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May 21, 2013
#WALDOCANYONFIRE – Lessons for Social Media in a Crisis

"The community can naturally self-correct. There were several times during the fire when members of the Twitter community corrected erroneous tweets before we (as the “official” Twitter accounts) could get to them. Everyone had a stake in communicating truthfully, so we were all on the same team."

May 14, 2012
New York City’s Road Map for the Digital City

New York City is now one year in with their Road Map for the Digital City, the city’s plan to make New York the world’s leading digital city. Are they on to something big? Were their first year ambitions realistic? The process is definitely underway, but more challenges exist.

New York City is now one year in with their Road Map for the Digital City, the city’s plan to make New York the world’s leading digital city. Are they on to something big? Were their first year ambitions realistic? The process is definitely underway, but more challenges exist.

April 6, 2012
Crowdsourced Moscow 2012: A Public Space Game

What if public space in our cities could be managed by an online citizenry? Crowdsource Moscow 2012 is an attempt to address the existing lack of communication between city stakeholders — citizens, developers, architects, artists — to generate new mechanisms of playful participation and co-creation of the city.

January 30, 2012
RMLUI’S 21st Annual Land Use Conference

The Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute presents: The Wilderness City: Nature, Culture and Economy in the Next West. The RMLUI seeks to elevate the law, policy and practice of sustainable development in the West to promote nature-friendly, prosperous and equitable communities.

November 16, 2011
Who Knew the Census Could be Sexy?

Local government is about the most diverse and complex business around. I take my hat off to any local government CEO – their Board is the elected council members and their shareholders are the community. They are answerable to the most diverse range of stakeholders including state government. At the forefront of their daily tasks are incredible pressures around the provision of housing, dealing with the impacts of climate change and population change, not to mention their important role in economic development, while the whole time keeping an eye on the issues of social cohesion. Oh, and local government plays a huge advocacy role in our communities.

September 19, 2011
The Vanished Skyline

Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently said that there is no longer a “Ground Zero” in Lower Manhattan. The mayor is right: the World Trade Center site has been a construction hub for more than half a decade. In this same spirit, New York’s political and business leaders should stop saying that the city is “repairing” or “restoring” its skyline, language that obscures what al-Qaida terrorists took—permanently—from New York ten years ago.

This article is brought to you by City Journal, A quarterly magazine of urban affairs, published by the Manhattan Institute.
September 1, 2011
Collaborative Mental Mapping: Tokyo DIY Gardening Workshop

Paper and pens and tape and glue and photos and string and plastic and magazines and crayons and scissors.... mapping the real and imagined green spaces of a megacity requires all kinds of junk.  More art event than planning meeting, the Tokyo DIY Gardening mapping workshop combined hope, reality, and a heap of imagination to bring the city's green spaces.

Paper and pens and tape and glue and photos and string and plastic and magazines and crayons and scissors.... mapping the real and imagined green spaces of a megacity requires all kinds of junk.

August 19, 2011
Virtual Worlds for Stakeholder Engagement

Program features Anders Grondstedt of the Gronstedt Group.  Anders works closely with private sector and public sector organizations to create next-generation learning that uses virtual worlds and other technologies. Their customized learning programs employ next-generation digital simulations, podcasts, vodcasts, mobile learning, social media, gaming and virtual worlds; teaching people the skills they need in a context that's immersive and energizing.

Time: 16.00 Eastern/New York  (see www.timeserver.com for your respective time zone)
Where: Squirrel Island
RSVP to Beth at Beth@PublicDecisions.com

Audio Requirements: Second Life Voice Chat will be used for the audio; plug in your headset/mic or listen in over your computer speakers

Sponsor:  The group is co-sponsored by PublicDecisions and Learning Times.

June 1, 2011
Intelligent Cities + 24 Hour City Project

If you had just 24 hours to impact your city, what would you do? Teams compete over 24 hours to explore intersection of built environment, data, arts, and tech.

If you had just 24 hours to impact your city, what would you do?

As a creative experiment in temporary urbanism and digital innovation, the 24-Hour City Project explores the intersection of data, arts, and technology within the built environment. The project aims to demonstrate how technology, imagination, and innovation can envision our future cities.

Intelligent Cities is hosting the 24 Hour City Project in collaboration with the Intelligent Cities Initiative and the National Building Museum.

May 19, 2011
Low-Cost & High-Value Ideas for Cities

Inspired by the idea of  a ‘Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper’ approach to planning, ‘Urban Acupuncture’, ‘Tactical Urbanism’ DIY Urbanism , ‘Emergent Urbanism’ or ‘Bottom-up Planning’,  the recent level of global participation on our IdeasforCities facebook page  has really taken off.

Inspired by the idea of  a ‘Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper’ approach to planning, ‘Urban Acupuncture’, ‘Tactical Urbanism’ DIY Urbanism , ‘Emergent Urbanism’ or ‘Bottom-up Planning’,  the recent level of global participation on our IdeasforCities facebook page  has really taken off.

February 15, 2011
ACTion Alexandria

ACT for Alexandria has devoted itself to philanthropic endeavors in Alexandria, Virginia since it’s formation in 2002.  Initially sparked by a large donation, the foundation continues to work towards addressing the needs of the community while also assisting those who want to join in making positive changes throughout the city.  ACT bridges the gap between those who want to help but don’t know how and organizations in need.

November 4, 2010
The Beta Generation of Cities

Earlier this year we introduced the great research and development initiatives in Manor, Texas.  Like so many other cities, the changes in Manor were prompted by tightening budgets and dwindling resources.  But unlike other cities, Manor introduced more innovative methods to their fight for survival and were rewarded with wonderful results.

September 26, 2010
Using Technology to Promote Transparency in City Government Report By NLC

When the National League of Cities (NLC) surveyed its members about current technology topics, the results all pointed to transparency.  Respondents overwhelming wanted more information about technology that supports and promotes transparency in local government.  Granted, those surveyed had already claimed allegiance to the NLC and their dedication to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership, and governance so their answers may not align perfectly with those of a random street sampling.

When the

May 16, 2010
Future Melbourne Case Study: Part 2

Was the project successful?  

As far as engaging the wider community, the project was incredibly successful.  Melbourne’s Post-Implementation Review reports an average of 2,500 hits per day with around 30,000 total hits during the month-long public comment period.  And, according to the report, not a single instance of spam, off-topic or offensive material was posted during the entire review period.  In fact, the executive summary notes that “public participants responded with contributions that were of a high quality, thoughtful and productive”.  Following the public comment period, 79% of interviewed participants found the wiki to be “an effective tool for developing a collaborative document” and believed this tool was “the way of the future”.

Was the project successful?