The document discusses broadband access in Minnesota. It outlines the roles of key organizations working to expand broadband access, including the Blandin Foundation which supports communities through coaching and grants. It also discusses the Minnesota Broadband Task Force and Office of Broadband Development which coordinate statewide broadband efforts. The document reviews Minnesota's goals to provide minimum broadband speeds of 25/3 Mbps by 2022 and 100/20 Mbps by 2026 statewide. It notes over $85 million in state funding has been distributed and the growing role of cooperatives in expanding access through public-private partnerships.
This document summarizes a pilot project in Kibera slum that used open source mapping to increase community participation around HIV/AIDS vulnerability. The project had mappers collect data on vulnerable areas, health services, and other themes. Preliminary findings showed the map amplified community voices for better planning and policy. It also gave youth skills and confidence while helping leaders advocate for improved services. Challenges included technology access and organizational silos. Next steps included collecting more data, helping leaders leverage the maps, and applying the methodology elsewhere.
Digital Forsyth: An NCECHO Collaborative Multi-year Digitization ProjectSusan Smith
Through digitization, Digital Forsyth facilitates access to cultural, historical and scientific heritage photograph collections from Forsyth County institutions. It began as a 2004 brainstorming meeting between three Forsyth County libraries to improve services and increase interlibrary collaboration. After receiving planning and implementation grants, the collaboration digitized photographs while establishing best practices for governance, production workflows, and communication between partners. The website went public in 2007 and hopes to expand access and add educational components in future years.
Designing innovative X appropriate technologies and methods to foster youth i...Leo Burd
The document discusses the MIT Center for Future Civic Media (C4FCM) and its goals of using technology to strengthen local communities and civic engagement among residents. It aims to develop an open-source digital toolkit and curricula to help young people capture and share local knowledge through mapping and media, and organize civic initiatives through an online advocacy forum. The toolkit would allow users to take photos, record interviews, and construct local maps to represent neighborhood information and share it online.
Building centre event "mapping for making" Muki Haklay
Description of current activities of Mapping for Change, and the new community mapping system, as well as other technologies are being used in community mapping and citizen science.
Strenthening community networks in South AfricaCathy C
The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), through its Digital Access Programme, provided support in 2018 for people in South Africa involved in community networks to attend the Third Summit on Community Networks in Africa, co-organised by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Internet Society.
In 2018, the summit was hosted by APC-member Zenzeleni Networks Non-Profit Company (NPC) and took place in Wild Lubanzi, South Africa. In total, 18 individuals were sponsored to participate in the summit thanks to DFID's support.
What follows is part of our effort to capture the activities, results and lessons learned from the Pilot Mentoring project. This pilot project was instrumental in designing the multi-year, multi-country project to enable community networks in Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, which APC is implementing with funding from DFID.
This two-pager describes the All In: Data for Community Health Learning collaborative and what it means from a BUILD perspective to be a participant in this collaborative.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Community Planning and Development Healthy City
This customized webinar is for individuals working in Community Planning & Development that are interested in learning new strategies and tools to create healthier living environments in our communities. Working within a social justice framework, this webinar will demonstrate useful practices for planners utilizing the HealthyCity.org website. It will focus on how to use HealthyCity.org to promote a deeper understanding of community assets, characteristics, and the physical environment in order to inform and enhance the planning process. It will also highlight successful methods to engage community members in planning efforts, particularly around sharing local knowledge about the built environment.
The document discusses broadband access in Minnesota. It outlines the roles of key organizations working to expand broadband access, including the Blandin Foundation which supports communities through coaching and grants. It also discusses the Minnesota Broadband Task Force and Office of Broadband Development which coordinate statewide broadband efforts. The document reviews Minnesota's goals to provide minimum broadband speeds of 25/3 Mbps by 2022 and 100/20 Mbps by 2026 statewide. It notes over $85 million in state funding has been distributed and the growing role of cooperatives in expanding access through public-private partnerships.
This document summarizes a pilot project in Kibera slum that used open source mapping to increase community participation around HIV/AIDS vulnerability. The project had mappers collect data on vulnerable areas, health services, and other themes. Preliminary findings showed the map amplified community voices for better planning and policy. It also gave youth skills and confidence while helping leaders advocate for improved services. Challenges included technology access and organizational silos. Next steps included collecting more data, helping leaders leverage the maps, and applying the methodology elsewhere.
Digital Forsyth: An NCECHO Collaborative Multi-year Digitization ProjectSusan Smith
Through digitization, Digital Forsyth facilitates access to cultural, historical and scientific heritage photograph collections from Forsyth County institutions. It began as a 2004 brainstorming meeting between three Forsyth County libraries to improve services and increase interlibrary collaboration. After receiving planning and implementation grants, the collaboration digitized photographs while establishing best practices for governance, production workflows, and communication between partners. The website went public in 2007 and hopes to expand access and add educational components in future years.
