South East Central Success Stories

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South East Central Success Stories

• December 5, 2013

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South East Central eTeam

• Team Effort
• Meet quarterly
• Usually at Lakeland
• Look at high speed Internet access and Internet
  adoption needs of region and how to address
• Input appreciated

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Internet Adoption

• Promoted
• Basic Computer Training at Libraries, Schools,
  Colleges, etc.
• Free Training from Private Providers Cellular
  One
• Connected Generations
• Web Page Development for Businesses
• Cooperatives, Google/Illinois Partnership
• Helped People and Businesses Find
• Providers
• Dozens of personal contacts
• Dozens through www.broadbandillinois.org

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Internet Adoption
December 2013 Zabrina Cattrell Lakeland College
GIS Student
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Internet Adoption

• Broadband breakout topic at State Farm Bureau
  Meeting
• Lakeland College, Farm Bureau, and eTeam members
  performed pilot computer training sessions
• Presentations at health department, county,
  chamber, rotary, and others
• Posted news and events to web page, Facebook, and
  newsletters.
• Several provider spotlights

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Internet Adoption(Advanced)

• New Web Page Businesses Crawford
• County CEO Class
• Telemeetings zoom.us, Skype, Google
• Telemedicine Jasper County
• Data Centers Researched Coles County
• eGovernment Sites Crawford County
• Digital Manufacturing DMDI/UI Labs
• Outreach Partner
• www.healthtechnologyforum.com

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Data
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Access

• Frontier, Cellular One, Joink, ICN and other
  providers have service in new locations and we
  have assisted in telling communities
• Cooperatives are expanding fiber and wireless
• Hutsonville School worked with Metro
  Communications build to improve their access
• (Note School PARCC Testing)

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Access
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Access - Help Communities Find Out What They Have

• Who are Internet providers?
• Do you have good access at industrial park and
  other businesses?
• Do you have good access to library, school, and
  hospital?
• Are there things community could do to help
  providers right of way, information, land,
  communications, etc.

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Adoption Help Communities Find out What They
Have

• Who does computer training in your region?
• Do your businesses know how to develop a web site
  or a FB presence?
• Who are tech companies in region?
• Do you have a good egovt site that helps both
  your constituents and your staff?

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Grants and Funding

• Local Grants
• Foundation - Crawford County eGovt
• Federal and State Grants
• DCEO Digital Divide Early next year
• Community Connect
• UI Labs Digital Manufacturing and
• Design Innovation (DMDI)
• Other
• www.fundsnetservices.com
• eRate changes

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Ultimate Result

• Impact Economic Development, Education, and
  Quality of Life in Our Region

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• Barbara Webster,
• Regional eTeam Leader
• 618-843-8433
• barbara.webster_at_broadbandillinois.org