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Community Technology Assessments

Community Technology Assessments. Why Do Assessments?. “The long term development of a community rests on its ability to uncover and build on the strengths and assets of its people, institutions, and informational organizations.” (Beaulieu 2002)

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Community Technology Assessments

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  1. Community Technology Assessments

  2. Why Do Assessments? • “The long term development of a community rests on its ability to uncover and build on the strengths and assets of its people, institutions, and informational organizations.” (Beaulieu 2002) • Look for strengths, identify all the positive qualities of your community • Identify gaps • Help communities realize there may be multiple ways to achieve goals

  3. Connecting Community Assessments • Quick start assessments • Community readiness • Capability • Individual • Organizational • Infrastructure

  4. Community Readiness Assessment • Level of cooperation and collaboration • Potential leadership team members • Potential partner organizations • Existing digital development projects

  5. Leadership Team Member Worksheet • Leaders (formal and non-formal) • Technology experts

  6. Digital Development Assessments • Organization capability to use digital tools • Individual capability to use digital tools • Digital infrastructure • Internet • Organizational

  7. Types of Assessments • What’s there??? First step is to agree what “connected community” means • Where are the gaps? • Needs assessment • Community assets (mapping) • Focus • Technology • Formal organizations • Individuals

  8. Online Formal Informal Non-Profit Business Government Access to technology Capacity How is it being used? Health issues Economic conditions School success Family issues Early childhood development More choices • Secondary data • Primary data • Telephone or mail survey • Focus groups • Face-to-face interviews • Public forum

  9. More choices • Business and Industry • K-12 • Healthcare • Libraries • Higher Education • Community-Based Organizations • Government • Tourism, Recreation and Parks • Agriculture

  10. Two purposes • What’s available? Network, appliances • How it’s being used? In segments and across the community • Do we need to hire a consultant? • What do we know? • What do we still need to know? • How will we collect additional information? • Who and what will we ask? • Who will collect the data? • How will we compile & analyze the data? • How will we report our findings?

  11. Guiding Principles • Partnership’s vision statement should guide the assessment • Assessment should focus on specific topics • Assessment is an ongoing process • Views the community from multiple perspectives • Takes an in-depth look at diversity within a community • Coordinator can facilitate information gathering by many participants

  12. Successful Community Assessment • Understand the current situation first • Define a vision of the future • Allow questions to drive the assessment process • Address issues that stakeholders believe are important • Communicate information back to stakeholders

  13. Now what? • Completing the assessment is only the beginning • An assessment is the means to achieve your vision

  14. Southern Rural Development Center Connecting Rural Communitieswww.ConnectingCommunities.info Connecting Rural Communities

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