Designing innovative X appropriate technologies and methods to foster youth i...Leo Burd
The document discusses the MIT Center for Future Civic Media (C4FCM) and its goals of using technology to strengthen local communities and civic engagement among residents. It aims to develop an open-source digital toolkit and curricula to help young people capture and share local knowledge through mapping and media, and organize civic initiatives through an online advocacy forum. The toolkit would allow users to take photos, record interviews, and construct local maps to represent neighborhood information and share it online.
Building centre event "mapping for making" Muki Haklay
Description of current activities of Mapping for Change, and the new community mapping system, as well as other technologies are being used in community mapping and citizen science.
Strenthening community networks in South AfricaCathy C
The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), through its Digital Access Programme, provided support in 2018 for people in South Africa involved in community networks to attend the Third Summit on Community Networks in Africa, co-organised by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and the Internet Society.
In 2018, the summit was hosted by APC-member Zenzeleni Networks Non-Profit Company (NPC) and took place in Wild Lubanzi, South Africa. In total, 18 individuals were sponsored to participate in the summit thanks to DFID's support.
What follows is part of our effort to capture the activities, results and lessons learned from the Pilot Mentoring project. This pilot project was instrumental in designing the multi-year, multi-country project to enable community networks in Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, which APC is implementing with funding from DFID.
This two-pager describes the All In: Data for Community Health Learning collaborative and what it means from a BUILD perspective to be a participant in this collaborative.
How to Use HealthyCity.org for Community Planning and Development Healthy City
This customized webinar is for individuals working in Community Planning & Development that are interested in learning new strategies and tools to create healthier living environments in our communities. Working within a social justice framework, this webinar will demonstrate useful practices for planners utilizing the HealthyCity.org website. It will focus on how to use HealthyCity.org to promote a deeper understanding of community assets, characteristics, and the physical environment in order to inform and enhance the planning process. It will also highlight successful methods to engage community members in planning efforts, particularly around sharing local knowledge about the built environment.
Josie Fraser Online Educa Berlin 2010 Keynote: Building Networked Learning En...Josie Fraser
This document discusses digital literacy and learning communities in three key areas:
1) How digital technologies have changed with the rise of networked devices and social networking, making information more persistent, replicable, searchable, and scalable.
2) Digital literacy encompasses functional skills with tools, critical thinking, and social engagement within learning communities.
3) Developing digital literacy requires lifelong skills development, reflection on how skills are applied, and social engagement through collaboration, communication, and creation within social contexts.
The document discusses several key aspects of democracy and e-democracy including:
1) It compares direct democracy to representative democracy and examines the role of elections, political parties, and money in political systems.
2) It explores some challenges for democracy like voter apathy, corruption, and the influence of special interests.
3) It outlines some theories around enhancing civic participation through technology and discusses examples of early experiments with interactive cable TV and online forums.
The Open Aid Partnership brings together development partners from developing countries and donor countries to increase the transparency of development aid and how it is reported. Partners will make information and data on their activities available in an easily accessible way. This will help to inform citizens at the local level and empower them to provide feedback on services received.
Status of accountability in online news media: A case of Nepalbbacharya
This document summarizes a dissertation defense about online media accountability in Nepal. It discusses how the growth of online media has attracted scholarly attention worldwide. While studies found digital platforms can increase accountability, most research focused on developed nations. The dissertation aims to contribute to this topic in the context of Nepal, a developing country with a significant digital divide. It examines the state of online journalism in Nepal regarding accountability, key challenges, and the role of audiences in ensuring it. The study uses qualitative case study research methods, including interviews and document analysis of Nepali news portals. It finds a wide gap between accountability standards and practices in Nepal, and that online media there are more loyal to financial stakeholders than the public. It recommends strengthening accountability through improved
Systematic literature reviews - Moving offline communities onlineJenine Beekhuyzen
This Systematic Literature Review presentation at the University of Lapland on 22.5.15 is based on this paper http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/handle/10072/54874/88574_1.pdf?sequence=1
Depiction of the use of MobileVaani platform to provide a definitive social media platform to the un-served and under served rural communities, who are economically backward, and reside in the bottom of the pyramid.
MobileVaani has created a paradigm change in the media consumption habits of the rural populations in the state of Jharkhand, where they are consuming community generated content and actively engaging with stakeholders who constitute their eco-system.
This platform has provided an effective process to cut bureaucratic red tape, and improve governance in these often isolated communities, giving the administration last mile connect to these communities and enabling them to serve them better.
This platform has also provided a means to get the voice of the community heard by the government and thus created a vibrant two way , effective communication medium.
