[Street] Script

Brett West heavyriser at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 10:10:53 EST 2011


Thats great. In addition to what Michael said, when cold-calling, ask who
the best person is to talk to about coordinating on this event. It is
likely not the person who answers the phone.

ALSO - Everyone should read and consider Katie's email, "a question",
pertaining to the timing of the Dec. 3rd event and if we should push it
back or not. Post a response if you'd like to give input

On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Daniel Mc <danielm at occupyboston.org>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Sorry for not getting this out yesterday. For some reason, I couldn't log
> in to occupyboston email yesterday. Here is the script that Brett sent out
> and also below is a quick comment from Michael that may be useful when cold
> calling.
>
>
> Script:
>
> "Hi, my name is ___________. I'm a volunteer with Occupy Boston and I'm
> calling because we're organizing a Unity Rally to take place at Copley
> Square on December 3rd. Individuals and organizations from the 99% will
> gather in Copley to call attention to our most important issues and foster
> unity among all the groups that are consistently abused by our current
> system. Today I am calling you because we would love to have [Name of
> Organization] come and educate us on the issues that you address in your
> work. Does this sound like something your organization might be interested
> in?"
>
> if No: "Okay, thank you for your time and please let anyone know who you
> think may be interested in joining us".
>
> if Yes: "Great! The event will take place at 1pm in Copley Square on
> December 3rd. Before 1pm, however, there will be a number of great events
> taking place throughout the city of Boston hosted by groups that are
> drawing attention to their own issues. Then we will all meet at Copley by
> 1pm to celebrate our diversity and unity as part of the 99%. I encourage
> you to check out our website, occupyunite.eventbrite.com, to find out
> about the events taking place before one o'clock to see if your
> organization would want to join one of them. You are also encouraged to
> start your own."
>
>
>
> Quick comment:
>
> I hope all is well.  Sorry that I have been out of the loop for so long,
> things have been pretty busy at work and though I've been marching a few
> times a week I've been missing the outreach meetings.  I think the script
> is great.  Gets right to the point and is clear about date/time and who we
> are and why we are calling.
>
> The caller would definitely want to memorize it before they call,
> especially since there aren't "pauses" built in .  The person being called
> will definitely have comments and questions and will butt in from time to
> time to say what they have to say or just to make conversation/small talk.
>  Also it is a bit ambiguous about what the event is about.  It says we will
> be calling attention to "our most important issues" and there is a good
> chance that the person will ask "what are these issues."  I think we can
> all talk comfortably about these issues but being on the phone asks you to
> recall these issues at a rapid fire rate so it'd be good to have a list of
> issues so the caller can list them off.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Daniel.
> Occupy Boston Outreach Committee
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