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PlannerPod episode 5 | Social media, urbanism and how to become a planning influencer

The Planner Magazine Season 1 Episode 5

In which, The Planner team chats with planners – and social media content creators – Mahsa Ige and Nouvella Kusi about how the planning profession can use social media to talk about planning, urbanism and development with a wider audience.

To coincide with the launch of the RTPI's It Takes Planners & You campaign, we delved into the use of social media platforms to expand the planning profession's reach and to improve its communication with the people who are most affected by planning projects and decisions – the general public.

Over the course of this discussion Mahsa and Nouvella share their thoughts on:

  • How to get started
  • Their approach to creating engaging content
  • How they're building an audience
  • Dealing with negativity
  • The impact maintaining a social media channel on them and their working lives

You can find Mahsa and Nouvella on Instagram at

  • @theurbanplan_her (Nouvella)
  • @urbanistonamission (Mahsa)