social networking for urban planning
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This presentation was given at the Grand Rapids, MI Annual Growing Communities Conference to urban planners about how to utilize social media.TRANSCRIPT
Web 2.0 for Urban PlanningPresented by Crystal Wilson
This presentation is being givenbecause of facebook
Up-to-the-second news, meeting notes, postings, data, and images are distributed into multiple formats where it
gains viral exposure in networks
Viral is spreading the word among your social network
My vision of collaboration circa 2003
This is only the beginning circa 2009
Videos and Blog postings by Board Members and Planners
Let’s look at social networks and formats to distribute information
Google Reader is a (RSS) feed reader
IRN’s mission is all about collaboration
IRN created a profile but doesn’t require“friending” to view its contents, so not viral
We created a Virtual Studio for IRN to collaborate on the grant writing process
Get the word out on YouTube, createa Channel for your project
Events on event brite, register to receive future events from your favorite host
Become a fan of a Page thencontent is streamed on your home page
Comments are viewed by the entirenetwork which is viral
Collaboration with Youth Council using Groups
Collaboration on Comprehensive Planusing Groups
Get the word out with Pages
Post presentations to Slideshare where they can be found in another social environ
Articles can be automatically postedto facebook and twitter
Link your Flickr account to Google Earth
What comes next?
Coming to Your Zoning Ordinance Web Site
