This presentation was given at the Grand Rapids, MI Annual Growing Communities Conference to urban planners about how to utilize social media.

1. Web 2.0 for Urban Planning Presented by Crystal Wilson

3. This presentation is being given because of facebook

4. Up-to-the-second news, meeting notes, postings, data, and images are distributed into multiple formats where it gains viral exposure in networks

5. Viral is spreading the word among your social network

6. My vision of collaboration circa 2003

7. This is only the beginning circa 2009

8. Informative and Collaborative http://www.newcodedenver.org /

9. Videos and Blog postings by Board Members and Planners

10. Let’s look at social networks and formats to distribute information

12. Google Reader is a (RSS) feed reader

13. IRN’s mission is all about collaboration

14. IRN created a profile but doesn’t require “ friending” to view its contents, so not viral

15. We created a Virtual Studio for IRN to collaborate on the grant writing process

16. Get the word out on YouTube, create a Channel for your project

17. Events on event brite, register to receive future events from your favorite host

24. Become a fan of a Page then content is streamed on your home page

26. Comments are viewed by the entire network which is viral

27. Collaboration with Youth Council using Groups

28. Collaboration on Comprehensive Plan using Groups

30. Get the word out with Pages

31. Post presentations to Slideshare where they can be found in another social environ

32. Articles can be automatically posted to facebook and twitter

34. Link your Flickr account to Google Earth

35. What comes next?

36. Coming to Your Zoning Ordinance Web Site

38. www.PlaceVision.net [email_address] .net