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This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
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Economic Development Professionals, 2-2016
1. BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT
Fox Cities Economic Development Professionals
Thursday, February 25,2016
Mary Kluz
Broadband & E-Commerce Education Center
http://broadband.uwex.edu | wibroadband@uwex.edu | @WI_Broadband | 608-890-4255
3. Broadband is
• “Always on”
• High speed internet
access
• Capable of carrying
multiple devices
simultaneously
4. Bits, Bytes, and Bandwidth
• Kbps, Mbps, Gbps = bits per second
• Kilobits, megabits, or gigabits per second
• Measure of data transfer rates
• 1 mbps is ~ 1000 times faster than 1 kbps
• KB, MB, GB = Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes
• Measurement of file size (i.e. movie ~ 6000MB)
• Download and Streaming
8. • Research in the U.S. shows…
• 56% of businesses and organizations say broadband
is essential for remaining in current location
• 56% of households say they would definitely/likely
relocate if broadband was not available
• 32% of households work from home or have a
home-based business
The Internet has become
the highway for technology
Source: SNG Digital Economy Database n = 19,951 businesses and 9,318 households
9. Median Household Income Growth:
High BB Adoption Vs. Otherwise Similar
Whitacre, Galardo, Strover for the National Agricultural
and Rural Development and Policy Center, 2013
11. Interaction between factors
affecting broadband development
Internet
service
provider
activity
Availability of
infrastructure
Consumer
demand /
adoption
Consumer
confidence
Potential
public role?
Affordability
Consumer
savvy
Regulations
Potential
public role?
Return on
Investment
13. Developing broadband: the players
• Federal level:
– Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
– National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA)
• http://www.ntia.doc.gov/report/2015/broadbandusa-
guide-federal-funding-broadband-projects
– US Department of Agriculture (USDA), others who
administer grants and loans
• State level:
– Public Service Commission (PSC)
16. • Local level
– Consumers judge it according to
• Capacity (including speed)
• Cost
• Reliability
– Government (county & municipal)
Developing broadband: the players
17. Framework
for Change
1. Increase urgency
2. Build guiding teams
3. Get the vision right
4. Communicate the vision
5. Enable action
6. Create short-term wins
7. Don’t let up
8. Make it stick
20. Framework
for Change
1. Increase urgency
2. Build guiding teams
3. Get the vision right
4. Communicate the vision
5. Enable action
6. Create short-term wins
7. Don’t let up
8. Make it stick
22. Framework
for Change
1. Increase urgency
2. Build guiding teams
3. Get the vision right
4. Communicate the vision
5. Enable action
6. Create short-term wins
7. Don’t let up
8. Make it stick
24. Framework
for Change
1. Increase urgency
2. Build guiding teams
3. Get the vision right
4. Communicate the vision
5. Enable action
6. Create short-term wins
7. Don’t let up
8. Make it stick
26. Framework
for Change
1. Increase urgency
2. Build guiding teams
3. Get the vision right
4. Communicate the vision
5. Enable action
6. Create short-term wins
7. Don’t let up
8. Make it stick
27. Enable action by removing barriers
Towns
have built
their own
towers and
allowed
providers
access.
28. Enable action by removing barriers
Local coalitions have
sponsored “Tech
Fairs”, allowing
consumers to interact
with providers and
take short workshops
on internet security,
small business & the
internet and other
topics.
29. Framework
for Change
1. Increase urgency
2. Build guiding teams
3. Get the vision right
4. Communicate the vision
5. Enable action
6. Create short-term wins
7. Don’t let up
8. Make it stick
30. Short term wins
Tech coaches in Marathon County are helping older residents
gain the skills needed to make use of the internet.
31. Framework
for Change
1. Increase urgency
2. Build guiding teams
3. Get the vision right
4. Communicate the vision
5. Enable action
6. Create short-term wins
7. Don’t let up
8. Make it stick
34. Broadband & E-Commerce Education Center
wibroadband@uwex.edu Twitter @WI_Broadband 608-890-4255
Mary Kluz, Community Development, mary.kluz@ces.uwex.edu 608-890-4254
Find this presentation online:
http://www.slideshare.net/WI_Broadband
Editor's Notes
MARIA
First: some basics.
1-A definition
2-What we’re NOT covering: types of technologies except on the most shallow level and specific applications
Having said that we need a little background to help us all speak the same language for an hour or so.
let’s start on the same page.
