Post on 27-May-2015
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PEOPLE POWERBY CANDACE BUGGS AND AUSTIN TOOMBS
“We, the occupiers, have shown our country how to come together and respect differences while working together to build a movement for change.”
OCCPUY WALL STREET
http://occupywallst.org/
THIS MOVEMENT’S SUCCESS…
“The movement’s success is due in part to the use of online technologies and international social networking…”
• Facebook for minutes blog and recruitment center• Occupy Together website• Live News Feed• Twitter Feeds
http://occupywallst.org/
MOVEMENT RESEARCH
“Admittedly, organizing anarchists is like herding cats”
http://cartasalhogar.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-stage-effective-protest.html
KEYS TO A PROTESTS
#OWSCentral Image
OrganizePerformance
Numbers
http://cartasalhogar.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-stage-effective-protest.html
Fundraising Collaborate
Stay Safe Build Awareness
Keep Supporters Encouraged
http://www.movements.org/case-study/
KEYS TO A PROTESTS
#OWSCentral Image
OrganizePerformance
Numbers
http://cartasalhogar.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-stage-effective-protest.html
Fundraising Collaborate
Stay Safe Build Awareness
Keep Supporters Encouraged
http://www.movements.org/case-study/
KEYS TO A PROTESTS
#OWSCentral Image
OrganizePerformance
Numbers
http://cartasalhogar.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-stage-effective-protest.html
Fundraising Collaborate
Stay Safe Build Awareness
Keep Supporters Encouraged
http://www.movements.org/case-study/
WHY NUMBERS
“The goal of a protest should not only be to vent our collective anger, but to channel it in the most effective way that will bring about the change that we so deeply desire.”
http://mydd.com/users/spacemuseum/posts/ineffective-protesting
WHY NUMBERS
“The goal of a protest should not only be to vent our collective anger, but to channel it in the most effective way that will bring about the change that we so deeply desire.”
http://mydd.com/users/spacemuseum/posts/ineffective-protesting
INSIGHTS FROM NUMBERS
• They allow people to see the path protestors are on.
• Highlights the collective voice (i.e. unity and direction)
• Moves the Movement
http://saybrook.typepad.com/complexity/2011/10/the-collective-voice-of-a-leaderless-group.html
A FEW NUMBERS FROM #OWS
http://occupywallst.org/
https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt
• 950 cities in 82 countries
• 300,000+ signed petitions
• 3000+ New Yorkers
• 1896 Total Arrests
PEOPLE POWER
http://occupywallst.org/
https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt
• 950 cities in 82 countries
• 300,000+ signed petitions
• 3000+ New Yorkers
• 1896 Total Arrests
PEOPLE POWER
http://occupywallst.org/
https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt
• 950 cities in 82 countries
• 300,000+ signed petitions
• 3000+ New Yorkers
• 1896 Total Arrests
PEOPLE POWER
http://occupywallst.org/
https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt
• 950 cities in 82 countries
• 300,000+ signed petitions
• 3000+ New Yorkers
• 1896 Total Arrests
PEOPLE POWER
http://occupywallst.org/
https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt
Numbers can not be overlooked
PEOPLE POWER
http://occupywallst.org/
https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt
CONCEPT
Speaker
CONCEPT
“I’m here!” button
CONCEPT
“I agree!” button
CONCEPTMicrophone
CONCEPT
Statement button
TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF DESIGN•Mechanically generated electricity
• Secondary function as a noise maker•GPS
• Tracks location• Determines which messages are received
•Personalized number crunching
• Creates more meaningful impact
DISBURSEMENT PROCESS
There are basically two ways this could be handed out:
• The occupiers have to buy this• Main reason it must be cheap
• A company sympathetic to the movement in question donates these devices
• OWS raised at least $435,000
http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/story/2011-10-19/wall-street-protest-finances/50827028/1
CURRENT DRAWBACKS• How does one know when the speaker is making a discrete
statement?• How do you distinguish between:
• Disagreement• Neutrality• Not paying attention
QUESTIONS?
BOY SCOUT SLIDE
Mechanically rechargeable did you say?
http://www.sybarites.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/degmeca2.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Handheld_Flashlight_Radio.jpg
http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2006/03/25/wind-up_mobile_phone_charger.jpg