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1. Regions 3.0: Reflecting, Responding &
Redesigning for the Future
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2. Things that aren’t in my bio...
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7. In 2006...I built a house.
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9. What do you want to be homesick for?
My dogs.
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10. Joey Zach
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11. Can we intentionally design things
that people love?
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12. Human Centered Design...
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16. How can we design human-
centered cities/regions?
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20. How can we design human-
centered cities/regions?
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21. Regions 3.0: Reflecting, Responding &
Redesigning for the Future
Rebecca Ryan
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22. What are cities and regions for,
anyway...?
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23. Sometimes, we forget
that...
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24. The Scale of Texas Human Scale
45-70 MPH 2-15 MPH
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31. So, we have to remember
to put people back in the
center of the development
process...
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32. It’s part of your job
description...
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33. Source: Wikipedia
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34. Source: International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
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35. But people are changing...
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36. “Deborah”
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39. “Christine” & Friends
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40. Ory Okollah
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42. More “people” trends...
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43. Migration/Urban’Nation
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45. The Social Graph
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48. The Social Graph + The “Like”
Button
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51. The indifference towards cars...
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55. Talent and Innovation “Clusters”
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56. Richard Florida
The “Creative Class” Guy
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57. The Gay Index-High Tech Connection
Source: The Rise of the Creative Class, p. 257
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58. So you’re saying that high tech
workers are more likely to be gay
than other people?
Dumb Person
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59. The engineers and computer
programmers I know are conservative.
Are you sure they’re gay?
Another Dumb Person
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60. Gays are the Canaries in the Community
Where the gays are, the geeks go
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63. The Talent Dividend
For every 1% increase in the number of
residents who hold bachelors degrees...
There is a $763 increase in annual regional
per capita income.
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64. In San Antonio
From 2006-2008, the percentage of people with
bachelors degrees increased 2.3%...
Providing a talent dividend of $1.89 billion
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65. 27 Riverwalk Extensions
945 HemisFair Park Renovations
2.3 Fort Sam BRAC
Reinvestments
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66. So what does all of this mean
for you?
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67. Who are you developing for?
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68. What’s your relationship
with these trends?
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69. Are you committed to
connecting people to your city?
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70. www.nextgenerationconsulting.com/next
Twitter: ngcRebecca
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