So why have people gotten excited about broadband?
Expectations have risen. People are missing out and even those with some access, waiting an hour for a movie clip to download is not acceptable.
Why is it of particular interest to you, as community leaders in economic development and community development?
Take away:
An industry comparison of the potential for different technologies providing internet service
covering the disparity of availability of different types of technologies AND the potential some have to deliver much more than they are delivering today without changing the infrastructure, but rather, the technology (software and engineering) at the ends
More on why people are getting excited and frustrated when they are excluded: Boston Consulting Group, 2012
Small and Medium sized Enterprises. Green colors indicate enterprises that were rated as HIGH-WEB use; gold colors indicate numbers for low or no web use enterprises.
Do you find you need to work at selling the reasons broadband is important?
Are you able to find data that supports the case or is broadband development now accepted best practice?
RURAL:: Whitacre, Galardo and Strover for the National and Rural Development and Policy Center, 2013 http://www.nardep.info/Broadband_2.html
Researchers from Oklahoma State, Mississippi State and the University of Texas.
They looked at seven factors related to local economics, including median household income, the percentage of people in poverty, the total people employed, non-farm proprietor income, the number of firms with paid employees, the percentage of non-farm proprietors and the percentage of employees classified as “creative class.”
Take Away: “If there were a lot of people without broadband available or not a lot of providers, it negatively impacts all seven economic measures,” said Whitacre.
The point is, this technology is affecting all aspects of how we live in community. In fact, the internet and its increasing speed has created whole new industries. I think a few decades ago, no one would have imagined that something like Facebook would have any public trading value.
This change in how we live in community is why people are getting engaged around broadband and concerned that people have access and know how to use it well.
Let’s take a very incomplete and simplified view of how the system of internet access and adoption works. VERY simplified, in order to be able to have some discussion about how we can affect the system.
We have collected stories….
Consumer engagement is a huge factor in creating movement in our feedback ‘wheel’. It pays to look at any of the interaction points to see where there is leverage and where we can ‘grease the wheel’.
This is a big job! It is a complicated system. But people are motivated. We started collecting stories about what people, as communities, were doing to produce change. As we started looking at the number of ways people were becoming engaged, we saw some patterns.
Note: maps show speeds reported by ISPs
The patterns seemed to tell us: when you need to eat an elephant, do it a bite at a time. The actions that communities are taking appeared to fit into a framework we were familiar with regarding organizational change, each step one bite.
John P Kotter analyzed change failures in companies and organizations over fifteen years, and he identified patterns of errors that create barriers. From these patterns he crafted a roadmap to overcome these barriers. This led to his 1996 book, Leading Change, in which he outlined an eight-step change framework for organizations.
Kotter expands on these ideas in his 2014 book, Accelerate, in which he describes the advantages of a more fluid strategy network; this model applies more readily to community change.
Communities must factor in that the parties who collaborate for larger, community change are not bound by the rules and structures that one finds in organizations. Leadership is often informal; authority comes in the form of knowledge sharing and relationship.
This is just one of the resources available on the Center website. You can access videos that help tell the story to community members, information about Community Area Networks, local technology committees, and some basics like the Broadband Reference Guide.
(the graphic is hyperlinked to the flipbook on our website)
you can access this online, assuming you have a decent internet connection, and use the links provided in the document to learn more about the stories that you find most relevant to your situation.
What are people doing to establish the urgency?
-educating their elected officials about the potential impact on community development; some town and county boards are passing resolutions that define their interest and intent on improving broadband development
-some communities are using the PSC survey tools to learn more about the consumer demand. Others are conducting their own surveys or including broadband questions as part of other community survey efforts.
-educating their elected officials about the potential impact on community development;
-some town and county boards are passing resolutions that define their interest and intent on improving broadband development - example: Town of
-some communities are using the PSC survey tools to learn more about the consumer demand. Others are conducting their own surveys or including broadband questions as part of other community survey efforts.
Lincoln County Towns of Schley and Harrison recently conducted surveys of residents, inquiring about their need for internet connectivity
http://www.merrillfotonews.com/2015/08/06/rural-broadband-in-lincoln-county-many-are-saying-its-a-must/
“Completed surveys are still arriving at the Extension office, but preliminary results show about 45% were returned out of roughly 1,000 sent, an excellent response. Survey results to date reveal that nearly half of those saying they do not have Internet service indicted that they want it. Over 80% that have Internet service in the town report that they are not satisfied with it. Reasons for dissatisfaction vary. Almost 28% said they would stay longer in their seasonal homes if they had more/better Internet, with 22 people saying they would stay 30 or more days. A few even said that they would stay at least three months longer. Data from the Harrison survey, although preliminary because completed surveys are still trickling in, show that demand for broadband in the town is very high.”
