The Working Family Resource Center aims to strengthen individuals, families, and communities by providing evidence-based education and resources to help manage work-life demands. Since 1985 it has served over 40,000 individuals annually in Minnesota and beyond on topics across the lifespan through in-person and increasingly virtual programs. Data shows high rates of technology access in Minnesota providing opportunities for the Resource Center to promote its services through strategic community partners using various online platforms.
The who, what, where and how of connecting with your school district's audience. Round table discussion at Wisconsin School Public Relations Association conference November 3, 2011.
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Presentation by Ayoo Osen Odicoh, Senior Gender Advisor, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa Region
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project, discusses the Project’s latest research about internet use, mobile connectivity, and social media, and what the findings mean for marketers. He will explore how "networked information" has very different characteristics from "industrial era media" and why this has profound implications for the way marketers gain attention for their messages and interact with their audiences.
The who, what, where and how of connecting with your school district's audience. Round table discussion at Wisconsin School Public Relations Association conference November 3, 2011.
Entefy's research report on information overload and digital complexityEntefy
Entefy conducted a survey of 1,500 professionals in the U.S. What we found were surprising insights into digital complexity, app fatigue, and information overload.
Presentation by Ayoo Osen Odicoh, Senior Gender Advisor, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa Region
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project, discusses the Project’s latest research about internet use, mobile connectivity, and social media, and what the findings mean for marketers. He will explore how "networked information" has very different characteristics from "industrial era media" and why this has profound implications for the way marketers gain attention for their messages and interact with their audiences.
Director Lee Rainie's keynote address at the Missouri Broadband Summit. More: http://pewinternet.org/Presentations/2010/Oct/Missouri-Broadband-Summit.aspx
Dr. Joe Mazza presents at PennGSE's Delaware Valley Consortium for Equity in Education (DVCEE) on January 21 2015. DVCEE is a program within the Penn Center for Educational Leadership (PCEL). For more information, visit http://www.gse.upenn.edu/pcel/programs/peec
Lee Rainie will discuss the Project’s latest findings about how people use the internet, smartphones, and social media tools to get news, share news, and create news. He will describe how the very definition of news is expanding in the age of “me media.” He will discuss the Project’s new research about how people use different platforms to get news about different topics: that is, they use different media channels to learn about the weather and learn about local government. He will also describe how social networks have become essential transmitters of news and evaluators of the meaning of news in people’s civic lives.
Associate Director for Research Kristen Purcell will be discussing Pew Internet's groundbreaking data on local news information ecosystems at Ohio State's Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society's 2012 symposium, “The Future of Online Journalism: News, Community and Democracy in the Digital Age.”
Spearheaded by Facebook, Internet.org is a global cooperation between technology leaders, nonprofits, local communities and experts dedicated to making internet access available to the two thirds of the world not yet connected. Learn how developers are getting involved to develop and optimize applications, share tools, best practices and expertise to improve the efficiency of data networks and services in underserved communities around the world.
Watch this presentation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp9df98SuAo&index=29&list=PLxeazpXYyqtNm2EnCbfSzy7aKOkHjiaSi
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Sarah Flicker, PhD
Lisa Campbell Salazar, MES
Community-Based Research Grant Writing Workshop for Community-Based Organizations
Centre for REACH / OHTN
March 3rd, 2011
Cook library at the broadband conference 2018Ann Treacy
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Lee Rainie will discuss the Project’s latest findings about how people use the internet, smartphones, and social media tools to get news, share news, and create news. He will describe how the very definition of news is expanding in the age of “me media.” He will discuss the Project’s new research about how people use different platforms to get news about different topics: that is, they use different media channels to learn about the weather and learn about local government. He will also describe how social networks have become essential transmitters of news and evaluators of the meaning of news in people’s civic lives.
Associate Director for Research Kristen Purcell will be discussing Pew Internet's groundbreaking data on local news information ecosystems at Ohio State's Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society's 2012 symposium, “The Future of Online Journalism: News, Community and Democracy in the Digital Age.”
Spearheaded by Facebook, Internet.org is a global cooperation between technology leaders, nonprofits, local communities and experts dedicated to making internet access available to the two thirds of the world not yet connected. Learn how developers are getting involved to develop and optimize applications, share tools, best practices and expertise to improve the efficiency of data networks and services in underserved communities around the world.
