The below article, Lessons From Transportation Planners' Pivot to Virtual Engagement, was originally published in the American Planning Association Magazine on October 1st. It was written by Marisa Denker of Connect the Dots and Adrienne Zicklin Kanter of Stokes Creative Group in collaboration with leaders...
Connect the Dots is excited to share the latest addition to our team of engagement experts: meet Rosanne, our new Manager of Engagement + Strategy in the Philadelphia office. Learn all about her and her journey below! Why did you join Connect the Dots? Connect the Dots’...
Connect the Dots founder and director Marisa Denker will be teaching a course at the University of Pennsylvania this fall: Participatory Cities. Participatory Cities will explore how communities, stakeholders, and other players contribute to cities, as well as how engagement can be designed to bridge divides...
Connect the Dots is super excited to welcome Alexandra Zazula as our newest Associate in Philadelphia. We've had a lot of fun getting to know her, so here's a little Q + A so you can get to know her too. Why did you join Connect...
We think data for civic engagement can help us figure it out We at the Edit the City! team (Marisa Denker/Connect the Dots Insights, Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman/THINK.urban and Stephen Larrick/Stae) have been working hard behind the scenes thanks to an award from the Knight Foundation’s Data for...
Connect the Dots is super excited to be part of the engagement team, along with Portfolio Associates and Merit, to officially launch this once-a-generation undertaking: a total reimagination of SEPTA’s bus network! SEPTA Forward: Bus Revolution needs feedback from all riders to create more equitable...
Our urban main streets face unprecedented economic and social challenges, from the urgent call for racial justice in public space to the recovery of small retail businesses in the wake of COVID-19. Against this backdrop, THINK.urban, Connect the Dots, and Stae are thrilled to announce today that we have been awarded the...
A Message from Connect the Dots Co-Director, Naomi Murphy and our Manager of Strategic Partnerships & Design, Kiersten Mailler As our vision of the world has been recast over the past 100 days, we have been forced to find new ways to work, live and play....