FIBER AND GIGABIT NETWORKSthe future is here

February 12, 2015

PLAYING TO WIN

in America’s Digital Crossroads

A playbook for capitalizingon ultra-high-speed fiber

in Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri

Strategic Objectives

95% success rate in “fiberhoods”

Regional digital inclusion strategy

• Coalition

• Regional plan

• Summit

• City strategy

• Housing authority

Eco devo goes startup

Proof-of-concept lab

New startup communities

Gigabit community building

• Hackathons

• Developer community

• National partnerships

• Gigabit Community Fund

Software Lending Library

PlanIT Impact

Talk2Me

Gigabit City Summit

Areas of Impact

• 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 Driveadeacon@kcdigitadrive.org@aarondeacon@KCDigitalDrive