Sam Liebeskind
@samliebeskind
product partnerships at New_Public; previously community & growth @ Geneva
Sam Liebeskind
Introduction — Invisible Institute
invisible.institute
nonprofit journalism working to ‘enhance the capacity of citizens to hold public institutions accountable’
If you work on anything worthwhile, sooner or later people will care about it and will want you to send progress updates. These could be quarterly investor updates, weekly updates to your boss, emails to adjacent teams, etc. Here are tips on how to do this well.
Understand your role, and with each update add to the body of evidence that you’re a
SocialHub and the Substrate of Decentralised Networks
connectedplaces.online
Building a new rite of passage for high school grads
connectivetissue.substack.com
There is no ideal pitch deck. The narrative depends on what you’re building—but I really like this one: 1. Vision for the world in 5 years 2. The novel wedge that will get you there 3. How you plan to distribute it 4. What could go wrong 5. What you’ll prove by the time you need…
Nikita Bierx.comWhy the Lab failed is a story of grand plans cast into turmoil by the disgrace of the grand planner himself. Among other things, it reveals how difficult it is to hold on to a place at the table, once you’ve got it (assuming you’d even want to). In the end, it boils down to a question: Is local government really the best place for public interest... See more
Amanda Kolson Hurley • One Mayor’s Downfall Killed the Design Project That Could ’ve Changed Everything
urban planning and local government innovation
Story of San Diego Civic Innovation Lab (2015)
Live Music Concert Venue in Brooklyn, NYC
elsewherebrooklyn.com