Connecting Rural Communities www'ConnectingCommunities'info Bill Shuffstall

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Connecting Rural Communitieswww.ConnectingCommuni
ties.infoBill Shuffstall Rae Montgomery
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Connected Communities Have
Access Infrastructure
Applications Education
Community Content
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Connected Communities Have Broadband
Infrastructure
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People in Connected Communities Know How to Use
the Internet
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• Main street business
• Web generates ½ its sales
• Web established the business as a tourist
  destination

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People in Connected Communities Create Content to
Share on the Internet
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• Classified Ads
• Online Auctions
• Community Information
• Games
• Forums
• County History
• Image Gallery

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How Does a Community Get Connected?
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Steps to Becoming Connected

• Team
• Learn
• Assess
• Design
• Plan
• Do
• Tell

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Examples of Community Goals

• We want more affordable broadband
• We want our businesses to benefit from the
  Internet
• We want to use the Internet to tell the world
  about our community

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We want to use the Internet to tell the world
about our community

• Create Internet-based maps to provide
  information.
• Create webpages, blogs, audio or video podcasts
  about the community.
• Research and publish the local history of the
  community on the Internet.
• Offer classes for local government, chambers of
  commerce, tourism groups or nonprofit agencies to
  help them place local content on their websites.
• Offer classes on how to tell a great story.

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For More Info

• www.ConnectingCommunities.infoBill Shuffstall
  shuffy_at_psu.eduRae Montgomery rae_at_umn.edu

Connecting Rural Communities