Survey Results for the North Georgia Digital Economy Conference

1. Survey Results

2. How Important is Innovation to
Community and Business Success?
8%
4%
Critical
Important
88%
Useful, but not required
***Unimportant – 0 votes

3. Most Important Factor to Promote
Innovation in Your Community or Business?
28%
29%
Training and education
Creative people
Access to infrastructure
Financial resources
Leadership
11%
14%
18%
***Other – 0 votes

4. Using Digital Tools and the Internet, Affects
the Most Progress and Innovation in:
12%
23%
Business and Industry
19%
Education and Training
Medicine and Health Care
Politics and Civic Life
46%

5. Students Taking Courses on the Internet
and Getting Degrees Online is:
11%
37%
One way to enrich the classroom
experience
A positive thing that should be
expanded
52%
The best thing we could do in
education
***Not a substitute for
sitting in class– 0 votes

6. If You Could Ask the Next Generation One Question
It Would be:
17%
66%
How has the Internet, social
media, cell phones and computers
affected your life?
17%
If you could start your business on
the Internet, what would it be?
Is there anything we could change
to make you more successful?

7. My Organization Does Not Embrace
Technology and Internet Tools Because:
8%
They are too hard and complicated
59%
33%
We need someone to show us how
It will cost too much and it may
not be worth it
***We don’t have the time
or people – 0 votes

8. Our state Could Make a Difference
by More Investment in?
6%
19%
9%
Matching employers and job
seekers using digital tools and
internet communications
Attracting high-value jobs in
rural, non-metro areas
66%
Promoting STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math)
Education
Providing incentives for highvalue jobs to locate to Georgia

9. What is the Most Limiting Factor for Georgia
to Participate in the Digital Economy?
3%
Broadband access or speed
43%
54%
Lack of local community
technical know-how
Poor return on investment
***No time to invest in it – 0 Votes
***Inertia received - 0 votes