The presentation talks on using new age media to inform/consult/involve/collaborate/engage/empower. It shares few case studies how globally thinkers, urban designers, disruptors are planning better cities with use of new age media.

1. HI, I AM
@KUMARMANISH9
Leveraging New Media Platform for Civic Engagement
CEPT University | Sept 11,2014
#communicatekaro

2. Traditional Approach of Civic
Engagement
 Closed Door Meetings
 Limited to Few Stakeholders/ Influential People
 Newspapers Advertisements
 Letters to Editors
 Brochure/ Pamphlets
 Politician Say, Planners abide or Vice Versa
Website, sometimes
 More or less, all these currently exists !

3. Inform>Consult>Involve>Collaborate>Empower via New MEDIA

4. Social Media : Breaking The Status
Quo

5. New Media Platforms/ Tools
 Google Map
 Google Forms
 Mobile Applications
 Twitter
 Face book
 Gaming
 LinkedIn
 Quora
 Webinars
 Crowd funding/Crowd Sourcing platforms

6. India
 Social Media - Facebook
 100 Million+ Users in India
 Social & Fastest Way To Communicate
 Catch Them Where They Are
 Targeted Messaging
 Run Campaigns/Competitions
 Platform to Bring Traffic to Your Website.

7. Case Study : Fb/JaipurTrafficPolice

8. People Engagement
 Social Media – Twitter
 33 million users in India/fastest growing platform
 Tweet is faster than earthquake
 Micro blogging platform to attract traffic to website
 Engaging way to connect with
followers/brands/cause/organization
 Response Management System/ Crisis
Communication Tool
 Can be great tool to create buzz around the brand
 Trending/Competition/Campaigns

9. Case Study : twitter@futurecapetown
image : Publicstuff.com

10. Crowd Sourcing Civic Issues : Public Stuff
PublicStuff is different because it uses the
frictionless model, which developers like, to
help people understand how their government
works and how they can help their government
work better. At its best, Public Stuff gently
reminds citizens that cleaning up the city is
everyone’s job.”
- The New York Times

11. Case Study : www.publicstuff.com
image : Publicstuff.com

12. Case Study(India): www.changebhai.in
#communicatekaro

13. Crowd Sourcing Cycle Share Stations : SF Bike
Share
SF Bike Share website provides a place for you
to tell us where you would like Bay Area Bike
Share stations in San Francisco. It also
provides an opportunity for the user to
comment on the initial 35 pilot station locations
in San Francisco
-Open Plans.org

14. Case Study : www.openplans.org
image : Publicstuff.com

15. Crowd Funding : Making Ideas Happen!
Crowd funding is the process of pooling money from many different people to
make an idea happen - Indiegogo, a popular crowd funding platform

16. Case Study : Transforming Industrial Silos at the
Vancouver Biennale in to Public Art
$125,000 | Raised Over 20,000 $ Still Going

17. Gaming : Do not plan the city, Play the city
Play the City is an Amsterdam and Istanbul based City Gaming Company.
City Gaming Method can facilitate participatory processes, manage complex
urban projects, resolve conflicts, help connect to communities.

18. Mobile Phones: The Game
Changer

19. Mobiles: Dynamics Have
Changed
 933 million+ users in the world. 2nd largest
(TRAI,2014)
 Internet enabled
 Data Gatherer
 Mobile apps
 Accessibility
 Fastest two way communications

20. Inform>Consult>Involve>Collaborate>Empower.

21. Tools You Can Use
 http://www.wikihouse.cc/
 http://openplans.org/
 http://www.playthecity.nl/173/en/play-the-city-studio
 @thisbigcity Follow #citytalk on Twitter
 http://thegovlab.org/about/
 www.googlemaps.com

22. Thanks,
Kumar Manish
Communications & Social Media Strategist
email: kumarmanish9@gmail.com
twitter: @kumarmanish9
instagram: @kumarmanish9
blog: www.communicatekarowordpress.com