Regions 3.0: Reflecting, Responding & Redesigning for the FutureRebecca Ryan

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Things that aren’t in my bio...

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In 2006...I built a house.

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What do you want to be homesick for?

My dogs.

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Joey Zach

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Can we intentionally design things that people love?

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Human Centered Design...

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How can we design human-centered cities/regions?

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How can we design human-centered cities/regions?

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Regions 3.0: Reflecting, Responding & Redesigning for the FutureRebecca Ryan

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What are cities and regions for, anyway...?

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Sometimes, we forget that...

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The Scale of Texas

45-70 MPH

Human Scale

2-15 MPH

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So, we have to remember to put people back in the center of the development process...

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It’s part of your job description...

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Source: Wikipedia

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Source: International Economic Development Council (IEDC)

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But people are changing...

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“Deborah”

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“Christine” & Friends

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Ory Okollah

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More “people” trends...

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Migration/Urban’Nation

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The Social Graph

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The Social Graph + The “Like” Button

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The indifference towards cars...

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Talent and Innovation “Clusters”

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Richard FloridaThe “Creative Class” Guy

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The Gay Index-High Tech Connection

Source: The Rise of the Creative Class, p. 257

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So you’re saying that high tech workers are more likely to be gay than other people?

Dumb Person

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The engineers and computer programmers I know are conservative. Are you sure they’re gay?

Another Dumb Person

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Gays are the Canaries in the CommunityWhere the gays are, the geeks go

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The Talent DividendFor every 1% increase in the number of residents who hold bachelors degrees...

There is a $763 increase in annual regional per capita income.

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In San AntonioFrom 2006-2008, the percentage of people with bachelors degrees increased 2.3%...

Providing a talent dividend of $1.89 billion

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27 Riverwalk Extensions945 HemisFair Park Renovations2.3 Fort Sam BRAC Reinvestments

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So what does all of this mean for you?

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Who are you developing for?

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What’s your relationship with these trends?

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Are you committed to connecting people to your city?

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www.nextgenerationconsulting.com/next

Twitter: ngcRebecca

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