This document discusses how to effectively engage citizens and collect their collective intelligence to facilitate urban planning programs and social entrepreneurship. It recommends using crowdsourcing and gamification techniques, noting that billions of hours are spent playing online games each week. By incorporating games and playful solutions, citizens will be more likely to participate and accept urban programs, providing valuable collective knowledge to inform decision making and resource allocation.

1. Alireza Ranjbar Shourabi
@ARSHourabi

2. Introduction
 Engineer
 Electrical Engineer
 Game Designer (ALMgames Studio)
 Gamification Designer
 Top 10 Gamification Gurus based on the list by “Rise”
 Entrepreneur
 Successful and failed start-ups and businesses

3. What is the first and foremost
need of any Urban program
that wants to make a Change?

4. Acceptance and Participation
of
Citizens

6. What kind of activities citizens are
likely to accept and participate
more?

7. Fun & Rewarding

9. What is the most important and
useful type of intelligence ?

10. Collective Intelligence

11. How can we collect enough
knowledge for a job?

12. Outsource the work to the largest
Crowed that you can!

14. How can we have
Collective Intelligence
+
Participation of Citizens
in our city on any subject ?

16. Three billion hours per week
are spent playing online games
worldwide!

18. Many games already give users
the opportunity to learn about
the challenges and tradeoffs
involved in urban planning.

20. How can we use the power of
games in Urban programs ?

22. CrowedSourcing
+
Gamification & Playful
solutions

23. So …
 If you’re considering social entrepreneurship
 If you’re considering Urban planning and programs
 If you believe you need collective knowledge
 Then consider CrowedSourcing
 Then consider Gamification & Playful Solutions
 Or else YOU WILL WASTE resources!

24. Alireza Ranjbar Shourabi
@ARSHourabi