</p>
<p>
<b>We're <a href="http://www.twitter.com/commoncraft">@commoncraft on Twitter</a>.
</b>
</p>
Store Description:
A short explanation of the basic parts of computers and what they accomplish to
make computers work. Focuses on the Hard Drive, RAM and Processor.
Individual License Price:
WMV, Individual License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=214580&cl=15474&ejc=2
WMV, Site License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=214605&cl=15474&ejc=2
MOV, Individual License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=214586&cl=15474&ejc=2
MOV, Site License:
https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?c=cart&i=214622&cl=15474&ejc=2
By leelefever on February 25, 2009 - 11:52am
