16 September 2019
Week 1: Community Networks 101
Week 1: The Business and Financing of Networks
16 September 2019
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Community Networks Training Webinar
Agenda
Week 1: Community Networks 101
23 September 2019
Week 2: Project Management
23 September 2019
30 September 2019
Week 3: Community Engagement: Local Leadership Empowerment, Digital Literacy, Adoption
30 September 2019
07 October 2019
Week 4: Strategic Partnerships
07 October 2019
17 October 2019
Week 5: Governance: How to Manage the “Business” of a Network and the Policies that Impact Ability to Build
17 October 2019
Week 1: Community Networks 101
Monday, 16 September 2019, 2:30pm-3:00pm ET/ 11:30am-12:00pm PT / 8:30am-9:00am HT
Resources:
- Example Community Networks (Next Century Cities)
- Muni Fiber Models (ILSR)
- Community Networks fact sheet: More than just Facebook: Internet access is essential infrastructure
- Toolkits and guidelines for planning, partnering, and implementation of networks (NTIA’s BroadbandUSA)
- Webinar Archives (BroadbandUSA)
Week 1: The Business and Financing of Networks
Monday, 16 September 2019, 3:00pm-4:30pm ET/ 12:00pm-1:30pm PT / 9:00am-10:30am HT
Christopher Mitchell
Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Deployment:
- Becoming Broadband Ready toolkit (Next Century Cities)
- Understanding Community Broadband: The Alberta Broadband Toolkit (University of Alberta)
- A Guide to Federal Funding for Indigenous Broadband in Canada (2016 / First Mile Connectivity Consortium)
- Creative Funding Sources For Fiber Infrastructure (ILSR)
- Muni Fiber Models (ILSR)
- Financing Municipal Networks Fact Sheet (ILSR)
- Complete Guide of All Funding Programs (US) (NTIA’s BroadbandUSA)
- Inventory of Federal Programs and Points of Contact (US) (Federal Communications Commission)
Business Management:
- How Municipal Networks are Financed fact sheet (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
- Towards financial sustainability in community-based networks
Week 2: Project Management
Monday, 23 September 2019, 3:00pm-4:30pm ET / 12:00pm-1:30pm PT / 9:00am-10:30am HT
Christopher Mitchell
Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Week 3: Community Engagement: Local Leadership Empowerment, Digital Literacy, Adoption
Monday, 30 September 2019, 3:00pm-4:30pm ET / 12:00pm-1:30pm PT / 9:00am-10:30am HT
Penny Carpenter
Director, Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KNet)
Christopher Mitchell
Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Deployment:
- The Anatomy of a Community Broadband Manager (Next Century Cities)
- Five Lessons for Tech-Powered Civic Engagement (Next Century Cities)
- Digital Literacy Training (National Digital Inclusion Alliance)
- Resources for Community Engagement (FirstMile)
Digital Literacy:
- Eetsii tthak t’agwahii getr’ootanahchàh: Digital Content and Connectivity with Dinjii Zhuh Contexts (Digital Literacy in Gwich’in Contexts) (University of Alberta/Gwich’in Tribal Council)
Week 4: Strategic Partnerships
Monday, 7 October 2019, 3:00pm-4:30pm ET / 12:00pm-1:30pm PT / 9:00am-10:30am HT
Penny Carpenter
Director, Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KNet)
Rob McMahon
Associate Professor, University of Alberta; Master of Arts in Communication and Technology (MACT) and Master of Arts in Community Engagement (MACE)
Christopher Mitchell
Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Deployment:
- CTC Technology & Energy Gigabit Communities
- Internet Society’s Community Networks Special Interest Group listserv
- Stories from the First Mile: Digital technologies in remote and rural Indigenous communities (First Mile Connectivity Consortium)
- “Introduction” and “First Mile: Regional Networks and Community Hubs”
- A “whole-community” approach for sustainable digital infrastructure in remote and Northern First Nations
- Supporting Indigenous Language and Cultural Resurgence with Digital Technologies (Mi’kmaq Wolastoqey Centre/University of New Brunswick)
- Key messages and recommendations
Business Management:
- Benton business strategy and legal guide
- Institute for Local Self-Reliance Successful Strategies for Public-Private Partnerships
Week 5: Governance: How to Manage the “Business” of a Network and the Policies that Impact Ability to Build
Monday, 14 October 2019, 3:00pm-4:30pm ET / 12:00pm -1:30pm PT / 9:00am-10:30am HT
Penny Carpenter
Director, Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KNet)
Rob McMahon
Associate Professor, University of Alberta; Master of Arts in Communication and Technology (MACT) and Master of Arts in Community Engagement (MACE)
Christopher Mitchell
Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Resources:
- Digital Technology Adoption in Remote and Northern Indigenous Communities in Canada (First Mile Connectivity Consortium)
- How to Start a Community Network (NYC Mesh)
- NYC Mesh Documents – A complete guide to the technical and social aspects of NYC Mesh’s network. No need to read the documents in their entirety. Instead, they may serve as a helpful reference and resource.
- Broadband USA report (Implementing a Broadband Network Vision: A Toolkit for Local and Tribal Governments)
Leading image: © Shuli Hallak