I threw an idea out on Twitter today suggesting that Winnipeg’s cyclists might make a concerted effort to frequent Oscar’s Deli in the next two weeks (partly here: https://twitter.com/pensato/status/601736342511357952 and here: https://twitter.com/pensato/status/601758737448075264). There seems to be some appetite (pardon the pun) to this approach. I think it would serve two purposes:
Creatively reinforce the message that accommodating cyclists is good for business. Create a sense of goodwill and (2b?) present the bike-commuter community as the opposite of an angry, belligerent mob. For it to work, we would need some (loose) planning and some public promotion. I don’t think it would take much more than spreading the hashtag above and some mechanism for coordination of (self-organized) groups of cyclists together with a way of communicating that they have come to eat as goodwill ambassadors.
If there’s enough interest, I’d be happy to work with one or two people on making this work.
So. Are you interested? Anyone willing to help if there is enough interest?
This is an excellent idea! If we all use our various social media outlets, word of mouth, and the important hashtag, it will have an impact. If we can all do things like tag media outlets in our posts, it will put this on our radar.
David, did you want to send a media advisory out this week? If there are photos and engagement with the hashtag, an advisory will assist even more in getting the initiative in story meetings. Who knows, it could get picked up! I am happy to help with this, just email me at mel@greenactioncentre.ca and we can coordinate.
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On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 1:54 PM, David Pensato david@davidpensato.com wrote:
I threw an idea out on Twitter today suggesting that Winnipeg’s cyclists might make a concerted effort to frequent Oscar’s Deli in the next two weeks (partly here: https://twitter.com/pensato/status/601736342511357952 and here: https://twitter.com/pensato/status/601758737448075264). There seems to be some appetite (pardon the pun) to this approach. I think it would serve two purposes:
- Creatively reinforce the message that accommodating cyclists is
good for business. 2. Create a sense of goodwill and (2b?) present the bike-commuter community as the opposite of an angry, belligerent mob.
For it to work, we would need some (loose) planning and some public promotion. I don’t think it would take much more than spreading the hashtag above and some mechanism for coordination of (self-organized) groups of cyclists together with a way of communicating that they have come to eat as goodwill ambassadors.
If there’s enough interest, I’d be happy to work with one or two people on making this work.
So. Are you interested? Anyone willing to help if there is enough interest?
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Hey David,
This sounds like a good idea to me. We'd be happy to work with you on it. I think the key is to be transparent about the process and likely trade-offs that will be up for discussion (the strategies change that much) as the consultation process moves forward, and also to make sure that everyone stays nice.
Mark
On 22/05/2015 1:54 PM, David Pensato wrote:
I threw an idea out on Twitter today suggesting that Winnipeg’s cyclists might make a concerted effort to frequent Oscar’s Deli in the next two weeks (partly here: https://twitter.com/pensato/status/601736342511357952 and here: https://twitter.com/pensato/status/601758737448075264). There seems to be some appetite (pardon the pun) to this approach. I think it would serve two purposes:
- Creatively reinforce the message that accommodating cyclists is good for business.
- Create a sense of goodwill and (2b?) present the bike-commuter community as the opposite of an angry, belligerent mob.
For it to work, we would need some (loose) planning and some public promotion. I don’t think it would take much more than spreading the hashtag above and some mechanism for coordination of (self-organized) groups of cyclists together with a way of communicating that they have come to eat as goodwill ambassadors.
If there’s enough interest, I’d be happy to work with one or two people on making this work.
So. Are you interested? Anyone willing to help if there is enough interest?
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