Our founder Marisa recently spoke with CitizenLab’s team about the latest trends at the intersection of government and technology , with a focus on community engagement. You can read the full interview below to see what she thinks about the role of online engagement in...
Happy New Year! As we hit a collective reset, I’ve been thinking about how I will approach 2022 and have formed my “engagement resolutions” for the year ahead: Do everything online offline and everything offline online. The pandemic has forever changed how we approach engagement, shifting online...
Setting up successful engagement requires finding the tools that are right for the task. At Connect the Dots we are always looking for new ways to engage with communities: online, in-person, and moving seamlessly between the two. So how do we determine what tactics are...
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...
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....