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Quotes from 11 urban planners about why they are on Twitter. We'll be passing this handout out at the American Planning Association’s National Conference next month. Stop by and say hi! Learn more about Twitter and planning at http://www.cubitplanning.com/blog
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Why Your Planning Colleagues Use Twitter
10 H u g e R e a s o n s t o T w e e t f r o m 10 Remark able P l a n n e r s !
I really value the communities that form on twitter`
@HilaryPerkins
Unique Faces
Unique Reasons
Because you learn +++ more on Twitter than through professional development
opportunities. Twitter facilities free education. @auciello
Simple: To hear
how cities & spaces
do & don’t work for
people @counti8
I follow people who know more than I
do. I get best practices, lots of stuff to read and think about. They make me smarter.
@eclisham
T o he l p o t he rs l ea rn w ha t I k now & t o l e a rn f rom peo p l e sm a r t e r t han m e ~ @ P H D P opH ea l t h
#1 Reason Planners Tweet:
“It Makes Us
Smarter” ~
@cubitplanning
News junkie; access to
awesome professional
community sharing & learning
from each other @minbostratus
To reconnect w/ past colleagues & find future ones; follow fun events & people; see
what planners are reading/doing @thecristen
I've learned a lot
about planning efforts
across the country,
as well as grant and
funding opportunities.
It's fun, too!
@skcopeland
Engage a younger demo that
doesn't participate in town
halls and other traditional
forums @CenTXAPA
T o s t a y c on ne c t ed t o o t h e r p l an ne rs & i s s ue s i m po r t an t t o p l an ne r s . @ ka t en es se