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DFD Activity packages
1. Create street art
There are endless ways how your street art could promote open standards. Think for a while about daily examples, funny or shocking ones, which could be portrayed on the street, and than take an action. It does not require a lot, just your imagination. Afterward, take picture of what you just have created and send it to us, so we can promote your work around the world. And who knows, you might inspire other artists and your work will became viral.
Street art could take a form of anything interesting and legal, such as installation of unexpects items, paintings of moss grafitty slogans ´I can´t read your documents´ before public administration budilding or spreading woolen graffity.
Materials:
- creativity
- good spot on the street
- a photo camera
- several weeks before - think of the art work
- 1 weeks before - prepare your street art
- few days before - install or create your street art and take a picture of it
- 28th of March - publish the picture using the tag #dfd
2. Help us create posters
Help us produce some catchy posters that depict negative effects that use of closed standards have on peoples daily lives. It could be a picture of grandmother crying because she can not read her dairy written in .docx or anything you can imagine. The picture shall be accompanied with some appropriate slogan, such as ´Would you be able to read yours?´, and brief smaller text, which explains importance of the open standards.
Materials:- interesting picture
- computer software to modify picture
- anytime until 22nd of March - send us your suggestions or drafts
3. Distribute our posters
Download one of our posters and distribute them e.g. in your library, university etc.
Materials:- printer
- a photo camera
- few days before - install your posters, take a picture of it
- 28th of March - publish the picture using the tag #dfd
4. Can't read your document poster
The idea here is that people write something on a poster, e.g. "I cannot read your documents". Then take a picture of them with the sign in front of a public institution and publish the picture.
Materials:- a photo camera
- DFD artwork
- paper
- pen/painting accessories
- 2 weeks before - do some research about public administrations in your city.
- 1 weeks before - prepare your poster
- few days before - take the picture
- 28th of March - publish the picture using the tag #dfd
5. Promote open formats in public library
Librarians should be easy to convince about the usefulness of Open Standards. Have leaflets in the library or be there and inform visitor. E.g. use a old book and ask them if they would like to read this book in an electronic format, in 10 years.
Materials:- DFD artwork
- DFD leaflets
- 2 weeks before - find a public library, talk with them about the topic and ask them if you can have leaflets there and talk with visitors
- 1 week before - print leaflets and find friends to help you
- 28th of March - use your creativity and inspiration to explain people why open document formats are important
6. Change your email signature
Ask people to change their e-mail signature for DFD.
Materials:-
Document Freedom Day - Liberate your documents
http://documentfreedom.org/ - March 28th 2012
- be sure that before 28th of March, you change your email signature
7. Give a presentation
Give a presentation at a local Free Software user group about Open Standards.
Materials:- DFD leaflets
- a presentation about Open Standards
- DFD Artwork
- 3 weeks before - be sure you have a room/place for your presentation
- 2 weeks before - start promotion that you will give a presentation
- 28th of March - give your presentation
8. Website translations and improvements
DFD is a global campaign. To help us make it a worldwide success, please read how to contribute your own translations and website improvements.