Understanding Disengagement from Social Media: A Research AgendaUniversity of Sydney
Digital disengagement presentation for the Alfred Deakin Institute International Conference, Recovery, reconfiguration, and repair
Mobilising the social sciences and humanities for a post-pandemic world
11–12 November 2021
From KPIs to KOLs: Regulating social media and influencers within VietnamUniversity of Sydney
The recent Facebook livestream by Nguyen Phuong Hang, which lasted for over three hours, vocally criticised, and called-out online celebrities for their dysfunctional behaviour, signifies a new era for social media and influencers within the country. As a key opinion leader (KOL) herself, Nguyen Phuong Hang has the capacity to swing public opinion, triggering a key regulatory moment for the Vietnamese government. As an already regulatory-tight country, Vietnam faces a paradoxical social media regulation moment: significant investment in its digital media future, while maintaining a consistent political line. As a result of this Facebook livestream, the Vietnamese government are looking to pressure KOLs and online influencers by increasing control over livestreaming: any social media account that has more than 10,000 followers must provide their contact information to the authorities. Social media platforms will be asked to remove content that has been flagged as problematic by government officials, highlighting Vietnam’s position on regulating foreign social media platforms, not only YouTube or Facebook specifically. This research draws on algorithmic visibility literature to examine the current state of regulation for Vietnamese social media users with a specific focus on KOLs. Drawing on several recent case studies, we highlight the current state of social media regulation in Vietnam, while also extrapolating the tension the country faces as it invests in and develops its digital and creative industries.
Digital intermediation: Towards Transparent Public Automated MediaUniversity of Sydney
The document discusses digital intermediation, which refers to the combination of data (online content producers) and algorithms (automated decision making within media systems) and how they create new forms of online communities and knowledge exchange. It examines digital influencers and micro-platformization, where digital agencies ensure advertisers receive the appropriate influencer. It proposes three potential applications of digital intermediation: applying it to public service media, policy recommendations on regulatory systems, and designing algorithmic transparency interfaces. The overall aim is to understand how this new media ecosystem works and provide recommendations to help media organizations engage audiences on important issues.
Facebook politics: Identity Through InnovationsGhazala Ajami
The concept of social networks is undoubtedly entangled with globalization. The term network can simply be defined as a set of unified nodes which has contributed greatly in creating social associations in the current world. The ties established from the users of these websites are normally very strong that it is hard for one to miss an account. Social networks are immensely contributing towards globalization by connecting people with one another, who would otherwise not have known each other. The diffusion of culture or national identity through social-networking has been facilitated by people’s desire to utilize such diverse tools in communicating and collaborating in a global organizational framework. In turn, the empowerment of such innovative technologies provide a framework for inter-state social networking to help crowd-cooperation excavate individuals supporting organizations such as political parties engaging in political trans-national relations and activities.
This research develops a framework that draws the political boundaries of globalization to argue that online social space can create and maintain social and cultural ties among members of a community. Examples will be provided to show how social networking can foster better assimilation to the culture an individual belongs to, even if he/she is not physically at the same location where his/her community of origin resides. Focusing on trans-nationalism and the use of inter-state social networking to assist engage in international relations and activities, this thesis discusses issues such as the impact of de-territorialisation on identity and political practice of Arab Diasporas and their role in the on-going Arab Spring and the politics of Lebanese Diaspora.
Mapping for Change: Digital Tools and Neighbourhood Design WorkshopNesta
A presentation given by representatives of UCL's Mapping for Change project at our Digital Tools and Neighbourhood Design Workshop, an event designed to explore the impact of digital tools on community design, engagement and improvement.
For more information, visit: http://www.nesta.org.uk/event/digital-tools-and-neighbourhood-planning-workshop
This document discusses age-friendly community initiatives in the United States and northern New Jersey. It notes that communities have not changed as rapidly as human lifespans, leaving housing and infrastructure unsuitable for older residents. The movement aims to make communities more accessible, safe, and inclusive for older adults through features like transportation, housing, social programs, and civic participation. The document outlines several age-friendly programs and accomplishments in northern New Jersey communities like Montclair and Princeton that focus on issues like walkability, transportation, health, and sustainability.
Participatory Culture and Web 2.0 in Higher Educationac2182
This document summarizes a dissertation that studied how Web 2.0 technologies can support or inhibit participatory culture. The study involved designing a Web 2.0 system called PocketKnowledge and analyzing user interactions over two years. Initial findings showed the system design discouraged participation, but after redesigning to give users more control, a radical interaction network formed with novices acting as facilitators. However, over time the network became more expert-oriented and consumptive. The dissertation concludes technologies both enable and constrain participatory culture depending on social and cultural contexts.
by W. Dareé, J.P. Venot, F. Kizito, B.M. Torou, A. Aduna, P. Zoungrana, C. Le Page, F. Jankowski, K. Snyder, P. d'Aquino, M. Kambou
Presented at the Final Volta Basin Development Challenge Science Workshop, September 2013
This document discusses the history and concepts of e-democracy. It begins by defining representative democracy and examining early efforts to use technology like cable TV to enhance civic participation. It then reviews theories of democracy from philosophers like Rousseau and examines issues like voter apathy, special interests, and accountability. Recent thinkers on deliberative democracy are discussed as well as Robert Putnam's work on social capital. Examples of early online communities like The WELL are provided along with constraints on citizen participation. Research on the internet's impact on elections is summarized.
