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
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