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Rural Telecommunications Congress Open Wiki

Learn more about the Rural Telecom Congress "Fueling the Fires of Rural Innovation!"
http://ruraltelecon.org

 

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Contact Frank Odasz, 406 925-2519, Email: frank@lone-eagles.com

 

Dedicated to intentionally innovative communities committed to ongoing sharing of best practices.

 

 

 

12+  Broadband Toolkits   

                 for Intentionally Innovative Communities:

 

1. NEW!!     "Closing the Digital Divide: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations"
                  
http://www.dallasfed.org/assets/documents/cd/pubs/digitaldivide.pdf
                   By Jordana Barton, Federal Reserve, Dallas, TX


Release of Framework on Closing Digital Divide Follows Announcement of Interagency Q&A on Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

New from Dallas Fed Community Development
"Closing the Digital Divide: A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligations"

Access to broadband has become an essential component of economic opportunity and financial well-being, yet there is a significant digital divide in many underserved communities. This new publication is a practical guide for financial institutions that shows how digital inclusion can improve the lives of low- and moderate-income individuals who have limited access to broadband infrastructure. It presents best practices and information on lending, services and investments that can help close the digital divide and contribute to an inclusive and vibrant entrepreneurial economy.
 
Broadband is included as a form of infrastructure investment in the recently released "Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment" from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. This new guidance document addresses questions raised by bankers, community organizations and others about CRA regulations. The Dallas Fed produced its digital divide publication to provide more specific guidance for investing in broadband access and digital inclusion.     

 

 

2. BTOP's Broadband Adoption Toolkit, 2013

     http://www2.ntia.doc.gov/files/toolkit_042913.pdf

 

 

3. Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO Google Gigatestbeds PLAYBOOK

 

       http://kcdigitaldrive.org

 

       About the Playbook:  
 
http://www.googleconnectskc.com/News---Information/KC-Google-Gig/May/MBIT-Playbook-Outlines-Strategy-for-Ultra-High-Spe.aspx

 

Download the Playbook now: http://www.googleconnectskc.com/Documents/PlayingToWin_v1.aspx

 

Google's gigabit cities are 2xKansas City plus Austin, TX and Provo, UT. And in the other corner, Gigabit Squared weighs in with South Side Chicago.

 

May the best mass measurable outcomes of Gigabit to the home (in poverty) show us what we don't know that we need to know. New Metrics Needed!

 

Think "Value Bandwidth" and "Human Bandwidth" as necessary variables for any formula intended to generate the best fast-track outcomes

 

4. Knight Foundation's Community Information Toolkit
 

Building Strong Communities through Information Exchange

 http://www.Infotoolkit.org

 

5. Frank Ohrtman's Ebook: I’ll Vote for You If You Make My Netflix Work

Creating Effective Local Broadband Planning Teams.

As promised (or threatened, depending on your perspective), I have published an ebook entitled “I’ll Vote for You If You Make My Netflix Work”. It is now available as a PDF download at, you guessed it (click on the link below):
 
Frank Ohrtman

franklinohrtman@gmail.com
720-839-4063
 

 

 It is now available as a PDF download at,:
 http://www.illvoteforyouifyoumakemynetflixwork.org

 

6. Bill Shuffstall's Community Broadband Planning Toolkit:

     http://www.connectingcommunities.info/

 

Core Themes

  1. Connected communities have access to competitively priced broadband service, individuals and organizations utilizing broadband and digital appliances to access information and services, local organizations and individuals that are publishing local content and delivering web based products and services.
  2. Broadband adoption has leveled off. Increasing the adoption rate will require meaningful engagement at the community level in initiatives that facilitate the development of shared goals relating to improving connectivity and the development and implementation of projects that will attain those goals.

