This curated selection of five bite-size presentations aim to inform you by capturing the flavor of today's planning from a variety of perspectives. This grouping is ideal for those interested in zoning, career development and big data.

Pandemic-fueled digital transformation is challenging every organization to rethink how they manage data and technology. Data standards such as GTFS for transit provide gains when a common schema describes civic systems, but how should we set the standards?

Planners, learn about the wage gap in general — and planning's wage gap in particular — to prepare to negotiate during your next review or as you are hired into a new position.

Well-designed graphics are far more effective than words. How can you communicate information clearly and effectively to others using graphics? See how an academic, urban designer, and social justice planner use graphics to tell their story.

Planners and designers will share the inspiration, value, and lessons learned behind an unprecedented data collection effort to understand and develop actionable, project-based plans tailored to the unique COVID-19 economic impacts to downtowns, businesses, and residents.

Too often economic development exacerbates inequities. Learn how to combat histories of racism and inequity by addressing planning work and power dynamics through people- and place-based tools.

This webinar will provide planners with expert advice on the basic and essential elements necessary when considering launching and operating a private practice.

Behind every development project is a financial analysis and projection called a pro forma. While developers prepare the pro forma, it’s a crucial tool for planners, too. This course provides a deeper understanding into a projects financial analysis and projections.

Tax increment financing (TIF) is a powerful tool for advancing major development projects, but its complexity can be daunting. This session covers best practices in TIF planning and policy from vision to implementation, utilizing case studies from Pittsburgh, PA.

The pandemic has brought a wide range of responses to help address the immediate impacts on our cities. Planners must look beyond the initial triage and develop a robust framework driven by current data to support long term recovery.

Across America, small towns and rural communities are shrinking. But population loss doesn’t have to lead to decline. Learn keys to success from communities that have made strategic investments and thoughtful planning about making quality places a top priority.

The planning toolbox is ripe for a makeover. Hear a critique of several planning methods, standards, and assumptions and how they undermine safety, economic vibrancy, and mobility. Get the case for reform.

Cultural organization Fourth Arts Block and partner design firms are creating a vision plan to support the Lower East Side’s cultural life with a focus on equity, access, and resiliency.

This presentation reviews the latest biometric tools being used to assess the human experience of the built environment (mobile eye-tracking and galvanic skin response) and how they can be used to influence planning and design, well-being, and sustainable development.

It has never been more important for planners to be able to connect and engage effectively with communities, stakeholders and clients using virtual and digital technologies. Join our panelists as they discuss effective engagement methods.

The "Gig for Government" trend is creating new kinds of consulting opportunities for planners. Many state and local government officials said they need professional workers who can be available on demand.

Have you felt like it is the battle of planning versus engineering at your office? Planners and Engineers will share tools, techniques, and examples of how to legitimize the planning voice, and jointly and equitably work together.

Planning for growth is a challenge, but planning for booms is even tougher. Hear how economic indicators can help planners use foresight to anticipate the biggest “surge cities” in the US where population and development will likely follow.