Lone Eagle Consulting Native American Broadband Applications
1. Global Best Practices on ICT Capacity-
building Activities for Rural Communities
Presented for APEC TEL March 23, 2008
by Frank Odasz,
President of Lone Eagle Consulting.
Email: frank@lone-eagles.com
Web: http://lone-eagles.com
2. Lone Eagle Consulting
25 years of Rural ICT Innovations, 1983+
Rural, Remote and Indigenous Learners
Fast-track training and measurable outcomes
Designing Local, Regional, and National ICT
Adoption Strategies
Teaching Teachers of Teachers of Teachers
Distance Learning Innovations
18. Social Engineering:
Implementing Meaningful Rural ICT Capacity
Building Metrics
Authentic metrics for what citizens actually do
with ICTs defines Success
If no one is really benefiting as promised
We need to know why!
If genuine and positive outcomes are important
to you PLEASE Make No Assumptions.
23. “Planting seeds of entrepreneurship
must begin early enough in a child’s
primary education to establish
entrepreneurship as a lifelong choice.”
(Strengthening America’s Communities Initiative)
http://lone-eagles.com/saci.htm
24. Eight Wellness Components
Essential to a Healthy Village;
1. Safety
2. Health
3. Education
4. Enterpreneurship/Ecommerce
5. Social Services
6. Culture
7. Government
8. Entertainment
25. Donnie Morrison - Grassroots Champion:
The Internet enables us to sell our services
and the things we make to people around
the world
26. www.work- live local – work
Broadband Backbone Network
200 Mb SDH
backbone
2000 users
SDSL
802.11
wireless
access
network
28. Community Learning is
Everyone’s Responsibility
K12 Schools, Universities
Economic Developers
Government Agencies
Businesses
Elected community leaders
Parents, Youth, Citizens
Telecommunications Companies
29. The Community Inclusion Process
Begin with presentations to raise awareness
that new knowledge bears new opportunities
Engage citizens in online learning and
interaction on what’s already working for
others like them
Identify local mentors interested in helping
others learn and in developing for-profit
mentoring services
Engage community leaders, K-12
administrators and educators in understanding
key action strategies to build local capacity
33. The BIG Win-Win–Win
Telcos Grow Their Markets,
National Economies Prosper and
Citizens Realize Authentic Benefits
Participatory Community Research
Provide Incentives to Task Citizens
to Produce Results, and Give Them
the Training and Support Necessary
for Success
34. Defining BEST Broadband Applications
Telemedicine –highest benefit with minimal skill
development
Voice Over Internet Protocol VOIP – Greatest Citizen
participation and benefits with minimal training
Community Internet Radio and TV
(and on-demand Instructional Videos/Podcasts)
2-way Video with Peers and Mentors?
Distance Learning and Application Sharing
Ecommerce Support Services
35. Ideal Broadband Training “Skill Set”
To Include
Advanced Email and Listserv Moderation
Advanced Searching Skills
Basic Web Self-publishing
Blogs, Vlogs, Wikis, Bookmarking (Del.ic.io.us) Really Simple
Syndication (RSS,)
Content Management Systems?
Building Community Collaborative Capacity
Distance learning tools for peer mentoring
Cultural Sustainability and Multimedia Expression
Ecommerce Entrepreneurship
Transnational Activism
http://lone-eagles.com/essential-skills.htm
36. Rural Ecommerce and
Telework Strategies
Entry level ecommerce:
Ebay, ebay drop off centers
Affiliate programs, Google adwords
Webraisings – free ecommerce sites
Virtual Ecommerce Incubators
E-marketing coops, community web business
directories, Emalls
Ecommerce and Telework Support Networks
International trade facilitation networks
Micro-multi-nationals
Recognizing the Emergence of a global learning culture