CONNECTIONS

OPEN CITIES DATA

NEW KNOWLEDGE

EXPERTS PUSH CONTENT

PRACTICIONERS FOLLOW THE EXPERTS

EXPERTS PUSH CONTENT

PRACTICIONERS FOLLOW THE EXPERTS

INDEXING

URBANIZATION

SEARCH

EVERYONE IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION

EXPERTS FOLLOW PRACTITIONERS TO UNCOVER PROBLEM-SETS

SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGES COMPLEMENT TRADITIONAL DOCUMENT-BASED KNOWLEDGE

PRACTITIONERS FOLLOW EACH OTHER AND THE EXPERTS TO FIND SOLUTIONS

MERGE, EXPAND, AND DEEPEN EXISTING NETWORKS FOR PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING

DRIVE ADOPTION AND IMPROVE VALUE OF EXISTING CHANNELS

ADD VALUE RATHER THAN DUPLICATE

METROMATCH

KNOWL. NUGGETS

OPENCITIES DATA

Social networking Profiles & partner matching Community-based Q&A

PROMOTE PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING

Community questions Knowledge exchange events Expert research competition

FILL KNOWLEDGE GAPS

Open municipal-level data Common indicators International comparison

TRACK URBAN PERFORMANCE

HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THE EXISTING SOCIAL MEDIA LANDSCAPE?

HOW DO WE FOSTER DIALOGS AND TALKS THAT ARE INSPIRING AND RELEVANT?

HOW CAN WE ADD VALUE TO EXISTING INITIATIVES ?

 How do we adopt an incremental approach while delivering value from the start?

How do we ensure that the platform is genuinely for, of, and by the community?

How do we transform abstract knowledge into know-how and dohow across diverse languages and contexts?

How do we leverage and expand the existing ecosystem?