This document discusses social media use by South Korean government agencies. It notes that 23 out of 32 South Korean ministries opened Twitter accounts in 2010. The government displays high levels of reciprocity on Twitter, with over 70% of agencies having over 80% reciprocal relationships. It also found that having dedicated staff to manage social media accounts was the most important factor in the number of followers an agency had. The document proposes using mixed webometric methods like semantic analysis of tweets and network analysis of online connections to study interactions between Korean government agencies and the public on social media.
The document discusses strategies for improving public participation in transportation planning processes. It presents a case study of the Tennessee Department of Transportation's (TDOT) efforts to enhance public involvement. Interviews and surveys with TDOT staff identified key concerns around public awareness and two-way dialogue. As a result, TDOT implemented a strength-based approach using innovative strategies like social media and partnerships with community organizations to engage more diverse stakeholders in transportation decision making. The study provides recommendations to help transportation agencies improve accessibility and ensure input from underrepresented groups is considered.
The document discusses strategic plans for city planning and management in San Jose, California. It outlines the city's goals of accommodating population and job growth while reducing vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions through walkable neighborhoods, transit options, and complete "regional hubs." Metrics proposed to track progress include miles of trails per capita, traffic levels of service, and acres of parkland per thousand residents. The document also reviews the city's "Green Vision" environmental goals and reports progress made toward targets for 2022.
APA 2012 General Plan Action Plans - CincinnatiJoseph Horwedel
Cincinnati's comprehensive plan, Plan Cincinnati, aims to revitalize the city through focused investment in existing centers, improved transportation connections between centers, and strategic development of new centers. The plan establishes five initiative areas and geographic principles to guide development, and outlines implementation through short, medium, and long-term action steps and ongoing review. Cincinnati was awarded a $2.4 million grant to update its land development code to better achieve the goals of Plan Cincinnati and principles of livability, sustainability, and streamlined development processes.
2011 APA Positioning Planning Departments - San JoseJoseph Horwedel
One of three presentations made at the National Planning Conference in Boston in 2011 on Positioning Planning Departments in difficult times. This is the presentation made by Joseph Horwedel from San Jose.
Josie Fraser Online Educa Berlin 2010 Keynote: Building Networked Learning En...Josie Fraser
This document discusses digital literacy and learning communities in three key areas:
1) How digital technologies have changed with the rise of networked devices and social networking, making information more persistent, replicable, searchable, and scalable.
2) Digital literacy encompasses functional skills with tools, critical thinking, and social engagement within learning communities.
3) Developing digital literacy requires lifelong skills development, reflection on how skills are applied, and social engagement through collaboration, communication, and creation within social contexts.
The document discusses several key aspects of democracy and e-democracy including:
1) It compares direct democracy to representative democracy and examines the role of elections, political parties, and money in political systems.
2) It explores some challenges for democracy like voter apathy, corruption, and the influence of special interests.
3) It outlines some theories around enhancing civic participation through technology and discusses examples of early experiments with interactive cable TV and online forums.
The Open Aid Partnership brings together development partners from developing countries and donor countries to increase the transparency of development aid and how it is reported. Partners will make information and data on their activities available in an easily accessible way. This will help to inform citizens at the local level and empower them to provide feedback on services received.
Status of accountability in online news media: A case of Nepalbbacharya
This document summarizes a dissertation defense about online media accountability in Nepal. It discusses how the growth of online media has attracted scholarly attention worldwide. While studies found digital platforms can increase accountability, most research focused on developed nations. The dissertation aims to contribute to this topic in the context of Nepal, a developing country with a significant digital divide. It examines the state of online journalism in Nepal regarding accountability, key challenges, and the role of audiences in ensuring it. The study uses qualitative case study research methods, including interviews and document analysis of Nepali news portals. It finds a wide gap between accountability standards and practices in Nepal, and that online media there are more loyal to financial stakeholders than the public. It recommends strengthening accountability through improved
Systematic literature reviews - Moving offline communities onlineJenine Beekhuyzen
This Systematic Literature Review presentation at the University of Lapland on 22.5.15 is based on this paper http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/handle/10072/54874/88574_1.pdf?sequence=1
Depiction of the use of MobileVaani platform to provide a definitive social media platform to the un-served and under served rural communities, who are economically backward, and reside in the bottom of the pyramid.
MobileVaani has created a paradigm change in the media consumption habits of the rural populations in the state of Jharkhand, where they are consuming community generated content and actively engaging with stakeholders who constitute their eco-system.
This platform has provided an effective process to cut bureaucratic red tape, and improve governance in these often isolated communities, giving the administration last mile connect to these communities and enabling them to serve them better.
This platform has also provided a means to get the voice of the community heard by the government and thus created a vibrant two way , effective communication medium.
