What happens when the digital tools and platforms we make and use for communication and entertainment are hijacked for terrorism, violence against the vulnerable and nefarious transactions? What role do designers and developers play? Are we complicit as creators of these technologies and products? Should we police them or fight back? As Portfolio Lead for Northern Lab, Northern Trust's internal innovation startup focused on client and partner experience, Antonio will share a mix of provocative scenarios torn from today's headlines and compelling stories where activism and technology facilitated peace—and war. As a call-to-action for designers and developers to engage in projects capable of transformational change, he'll explore the question: How might technology foster new experiences to better accelerate social activism and make the world a smarter, safer place?

1. ANTONIO GARCIA
WEBVISIONS PDX / 20 MAY 2016
ACTIVISM × TECHNOLOGY

2. ACTIVISMEfforts to promote, impede, or direct social,
political, economic, or environmental change,
or stasis with the desire to make improvements
in society and to correct social injustice.
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3. ACTIVISM IS
TAKING ACTION TO
EFFECT CHANGE
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ACTIVISM

4. ACTION

5. CHANGE

6. Pops and me, 1979
WIDE
AWAKE
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7. Glappitnova, 2015
STAY
WOKE
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8. (tivism)

10. 4 MILLIONCOMMENTS TO THE FCC
2.5 MILLION+PETITION SIGNATURES FOR NET NEUTRALITY
10 MILLIONEMAILS TO CONGRESS
500,000CALLS TO FCC AND CONGRESS

11. 250,000PETITION SIGNATURES TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR SUPPORT
100ON THE GROUND PROTESTS AND PARTIES AT COMCAST, FCC and WHITE HOUSE
20 MILLION+SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
10DAYS OCCUPYING THE FCC LAWN

14. COMPOUNDING
EFFECTS
HORIZONTAL
EXPANSION
VERTICAL
THRESHOLD
HOW IT WORKED
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17. “When people try to change behavior, they often
focus on telling people what they should do.
We often underestimate just how strongly we
respond to what other people actually do.”
—Melanie Tannenbaum
@melanietbaum

20. “…if people are able to declare support for a
charity publicly in social media,
it can actually make them less likely to donate
to the cause later on.”
—Kirk Kristofferson
@KJKristofferson

22. “…at the end of the day, we’re going to fight
the good fight not only for our customers but
for the country. We’re in this bizarre
position where we’re defending the civil
liberties of the country against the
government. Who would have ever thought this
would happen?”
—Tim Cook
@tim_cook

25. #6 Aggressively suspend ISIS social-media
accounts: Based on an analysis of tens of
thousands of Twitter accounts, suspensions do
limit the audience for ISIS’s gruesome
propaganda. The current rate of suspensions is
damaging the ISIS social-media machine. The
practice should be maintained at the current
rate at the very least — but it would be
better to get more aggressive.

27. WORD-OF-MOUSE
PETITION SLACKTIVISM
PASSIVE GROUP FORMING
FLASH-IN-THE-PAN MOBS
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28. TRADITIONAL
ADVOCACY
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1. Public research
2. VIPs calling attention to the issue
3. Elected official endorsement
4. Building coalition of likeminded groups
5. Mass public pressure

29. ACTION PLATFORMS
>
SOCIAL NETWORKS
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30. BLESSED UNREST
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34. TRUTHVOICE.COM

42. CALL to ACTION
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43. SHARLENE
KING
@typodactyl
CALL to ACTION
1. Give actionable talks :)
2. Civic hackathons opencityapps.org
3. Health hackathons hackinghealth.ca
4. Volunteer at local museums
5. Be a mentor (not just a reviewer)
6. Help activist groups byp100.org
7. Be at protests and rallies
8. Attend Allied Media alliedmedia.org

44. CASEY
GERALD
@CaseyGerald
CALL to ACTION
1. Gain proximity (empathy)
2. Go where you’re uncomfortable
3. Find your why
4. Read “The Unexotic Underclass”
5. Apply to the U.S. Digital Service

45. JESSICA
YAGAN
@drosteyagan
CALL to ACTION
1. Transparency of information
2. Political engagement ballotready.org
3. Consumer engagement
4. Big data for social good
dssg.uchicago.edu

46. GAYLON
ALCARAZ
@gaylonalcaraz
CALL to ACTION
1. Volunteer at an organization
2. Volunteer to build that org an app
3. Mentor young people/activists
4. Help spread the word about protests

47. 10 TACTICS @Info_Activism
1. Mobilize people
2. Witness and record
3. Visualize your message
4. Amplify personal stories
5. Add humor
6. Manage your contacts
7. Distill complex data
8. Leverage collective intel
9. Co-create with empathy
10.Investigate and expose

48. “The reality is that powerful technologies
will work in exactly the direction we point
them in. Almost paradoxically, as more
technology becomes available, human judgment
and wisdom matter more.”
—Kentaro Toyama
@kentarotoyama

49. TECHNOLOGY DOESN’T
CHANGE THE WORLD.
WE DO.
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50. ANTONIO GARCIA
THANK YOU, PORTLAND
WEBvISIONS PDX / 20 MAY 2016