[Street] Script

Daniel Mc danielm at occupyboston.org
Fri Nov 25 10:04:33 EST 2011


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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