Understanding Disengagement from Social Media: A Research AgendaUniversity of Sydney
Digital disengagement presentation for the Alfred Deakin Institute International Conference, Recovery, reconfiguration, and repair
Mobilising the social sciences and humanities for a post-pandemic world
11–12 November 2021
From KPIs to KOLs: Regulating social media and influencers within VietnamUniversity of Sydney
The recent Facebook livestream by Nguyen Phuong Hang, which lasted for over three hours, vocally criticised, and called-out online celebrities for their dysfunctional behaviour, signifies a new era for social media and influencers within the country. As a key opinion leader (KOL) herself, Nguyen Phuong Hang has the capacity to swing public opinion, triggering a key regulatory moment for the Vietnamese government. As an already regulatory-tight country, Vietnam faces a paradoxical social media regulation moment: significant investment in its digital media future, while maintaining a consistent political line. As a result of this Facebook livestream, the Vietnamese government are looking to pressure KOLs and online influencers by increasing control over livestreaming: any social media account that has more than 10,000 followers must provide their contact information to the authorities. Social media platforms will be asked to remove content that has been flagged as problematic by government officials, highlighting Vietnam’s position on regulating foreign social media platforms, not only YouTube or Facebook specifically. This research draws on algorithmic visibility literature to examine the current state of regulation for Vietnamese social media users with a specific focus on KOLs. Drawing on several recent case studies, we highlight the current state of social media regulation in Vietnam, while also extrapolating the tension the country faces as it invests in and develops its digital and creative industries.
Digital intermediation: Towards Transparent Public Automated MediaUniversity of Sydney
The document discusses digital intermediation, which refers to the combination of data (online content producers) and algorithms (automated decision making within media systems) and how they create new forms of online communities and knowledge exchange. It examines digital influencers and micro-platformization, where digital agencies ensure advertisers receive the appropriate influencer. It proposes three potential applications of digital intermediation: applying it to public service media, policy recommendations on regulatory systems, and designing algorithmic transparency interfaces. The overall aim is to understand how this new media ecosystem works and provide recommendations to help media organizations engage audiences on important issues.
Facebook politics: Identity Through InnovationsGhazala Ajami
The concept of social networks is undoubtedly entangled with globalization. The term network can simply be defined as a set of unified nodes which has contributed greatly in creating social associations in the current world. The ties established from the users of these websites are normally very strong that it is hard for one to miss an account. Social networks are immensely contributing towards globalization by connecting people with one another, who would otherwise not have known each other. The diffusion of culture or national identity through social-networking has been facilitated by people’s desire to utilize such diverse tools in communicating and collaborating in a global organizational framework. In turn, the empowerment of such innovative technologies provide a framework for inter-state social networking to help crowd-cooperation excavate individuals supporting organizations such as political parties engaging in political trans-national relations and activities.
This research develops a framework that draws the political boundaries of globalization to argue that online social space can create and maintain social and cultural ties among members of a community. Examples will be provided to show how social networking can foster better assimilation to the culture an individual belongs to, even if he/she is not physically at the same location where his/her community of origin resides. Focusing on trans-nationalism and the use of inter-state social networking to assist engage in international relations and activities, this thesis discusses issues such as the impact of de-territorialisation on identity and political practice of Arab Diasporas and their role in the on-going Arab Spring and the politics of Lebanese Diaspora.
Mapping for Change: Digital Tools and Neighbourhood Design WorkshopNesta
A presentation given by representatives of UCL's Mapping for Change project at our Digital Tools and Neighbourhood Design Workshop, an event designed to explore the impact of digital tools on community design, engagement and improvement.
For more information, visit: http://www.nesta.org.uk/event/digital-tools-and-neighbourhood-planning-workshop
This document discusses age-friendly community initiatives in the United States and northern New Jersey. It notes that communities have not changed as rapidly as human lifespans, leaving housing and infrastructure unsuitable for older residents. The movement aims to make communities more accessible, safe, and inclusive for older adults through features like transportation, housing, social programs, and civic participation. The document outlines several age-friendly programs and accomplishments in northern New Jersey communities like Montclair and Princeton that focus on issues like walkability, transportation, health, and sustainability.
Participatory Culture and Web 2.0 in Higher Educationac2182
This document summarizes a dissertation that studied how Web 2.0 technologies can support or inhibit participatory culture. The study involved designing a Web 2.0 system called PocketKnowledge and analyzing user interactions over two years. Initial findings showed the system design discouraged participation, but after redesigning to give users more control, a radical interaction network formed with novices acting as facilitators. However, over time the network became more expert-oriented and consumptive. The dissertation concludes technologies both enable and constrain participatory culture depending on social and cultural contexts.
by W. Dareé, J.P. Venot, F. Kizito, B.M. Torou, A. Aduna, P. Zoungrana, C. Le Page, F. Jankowski, K. Snyder, P. d'Aquino, M. Kambou
Presented at the Final Volta Basin Development Challenge Science Workshop, September 2013
This document discusses the history and concepts of e-democracy. It begins by defining representative democracy and examining early efforts to use technology like cable TV to enhance civic participation. It then reviews theories of democracy from philosophers like Rousseau and examines issues like voter apathy, special interests, and accountability. Recent thinkers on deliberative democracy are discussed as well as Robert Putnam's work on social capital. Examples of early online communities like The WELL are provided along with constraints on citizen participation. Research on the internet's impact on elections is summarized.
