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December 16, 2011
Using Social Media for Good Causes

July 13, 2011
The Just City: A Ford Forum on Metropolitan Opportunity

Marking its 75th anniversary, the Ford Foundation is bringing together some of the most creative minds in metropolitan development—civic leaders and policymakers, urban designers and entrepreneurs—to explore how fairness, opportunity and equity can serve as the defining features of this new era of urbanization. The event will take place on July 14 at the foundation.

Marking its 75th anniversary, the Ford Foundation is bringing together some of the most creative minds in metropolitan development—civic leaders and policymakers, urban designers and entrepreneurs—to explore how fairness, opportunity and equity can serve as the defining features of this new era of urbanization. The event will take place on July 14 at the foundation.

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January 30, 2011
Trends in online activity

In what has now become an annual occurrence, we’d like to take a closer look at the latest trends in online activity, based on the Pew Research Center’s Generations 2010 report. 

In what has now become an annual occurrence, we’d like to take a closer look at the latest trends in online activity, based on the

May 6, 2010
New Paper: New Communication Tools and Participation – Social Media in Urban Planning

The Internet and new Web2.0 tools are changing the way we communicate in an unprecedented way. Weblogs, Microblogs (like Twitter), and social media in general enable worldwide, real-time, multimedia communication with low barriers to entry.

The Internet and new Web2.0 tools are changing the way we communicate in an unprecedented way. Weblogs, Microblogs (like Twitter), and social media in general enable worldwide, real-time, multimedia communication with low barriers to entry. But in what ways are urban planners taking advantage of these new communication channels? This paper discusses these new opportunities as well as the barriers they
present, and it makes recommendations for using social media in the urban planning processes.