The Power of All of Us
Frank OdaszLone Eagle Consultinghttp://lone-eagles.com
About This Presentation:
Presented for MADLaT, 2006 by Frank Odasz, President of Lone Eagle Consulting.
Email: [email protected] Web: http://lone-eagles.com
Master Resource Listingshttp://lone-eagles.com/future-proofing.htm
Ecommerce Web Tourhttp://lone-eagles.com/pcna1.htm
Lone Eagle Consulting
Big Sky Telegraph – 1988-1998 Reach for the Sky – Online Teacher Mentoring and Lesson Plan
Sharing (Annenberg/CPB) - Teaching Teachers of Teachers of Teachers
U.S. Dept. Agriculture - Developed Online Rural Ecommerce, Wireless Mobile Laptop Labs, Collected Ecommerce Success Stories
U.S. Dept. of Labor Demonstration Project – Refining Rural Community Ecommerce Awareness Raising Strategies
Americorps CTC VISTA Project -National Community Networking Resource Coordinator
Involved with International Indigenous Internet Issues Designing Local, Regional, and National ICT Adoption
Strategies
In times of change, learners inherit the earth
-Eric Fromm
One Billion People Are on the Internet Today With Over Six Billion
More Due Online in Our Lifetime.
The BEST Broadband Application for Individuals and National Economies is
Self-Actualization:
Maximizing Our Full Collective Potential for Learning and Innovation.
We’re Limited Only By Our Imaginations.
New Convergences – Web 2.0
Anything-to-Anything; 14 billion devices by 2010
Devices smaller, cheaper, faster, mobile, integrated (voice, video, data) and interconnected (GPS, wireless)
Anyone-to-Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere Disincentives; Spam, Scams, Viruses,
Hate, Porn, Identity and Credit Card # Theft, Etc….. And - Info-Overload
Broadband as Self-Actualization The Big Picture
Idle Entertainment VS Meaningful Activity Self-directed Life-long Learning Making a difference in the lives of others –
Extensibility –Amplifying One’s Global Impact
Broadband represents the opportunity for remote individuals to make a significant difference in the lives of others, worldwide, on a scale unprecedented in human history.
We are the last generation of non-digital leaders and must
understand the direction forward
Global Awakening to new “Gold Rush” Realities, Mining Raw Human Potential as a Regional and National Economic Strategy
Political Eras of Control, Appearances,
*Transparency – Authenticity of Outcomes
The Internet has Unleashed a Global Explosion of Entrepreneurial
Creativity
The Absolute BEST Indigenous Broadband Application would be to
keep up to the same instant of progress on the latest rural, urban, and
indigenous ICT innovations as they occur worldwide.
“BEST” Broadband Applications will be defined by the community or
individual based on
what they have learned about
Self-Actualizing“Broadband Applications”
*IP-TV On-Demand Instructional Videos?
Defining BEST Broadband Applications Which Require Minimal New Skills
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) http://oldcrow.ca
Ideal Broadband Training “Skill Set” To Include
Anywhere, Anytime Just-in-Time Learning Advanced Searching Skills Multimedia Web Self-publishing 2-way Video with Peers and Mentors Distance Learning and Application Sharing Tools Cultural Multimedia Expression and Instructional Entrepreneurship Ecommerce Entrepreneurship Ecommerce and Support Services Advanced Collaborative Skills:
Email and Listserv Moderation Blogs, Vlogs, Wikis, Bookmarking (Del.ic.io.us) Really Simple
Syndication (RSS,) Instructional Entrepreneurship Content Management Systems Building Community Collaborative Capacity E-Democracy and Transnational Activism http://lone-eagles.com/essential-skills.htm
Broadband Without a Plan?
