Accelerating Impact with Technology: Building Skills, Confidence, and Community National Telecommunications & Information Administration Chicago Community Trust Greater Kansas City Community Foundation C.K. Blandin Foundation Washington D.C. November 17, 2014
Welcome to Accelerating Impact with Technology You must dial-in to hear the webinar - Conference Line: 888-790-2590 Passcode: 983 3836 DATE : November 17, 2014 TIME: 2:00-3:00pm Eastern Time
Agenda • About NTIA and the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program • From the field: – Chicago Community Trust/Smart Chicago Collaborative – Citywide Partnerships for Sustainable Investment – Greater Kansas City Community Foundation – A Google Fiber City – C.K. Blandin Foundation – Broadband for Rural Minnesota • Discussion – assets, resources, and what’s next • Q&A
Using Chat for Questions and Answers During Q&A, press *1 to speak with the operator Or type your question into the chat box throughout the presentation: 4
Today’s Panelists • Laura Breeden, Program Director, Broadband Adoption and Public Computing, NTIA, lbreeden@ntia.doc.gov • Dan O’Neil, Executive Director, Smart Chicago Collaborative/CCT, doneil@cct.org • Denise St. Omer, Vice President of Community Investment, Greater KC Community Foundation, stomer@growyourgiving.org • Bernadine Joselyn, Director of Public Policy and Engagement, C.K. Blandin Foundation, brjoselyn@blandinfoundation.org
Broadband is everywhere.
NTIA is the primary advisor to the President on telecommunications and information policy issues. Managing the Federal use of spectrum Administering grant programs that further the deployment and use of broadband Developing policy on issues related to the Internet economy Performing cutting-edge telecommunications research and engineering with both Federal government and private sector partners
Broadband availability and skills are fundamental to development and innovation. • The Recovery Act created a one-time broadband grant program that invested $4+ billion in four portfolios: – Comprehensive Community Infrastructure ($3+ billion) – Public Computing Centers ($200 million) – Sustainable Broadband Adoption ($250 million) – State Broadband Initiative and the National Broadband Map ($350 million) • 290 Grants in 50 States, DC, and 5 Territories
What we learned. • Jobs, education, health care, and economic development • Hugs, handshakes, and high-fives Hugs, handshakes, and high
Community foundations are uniquely equipped to support digital inclusion. Why? • Trusted local partners are key to success. There is no substitute for working with people who know the community, the landscape, and the history. • Digital inclusion is a multi-faceted problem. All stakeholders need to be involved, and a bottom-up PLUS top-down approach is required, linking grass-roots commitment with expert technical assistance. • Digital opportunity programs must be convenient, accessible, and affordable. Combining resources across sectors can lower the cost of creating broadband adoption programs. • Digital exclusion adds another barrier to overburdened lives. Ultimately, digital exclusion creates a negative impact on educational achievement, health status, civic participation, and economic development.
@danxoneil @smartchicago Accelerating Impact with Technology: Building Skills, Confidence, and Community Daniel X. O’Neil NTIA Broadband Team Webinar November 17, 2014 1
@danxoneil @smartchicago Outline • How the Chicago Community Trust got involved • What we’re doing now • Why it matters November 20, 2014 12
How the Chicago Community Trust got involved: 2 Philanthropies, 1 Municipality November 20, 2014 13
@danxoneil @smartchicago Central to the work • The Chicago Community Trust • The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation • The City of Chicago November 20, 2014 14
Technology Our Principles Open Everyone Chicago November 20, 2014 15
@danxoneil @smartchicago We’re all about technology • Everything we do relates to technology • We are of and about the Internet • We believe in the transformative power of the Internet to change lives and build the economy for all November 20, 2014 16
@danxoneil @smartchicago We are open • Open source code • More importantly: open processes, open minds, open methods • Allowing others “in”, wherever that may be November 20, 2014 17
@danxoneil @smartchicago Target market: everyone • We believe in the power of the network • The network needs everyone in it in order for it to be powerful • We work on solutions that cover the entire city November 20, 2014 18
@danxoneil @smartchicago Chicago is our middle name • All of our work is done here • Unique and thriving ecosystem • We serve as a model for others November 20, 2014 19
@danxoneil @smartchicago Access, Skills, and Data Smart Chicago is a civic organization devoted to improving lives in Chicago through technology. We work on increasing access to the Internet, improving skills for using Internet, and developing meaningful products from data that measurably contribute to the quality of life of residents in our region and beyond. November 20, 2014 20
We were kickstarted by BTOP November 20, 2014 21
@danxoneil @smartchicago Two projects We administered two grants received by the City of Chicago from the U.S. Department of Commerce – National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) for Sustainable Broadband Adoption and the support of Public Computer Centers November 20, 2014 22
@danxoneil @smartchicago Public Computer Centers • $8,974,283 • Building new computer centers, including Smart Health Centers • Adding capacity at others • Creating a community of shared learning through Connect Chicago • We learned that there were tons of places of learning but none of them were connected to each other November 20, 2014 23
@danxoneil @smartchicago Sustainable Broadband Adoption • $7,074,369 • Run by LISC Chicago • Working to increase digital access and use by families, businesses and other institutions in five moderate- and low-income Chicago neighborhoods • Building a culture of digital excellence that supports neighborhood goals — from education to economic development, from safety to youth programs November 20, 2014 24
What we’re doing now November 20, 2014 25
@danxoneil @smartchicago But what do we do now? • Keep working! • None of the assets disappear • There are budgets embedded in all of the institutions • People value technology, so our work has value • Meetups, building community and awareness November 20, 2014 26
@danxoneil @smartchicago Eliminate The Digital Divide Advisory Committee • I am the chair of this state- based grant program • They give grants to community technology centers all over the state of Illinois • Allows me to be more plugged in to the investments happening outside of a particular jurisdiction November 20, 2014 27
@danxoneil @smartchicago Connect Chicago • Loose network of more than 250 places in the city where internet and computer access, digital skills training, and online learning resources are available—for free. November 20, 2014 28
@danxoneil @smartchicago A range of programs and resources • Meetups for practitioners • Training to download • Custom detail pages that can be edited by each location November 20, 2014 29
@danxoneil @smartchicago Alignment with planning at the municipal and business levels • Part of the City’s Tech Plan • Included in the World Business Chicago Plan for Jobs and Economic Growth November 20, 2014 30
@danxoneil @smartchicago Why it’s important • Everybody means everybody • The power of the network is derived directly from the people within it • So everybody must be included November 20, 2014 31
@danxoneil @smartchicago We have a chance to make Chicago the most dynamic digital city in the world. November 20, 2014 32
@danxoneil @smartchicago Call me! @danxoneil (773) 960-6045 doneil@cct.org November 20, 2014 33
Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund Working to close the Digital Divide The challenge: Recent data shows that 25% of Kansas Citians don’t have broadband access at home, and 17% don’t use the internet at all. When asked why they aren’t online, non -users cite two main reasons: lack of relevance and lack of access. The opportunity: The Digital Inclusion Fund will support local projects that provide computer access; make it easy to get online; help make the internet relevant, exciting, and beneficial for new users; and increase people’s digital skills.
Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund Focus Areas People who are interested in learning how to get online and • need help. People who lack a computer or perceive high costs to internet • access. Areas with high unemployment, with emphasis on internet- • related career skills and job hunting techniques. Senior citizens who do not use the internet, with emphasis on • access to health information. School children in homes without internet access. •
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