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From the Ted Talk by Omar Ahmad: Political change with pen and paper

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Open Cloze


Now, the challenge with you ______ your issue forward is these animals are getting _________ to all the time. So, what doesn't work, in _____ of getting your _____ to be important? You can send them an email. Well, unfortunately, I've got so many Viagra ads coming at me, your email is lost. It doesn't matter, it's spam. How about you get on the phone? Well, chances are I've got a droid who's picking up the phone, "Yes, they called, and they said they didn't like it." That doesn't move. Face to face would work, but it's hard to set it up. It's hard to get the _______ and actually get the communication to work. Yes, contributions actually do make a difference and they set a context for having a ____________, but it takes some time to build up.

Solution


  1. broadcast
  2. terms
  3. conversation
  4. issue
  5. moving
  6. context

Original Text


Now, the challenge with you moving your issue forward is these animals are getting broadcast to all the time. So, what doesn't work, in terms of getting your issue to be important? You can send them an email. Well, unfortunately, I've got so many Viagra ads coming at me, your email is lost. It doesn't matter, it's spam. How about you get on the phone? Well, chances are I've got a droid who's picking up the phone, "Yes, they called, and they said they didn't like it." That doesn't move. Face to face would work, but it's hard to set it up. It's hard to get the context and actually get the communication to work. Yes, contributions actually do make a difference and they set a context for having a conversation, but it takes some time to build up.

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Important Words


  1. ads
  2. animals
  3. broadcast
  4. build
  5. called
  6. challenge
  7. chances
  8. coming
  9. communication
  10. context
  11. contributions
  12. conversation
  13. difference
  14. droid
  15. email
  16. face
  17. hard
  18. important
  19. issue
  20. lost
  21. matter
  22. move
  23. moving
  24. phone
  25. picking
  26. send
  27. set
  28. spam
  29. takes
  30. terms
  31. time
  32. viagra
  33. work