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.<div><br></div><div>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<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Daniel Mc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danielm@occupyboston.org">danielm@occupyboston.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi All,<br>
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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.<br>
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Script:<br>
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"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?"<br>
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if No: "Okay, thank you for your time and please let anyone know who you think may be interested in joining us".<br>
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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, <a href="http://occupyunite.eventbrite.com" target="_blank">occupyunite.eventbrite.com</a>, 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."<br>
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Quick comment:<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Daniel.<br>
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