 

Suggested Web Resources

www.connectingcommunities.info – Connecting Communities Toolbox

www.srdc.msstate.edu/ecommerce – National e-Commerce Extension Initiative

www.broadband.uwex.edu – Building Community Capacity through Broadband, University of Wisconsin-Extension

www.pewinternet.org – Pew Internet and American Life Project

 

Bill Shuffstall

Extension Educator

Penn State Extension

Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education

7B Armsby Building

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-5665

Email: shuffy@psu.edu

 

7. Daniel Aghion's Broadband Adoption Toolkit:

http://broadbandadoptiontoolkit.com

 

8. Blandin Foundation's Community Broadband Toolkit

     http://broadband.blandinfoundation.org/toolkit/

 

          As part of the MIRC project, we had this report commissioned on multi-cultural digital literacy.
          You can find the link on this page:  http://blandinfoundation.org/_uls/resources/Bridging_the_Gaps_Report_2012_Final.pdf
 
          You can find other reports and materials here:
          http://blandinfoundation.org/resources/case-studies/minnesota-intelligent-rural-communities

 

9. Karen Archer Perry's Library Division Links:

 

The Edge Benchmarks  (for librarians as the defacto digital literacy corps)

http://www.libraryedge.org

 

Association for Rural and Small Libraries

http://arsl.info

 

Rural Broadband Policy Group:
http://www.dailyyonder.com

 

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:
http://gatesfoundation.org

 

Karen Archer Perry

 

10.  IMLS: Building Digital Communities: New Resource to Help Communities Bridge the Digital Divide

There are still 100 million Americans who do not have a broadband connection to the Internet. This statistic is sobering and has profound implications for economic success, educational achievement and civic life.
Libraries are among the essential community anchors that have a significant role to play in providing access, encouraging adoption and impacting the health and vitality of their communities.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services, together with the University of Washington and the International City/County Management Association, has consulted with hundreds of community members and experts over the past 18 months to identify action steps and a framework for digital communities.

 

IMLS has released Building Digital Communities: A Framework for Action
and its companion primer Building Digital Communities: Getting Started, new resources to help set a vision for the future. Read More

http://www.imls.gov/about/building_digital_communities.aspx

 

11. FTTH Community Toolkit

http://ftthcouncil.org/communitytoolkit

“The Fiber to the Home Council
Americas has launched its Online
Community Toolkit, which is
aimed at community and business
leaders looking to secure their
economic future through ultra
high-speed Internet connectivity
by upgrading local networks to
all-fiber.”


12. Gigabit Squared contracted with Craig Settles to write a book on the topic;

 

Building the Gigabit City

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/313806/#download

Craig begins by stating a community needs to start with identifying its needs.

 

Follow Craig via his Gigabit Nation radio show
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gigabitnation 

 

Craig's Website

http://cjspeaks.com/

 

13. Frank Odasz's Lone Eagle Consulting Links:

 

Two recent NTIA/Connect Alaska Pilot projects in Alaska Native villages,

and a unique Native youth digital storytelling workshop for the Blandin Foundation, 2015:

http://lone-eagles.com/austin-2016.htm and

http://lone-eagles.com/austin-2015.htm

 

New: Monetizing and Emarketing, Epublishing and Entrepreneurship
http://lone-eagles.com/monetizing.htm

 

Videos from the Alaskan NTIA/SBI research subgrant "Digitizing Alaska"
http://lone-eagles.com/digitizing-metlakatla.htm

 

Lone Eagle Consulting Online Curriculums

http://lone-eagles.com/guides.htm

 

        Rural/Indigenous Pilot Project Grant Templates:
 

http://lone-eagles.com/rural-grant-templates.htm

 

Local Action Plan Strategies

http://lone-eagles.com/strategies.htm

 

More at http://lone-eagles.com/  Use the Internal Google Search engine to search over 700 web pages of free resources.

 

 

Contact Frank Odasz, 406 925 2519, Email: frank "at" lone-eagles.com

Who IS this guy? Secretary for the Rural Telecom Congress

Bio: http://www.bbcmag.com/2016s/16bio/Odasz-frank.php 

http://lone-eagles.com/expertise.htm

 

 

 

 

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