Working SMART in the New Millennium

Building Community Controlled Telecommunications Services in

Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations

Red Lake, November 8-12, 1999

A planning conference to explore Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations’

telecommunication strategy and future directions.

Step 1

Who are we all?

Why are we here?

What are our expectations?

What’s in it for me?How can I shape this?

first morning

Who are we?

Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nation leaders

and staff in education, health, management,

government, and program support.

K-Net staff and consultants (John Rowlandson and

Florence Woolner)

TeleCommons Development Group (TDG)

consultants (Don Richardson and Ricardo Ramirez)

Guest Presentations via videoconference

Why are we here?

...Brian looks like he wantsaction, not just talk…

now what?

you invited him…

Oct. 28, 1998

These guysare crazy...

Assumptions...

Keewaytinook Okimakanak leaders and K-Net services staff are interested in harnessing information communication technologies (ICTs) and making them work towards First Nations' goals.

Don & Ricardo are interested to learn how Keewaytinook Okimakanak leaders and K-Net services have brought ICTs into the communities. (PACTS and beyond.)

Don & Ricardo wish to share tools for visualizing information to help different stakeholder agree on what is important and what needs to be tracked.

What are our expectations?

• Draw or write• One

expectation per card

• This is what it looked like when we did it in Guelph, 28 Oct., 1998

What’s in it for me?

There is something in it for you if...

• you use ICTs, or want to try them

• you want to control ICTs

• you want to make ICTs work for your goals

• you want to learn how to track impact

How can I shape this conference?

Monday Tuesday Wednesday ThursdayAM

Travel Day

Introductions Hear what is in

place Setting the agenda

UnderstandingFirst Nationtelecom issuesand strategies

Reflect on thetools; indicators

Decide they canbe used for localstrategicplanning

Lunch Available at KO OfficeGuest Presentations

PM

Travel

Review KOCommunicationTechnologiesWork to date

FN needs andplans

Organizing thegroup'sinformation topresent adevelopmentmap

Identify next steps:who, why, what,when , where

Supper5:30

Available at KO Office

Evening7:00 pm

Meet at KO office forfun and games

(optional)

Internet and videoconferencing session

View videos fromother placesBangladesh andother sites

Tell us how you would like to change this first agenda...

Conference Activities – Review ICT strategy for Keewaytinook

Okimakanak.– Demonstration of the various communication

technologies and applications in First Nations– Identification of major challenges.– Development of learning points – Identification of progress indicators – Meetings with other groups, organizations and

government officials to learn about their services and projects.

Why do we visualize information?

• To capture different people’s ways of seeing things

• To see the many dimensions and issues that matter

• To have a tool that helps people plan in groups