Post Everything
We post everything to YouTube. Selected videos that don’t contain confidential information may be made public. We expect this will help with:
- Hiring because candidates can get a feel for the company by seeing meetings.
- Retention because sharing reinforces our value of transparency.
- Community because people feel more part of what is happening at the company.
- Enablement because people can find detailed content about certain subjects.
- Training because content on YouTube is easier to consume even for team members.
No Quality Bar
You don’t need to be concerned that something is not of sufficient quality because:
- The Agapic Unfiltered YouTube channel is our space for communicating and sharing with team members.
- We can embed videos if and where they are relevant, for example in docs.
- We can enhance videos later if we need to (trim it so it starts immediately, add a transcript, add a description, or add links to relevant materials).
- Algorithms will ensure that a video will be distributed to the right-sized audience.
No Extra Work
Creating content for the Unfiltered channel shouldn’t be extra work. You should do what you normally do. But when a meeting is even possibly interesting for more people, hit the record button and upload the video to the Unfiltered channel, or make it a live stream for the Unfiltered channel.
Make Private Quickly
Videos on the Unfiltered channel are private by default. Further, in case there are any concerns raised about a video on the Unfiltered channel, everyone has the authority to make those videos private. You don’t have to wait for any permission. Just go to the channel specific YouTube Studio, here is the one for Unfiltered, and mark the video private. If you think a video should be public, let your manager know. If approved, the video may get moved to the Community channel, which is public by default.
Channels
There are three YouTube channels we use at Agapic:
- Branded: Used for content intended for people in the wider community, including marketing, user stories, employment branding, and polished sales videos and demos. Videos are public by default.
- Community: Our casual space for communicating and sharing with the public. Content on the Community channel may be taken from Unfiltered, but screened to ensure it does not contain confidential information. Videos are public by default.
- Unfiltered: Used for content intended for team members, including team meetings, discussions, office hours, and casual demos. Videos are private by default.
Visibility Labels
There are three visibility labels:
- Branded
- Community
- Unfiltered
The level of visibility should be displayed clearly in the titles of calendar invites. For example, when you do a live stream to the Unfiltered channel say: “Private Unfiltered stream” at the start of the invite.
We don’t post:
- Unlisted videos on any channel, as these are too insecure for sensitive materials and not findable enough for public materials.
- Private videos on our branded or community channels, as all videos on those channels are intended for a wider audience.
Unable to view a video on Youtube
If you get a “Video unavailable” or “Private video” error on YouTube, the error may be caused because the video is private to Agapic Unfiltered and you are accessing the video with your individual YouTube account.
In order to see the video,
- Click your photo or icon in the upper right corner of Youtube.
- Then Click > Switch Account
- Now Select > Agapic Unfiltered. Do not select the account with your name.
- Once you are on Agapic Unfiltered, reload the page and you can view the video.
Audience on YouTube
When publishing, YouTube will ask if the content is made for kids. Agapic content should be marked as “No, it’s not made for kids.”