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: frank@lone-eagles.com 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