2. What’s
next
for
Pop
City?
And
Pi<sburgh?
• How
can
we
raise
the
bar
in
our
community
in
advancing
new
ideas
for
social
change?
• How
can
we
bring
a
broad
cross-‐sec*on
of
talented
people
together
to
work
on
a
specific
problem
with
the
objec*ve
of
finding
a
new
way
to
work
through
it?
3. Through
social
innova/on.
Unleashing
new
ideas
to
create
solu2ons
for
unmet
needs
for
the
public
good.
4. Throw
a
big
party
for
thinkers.
• Bring
together
good
thinkers
from
many
sectors
with
professionals
working
on
the
issue
and
an
engaged
audience
willing
to
make
a
difference.
• Join
civic
leaders
with
the
influencers
driving
change.
• Provide
a
plaLorm
to
consider
ways
to
solve
a
problem
with
a
call
to
ac*on
so
people
can
get
can
involved
with
the
community
in
crea*ve
ways.
6. Collabora*on
is
a
contact
sport.
• LUMA
Ins*tute,
our
partner
in
idea*on:
80
people.
Six
categories.
Hundreds
of
ideas
over
3
hours.
• The
Sprout
Fund,
to
fund
one
or
more
of
those
ideas
from
each
event
up
to
$50,000.
• The
Pi<sburgh
Founda*on
to
house
the
ini*a*ve
with
three
other
founda*ons.
7. What’s
involved.
(Plenty)
• The
idea*on
event:
ge[ng
ideas
in
small
groups,
shaping
ideas
and
presen*ng
one
concept
to
all
• Awarding
an
idea
the
winner
-‐-‐
$$$!
• Following
up
with
workshops,
mul*ple
feature
stories
and
videos
about
the
event,
and
a
focus
area
on
social
innova*on.
8. The
main
goals?
advancing
ideas:
Around
Civic
design.
Placemaking.
Social
jus*ce.
City-‐building.
Cultural
vitality.
More
than
a
presenta*on—something
comes
of
it
and
the
momentum
con*nues
through
Pop
City.
9. THE CHALLENGE
SiX
Session
1:
January
31,
2012
An
idea*on
session
that
helps
80
people
with
wildly
divergent
ideas
and
backgrounds
generate
12
concepts
for
advancing
change
around
civic
design
and
place-‐making
–
in
just
a
few
hours…
10. How
might
we
dis*nguish
our
city
and
contribute
to
its
vitality?
How
might
we
create
more
places
that
energize
residents
and
a<ract
visitors?
How
might
we
improve
in
the
way
of
public
art,
green
spaces,
ge[ng
around
and
street
life?
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18. THE CHALLENGE
What’s
next
for
SiX?
Let’s
generate
12
concepts
for
advancing
change
around
cultural
vitality
–
in
just
a
few
hours…
Coming
June
18…