This document discusses social media use by South Korean government agencies. It notes that 23 out of 32 South Korean ministries opened Twitter accounts in 2010. The government displays high levels of reciprocity on Twitter, with over 70% of agencies having over 80% reciprocal relationships. It also found that having dedicated staff to manage social media accounts was the most important factor in the number of followers an agency had. The document proposes using mixed webometric methods like semantic analysis of tweets and network analysis of online connections to study interactions between Korean government agencies and the public on social media.
The document discusses strategies for improving public participation in transportation planning processes. It presents a case study of the Tennessee Department of Transportation's (TDOT) efforts to enhance public involvement. Interviews and surveys with TDOT staff identified key concerns around public awareness and two-way dialogue. As a result, TDOT implemented a strength-based approach using innovative strategies like social media and partnerships with community organizations to engage more diverse stakeholders in transportation decision making. The study provides recommendations to help transportation agencies improve accessibility and ensure input from underrepresented groups is considered.
The document discusses strategic plans for city planning and management in San Jose, California. It outlines the city's goals of accommodating population and job growth while reducing vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions through walkable neighborhoods, transit options, and complete "regional hubs." Metrics proposed to track progress include miles of trails per capita, traffic levels of service, and acres of parkland per thousand residents. The document also reviews the city's "Green Vision" environmental goals and reports progress made toward targets for 2022.
APA 2012 General Plan Action Plans - CincinnatiJoseph Horwedel
Cincinnati's comprehensive plan, Plan Cincinnati, aims to revitalize the city through focused investment in existing centers, improved transportation connections between centers, and strategic development of new centers. The plan establishes five initiative areas and geographic principles to guide development, and outlines implementation through short, medium, and long-term action steps and ongoing review. Cincinnati was awarded a $2.4 million grant to update its land development code to better achieve the goals of Plan Cincinnati and principles of livability, sustainability, and streamlined development processes.
2011 APA Positioning Planning Departments - San JoseJoseph Horwedel
One of three presentations made at the National Planning Conference in Boston in 2011 on Positioning Planning Departments in difficult times. This is the presentation made by Joseph Horwedel from San Jose.
APA 2013 Planning in the Shadow of Gotham (S639)Joseph Horwedel
This session considers how cities plan and succeed in the shadow of larger cities. The focus of the presentation was on the interrelations ship between San Jose and San Francisco economically and socially. It was presented at the 2013 Planning Association National Conference in Chicago.
APA 2013 Big City Directors Discuss Job Creation (S495)Joseph Horwedel
The findings of the 2012 Big City Planning Directors Institute in Cambridge focused on economic development. This is one of three presentations made in Chicago at the annual Planning Associaiton National Conference.
Healthy City works with community-based organizations to apply Community Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) in their mapping and community-engagement work. CBPAR starts with issues and strategies to produce analysis, uses mapping technology as one tool for community engagement and focuses on communities within a geographic location, such as a neighborhood. Using CPBAR in mapping facilitates engagement, education, strategizing, and dialogue among community members--including youth--and decision-makers.
Including young people in map making allows them to contribute their unique knowledge and lived experiences as community residents. Youth can provide invaluable insight and can act as change agents advocating on behalf of their communities. Whether you are a Youth Organizer, Community Liaison or Direct Service Provider, there are a number of ways you can incorporate and share youth data and stories using a variety of free resources and tools available on HealthyCity.org to build community power.
In this webinar you will learn how to:
1) Research and map youth population data to enhance program focus and planning on healthycity.org
2) Upload your own data onto a map
3) Use Wikimaps to better plan, collaborate and share youth outreach strategies and stories
Using Maps in Community-Based Research (3/12/15)Healthy City
Through this webinar you will:
• Explore Healthy City's community-based research approach
• Hear case studies of how others have used community mapping
• Learn how to create your own maps on HealthyCity.org
The document discusses leveraging technology for community consultation and engagement. It provides an example of how the City of Kingston used technology throughout their LivingKingston2035 consultation process to create broader awareness, increase participation, and manage and derive value from the large amount of data collected. Over 6,000 community members participated, providing over 13,500 ideas. Technology allowed effective sorting and analysis of this data to inform decision making. Lessons from this case study emphasize planning technology use, making data central, and preparing for open data initiatives.
Case Study: RT66 as a Learning OrganizationMara Mastro
The Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program aims to preserve Route 66 and promote learning about its history. Learning occurs through the National Park Service sharing knowledge with the public, state and local governments, and non-profits. Knowledge is shared via the program's website, training sessions, and public outreach. To further learning, the program could enhance communication and collaboration between stakeholders using technology, and increase knowledge sharing about the program's goals and needs.
Designing appropriate technologies and methods for youth inclusion, participa...Leo Burd
The document discusses the MIT Center for Future Civic Media (C4FCM) and its goals of using technology to strengthen local communities and civic engagement among residents. It aims to develop an open-source digital toolkit and curricula to help young people capture and share local knowledge through mapping and media, and organize civic initiatives through an online advocacy forum.
