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Building a Collaborative CultureLessons from Rebuild By Design
Amsterdam International Water Week, 31 October 2017
Carter CraftSr. Economic Officer, Office of the Consulate General of the Netherlands New York
@NLinNY
facebook.com/NLinNewYork
2 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Gary He, Reuters
People walking in dirty water.kids
3 Photo Credit: Carter Craft31 October 2017
4 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: New York Magazine
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How Resiliency Can Save Democracy!
31 October 2017 Photo Credit: CNN
Resiliency and Democracy?
1. Participation Matters – as do our Votes!• Diversity of Knowledge, Experience, Talent• Insiders and Outsiders Working Together
2. Comfort zones need to be stretched • Who Is Your Go-To Sociologist or Anthropologist?
3. Make the Process Fun Again!• Create Momentum for the Resilience + Adaptation
movement
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7 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Rebuild by Design
1. Engagement requires many steps
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2. Connect with People where they are
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people
• Intellectually• Physically
Sketchnote by: Tanmay Vora, Qaspire.com
31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Tanmay Vora
3. Simplify our language
10 31 October 2017 Photo Credit Middle Pictures: LES ReadyRight: Hudson River Project
4. Communicate visually
11 31 October 2017 Photo Credit Left: RiverkeeperRight: PlanNYC
5. Downscale our Communications
12 31 October 2017 Photo Credit Upper and Lower Left: New Jersey DEP
6. Listen and then play it back
13 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: ONE Architecture and Urbanism
7. Identify obstacles to involvement
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Thanks to Jerome Shabazz, Overbrook Environmental Education Center, Philadelphia, PA
31 October 2017
7. Identify obstacles and Help to overcome them
15 31 October 2017 Photo Credit Upper Left: Can Stock PhotoLower Left: Medium.com
8. Make Outreach as important as Engineering
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8. Make Outreach as important as Engineering
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9. Build Relationships
• Formal• Informal• Personal
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• Formal• Informal• Personal
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9. Build Relationships - on three levels
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• Formal• Informal• Personal
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Mayor
CouncilMember
ProjectLeader
Citizen
CouncilMember
9. Build Relationships - on three levels
31 October 2017
10. Cultivate the next generation
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Engagement is like Gardening
• Relying too much on one strategy can be unhealthy.
• Blueberries and many fruits are pollinated several times by different types of bees before they thrive and fruit.
• Plants need nutrients, light, air and water to thrive. Left untended, weeds take over! Mulch, compost and other fertilizers help…
31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Crispy Hundos
10. Cultivate the next generation
22 Source? 31 October 2017 Photo Credit Lower Left: Wikipedia CommonsUpper Right: Davidson Lab, Stevens Institute of Technology
10. Cultivate the next generation
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Living Breakwaters (RBD) Installation
New York Harbor School students
Lemon Creek, Staten Island, New York
31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Billion Oyster Project
25 October 2017
Thank you!
@NLinNY
Carter Craft, Sr. Economic OfficerOffice of the Consulate General of the Netherlands in NYC
facebook.com/NLinNewYork
Dutch-American Collaboration Post-Sandy
31 October 2017
Thank you!
@NLinNY
Carter CraftSenior Economic OfficerConsulate General of the Netherlands New York
facebook.com/NLinNewYork
31 October 2017