Leana Mayzlina - Digital Inclusion Fellowship - GCS16

1. Digital Inclusion Fellowship
GIGABIT CITY SUMMIT 2016
LEANA MAYZLINA

2. Vision
Vision: A world where all people have access to and confidently use internet in
the home to meet personal, family, and community needs.
DIF Partners: Building Local Capacity
Google
Fiber
NTEN
City
Hosts
Fellows Funders

3. Fellowship - Cohort 1

4. Atlanta
Aneta
Atlanta Parks & Rec
DeAndre
Literacy Action
Maithri
TechBridge
Austin
Naymar
Skillpoint Alliance
Daniel
Austin Free Net
Charlotte
Jessica
Urban League
Ruben
Charlotte Library
Kansas City
Sarah
Literacy KC
Leslie
Full Employment Council
Nashville
Susan
Nashville Library
Adam
Martha O’Bryan
Raleigh/Durham
James
Triangle Literacy
Mike
Kramden Institute
Provo
Dustin
United Way Salt Lake City
Sol
SL Edu Foundation
Alonso
SL Edu Foundation
Fellows - Cohort 1

5. Fellowship - Cohort 1
A Glimpse at Results
Feb March April Total
Feb-April Totals:
● 1860 people trained
● 1400 hours of training provided
● 150 volunteers trained
● Nearly 4,000 hours of computer
hours/open lab hours provided

6. Building/Reinforcing Local Capacity
Building/participating in local DI coalitions
Supporting the ConnectHome initiative
Training staff and volunteers on DL
Matching project budgets
Developing tools and resources for their organizations and partners
Recruiting and engaging community leaders to be advocates
Adapting national tools to the local context

7. DIF Cohort 2
22 organizations, 22 Fellows, 11 metros
Atlanta: PowerMyLearning, Literacy Action
Austin: Austin Free-Net, Skillpoint Alliance
Charlotte: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Authority,
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Kansas City: KC Public Library, Literacy KC
Nashville: Nashville Public Library, Martha O'Bryan
Center
Portland: Multnomah County Library, Free Geek
Provo: United Way
Raleigh/Durham: Kramden Institute, Triangle Literacy
Council
Salt Lake City: SLC Public Library, Utah Non Profit Housing
Corporation
San Antonio: San Antonio Housing Authority, San
Antonio Public Library, Each One Teach One
San Francisco: SF Public Library, Community Technology
Network

8. DIF Cohort 2 Innovations
Digital Literacy Focus
City Host focus areas:
• Literacy
• Library
• Housing
• Digital Inclusion
Three Project Tiers:
1. Building Programs
2. Expanding Programs
3. Leading Networks
More Robust Reporting
• Evaluation tool

9. How can you
engage?
Connect and collaborate with local City Hosts and Fellows:
nten.org/community/dif
Participate in webinars and other programs:
nten.org/events
Share your expertise:
nten.org/community/dif/get-involved