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Friday, August 7th, 2009
The Knight Center of Digital Excellence has held its first two Stimulus webcasts for Knight communities and program directors, highlighting keys to stimulus success while also breaking down the NTIA and RUS Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). The Center’s webcasts have addressed today’s hot stimulus topics – including tips for mining third party research to enhance your “ask” and research and validation methodology for BIP/BTOP serving area selection.
“We’re looking to provide our Knight communities with a competitive edge as the stimulus deadline approaches,” said Knight Center Director of Marketing Doug Adams. “We’re immersed in the process and are able to share significant learnings.”
Adams moderated the 30-minute, well-attended sessions, which also featured presentations by Vice President for Business & Community Intelligence William “Garn” Anderson III and Research Analyst Debra Canale. Lots of questions were posed – and answered – from Knight communities as questions ranged from the potential number of stimulus funding applicants to the best way to find potential partners to create a stronger, more compelling proposal.
Overall, the webcast series is designed to give Knight communities a competitive advantage that will allow them to best utilize Knight Center research materials and website content, as well as how to best position themselves to take advantage of stimulus funding opportunities. Remaining weekly webcasts will provide communities with necessary information needed to navigate through NOFA documents and understand stimulus opportunities – ensuring money isn’t left on the table. There is one more webcast Aug. 13 with more to follow in rounds 2 and 3.
Those interested in submitting questions for our Knight Center webcast panel should e-mail stimulusinfo@knightcenter.org. In addition, participants are encouraged to sign-up for Canale’s daily Broadband Headlines Newsletter, which provides links to broadband-related news articles.
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Tags: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009, ask, BIP, Broadband Headlines Newsletter, Broadband Initiatives Program, Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, BTOP, Debra Canale, Doug Adams, infrastructure, innovation, Internet, KCoDE, Knight Center of Digital Excellence, Knight communities, network, NOFA, Notice of Funding Availability, NTIA, OneCommunity, RUS, stimulus, stimulus watch, Stimulus Webcast Session, William "Garn" Anderson III
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Friday, August 7th, 2009
Don’t miss the opportunity to gain a competitive advantage when applying for broadband stimulus funding – mark your calendars for the final Knight Center of Digital Excellence Broadband Stimulus Funding Webcast.
The session will last 30 minutes, though some extra time will be allotted for additional questions. Knight Center Director of Marketing Doug Adams will moderate with Vice President for Business & Community Intelligence William “Garn” Anderson III and Research Analyst Debra Canale presenting key learnings and answering real-time questions.
The date and topic are:
Aug. 13 at 2 p.m. (EDT): “Anticipated Opportunities in Rounds Two and Three”
PC-based attendees need to have Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server or Vista operating systems installed to properly view the webcasts. Macintosh-based attendees need to have Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or newer.
Those interested in submitting questions for our Knight Center panel should e-mail stimulusinfo@knightcenter.org.
Tags: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009, BIP, broadband, Broadband Initiatives Program, Broadband Stimulus Funding Webcast, Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, BTOP, Debra Canale, Doug Adams, Internet, KCoDE, Knight Center of Digital Excellence, Macintosh, network, OneCommunity, PC, stimulus, stimulus watch, William "Garn" Anderson III
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
During a recent Freedom to Connect conference in Washington, D.C., Knight Center of Digital Excellence Vice President of Business & Community Intelligence William “Garn” Anderson III met with speaker Terry Huval, director of Lafayette Utilities System.
Huval presented a history of the initiative to build a fiber ring around Lafayette, La., and provide fiber-to-the-home services. After years of lawsuits, fiber-to-the-home is now considered the “fourth utility.” The city will offer high-speed cable, internet, and digital phone to residents and businesses through a fiber optic network. Connections to homes will even include battery power, allowing subscribers to receive information by fiber even during a hurricane.
“Terry Huval’s presentation is an excellence example of the importance of coordinating any broadband initiative with the entire community and highlighting the potential benefits to the individual citizen and business community,” Anderson said. “More importantly, Lafayette’s experience demonstrates the long view and significance of a having developed a solid strategic plan for broadband implementation.”
View the presentation here.
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
From William “Garn” Anderson III, vice president of Business & Community Intelligence at the Knight Center of Digital Excellence, writing from the Freedom to Connect conference in Washington, D.C.:
“There is one consistent theme from everyone: ‘Pace of changes and forecast of things to come in the next two to three years is going to be impacted by social media, networks and electronic devices.’ Hold on for the ride of our lives!”
Tags: electronic devices, Freedom to Connect, KCoDE, Knight Center of Digital Excellence, networks, OneCommunity, social media, Washington D.C., William "Garn" Anderson III
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