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Can you provide a bit more context? Is this supposed to be a quick "elevator pitch" to commoners there, or a specific announcement of something specific?  I'm happy to prepare something but need more details on the purpose, intended target, and any relevant background info.

Needs more bite... try this:

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To those currently occupying Wall St. - Please Listen Up

You're upset with the banks, yet you continue to bank with them.

You're upset with the Federal Reserve, yet you continue to use its fiat money.

You're upset with Wall St., yet you subsidize and support them every day.

The slave who merely grumbles while he endures his enslavement does not advance his own freedom. The banks may have built the cage, but you have locked yourself inside.

There is an alternative to this fraudulent scheme that imprisons you - it's called Bitcoin

It's a decentralized monetary system - no person, corporation, nor government can control it. It is without borders, agenda, or undue influence.

If you care to end the lecherous system that has grown fat off the toils of society, we invite you to come over and discuss.

We're giving away some free donations of this new currency - and we'll teach you how to use it.

Bitcoin will end the banks, if you care to try it.

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I recommend taking the advice on this page (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Public_relations) into account.

I like evoorhees' bit, but it may not work very well in the format.

Why not just announce that Bitcoin is a money not controlled by large financial and government interests, and anyone who wishes to learn more about it should meet at X place and Y time?

Lesson #1 of PR: know your audience.

The protesters are in the mood for high rhetoric and impact - the statement to them needs to be such. Given the demographic and tenor of the audience, I tried to imagine what Che Guevara would say, if he knew what he was talking about.

The wiki page is great general advice for a general audience, but this is not a general audience.

I don't agree with Michael Moore all the time but go find him and convince him to use bitcoins.  Use his celebrity power so people will listen.

Needs more bite... try this:

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To those currently occupying Wall St. - Please Listen Up

You're upset with the banks, yet you continue to bank with them.

You're upset with the Federal Reserve, yet you continue to use its fiat money.

You're upset with Wall St., yet you subsidize and support them every day.

The slave who merely grumbles while he endures his enslavement does not advance his own freedom. The banks may have built the cage, but you have locked yourself inside.

There is an alternative to this fraudulent scheme that imprisons you - it's called Bitcoin

It's a decentralized monetary system - no person, corporation, nor government can control it. It is without borders, agenda, or undue influence.

If you care to end the lecherous system that has grown fat off the toils of society, we invite you to come over and discuss.

We're giving away some free donations of this new currency - and we'll teach you how to use it.

Bitcoin will end the banks, if you care to try it.

Message finished.
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Needs more bite... try this:

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To those currently occupying Wall St. - Please Listen Up

You're upset with the banks, yet you continue to bank with them.

You're upset with the Federal Reserve, yet you continue to use its fiat money.

You're upset with Wall St., yet you subsidize and support them every day.

The slave who merely grumbles while he endures his enslavement does not advance his own freedom. The banks may have built the cage, but you have locked yourself inside.

There is an alternative to this fraudulent scheme that imprisons you - it's called Bitcoin

It's a decentralized monetary system - no person, corporation, nor government can control it. It is without borders, agenda, or undue influence.

If you care to end the lecherous system that has grown fat off the toils of society, we invite you to come over and discuss.

We're giving away some free donations of this new currency - and we'll teach you how to use it.

Bitcoin will end the banks, if you care to try it.

Message finished.
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Needs more bite... try this:

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To those currently occupying Wall St. - Please Listen Up

You're upset with the banks, yet you continue to bank with them.

You're upset with the Federal Reserve, yet you continue to use its fiat money.

You're upset with Wall St., yet you subsidize and support continue to buy their stocks and invest in their financial engineering them every day.

The slave who merely grumbles while he endures his enslavement does not advance his own freedom. The banks may have built the cage, but you have locked yourself inside.

There is an alternative to this fraudulent scheme that imprisons you - it's called Bitcoin

It's a decentralized monetary system - no person, corporation, nor government can control it. It is without borders, agenda, or undue influence.  It is not subject to inflation or deflation.

If you care to end the lecherous corrupt system that has grown fat off toils of society our backs, we invite you to come over and discuss.

We're giving away some free donations of this new currency - and we'll teach you how to use it.

Bitcoin will end the banks, if you care to try it.

Message finished.
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you can use Dylan Ratigan's speech as an example of how the echo works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28PSnCwCMp4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28PSnCwCMp4)

Remember everything needs to be echoed in short phrases.  Every (pause) will be echoed by the crowd.  Try this

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To those Occupying Wall St (To those Occupying Wall St) Please Listen Up (Please Listen Up)

You're upset with the banks (pause) yet you keep banking with them.

You're upset with the Federal Reserve (pause) yet you keep using its fiat money.

You're upset with Wall St. (pause) yet you keep buying their stocks (pause) and their financial engineering (pause).

The banks may have built this cage (pause) but you have locked yourself inside.

There is an alternative (pause) to this fraudulent scheme (pause) - it's called Bitcoin!

It's a decentralized monetary system (pause) no person controls it (pause) no corporation controls it (pause), and no government can control it.

It is without borders (pause)  It is not subject to inflation (pause) it is not subject to deflation.

If you care to end the corrupt system (pause) that has grown fat off our backs (pause), come learn about Bitcoin!

We're giving away FREE Money (pause) and we'll teach you how to use it.

Bitcoin will end the banking monopoly (pause) if you care to try it.

Thank You.
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It's always the same story. So much talking and bitching, yet so little action to make things change!

People bitch ALL THE TIME against the governments and banks, how bad and how much of a scam they are, etc. And then when we FINALLY offer them a concrete alternative, something that is already here and that COULD work for all of us, they just shit on it and bitch about how much of a scam it must be, how it will miserably FAIL and all that pessimistic stuff.

