Presented for FCC Indian Training Initiative Conference, July, 2008

1. Global Best Practices on ICT Capacity-
building Activities for Rural Communities
Presented for APEC TEL March 23, 2008
by Frank Odasz,
President of Lone Eagle Consulting.
Email: frank@lone-eagles.com
Web: http://lone-eagles.com

2. Lone Eagle Consulting
25 years of Rural ICT Innovations, 1983+
Rural, Remote and Indigenous Learners
Fast-track training and measurable outcomes
Designing Local, Regional, and National ICT
Adoption Strategies
Teaching Teachers of Teachers of Teachers
Distance Learning Innovations

3. Wireless Six Miles from Town

4. Home on the Range

5. One Billion Online, Six to Go

6. Food for one week in US $341.98US

7. Food for one week in Ecuador $31.55US

8. Food for one week in Chad $1.23US

9. $100 laptop –Manual Power

10. ITU Indigenous ICT Conference

11. ICT Indigenous Commission of the Americas

12. Indigenous Women ICT Trainers

13. Weavers in Guatemala-Ecommerce?

14. Youthful Entrepreneur - Guatemala

15. In times of change,
learners inherit the earth
-Eric Fromm

16. Four Levels of Internet Self-
empowerment

17. Aboriginal Women’s Telecommunications
Roundtable, Ottawa, Canada

18. Social Engineering:
Implementing Meaningful Rural ICT Capacity
Building Metrics
Authentic metrics for what citizens actually do
with ICTs defines Success
If no one is really benefiting as promised
We need to know why!
If genuine and positive outcomes are important
to you PLEASE Make No Assumptions.

19. Koyukuk – Alaskan Native Village

20. Youth and Elders in Koyukuk

21. The First Digital Generation

22. Alaska 99% Broadband Access?

23. “Planting seeds of entrepreneurship
must begin early enough in a child’s
primary education to establish
entrepreneurship as a lifelong choice.”
(Strengthening America’s Communities Initiative)
http://lone-eagles.com/saci.htm

24. Eight Wellness Components
Essential to a Healthy Village;
1. Safety
2. Health
3. Education
4. Enterpreneurship/Ecommerce
5. Social Services
6. Culture
7. Government
8. Entertainment

25. Donnie Morrison - Grassroots Champion:
The Internet enables us to sell our services
and the things we make to people around the
world

26. www.work- live local – work
Broadband Backbone Network
200 Mb SDH
backbone
2000 users
SDSL
802.11
wireless
access
network

27. www.work- live local – work

28. Community Learning is
Everyone’s Responsibility
K12 Schools, Universities
Economic Developers
Government Agencies
Businesses
Elected community leaders
Parents, Youth, Citizens
Telecommunications Companies

29. The Community Inclusion Process
Begin with presentations to raise awareness
that new knowledge bears new opportunities
Engage citizens in online learning and
interaction on what’s already working for
others like them
Identify local mentors interested in helping
others learn and in developing for-profit
mentoring services
Engage community leaders, K-12
administrators and educators in understanding
key action strategies to build local capacity

30. Rural Web-raising Event Model

31. 17 Web Pages in 45 Minutes

32. Eleutian.com –Wyoming to Asia

33. The BIG Win-Win–Win
Telcos Grow Their Markets,
National Economies Prosper and
Citizens Realize Authentic Benefits
Participatory Community Research
Provide Incentives to Task Citizens
to Produce Results, and Give Them
the Training and Support Necessary
for Success

34. Defining BEST Broadband Applications
Telemedicine –highest benefit with minimal skill
development
Voice Over Internet Protocol VOIP – Greatest Citizen
participation and benefits with minimal training
Community Internet Radio and TV
(and on-demand Instructional Videos/Podcasts)
2-way Video with Peers and Mentors?
Distance Learning and Application Sharing
Ecommerce Support Services

35. Ideal Broadband Training “Skill Set”
To Include
Advanced Email and Listserv Moderation
Advanced Searching Skills
Basic Web Self-publishing
Blogs, Vlogs, Wikis, Bookmarking (Del.ic.io.us) Really Simple
Syndication (RSS,)
Content Management Systems?
Building Community Collaborative Capacity
Distance learning tools for peer mentoring
Cultural Sustainability and Multimedia Expression
Ecommerce Entrepreneurship
Transnational Activism
http://lone-eagles.com/essential-skills.htm

36. Rural Ecommerce and
Telework Strategies
Entry level ecommerce:
Ebay, ebay drop off centers
Affiliate programs, Google adwords
Webraisings – free ecommerce sites
Virtual Ecommerce Incubators
E-marketing coops, community web business
directories, Emalls
Ecommerce and Telework Support Networks
International trade facilitation networks
Micro-multi-nationals
Recognizing the Emergence of a global learning culture

37. Resources to Share:
From My Family To Yours
http://lone-eagles.com
Thank You