Value VS Volume?:Meeting Specific Needs Through:Just-in-Time-Inquiry-Based-Mutual-Support-Systems
Canadian Telecommunications Policy Review Report, April 2006 www.telecomreview.ca states the plan as Ubiquitous Broadband and a Smart National ICT Adoption Strategy…details on how to best engage all Canadians are under review
Leadership Policy Opportunities:New Convergences
Top-Down Network Builders Must Partner Meaningfully with Bottom Up Users
Engage, Motivate, Inspire Innovation and Effective Collaboration
Governmental E-Services – Virtual One Stop Shops
Ecommerce Support Systems and Ongoing Training to Support Innovation
Building Both Social and Economic Capacity for Participation in a Global Innovation and Knowledge Economy
The CAP Program - Ten Years LaterLessons Learned
Original intent was to stimulate rural ecommerce
Ten years, 500 million, 8800 CAP sites, under 4000 remaining
Average hourly wage in Canada dropping by $1/hour/year.
Mining Raw Human Potential as a National Economic Development and Social Strategy
CAP Center Steps Toward Sustainability 1. Create new community events to showcase new applications, services, and
tools w emphasis on free and fun, social, learning.
2. Consider ebay drop off center model – Identify community ebay opportunities http://lone-eagles.com/summary.htm http://lone-eagles.com/seeds.htm
3. Establish a local mentors program with social recognition program aimed at generating sustainable For-Profit local self-employment training and services businesses. Community cooperative service center like kinkos. http://lone-eagles.com/mentoring-mission.htm
4. Create a Marketable Skills Registry
5.Create new training options for local CAP centers – gear up citizens with best dashboard/toolbox, skills that produce results, with emphasis on becoming global citizens and a global community that participates in sharing innovations with other rural communities.
CAP Center Steps Toward Sustainability 6. Engage youth to help all local businesses establish a basic website and
demonstrate viability of a community co-Emarketing program…with storytelling to generate media attention. Showcase full range of youth's talents.
7. Establish an ecommerce virtual incubator using peer mentors to generate for-profit peer training services to assure everyone can find the expertise they need.
8. Create a community knowledge network with a clear mission statement and social recognition for contributed content, avid supporters and give everyone a role that allows them to be socially recognized for their contributions.http://lone-eagles.knet.ca http://lone-eagles.com/indigenous_resources.htm
* (just-in-time-inquiry-based-mutual-support-systems )
Funding Prerequisites for Rural Communities
A. Conduct a local web review of existing local business web sites and Internet entrepreneurs
B. Create a local web directory of all local business web sites and plan a co-marketing initiative to support all of them.Create a Wish List for desired rural web innovations
C. Establish a mentors roster as an asset-mapping activity, demonstrate peer-to-peer skills transfer.
D. Create a Marketable Community Skills Registry
E. Engage leaders in defining goals for the first small steps, - as defined in the following grant template: http://lone-eagles.com/summary.htm
The Satellite Broadband Myth
Satellites and Metered Access is NOT Unlimited Broadband Access.
One Logical Solution: Village Area Networks (VANS)
Wireless VAN
Virtual Content Management Center
Health
Teleport
CDN VAN CACHE
VAN HUB
CDN VAN CACHE
VAN HUB
CDN VAN CACHE
VAN HUB
CDN VAN CACHE
VAN HUB
DSL VAN
Cable VAN
Relay
CDN VAN CACHE
CDN VAN CACHE
VAN HUB
Each VAN uses CDN VAN Cache as the hub for the VAN
Each VAN uses most cost effective distribution method -Wireless, DSL, Cable, etc
All CND VAN Caches are connected into one large network of Caches.
CDN VAN Caches are connected to Internet via fiber or wire line where available.
Extend connectivity via wireless distribution where geography permits .
