Let's Play 'Six Degrees of Urban Planners'

Yes you read that right, 'Six Degrees of Urban Planners' not 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon'. 'Six Degrees of Urban Planners' is not connecting planners to Kevin Bacon, however you probably could through his father, famed Philadelphia Planning Commission Director Edmund Bacon. No, the object of the game is to connect urban planners to each other. How? You might ask. Well, you first need to add your branch to the Planner Family Tree, and encourage your planning friends and colleagues to do the same!

The Planner Family Tree

The Planner Family Tree is a real-time, participant-generated tool that shows how we are connected with one another and the planning practitioner legends.

Here's how you do it:
1. Open this Google Sheet (real time results) or complete this Google form for us to key it in for you (more mobile friendly).
2. Complete it by putting your Director/Manager/Leader in the FROM field, your name in the TO field, which order they were to you (1st boss, 2nd, etc.) and type in DIRECTED. These instructions are also in the form.
NOTE: You can also add your direct reports as well, just make sure you are in the FROM field.
iPhone Users will need to download the Google Sheets App to complete the form.
3. You're done. You can refresh the tree and see your "branch" and your planning lineage.

Planners with larger reaches/legacies will be shown as being larger. Keep in mind that this is something that we do with an analytics report after we receive new connections. 

Why?

Because it's awesome? Seriously, the tree showcases how we connect, who we've been mentored/groomed by, and provides planning practitioners with a visual representation of their reach and legacy.

So add your name to the tree and you might just be surprised to see how far you are from Planning leaders like Mitch Silver, Whit Blanton, Cynthia Bowen, Kurt Christiansen, among many many others, heck even Edmund Bacon!

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