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How's that project website?
Is information about your projects easily available and up to date? Can community members find out what's coming up, and how to get involved? Are you locked into awkward PDFs? Have you got... OpenPlans?
Plan In A Box can help: use it to inform communities and support rewarding engagement. Support and extend your in-person outreach with great online info. With Plan In A Box, you can easily create and maintain a page for any project, using templates that are carefully designed to answer common questions. Sign up today.
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Easily create a page
Get started in minutes. Edit right there on the web page. No admin view to learn or complex options to master.
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Get it out there
Your project page looks great on mobile, tablet and desktop computers, so people can stay informed. And it shows up in web searches, which is how most people will go looking for it.
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Print some posters
Online is great, but paper matters too. Take your project into the real world with marketing materials generated straight from your project page.
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And that's not all...
Our blue jeans are on. Plan In A Box is under active development. We're adding new features weekly.
Recent improvements include: custom header images and logos, better text editing, "what's next?" info, and custom domain names.
Coming up: file attachments, event locations, and customizable themes. As new features are released, you’ll see them automatically in your projects. No need to download a new version.
Our roadmap is public, so take a look at what's coming next. Tell us what you need for great planning communication.
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Wanted: planners, developers, activists...
Our Fellowship program is open for applications. Work side by side with us while exploring issues related to urban planning, open data, civic engagement and crowdsourcing strategies. Students, recent graduates and career breakers all welcome. Apply today for spring and summer positions.
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Shareabouts helps you gather lots of public input about places: what's working, what's broken, ideas for the future... On mobile and desktop, easy to use maps make it fun to give input, see what neighbors are saying, and stay involved.
Behind the scenes, you get summary emails and detailed reports. We work with you to design a map that's integrated into your project, reaching new audiences, and collecting data you can act on.
Such as...
Shareabouts keeps getting better: a new list view, improved filtering and sorting to make it easier to explore ideas. And, new email targeting to participants, to follow up and keep them engaged.
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Come to a User Testing Workshop
We’re hosting an introductory user testing workshop on April 23rd, led by Code for America's UX Evangelist Cyd Harrell, at Thoughtworks in Manhattan.
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During the day-long workshop, Cyd will cover the essentials of observing users and gathering information to guide development decisions, including: recruiting participants, planning an interview, recording feedback, testing prototypes and remote testing. At the end of the workshop you'll be able to take these techniques back to your work.
Sign up here. We're holding a few seats just for public sector tech staff.
The workshop is co-sponsored by OpenPlans, Code for America, and ThoughtWorks.
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Will you be at the APA National Conference later this month? What a coincidence! So will we.
Come and see us at the Planning Expo -- booth #426 to be exact. Stop by to chat with us about your projects and to see the latest OpenPlans tools.
Planning drinks. Save the date. We’re meeting up on Monday evening of APA (4/28) at a local bar. Location TBD--we’ll make sure to tweet it out.
Frank will be talking about Open data, App-making and Planning, at 9am on Monday, April 28th, appearing alongside Della Rucker from Wise Economy, Alicia Rouault from Local Data, Brad Barnett from Place Matters, and Michelle Lee from Textizen.
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