If we decide that it will fail, and reject it before even giving it a chance, well then yes OF COURSE it will fail. I think the concept of Bitcoin is brilliant, but I'm saddened by all the negative things I already read about it. Why don't we just all give it a try and see, instead of snobbing it right away? No need to invest huge sums into it, but why not all give it a try, do some small exchanges, etc, and see if it eventually takes off and become big? Things like MP3s, Linux, Firefox and Torrents took off, because people embraced it and started using it massively and spreading the love about it. The same could be true for Bitcoin. But If you just reject it right away thinking that it will inevitably fail, well then yes, of course it will!!!

But then after it does (fail), don't come back to us and bitch against banks and how evil they are and how we need to take them down and everything. You had your chance to do just that and you blew it... :-P

Another pessimistic thing I often hear is how it will be made "illegal" by "official" authorities, or how mainstream sites will never adopt it. That's possible, but even then so what? Why can't we start a NEW parallel economy on its own and make it OURS? Screw Amazon, Paypal and eBay if they don't want to support Bitcoins. We'll simply create new sites to replace them!! People need to learn how to think OUTSIDE of the box! Another world is possible if we all work it out together! It's all up to us to create it.

Revolutions don't just happen when people don't do anything folks!!!

Needs more bite... try this:

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To those currently occupying Wall St. - Please Listen Up

You're upset with the banks, yet you continue to bank with them.

You're upset with the Federal Reserve, yet you continue to use its fiat money.

You're upset with Wall St., yet you subsidize and support them every day.

The slave who merely grumbles while he endures his enslavement does not advance his own freedom. The banks may have built the cage, but you have locked yourself inside.

There is an alternative to this fraudulent scheme that imprisons you - it's called Bitcoin

It's a decentralized monetary system - no person, corporation, nor government can control it. It is without borders, agenda, or undue influence.

If you care to end the lecherous system that has grown fat off the toils of society, we invite you to come over and discuss.

We're giving away some free donations of this new currency - and we'll teach you how to use it.

Bitcoin will end the banks, if you care to try it.

Message finished.
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I like the part about the fraudulent system.  Even add a little dramatic pause before you offer the solution...

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To those Occupying Wall St (To those Occupying Wall St) Please Listen Up (Please Listen Up)

You're upset with the banks (pause) yet you keep banking with them.

You're upset with the Federal Reserve (pause) yet you keep using its fiat money.

You're upset with Wall St. (pause) yet you keep buying their stocks.

The banks may have built this cage (pause) but you have locked yourself inside.

There is an alternative (pause) to this fraudulent scheme! (pause)(wait a second) It's called...Bitcoin!

It's a decentralized monetary system (pause) no person controls it (pause) no corporation controls it (pause), and no government can control it.

It is without borders (pause)  It is not subject to inflation (pause) It is money controlled by the people.

If you care to end this corrupt system (pause), come learn about Bitcoin!

We're giving away FREE Money (pause) and we'll teach you how to use it.

Bitcoin will end the banking monopoly (pause)

Thank You.
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looks very nice... though "Free money" will make everyone think its a scam.

good point.  "We're giving away some bitcoins" will work.

I have a girl in NYC that can go deliver this on the stump.  Is anyone else actually close to Wall Street?

Do it! But make sure there's a high quality video!

yes!  I will call Stephanie tomorrow.  if she's in town I will have her deliver it and get a friend to video tape it.  She's great!

I'm really glad that people want Bitcoin to be a part of the OWS movement, but I would beg you to reconsider this.  I've visited Zuccotti Park three times over the past several weeks and I can tell you this would not go over well.

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But let's be honest.  Yes, Bitcoin could very well make the entire nation-state system obsolete, it is just that profound, but that doesn't change the fact that you're all looking out for your ROI.  This speech reeks of it.  If the human mic is fed a sales script being recited by a girl that you "have," it will just plain crap out and leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth wrt Bitcoin.

Basically, there are no short-cuts here.  If you want Bitcoin to play a role in the movement, join it.  I for one will definitely be there talking about the role that Bitcoin might eventually play as a network starts to develop between the popular movements cropping up in various cities and countries.

I'm really glad that people want Bitcoin to be a part of the OWS movement, but I would beg you to reconsider this.  I've visited Zuccotti Park three times over the past several weeks and I can tell you this would not go over well.  The General Assembly is *not for speeches* (even if celebrities sometimes derail it).  The GA is how the organizers arrive at day-to-day tactical decisions.  They figure out what to do next in response to the ever-changing conditions, and how to resolve any problems that have come up.  They are at an especially critical moment right now as a stand-off with the city is developing, ostensibly over who is in charge of cleaning the park.

As for as advocating solutions to society's problems – that is what happens all day, every day.  As you might imagine, every single person and group with a non-mainstream agenda is down there promoting it right now.  Bitcoin should be in the mix too.  People are extremely receptive when approached as individuals, so by all means bring down those cards and any other literature and get people involved.

But let's be honest.  Yes, Bitcoin could very well make the entire nation-state system obsolete, it is just that profound, but that doesn't change the fact that you're all looking out for your ROI.  This speech reeks of it.  If the human mic is fed a sales script being recited by a girl that you "have," it will just plain crap out and leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth wrt Bitcoin.

Basically, there are no short-cuts here.  If you want Bitcoin to play a role in the movement, join it.  I for one will definitely be there talking about the role that Bitcoin might eventually play as a network starts to develop between the popular movements cropping up in various cities and countries.