28 Mar 3 Successful Strategies for Public Engagement and Outreach
TLDR: A successful public engagement strategy is about many moving pieces that are not always considered such as learning about the needs and abilities of specific neighborhoods and locals removing practical participation barriers, and use of inviting, non-traditional engagement tactics. Introduction Successful public engagement and outreach strategies...
23 Dec Connect the Dots: A Year in Review
What an exciting year this has been – this year feels like so many years in one. It has been at once one of the most challenging years and the most rewarding… It seems like just yesterday that we were trialing coworking spaces in January –...
02 Dec DVRPC Releases Mobility Choices Study
Our team at Connect the Dots worked with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) on their just-released study Mobility Choices: Transportation Conversations in Three Black and Latino in the Greater Philadelphia Region. The study sought to develop a better understanding of the complex decision-making process...
16 Nov Layered Outreach for Diverse Audiences
The event is booked. The Zoom call is scheduled. The survey link is live. Now all you need is participants from far and wide – how do you get out the word? Even the best engagement strategies need equally great accompanying outreach strategies, since you...
23 Sep Engagement moves at the speed of trust
Sylvia Garcia-Garcia is Connect the Dots’ Project Manager of Public Engagement, based in Philadelphia. She is a bicultural multilingual experienced social impact professional, passionate about centering representation and sustainability. Sylvia holds a Master’s in Strategic Thinking from Tec de Monterrey and has since worked as...
17 Aug “Collaborative Thinking” Series: Working better with over-surveyed communities
Last Thursday, August 11th Connect the Dots hosted a happy hour - the first of what we hope to be many. This was not a regular networking-and-get-along Happy Hour (which we love, of course!) - ours was a challenge-based Happy Hour, and it was great! We...
04 Aug CTD In the News: Framing the Future of the Roundhouse
Connect the Dots CEO Marisa Denker spoke about our project, Framing the Future of the Roundhouse, with WHYY and the Philadelphia Inquirer: “A typical engagement process might go right into what the Roundhouse should be, whereas we are trying to spend a lot of time thinking...
22 Jul Framing the Future of the Roundhouse
Join Connect the Dots, Amber Art & Design, and the Philadelphia City Planning Commission for our first public event Framing the Future of the Roundhouse! Thursday, August 4th at Franklin Square from 1 to 5 PM. Free activities and art workshops for all ages and...
02 Jun The Magic of a Phase Zero
Sylvia Garcia-Garcia is Connect the Dots’ Project Manager of Public Engagement, based in Philadelphia. She is a bicultural multilingual experienced social impact professional, passionate about centering representation and sustainability. Sylvia holds a Master’s in Strategic Thinking from Tec de Monterrey and has since worked as...