The document discusses public participation in planning. It begins by defining public participation as involving members of the public in the decision-making process related to urban and regional planning. It then discusses the historical evolution of public participation, from early top-down decision making to more inclusive approaches today. The document outlines several benefits of public participation, including improved planning outcomes, increased transparency, and greater civic engagement. It also describes various methods used for public participation, such as public meetings, surveys, workshops, and online engagement. Overall, the document provides an overview of the goals, perspectives, and techniques involved in public participation in the planning process.
Planning for stronger local democracy wv workshop - charlestonMatt Leighninger
This document summarizes a planning meeting for stronger local democracy held in Charleston, West Virginia. It includes an agenda for the meeting covering introductions, best practices in public engagement, building blocks for local democracy, and next steps. Participants shared what they hoped to learn, including how engagement fits in the democratic system and how to get more people involved and overcome apathy. Examples of successful public engagement tactics and case studies from other communities were presented and discussed. Key building blocks for long-term community engagement identified included having a diverse group of participants, a structured process, deliberation, an orientation toward action, using both online and in-person tools, and having a dedicated community space. Next steps discussed for West Virginia included participatory budget
The document summarizes the activities of the PresenTense Community Division from October to December 2009 and outlines plans for January to March 2010. It reports on events held, engagement with past fellows, and the development of new programs including a City Leaders Summit, mentorship program, and handbook. Metrics are provided on the number of cities involved, events held, and people engaged in conversations and pioneering activities. Budget requests are made to support further city events, the City Leaders Summit, a handbook, and the new mentorship program.
The document discusses several case studies of participatory policy-making initiatives:
1) Regulations.gov - A US government portal that allows public commenting on proposed rules. It has improved access and participation in the rulemaking process.
2) A partnership between community colleges and regional planning agencies that engaged "hard to reach" groups in transportation planning through student facilitators. This reduced costs while making participation more inclusive.
3) The Citizens' Initiative Review in Oregon, where citizen panels review ballot measures and provide impartial summaries to voters. Research found it was an effective way to inform voters.
From Open Government to Living Policy MakingDamien Lanfrey
The next step in policy-making requires practitioners to design policies that are "living agents" rather than mere sets of rules. Policies must enable communities and ecosystems, accelerate quality, introduce enzymes, promote agility and be impact-driven.
Authors: Damien Lanfrey, Donatella Solda
Policy advisors, Ministry of Education, University and Research, Italy
Authors: Damien Lanfrey, Donatella Solda
Policy advisors, Ministry of Education, University and Research, Italy
Open government practice does not guarantee good policy design to translate into impactful processes.
The next step in policy-making asks practitioners to design policies that are "living agents" rather than mere sets of rules. Policies must enable communities and ecosystems, accelerate quality, introduce enzymes, promote agility and be impact-driven.
The Community Board: Building Local Communitybalchenn
In the Capstone project for my Masters in Human Computer Interaction Design at Indiana University, I worked on designing technology to promote interaction between
people in a neighborhood. The concept consists of a website and public displays that make people aware
of each other and activities in the neighborhood.
The document summarizes the motivation, methods, findings, and design of a community board project aimed at increasing social interaction in local neighborhoods. It discusses how declining social interaction can negatively impact communities. It then outlines how the project conducted a literature review and ethnographic study to understand how to design an online tool that facilitates offline interaction. Key findings indicated that people want purposeful, offline interactions with familiar others in public spaces. The designed tool, called the Community Board, combines a website with a public display to raise awareness of neighbors and events to foster new connections and acquaintances in the local community.
A workshop from Museums and the Web 2009.
This half-day workshop will explore the use of social media (blogs, wikis, digital stories etc.) to support museum communication. The workshop will address:
* The range of web-based social media available to museums.
* The issues that will arise in planning for such applications.
* How to anticipate/address such issues.
see http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335002068.html for full details.
Using Minecraft as a citizen participation tool in urban design and decision ...Ericsson
In partnership with UN-Habitat, Ericsson has carried out a social impact assessment of the use of Minecraft as a community participation tool in public space design in Kirtipur, Nepal.
Citizens of Wichita participated in 102 community meetings to discuss survey results and provide input on priorities and funding. Creating a reliable long-term water supply was the highest priority for funding. Improving streets and establishing passenger train service were also high priorities. Meeting needs of the homeless and encouraging economic development were discussed. Vision statements focused on job creation, cultural amenities, and ensuring opportunities for future generations.
Healthy City's Community Research Lab (CRL) shares best practices and methods for community-based organizations interested in supporting their strategies with research that combines community knowledge + Healthy City technology. The CRL is a resource for collaborating, networking, learning, and innovating with community-based organizations to lead and sustain research for social change. Using the Community Based Participatory Action Research framework, we partner with organizations to develop, implement, and disseminate community research projects, tools, and workshops.
Earlier this year, we received a two-year grant to provide our CRL Workshop series throughout California! In these workshops, we provide step-by-step guidance on topics that cover:
• how to develop research questions
• how to create effective community maps
• how to facilitate participatory mapping
• how to share maps and data with local community members
The workshops also include:
• facilitated activities training participants how to collect community feedback for advocacy, organizing and other projects
• sessions on how to develop strategies where community members can give input to telling their community’s story.