What are people doing to build guiding teams? Some governmental bodies are creating an adhoc committee, task force or standing committee to track how technology is affecting them and their community. Some have designated other bodies to take a lead.
This is a photo of the Gogebic Broadband Committee in Iron County. The committee has taken the lead to conduct a survey in collaboration with neighbors across the state line with Michigan, and is identifying infrastructure needs. They have reached out to local providers to build relationships.
Another active example is in the City of Madison. The city created the Digital Technology Committee, which advises the mayor and common council on tech –related issues facing the city. They have particularly focused on the increasing ‘digital divide’ between early adopters and those who face barriers – like the elderly and some low income residents.
What are people doing to create and communicate a vision?
Some of these ideas also start with the passage of a resolution in support of a project or in support of broadband development in general.
TOWN EXAMPLE: the town of Three Lakes in Oneida County identified an issue of undersupported home offices, telecommuters and business technology needs and set a goal of enhancing technology services.
Their comprehensive plan was adopted in December of 2009.
They related their technology issue to multiple goals recognizing the “disruptive innovation” of broadband.
Housing – smart homes
Local services and Infrastructure – Provide adequate high speed internet coverage in the town
Home offices, telecommuters, business (Econ Development) – enhance technology services to community
What are people doing to enable action? Often included in the description of this step is “removing barriers”. Sometimes the ‘old’ ways of doing things gets in the way of constructive change.
-Communities are scrutinizing their ordinances, permitting systems and zoning codes to ensure that they aren’t in advertently getting in the way. Some are including internet service providers in their notices about excavation in public rights of way. Some are investigating laying their own conduit so that excavation costs are reduced; contractors can maintain existing or lay new fiber without excavation where conduit is ‘pre-installed’.
Infrastructure:
Town Example: The Town of Minocqua and other municipalities have entered into agreements with SonicNet in May 2013. Minocqua invested $50,000 in the construction of three towers providing internet service to the area, giving SonicNet the exclusive rights to specific frequencies used by equipment on the towers. Each tower is 180 feet tall; this height was determined by reasonable distances the service was expected to cover. What is unique about this agreement is that the town of Minocqua built the towers, rather than the provider.
Dig-once ordinances, zoning ordinances
Creating policies that encourage Public/private partnerships --e.g. tower agreements
Adoption:
Tech fairs
Technology coaching
Adoption: the barrier here is lack of information, lack of experience.
Tech fairs, this one held in the Town of Three Lakes. A chance for people to come ‘kick the tires’ – ask questions directly of providers, learn more about different options available to them—pros and cons. Some also offer short educational seminars.
What are those small wins and how can we celebrate them?
Technology coaching, Marathon County
Celebrate the strides you make within segments of the community. In Marathon County, technology coaches are helping people learn who did not have the chance to use computers as they were growing up and as they were in the workforce. Many are retired. The RSVP program through United Way, partnering with others, enables retirees with knowledge to share it with others.
Governments of many sizes are making strides to make it stick. Some are offering their own services, some are making infrastructure investments for private providers to lease and use, some are taking care of their anchor institutions.
MARIA: Examples of communities putting in their own infrastructure, offering services.
Some are focused on publicly-serving institutions through Community Area Networks. Chippewa Valley Internetworking Consortium, MUFN, WCAN,
Some have made it work, others have sold their infrastructure to a provider.
Examples of functioning public systems –Reedsburg, Sun Prairie
TOWN EXAMPLE: PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPIn 2014, a partnership in Oneida County was awarded a PSCW Broadband Expansion Grant of $46,450 for the installation of WiMAX facilities on three wireless telecommunications towers. Northwoods SynKro will operate the services while nine other organizations will provide matching funds. Other partners include the Oneida County Economic Development Corporation (OCEDC), Oneida County, the Towns of Minocqua and Hazelhurst, Ministry Health Care, Marshfield Clinic, Minocqua J1 school district, Lakeland Union High School, and Grow North. This service will improve upon existing wireless service in the area and is projected to have a potential impact of 2,809 households as well as nearby schools and hospitals.