Building a Collaborative Culture: Lessons from Rebuild by Design
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On the 5th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy I made an effort to reflect on public outreach and community engagement practices that are undertaken as part of public infrastructure projects. Following the dramatic flood of 2012, billions of dollars are being spent. Is the public's voice and are public values built-in to the planning and design process? What are some best practices and lessons learned? Thanks to the many friends and collaborators who contributed to this. I truly believe Resiliency can save Democracy. I also worry we believe we cannot have one without the other. Thanks especially to the Netherlands Water Partnership whose invitation to Amsterdam to make this presentation at the International Water Week 2017 was the catalyst. Now the story continues to evolve...
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- 1. Building a Collaborative Culture Lessons from Rebuild By Design Amsterdam International Water Week, 31 October 2017 Carter Craft Sr. Economic Officer, Office of the Consulate General of the Netherlands New York @NLinNY facebook.com/NLinNewYork
- 2. 2 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Gary He, Reuters
- 3. People walking in dirty water. kids 3 Photo Credit: Carter Craft31 October 2017
- 4. 4 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: New York Magazine
- 5. 5 How Resiliency Can Save Democracy! 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: CNN
- 6. Resiliency and Democracy? 1. Participation Matters – as do our Votes! • Diversity of Knowledge, Experience, Talent • Insiders and Outsiders Working Together 2. Comfort zones need to be stretched • Who Is Your Go-To Sociologist or Anthropologist? 3. Make the Process Fun Again! • Create Momentum for the Resilience + Adaptation movement 6 31 October 2017
- 7. 7 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Rebuild by Design
- 8. 1. Engagement requires many steps 8 31 October 2017
- 9. 2. Connect with People where they are 9 people • Intellectually • Physically Sketchnote by: Tanmay Vora, Qaspire.com 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Tanmay Vora
- 10. 3. Simplify our language 10 31 October 2017 Photo Credit Middle Pictures: LES Ready Right: Hudson River Project
- 11. 4. Communicate visually 11 31 October 2017 Photo Credit Left: Riverkeeper Right: PlanNYC
- 12. 5. Downscale our Communications 12 31 October 2017 Photo Credit Upper and Lower Left: New Jersey DEP
- 13. 6. Listen and then play it back 13 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: ONE Architecture and Urbanism
- 14. 7. Identify obstacles to involvement 14 Thanks to Jerome Shabazz, Overbrook Environmental Education Center, Philadelphia, PA 31 October 2017
- 15. 7. Identify obstacles and Help to overcome them 15 31 October 2017 Photo Credit Upper Left: Can Stock Photo Lower Left: Medium.com
- 16. 8. Make Outreach as important as Engineering 16 31 October 2017
- 17. 8. Make Outreach as important as Engineering 17 31 October 2017
- 18. 9. Build Relationships • Formal • Informal • Personal 18 31 October 2017
- 19. • Formal • Informal • Personal 19 9. Build Relationships - on three levels 31 October 2017
- 20. • Formal • Informal • Personal 20 Mayor Council Member Project Leader Citizen Council Member 9. Build Relationships - on three levels 31 October 2017
- 21. 10. Cultivate the next generation 21 Engagement is like Gardening • Relying too much on one strategy can be unhealthy. • Blueberries and many fruits are pollinated several times by different types of bees before they thrive and fruit. • Plants need nutrients, light, air and water to thrive. Left untended, weeds take over! Mulch, compost and other fertilizers help… 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Crispy Hundos
- 22. 10. Cultivate the next generation 22 Source? 31 October 2017 Photo Credit Lower Left: Wikipedia Commons Upper Right: Davidson Lab, Stevens Institute of Technology
- 23. 10. Cultivate the next generation 23 Living Breakwaters (RBD) Installation New York Harbor School students Lemon Creek, Staten Island, New York 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Billion Oyster Project
- 24. 25 October 2017 Thank you! @NLinNY Carter Craft, Sr. Economic Officer Office of the Consulate General of the Netherlands in NYC facebook.com/NLinNewYork Dutch-American Collaboration Post-Sandy 31 October 2017
- 25. Thank you! @NLinNY Carter Craft Senior Economic Officer Consulate General of the Netherlands New York facebook.com/ NLinNewYork 31 October 2017