1. The broadband economy has changed the rules of economic success, presenting both challenges and opportunities for communities. It allows for global collaboration but also increased competition and outsourcing of jobs. 2. Rural communities can leverage broadband infrastructure to attract businesses, create economic opportunities for citizens, and engage the community through digital tools. Examples like LaGrange, Georgia and Fredericton, New Brunswick successfully built their own broadband networks. 3. The Intelligent Community Forum identifies top communities each year that have seized opportunities of the broadband economy through strategies like broadband deployment, digital education, innovation, and marketing themselves as intelligent communities.

1. Rural Communities in the Broadband Economy Robert Bell Executive Director, Co-Founder www.intelligentcommunity.com Lessons from Planet Earth

2. [Your Community Name Here] All Roads Lead to

3. Welcome to the Broadband Economy

13. What is an Intelligent Community? A town, city or metro region that understands the challenges of the global Broadband Economy, and is creating a local economy capable of seizing its opportunities .

14. Intelligent Communities BROADBAND KNOWLEDGE WORKFORCE INNOVATION MARKETING DIGITAL INCLUSION

18. Rural Communities in the Broadband Economy Robert Bell Executive Director, Co-Founder www.intelligentcommunity.com Lessons from Planet Earth