ONLINE COMMUNITY

HUBSA feasible approach

Suzanne Yada@suzanneyada

Lauren Rabaino@laurenmichell

A solution:Build a Basecamp for local government/communities with easy publishing capabilities

Rural Towns

Case Study: Cooter, Missouri

Case Study: Cooter, Missouri

Case Study: Cooter, Missouri

Case Study: Cooter, Missouri

Case Study: Cooter, Missouri

1. People want a place to talk.

Case Study: Cooter, Missouri

2. People want to talk about news

Topix and Wikipedia won’t suffice.

Local governments and communities need to take ownership.

The key lies in getting good data on the web.

BASECAMP FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

A project-management tool for helping small governments get their information online.

BASECAMP FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Once we get the data, create skeleton sites and let communities/local government take ownership

The finalproductmightlooksomethinglike this.

The finalproductmightlooksomethinglike this.

How this benefits everyone

Small governments can use the tool to organize themselves, relieving headaches

One-click publishing gets good information online

Residents have a forum that’s truly local

How we roll this out to all communities

Implement a rollout plan using something similar to Jay Rosen’s 100% solution (cover 100% of one topic, in our case government data)

Start in one county as proof of concept

Take lessons learned from that rollout to reshape the software and workflow for nationwide usage