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    • The Acoustic Cyclist
    • Films, interviews & more
    • Books & links
    • Cool Stuff for Cycling
    • Cycles of a Traveler
    • Photo gallery
    • Give it a Go

  • The Acoustic Cyclist
  • Films, interviews & more
  • Books & links
  • Cool Stuff for Cycling
  • Cycles of a Traveler
  • Photo gallery
  • Give it a Go

THE WORLD IS YOURS TO EXPLORE

The Peaceful Revolution - One conversation at a time.

Tell a friend, make some badges of your own to give away, spread the word, be willing to talk, make eye contact, smile, don't let the future of our personal communication be owned by big business or impersonal corporations. Take back what is our human nature, start a conversation now! Nothing is better than eye to eye, face to face dialogue.  Go ahead, 'Give it a Go!'

My interview channel - Creative use of a smartphone.
Give it a Go - Say Hello

"Give it a Go", just got bigger!

John Bishop was one of the original backers of my project. He wore the first version of the "Give it a Go" badge, and now it has progressed to a simple, "Say Hello" badge. Check it out here on The One Show. (it may not be available in all countries, sorry!)

BBC One Show

Tech Down - Heads Up - Hearts Open

A Communication Revolution - One pin at a time!

DO  YOU REMEMBER A TIME when people spoke to each other on the street, in a train, sitting at a bus stop or waiting in the supermarket check out  line? When eye contact and a smile was an opening, not a reason to look  down and away?


What  do you say we “GIVE IT A GO” again? No need for cold turkey turning off  your phone or technology for hours, days or weeks. Just incorporate  those possible special moments of face to face communication throughout  the day.


“GIVE  IT A GO” pinned to your shirt or jacket says you are willing to be a  part of a communication revolution, even if it is just five minutes at a  time. Those few words signal to the world that yes, I am aware of the  world around me and people passing within an arm’s reach. I am willing  to embrace the world in my immediate vicinity and meet someone new right  next to me, not only to stare at a one dimensional screen.


The  technological world is truly amazing. It gives us unlimited  opportunities in many different ways, but if we forsake the connections  all around us, is all that technology really worth it? We cannot  un-invent technology but we can re-invent the way we use it.


If  someone had told you we would have to rediscover a way to talk with  each other in this, the age of instant communication, you might have  scoffed at them, but look around any city, town or village. Every moment  spent bent over our phones as we move through our day we may be missing  the golden opportunity of connecting with a person right in front of  us. We are slowly losing the art of reading a person’s face, body  language or intonation when they speak. Even phone calls are slowly  becoming obsolete.

A few years ago we may have made lifelong friends through a random meeting on a train or in a café, but today these connections are becoming fewer with each new piece of technology, game or app we choose to spend our time with instead. The younger generation may never have made a friend in this way, brought up with a fear of meeting strangers or having direct contact with others face to face in a world of texts, instagram and snapchat. That world now owns much of the interpersonal connections we make with  our fellow human beings. True communication is free. A smile and a  conversation may go a long way to heal the wounds that disconnection has  fostered on the planet.


So  pin on a badge saying “GIVE IT A GO” and if you see someone else  wearing the same, give a nod, smile and maybe even have a chat. Carry a  few badges in your pocket to hand out to others who might also be  willing to “GIVE IT A GO”. Let’s relearn the art of talking to  strangers, because a stranger is a friend you simply haven’t met yet,  the person next door, or the woman squashed up next to you on the train –  just another human being moving through their day.

Go ahead, “GIVE IT A GO”!!

“GIVE IT A GO” -  a simple communication revolution. Pin one on and start the conversation now!

“GIVE IT A GO” -  a simple communication revolution. Pin one on and start the conversation now!

Start your Own Communication Revolution - It's fun and easy!

Interested in helping people reconnect in your city, school, town or neighbourhood? Here is a link to the company who have the artwork for the 'Give it a Go' badges. Mention my name, Joe Diomede, and order number 100448, choose some vibrant colours, and join the Communication Revolution now! Go ahead........... Give it a Go!!

Find out more

How it all started.

Get involved, it's easy - Pin on a badge, John Bishop did, you can too. read about it all, click here!

Easy to Start a local campaign - Go ahead, Give it a Go!

Read this article

Talking to strangers is good for your health!!

Don't forget, start your own Communication Revolution today!!

Wan to get started? Here is a link to Best Badges.co.uk. They will make as many badges as you like so you can start to Give it a Go in your own school, village, town or city. Go ahead, Give it a Go!!

Everyone loves it!!

A positive reaction in Weymouth - read more here

Together we pave the paths we are on. Here is a quote handed to me in Asheville, North Carolina.

"You are who you are today as a result of the choices that you made yesterday. You will be who you are tomorrow as a result of the choices that you make today. If you do not want to be tomorrow like who you are today, then do not do today the same as you did yesterday. If your attitude remains the same your choices will never change."

Get in touch - thebikeguy61@gmail.com

This guy just said hello. Why not just Give it a Go?

Every time I wait for a bus, take a train, sit in an airport, it is much like this. The 'Give it a Go' badge sometimes helps, but just opening the conversation is usually all that is needed. Go ahead, Give it a Go!

Kate Tempest and I met because of my 'Give it a Go' badge!

Check out this great video

A sign of the times? We do have the power to change.

A bit too close for comfort!!

This Video sums much of it up.

Simon Sinek talks about many of the problems confronting the overuse of technology today. 

Time to rethink our growing addiction to technology.

A young doctor who works with children, is coming to the conclusion that the mobile phone is quite detrimental to young minds. "An hour a day, then put it away," is what he says. Are you ready to Give it a Go?

A few snapshots of those willing to 'Give it a Go', and some who may need to!.

Young and old alike, nothing like a good chat with mates!

    The Give it a Go campaign just went viral!

    John Bishop and Tom Cruise discuss Give it a Go, on the Graham Norton show! Way to go, just "Say Hello!"

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