We are currently preparing to launch the first round of the workshop series in: Sacramento, Central Valley, and the Inland Empire!
The Open Society Foundations is seeking proposals to evaluate their Network Debate Program from the past 15 years and develop an evaluation framework for the next 3-5 years. Specifically, the evaluation will (1) assess the outcomes and impact of the debate programs, (2) review the strategy of the International Debate Education Association, and (3) make recommendations to strengthen the debate programs and develop learning, monitoring, and evaluation tools for the future. The scope will cover debates in over 70 countries and engage stakeholders from OSF, IDEA, debate participants, and external experts.
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Presentation at the National Planning Conference in Atlanta introducing the Planning Agency of the Future project. This project is looking at what issues planning agencies of all sizes should be considering in the next five to ten year horizon.
The project is looking at four key themes:
Demographic shifts underway
The role of technology as a disruptive tool
21st Century Problems and 20th Century Practices
Economics 101 – The Value of Planning
The project will be completed for the 2015 National Planning Conference in Seattle and has a MindMixer site to collect input at
What are the key trends and issues that are affecting the Planning Office of the Future?
Given those trends and issues, what should the Planning Office of the Future be? We asked two questions at the session:
What are the key trends and issues that are affecting the Planning Office of the Future?
Given those trends and issues, what should the Planning Office of the Future be?
Share your ideas at NPC or online at the MindMixer Site for project at http://apa.mindmixer.com/
APA 2012 General Plan Action Plans - San JoseJoseph Horwedel
The document outlines the General Plan and action plans for the City of San Jose. It discusses planning for growth over the next 20 years, with an emphasis on creating walkable neighborhoods, reducing vehicle miles traveled, and providing adequate land and infrastructure for new jobs and housing. Metrics and targets are presented for monitoring progress, including increasing park access, transportation options, and achieving sustainability goals outlined in the Green Vision plan. Regular reporting of accomplishments and reassessing goals is highlighted as important for ensuring the plans achieve the desired outcomes.
The document discusses the City of San Diego's process for implementing and monitoring its General Plan through an Action Plan and Monitoring Report. It provides an overview of the city and its General Plan. The Action Plan identifies specific actions to implement each General Plan policy, while the Monitoring Report assesses progress, tracks results, and informs the public and city leaders. The Monitoring Report format includes sections on key actions, progress, grants, flood maps, and housing. Case studies showcase urban agriculture and economic development programs.
LoCC Measurable Improvement in Your Development ProcessJoseph Horwedel
Presentation to the League of California Cities Planning Commissioners Institute on Measurable Improvement in Your Development Process in 2009 at Anaheim, CA. The presentation looked at common methods to assess your process, review measurement tools and look at pitfalls based on the experiences in San Jose from outside consultant reviews and on going process improvement efforts.
2011 APA Positioning Planning Deaprtments - MinneapolisJoseph Horwedel
One of three presentations made at the National Planning Conference in Boston in 2011 on Positioning Planning Departments in difficult times. This is the presentation made by Barbara Sporlein from Minneapolis.
2011 APA Positioning Planning Depts - Washington DCJoseph Horwedel
One of three presentations made at the National Planning Conference in Boston in 2011 on Positioning Planning Departments in difficult times. This is the presentation made by Harriett Tregoning from Washington D.C.
2011 APA Measurable Outcomes in Planning - MinneapolisJoseph Horwedel
One of three presentations made at the National Planning Conference in Boston in 2011 on Measurable Outcomes in Planning. This is the presentation made by Barbara Sporlein from Minneapolis.
2011 APA Measurable Outcomes in Planning - Washington DCJoseph Horwedel
This document discusses the importance of measuring outcomes and success in planning. It provides examples from the Bellevue Small Area Plan of metrics used to measure progress, including an increase in the percentage of residents living within walking distance of transportation options. The document also highlights metrics used in Washington D.C., such as increased transit and non-motorized transportation use, decreased car ownership, and population growth, to demonstrate the impact of planning policies.
Apa Measurable Outcomes in Planning 2011 San JoseJoseph Horwedel
This document discusses measuring success in city planning through key performance indicators. It suggests measuring both process targets like review cycle times as well as outcome targets like miles of trails per capita. The city of San Jose measures accessibility to amenities at the neighborhood level, such as distance to parks. Online tools can also measure neighborhood walkability. When setting targets, it is important to start with a few good measures and be aware of potential distortions. Progress should be regularly evaluated, reported to the community and elected officials, and successes celebrated. The goal is to communicate measurable outcomes that show planning is achieving its desired impact.
The General Plan Update should incorporate use of innovative technology to maximize the effectiveness of outreach and communication Use of a wide range of media will reach diverse audiences On-going coordination with established community and business groups, as well
Most important element in General Plan Update is extensive and consistent community involvement throughout the process Community is a broadly defined term that includes: residents, businesses, non-profits, faith, etc.