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[brokenportal]

Would you make a good spokesperson for the cause? Please list yourself and the reason why, (Im sure many will have reasons that are obvious to us). If you have any suggestions for good spokespeople then please list them here too. Please also list locations.

We are looking for people from as many sectors of North America and Europe as we can. A few of us (and more if interested) are discussing a project where we may eventually work to match approved spokespeople up with interview opportunities, shows, podcasts, etc... nearest to them.

[brokenportal]

I was just thinking, if anybody wants to be considered as a spokesperson, why dont we do some practice here in this thread?

If you want to try it out, then let us know and we will give you mock interviews here.

[modelcadet]

Eric,
Vgamer1 and I are starting a podcast on H+ science for a wider audience. I'd love to nominate him as a spokesman for longevity science. I'll volunteer as well, with the qualification that my first priority is still the Teme Foundation. (We may be able to execute to openbiomind work soon!) I'm in Charlottesville, VA, with telepresence capabilities but no money or transportation.

[tunt01]

isnt Mind on television and have experience with media? he seems to present competently in the Sunday chats.

[brokenportal]

We can line up interested people here, and then the board can decide how to pick more spokespeople. I think we should practice by doing mock interviews. Does anybody want to try some for Vgamer and Modelcadet?

Mind is a great spokesperson yes, but is only one person, and there are many regions of the planet. Mind and Shannon are the only two spokespeople that I know of around here and Im not even sure if either them is official in some way.

[CerebralCortex]

I'd love to be a spokesperson in Ireland but not sure what it takes, I'm sure I could be enlightened though.

[Shannon Vyff]

I am a spokesperson . I've talked about my experiences with losing weight and following practicing calorie restriction while raising three children. I've also talked about why I've chosen to be a cryonicist and do advocacy such as writing. I've done a little bit of advocacy for breastfeeding as well. Its fun--I've only done T.V. 4 times, been in 3 documentaries-none that have been released in theaters though, and I've done over 20 radio interviews and several written articles.

I can help with giving the kind of questions I've gotten, but also it would be fun to answer people's questions as well. Really, the hardest questions I've gotten were on a comedy morning radio show where the interviewer really had a poor opinion of cryonics and wanted to make fun of it. In a situation like that you just have to be polite and get in your good sound bites when you can.

It is important to have sound bytes--so when answering here, try to answer as if you were doing a "twitter" On TV, and in radio interviews people tune out long answers. Being concise is important when writing as well, but you can at least do few sentences then

Anyone can be a spokesperson, just read up on the history of the subject you will be giving the interview on and look at what the current issues are beforehand--all it takes is enthusiasm and passion for your subject

[brokenportal]

Im glad to see the opportunities to talk about this cause picking up. Shannon is always out on an interesting gig to talk about this cause. Mind and I were recently interviewed, and there are many others. Also now the VIP Outreach team is picking up and we have phone opportunities that may start popping up more and more.

So some of us practice with mock interviews and question and answer session from time to time with what we think they may say or ask. Its pretty fun, and really useful in getting our perspectives in line with what they may ask. Its also informing for us. They say the best way to learn something is to teach it, and it seems like that is very true. By teaching it you look at more details, double check things you may have thought you knew, it reinforces what you do know, etc...

Anyways, if anybody is interested in doing mock interviews, let us know and we can do this in skype. You wouldnt become an official spokesperson, but it will help, can potentially get this whole topic rolling and in motion. We could choose amongst the people who are practicing, and anybody who may have an interview coming up would be more aware of this topic and could choose to come here to practice and get insight and talking points and the like.