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Towards Digital Inclusion and Community Empowerment
The What’s Up experience in Wisconsin
Leo Burd MIT Center for Civic Media
MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference – 2012.06.18
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What’s Up initiative South Wood County, Wisconsin
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Potential Outreach
Population
45,803200 community organizations
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challengesUnemployment rate: 8%
since 2005Medicaid increase: 75%FoodShare increase: 39%
37% of low-income families said they were not connected to the Internet
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challengesUnemployment rate: 8%
since 2005Medicaid increase: 75%FoodShare increase: 39%
37% of low-income families said they were not connected to the Internet
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Signs located at: Walmart Job Center Food Pantry
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Signs located at: Walmart Job Center Food Pantry
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Paper Bulletins: Buyers Guide Job Center Food Pantry
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Community Hotline715-952-9020
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Community Hotline715-952-9020
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Community Hotline715-952-9020
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Lessons learned
Community foundations such as Incourage not only help us
understand how the region works.
They open doors to local organizations, provide credibility to the
project, guarantee the sustainability of the activities beyond the
initial pilots, and have little pockets of resources that play a
critical role whenever things evolve differently than planned.
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Lessons learned
Community foundations such as Incourage not only help us
understand how the region works.
They open doors to local organizations, provide credibility to the
project, guarantee the sustainability of the activities beyond the
initial pilots, and have little pockets of resources that play a
critical role whenever things evolve differently than planned.
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Lessons learned
Community foundations such as Incourage not only help us
understand how the region works.
They open doors to local organizations, provide credibility to the
project, guarantee the sustainability of the activities beyond the
initial pilots, and have little pockets of resources that play a
critical role whenever things evolve differently than planned.
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Looking ahead
At the local level
• Promote local adoption
• Developing technical capacity to support What’s Up
• Keep enhancing the system based on community feedback
At the broader level
• Publish white paper
• Organize webinar to community foundations
• Replicate the experience to other regions
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Looking ahead
At the local level
• Promote local adoption
• Developing technical capacity to support What’s Up
• Keep enhancing the system based on community feedback
At the broader level
• Publish white paper
• Organize webinar to community foundations
• Replicate the experience to other regions
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http://incourageevents.org/
http://incouragecf.org/
For additional information
Special thanks to
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