You Are the Access Point

You Are The Access Point

I want to convince you of something.

You must transform the way your community engages with information.

It’s about two things: access and context.

1. Access.

56% wireless Laptops, cell phones, MP3 players, game consoles Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx

19% mobile phone Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx

Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/Static-Pages/Trend-Data/Whos-Online.aspx

37% do not have broadband in the home Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/10-Home-Broadband-Adoption-2009.aspx

You must provide additional access.

Source: http://broadband.gov/

Source: http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/applications/search.cfm/

2. Context.

Source: http://www.datamasher.org/

Source: http://www.thisweknow.org/l/MI/Detroit

140 characters Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx

Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/Static-Pages/Trend-Data/Whos-Online.aspx

56% wireless Laptops, cell phones, MP3 players, game consoles Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/12-Wireless-Internet-Use.aspx

You must provide context.

Participate by sharing your data.

Engage in the conversations relevant to your community.

Thank you!

Please! Contact me:
Marnie Webb
[email_address]
Work: http://www.techsoupglobal.org
Twitter: @webb
Skype: extension337
Blog: http://ext337.org
Delicious: http://www.delicious.com/ext337

Resources
Pew Internet and American Life Project provides a mother lode of research, data and trend analysis
A Collection of Social Network Stats for 2009 regularly updated by Jeremiah Owyang
Broadband.gov creating a National Broadband plan

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Heroes by videoplaceboisnot http://www.flickr.com/photos/videoplacebo/2476230102/

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You Are the Access Point

by Marnie Webb on Sep 17, 2009

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