listening
TRANSCRIPT
45% of Australian will experience mental illness
Many people still don’t consider depression a mental illness
Dr Anthony Alessandre reports that 75% of people don’t consider themselves
effective listeners
65% of people with depression don’t access any treatment
Event - How
Around 10 volunteers will be scattered around Degraves street in Melbourne's CBD with signs saying “I will Listen to you”. People will then go up and talk to those individual with the signs. We will have one person stage interest, talking and then move on.The success of the event will be measured on how many people talk to the ‘listeners’
Event - Who
• This event will be held in partnership with Beyond Blue, and be promoting their organization as well as the biggest strategy in dealing with mental health issues, talking and listening
• We do not have a targeted group in the participation of this event as these issues effect people from every demographic. However we do predict that it is more likely those who range form the ages of 18 – 25 will be more prone to participate.
Event - Where
• We have strategically chosen Degraves street due to the amount of people regularly their and the artistic tendencies of this area.
Beyond Blue
Beyondblue began in 2000 as a five-year initiative by the federal government after a period of public debate on the treatment of depression sufferers.
Beyondblue is working to reduce the impact of depression and anxiety in the community by raising awareness and understanding, empowering people to seek help, and supporting recovery, management and resilience.
How we will use social media
• To organise this event our group will use Facebook to create a group to communicate with one another.
• Facebook will also be used to promote the event and to gain volunteers to be the ‘listeners’
Storify
• We will be using Storify to document the planning and the execution of the event. We will be taking photos of the event (with the individuals promotion) not filming the conversations. We will also be taking statistics of the event which will help dictate the success of the events.
Group
Antoninho BernardinoChristine Butcher
Jessica MayRonja Moss
Rachel Moreira