Collaborative public processes only work well when they can be validated by the wider public. Not every citizen can be at the table collaborating. We empower our community collaborators with the most powerful tool in the world today - the video camera.
Think about the impact of YouTube, harnessed with in a planned and deliberative process, with a script developed by those participating.
We helped pioneer participatory or collaborative video in public participation around controversial complicated urban design and planning problems and we’ve helped make sure it works swaying large numbers of people not with “spin” , but with a real-life look at the real process.
Wirth the participatory video tool we:
- Shape the ground rules
- Manage the production team
- Teach the basic skills to the participants
- Guide script development
- Manage the edit process
- Tweak the final product
- Collaborate on distribution and public awareness