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?

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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