Della G. Rucker, AICP, CEcD www.wiseeconomy.com Ohio APA Annual Conference October 20, 2011 The Wise Economy Workshop Public Participatio n That Does Your Project Good
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Della G. Rucker, AICP, CEcD www.wiseeconomy.com
Ohio APA Annual Conference
October 20, 2011
The Wise Economy Workshop
Public Participation That Does Your Project Good
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Game Plan: Why do Public
Participation?What do we know about
the way people learn? How can we use that?
Group Activities Report Out
Online tools that let you do this better
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Why do Public Participation?
“______ says we haveta do it…..
<sigh>”
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Why do Public Participation?
“If people see all the great things this project will do, they’ll get on board for sure!”
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Why do Public Participation? “If someone has
problems with this project, I would rather we know at the beginning so that we can defuse the opposition.”
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Why do Public Participation?
“We need to know what people want for this project so that we can design something that people will support.”
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Why do Public Participation?
“Our residents and business operators have unique knowledge and perspective. We need to tap that to help us find the best possible solutions to our complex issues.”
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So… how should we do this?
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Or, we could…
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Wait… what is it that we really wanted from these people?
Their perspective Their good ideas Their constructive
criticism Their meaningful
support
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And what’s the likelihood that everyone has a fully informed opinion when they walk in?
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So… what we need is a process that:
Gives people the information they need
Helps them make sense of the issues
Helps them form sound opinions
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Then, it needs to…
Help them form and articulate their ideas
Help them give us constructive feedback
Capture their ideas in a form that we can understand and use
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Who is already doing this?
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What do good teachers use? Small Group
Cooperative Learning Theory (Edwin Glaeser)
Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner)
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Small Group Cooperative Learning?
People grasp complex concepts better when they construct their own knowledge, rather than having it fed to them.
Just learning facts is not meaningful learning. When people create meaning by working intensively and collaboratively with information, they understand on a deeper level and can use the information in a more sophisticated and original fashion.
People often learn from peers better than they learn from authority figures.
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Multiple Intelligences?
Different people learn best in different ways.
A minority of people learn best from lectures or written text.
Other types of intelligence include: Visual Spatial Verbal Kinetic Audial Etc.
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How can we apply this to public participation?
Use structured small groups for activities that will directly feed into recommendations.
Challenge and empower people to work together and learn from each other in a safe setting.
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How can we apply this to public participation?
Provide many options for feedback.
Decentralize activities and limit audiences to maximize participation.
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I’m done… now it’s your turn!1. Divide into groups
2. Do one activity: Do it Yourself Vision What Would you Do?
3. Report out on experience
What’s the Big Idea? Your Town Tomorrow
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GO!
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Shortcomings of public participation (even when you do it good!) Same old Assumptions Same old Expectations Same old Attitudes Same old…. Well…..
people.
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Ask Yourself…
Who’s not here? Why?
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And, increasingly, how do people…
Shop? Communicate with friends? Get news? Find solutions to their problems?
How do you think they want to participate in their local government planning?
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What we have to work with today?
Get people to give and prioritize ideas and get excited? MindMixer
Manage a full course of public involvement throughout a plan and keep everyone informed? Urban Interactive Studio Revitaliz Delib
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And there’s more
Figure out what kind of development residents support? Placepulse (MIT)
Have stakeholder meetings? Skype Google+ Ovoo
Understand your economy? SizeUp EMSI
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And even….
Raise money for a community project? Kickstarter DonorDrive
Hold a virtual trade show? Yfactor
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We’ve only just begun…
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Thank you!
Della G. Rucker, AICP, CEcD
PrincipalThe Wise Economy Workshop
Phone: 513-288-6613
www.wiseeconomy.com
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