aaron deacon, kc digital drive on fiber & gigabit networks
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PLAYING TO WIN
in America’s Digital Crossroads
A playbook for capitalizingon ultra-high-speed fiber
in Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri
Regional digital inclusion strategy
• Coalition
• Regional plan
• Summit
• City strategy
• Housing authority
Gigabit community building
• Hackathons
• Developer community
• National partnerships
• Gigabit Community Fund
• Distinct mission—action not planning– Supporting the community
– Connecting efforts
– Driving activity where needed
• Entrepreneurial nature – a civic startup
• Network-driven, not hierarchical
• Community creation and implementation
Organizational mission and characteristics
What we actually do
• Issue/opportunity identification
• Convening
• Asset inventory and gap confirmation
• Events
• Community building
• Project planning and project management
• Look for funding and resource support
How we operate
• Kind of like venture capitalists(….without the money part)
• Go where the energy is
• People are a valuable resource
• Also, futurists
• High tolerance for meetings (and weirdos) and the slow churn of community activity
• Innovation is messy
• (Pilot) projects as a metric – activity is an end even if not theend
• Focus on what’s being done and tell the story
Aaron DeaconManaging DirectorKC Digital [email protected]@aarondeacon@KCDigitalDrive