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Six Simple Ways to Address Broadband Development

  1. Organize monthly lunch and learn and/or evening sessions on new technologies.
  2. Work with the local library to offer additional classes on new technologies.
  3. Organize a technology week. Activities could include:
    1. Demos of 3D printers, Google Glass or other technologies,
    2. Lunch and learn sessions,
    3. Tours to see how local businesses are using technology.
  4. Work with health care providers to schedule sessions on health care apps. This could be part of a lunch and learn series or a standalone session.
  5. Form local user groups for popular devices to share new apps and provide support to new users.
  6. Explore ways to encourage youth to learn coding and pursue careers in IT.

Excerpt from Leveraging Broadband in Your Community: A Workbook to Help Communities Stimulate Broadband Development

From the September/October 2016 issue of Nebraska Broadband

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