Watch this presentation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp9df98SuAo&index=29&list=PLxeazpXYyqtNm2EnCbfSzy7aKOkHjiaSi
Learn more about Internet.org: http://internet.org/
Innovating KTE throughout the Research ProcessLisa Campbell
Sarah Flicker, PhD
Lisa Campbell Salazar, MES
Community-Based Research Grant Writing Workshop for Community-Based Organizations
Centre for REACH / OHTN
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Cook library at the broadband conference 2018Ann Treacy
Cook Public Library https://www.alslib.info
Crystal Phillips crystal.phillips@alslib.info
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• Opportunities for Municipal Utilities
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• Blandin Foundation MIRC Initiative
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Lee also discussed how medical librarians can exploit Pew Internet’s tech-user typology to find new ways for engaging e-patients and their families.
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2. Mission: To strengthen
individuals, families and
communities
How? Providing evidence-
based education and
resources to individuals
where they work, helping
them to manage the often
competing demands of
work and family, their roles
and responsibilities.
3. 1985 – part of St. Paul Public Schools
Community Education
Over the years, program evolved to
cover topics across the lifespan including
parenting, families, money
management, interpersonal skills, elder
care, health and wellness.
2007 – 501c3 status
4. WFRC serves over 40,000 individuals in 70
companies on an annual basis.
WFRC’s outreach has grown over 300% in
the past three years, reaching all 52
states and 6 countries.
The majority of programming has
become virtual – using strategic partners
for outreach throughout the state of
Minnesota.
5. 80% men, 76% women online (>18 years)
80% White, Non-Hispanic
71% Black, Non-Hispanic
68% Hispanic (English and Spanish-speaking)
94% are 18-29 years
87% are 30-49 years
74% are 50-64 years
PEW Research Center (August 2011)
6. In Minnesota
› Computer ownership 85%
› Broadband adoption 72%
› Access – cell phone or mobile wireless 39%
Among rural residents
› Computer ownership 78%
› Broadband adoption 61%
› Access-cell phone or mobile wireless 32%
(Computer Nation, 2011)
7. Nearly 50% of all American adults are
smartphone users-more than “regular”
cell phone users.
Over 60% are 18-35 year olds.
Smartphone use up 11% since May 2011.
PEW Research Center (March 2012)
8. Parents are more apt to use social media
than non-parents for almost everything.
Staggering 462% increase in social media
among mothers between 2006-2009.
Moms consider the Internet to be their
“essential” media.
Moms spend more than 2.5 hours online
daily.
NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey Company
(September 2011)
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15. Schools
Home visiting programs through Head Start & Early
Childhood Special Education
Libraries
Community Centers
Co-Linking on Websites
Non-profit organizations
Businesses
16. How can these resources and services be
promoted in my community as part of our
broadband initiative?
Who are some strategic partners that would
be positioned to provide outreach about
these resources to the individuals who
would benefit from them?
What are the next steps I can take to bring
awareness about this service to my
community?
18. Beth Quist
Director, Working Family Resource Center
bquist@WFRC.us
Visit us at www.workingfam.org
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Editor's Notes
Thank you for this opportunity to share a little about WFRC. My hope is that our work will intrigue you and you’ll see the value of sharing our resources through your own broadband initiatives in your community.
Read missionEveryone’s work life needs and challenges are unique and ultimately work/life conflict can cause stress, impacting healthy family functioning and can effect the workplace in terms of productivity. WFRC believes that having trustworthy information and education to help make informed decisions can empower individuals to effectively manage the competing demands of work and family. Thus, creating healthy individuals, healthy families, and ultimately healthy communities.
A significant portion of our resources are focused on parenting 0-5. (partnership with MDE)We know that the significant life events of pregnancy and having a baby are triggers that cause parents to become social media consumers – searching for answers, a supportive community, and other like-minded parents who are up at 3 am with a colicky baby. Who else are going to call?In fact, national data states the Internet is the #1 place parents go for parenting information. The data we have been collecting on our programs reflects that national data. Over 79% of our participants go to the Internet for parenting information.
Access to the Internet via cell phone OR subscribe to mobile wireless service via laptop.
Important to continue to adapt our online resources so they are smart-phone accessible.