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

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2 31 October 2017 Photo Credit: Gary He, Reuters

People walking in dirty water.kids

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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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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

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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

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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

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Thank you!

@NLinNY

Carter Craft, Sr. Economic OfficerOffice of the Consulate General of the Netherlands in NYC

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Dutch-American Collaboration Post-Sandy

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Thank you!

@NLinNY

Carter CraftSenior Economic OfficerConsulate General of the Netherlands New York

facebook.com/NLinNewYork

31 October 2017