We believe the ways places are designed and operated – and the technologies within them – should be helpful and empowering for people and their communities.
We believe the ways places are designed and operated – and the technologies within them – should be helpful and empowering for people and their communities.
Helpful Places helps organizations, and the communities they serve, harness the power of technology in ways that are transparent, inclusive, participatory, and in alignment with the community's goals.
One of the ways we do that is by advancing the adoption and stewardship of Digital Trust for Places and Routines (DTPR), an open-source communication standard to increase transparency and accountability for digital technology in public places.
Our team can support with implementation of the DTPR standard by helping you:
We also provide consultation and advisory services to support broader adoption of DTPR and its principles into the way your organization deploys digital technologies.
Helpful Places is a mission-driven company based in Canada led by Jackie Lu, a leader in smart cities with more than two decades of public service and technology implementation experience.
Formerly at Sidewalk Labs and the founding Director of Data Analytics at the NYC Parks Dept, she has more than 20 years of experience implementing data and tech that helps improve public spaces.
To help realize the potential of DTPR, here's our full team of collaborators helping to advance our mission:
Keep up with what we’re up to on social media:
You can also join the DTPR community on Slack!
Interested in learning more about Helpful Places and DTPR, and how we could work with your organization?
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