CDN Central Hub
Centralized ServicesE-MailSecurityVirus ProtectionBandwidth Management
Network ManagementRemote VAN MonitoringRemote VAN MaintenanceSLA MonitoringAccounting & Billing
Content ManagementMulticast ManagementRich Content ManagementContent Configuration ControlAccounting & Billing
Virtual Content Management CenterState Government
Virtual Content Management Center
University
Virtual Content Management Center
Economic Development
Village Area Network (VAN) Features
Free unlimited high speed wireless access from the home to 1000 hours of video, thousands of selected web pages, oral histories and Aboriginal Language instruction
Content updated nightly – multicast anywhere in North America
Local Content Producers Training and Content Distribution
The Whole Village Project
Creating a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Culture in Alaskan
Native Villages
“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
An Alaskan Village Sustainability Action Plan
Assuring educational success for Native youth through Effective Online K12 Instruction matched to standards, and
Youth Entrepreneurship/Entry-Level Ecommerce matched to Technology Standards, and
Culturally Appropriate Community Internet Empowerment Training with
Multi-generational Digital Storytelling
The New Gold Rush – Mining Raw Human Potential
Alaskans share the opportunity to lead the world in combining caring and connectivity with common sense
If you are not the lead sled dog, the view never changes
Find What’s Working for Others Like You
Ebay - 181 million users, 1,000,000 Self-employed, 40 Billion Dollars per year, 33+ countries
Rural Entrepreneurship is Dependent on Internet Ecommerce and Telework
Ebay Drop Off Centers - 3000 and growing
A market of one billion is on the Internet, 6 billion coming fast - What are the Implications?
Community Buy-in
RFP Process to Demonstrate Readiness Signed MOA Between School, Tribe and
City Our Goal:
The Authenticity of Citizen Participation Designing for Genuine Outcomes –
New Income, Jobs, Skills, Motivation and Awareness of New Opportunities
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 for youth leadership, cultural expression
Alaska Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s E-RAVEN Ecommerce PortalSustaining Communities Through the Sale of Art
Rural Alaskan Village Ecommerce Network (RAVEN) Supported by the Alaska Dept. of Commerce 18 Village Ecommerce Centers,
24 more planned for Fall 2006 Participatory Research to Identify Best Practices for
Ecommerce and Training Creating Village Pilot Projects to Model Success 722 artists signed on ANAF website, $450,000 in ANAF art
purchases Partnering with the Alaska Native Arts Foundation to create
sustainable village economies through global E-marketing of Alaska Native Art.
Empowering Rural Entrepreneurs with Ecommerce Support Systems
New Ecommerce Success Stories Ebay Drop Off and Training Center Virtual Incubator with Affiliate Programs Small Business Development Centers Co-marketing Services Timely Updates on What You Didn’t Know You
Needed To Know –Cause-related Viral Marketing Social Entrepreneurship Community Economies Participation in the Global Economy
Lone Eagle Resources
http://lone-eagles.com/future-proofing.htm
http://lone-eagles.com
Key Lessons Learned
Rural leaders, K12 educators and administrators often avoid technology presentations and learning opportunities
Youth are digitally ahead of their parents, teachers, and elected leaders
The need exists for everyone to see the best replicable innovations from other rural communities
Rural Communities Must Learn to Share Innovations and Network Together (BCRuralSummit)
Community Networking
Lessons Learned 1986-2005
Confusion - What’s a Community Network?
Growing Both the Economic and Social Value!
Four Models of Community Networking
1. Provide Community Internet Access
2. Community Internet Skills Training
3. Community Internet Content Publishing
4. Community Internet Interaction--- Collaborative Capacity
1. Provide Community Internet Access
Community Technology Centers (Schools and Libraries)
Public Offices with computers Kiosks Loaner Laptops Recycled Computers Computer Leasing Programs
2. Community Internet Skills Training
Step-by-step Online Mastery Learning Successive Milestones with Incentives and
Recognition Citizen-to-Citizen Mentorship Online Community Talent Database
3. Community Internet Content Publishing
Helping everyone get a web page! Showcasing local content and innovation Showcasing the best global content,
locally (Coming) Personal Portals Using Free
Web Tools – Toolkits Citizen Journalism, E-democracy
4. Community Internet Interaction
Online Discussion and Idea Sharing Participatory Decision-Making Ten Collaborative Tools on the Internet Building Individual and Community
Collaborative Capacity Peer-to-Peer social networking,
instructional mentoring Social Engineering for Effective
Innovation Diffusion
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