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’...
Have you joined the Bus Revolution?! Connect the Dots is hard at work alongside SEPTA, Nelson Nygaard, Portfolio Associates, and Merit on SEPTA’s Bus Revolution -- a comprehensive redesign of SEPTA’s entire bus network to make buses more reliable, efficient, and simpler to understand and use....
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...
On September 15th, Naomi Murphy of our team at Connect the Dots joined a panel of experts for Next City’s International Wellbeing Cities Forum The discussion centered on the "DIY City: The Power of Public Participation & Engagement." The conversation was moderated by Orlando Bailey: Director of...
This week at the B.PHL innovation fest, Connect the Dots’ Marisa Denker and Navigate’s Brady Halligan moderated a panel focused on “Designing How We Work Together,” which brought together perspectives on this topic from a $6B health system, the team spearheading innovation for the sixth-largest...
Description of Event Connect the Dots teamed up with the world-renowned Project for Public Spaces to share learnings and build best practice around reimagining engagement and consultation during this time. PPS is leader in public space development and placemaking having completed projects in more than 3,500...
Hello, We hope that you and your families are all well. Despite the obvious challenges of the past few months, the Connect the Dots Ireland team has been active with partners and clients all over Ireland and collaborating directly with our US office in Philadelphia. We wanted...
Hello Friends and Partners, It's mid-summer, and it certainly feels like we're in one giant global fever dream. How are you? We know that people are experiencing vastly different types of lifestyles at the moment, and that your plans, your security, your normal functions, are taking...