240: Action and Reaction (Part 2 of 2)

Tonight we conclude with the HOW of communicating effectively along with historically useful methods that are no longer effective and some case studies of effective vs. ineffective protests. And we find something that #Occupy was effective at other than being an awareness campaign!

Regular Hosts:
Dave of Pagans promoting Healthy Active Tendencies (PHAT), Joe “I’m here”
Guest Hosts:
Nick of The Satyr’s Thicket, NRia of Pagan Men

01:02
Nick, we need to talk
01:12
How you say a message has a lot to do with how people perceive a message
01:45
Case study of Scientology with regards to how to communicate a message
03:51
Compare/Contrast of effective vs. an ineffective protest
01:12
How you say a message has a lot to do with how people perceive a message
01:45
Case study of Scientology with regards to how to communicate a message
03:51
Compare/Contrast of effective vs. an ineffective protest
04:45
Using a tool for what it’s good for
04:45
Using a tool for what it’s good for
05:46
Don’t be offensive to the point it’s counter-productive to your purpose
06:11
Keeping things positive (fighting for something) generally works better in public mindset.
07:17
Have a call to action!
06:51
Effective protests focus on one central idea, other things can be brought up, but there is one core idea
07:17
Have a call to action!
09:59
Is your call to action going to be effective? Are you helping others help you?
10:20
Is a more appropriate goal: benevolent apathy
10:47
Have details!
11:30
Have a plan pre-made for influencers to implement
13:06
Is this physically possible?
13:57
Rant against Occupy with how they do this wrong.
15:17
Now exiting: communication
15:21
Drama!
17:28
Name calling is a bad idea when trying to get something done
18:44
Scurvy fulfills a moral obligation to Patheos
19:31
Lies and deception as part of your methodologies
22:28
How homosexuality got removed from the DSM
20:10
Why are historically proven methods failing us now?
20:44
Why protests have stopped working
21:36
Finally, an example of how Occupy did something right – mass manipulation
22:28
How homosexuality got removed from the DSM
23:02
Peaceful protests vs. the other type: Occupy
23:27
Peaceful != Apathetic
25:00
Sacrifice as a part of protest movements?
26:21
Beginning the discussion about CEOs here
26:51
Maciavelli reference, take a drink.
31:24
Why women are not paid as much as other genders
31:57
All goes back to effective communication
32:10
How Occupy was effective at playing a page out of the proverbial political playbook
34:09
Becoming an angry mob turns people against your movement, for example: Occupy
34:49
If you are part of/leading a movement, it is your role to take control of the conversation!
36:00
MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE CONVERSATION
38:17
Why Scurvy hates Patheos Pagan Portal
38:54
People with single goals
40:34
The awesomeness of the Patheos Pagan Portal is overshadowed by derpy lower-management
41:54
The most successful protests we see in textbooks had a lot of involvement from local communities – they weren’t one large monolithic group.
43:47
Apps as a means of effective communication
44:57
People are wondering how Pagans (especially Wiccans) are going to help out
50:06
Sometimes Pagans boycott stuff for stupid reasons
45:37
Open Hearth Foundation doing cool stuff to essentially be a Pagan Lobby
46:33
Online petitions generate awareness, but what are you doing with that awareness?
00:00
46:49
Tactics not used by Pagans
47:04
Boycotts, and Ed Hubbard’s theory
50:06
Sometimes Pagans boycott stuff for stupid reasons
51:56
Suing the government fading out from common practice among Pagans for national campaigns
Credits

Post-produced by: Dave
List of resources used or mentioned:
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Season 24 Credits:
Internet Archive
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Pagan Radio Network – Pagan Radio Network
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[DH] Lethal Destiny
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/354802
_-={Everlasting Times}=-_
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/170554
_-={Forces United!}=-_
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/290238

Originally Published: Friday, May 11, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Pagan Centered Podcast
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