Kuh-Ke-Nah Smart Community Engagement and

Planning

                                                                           

Community Engagement Workshops Nov. 2001 – Jan. 2002

Deer Lake, North Spirit Lake, Keewaywin, Poplar Hill, Fort Severn

                                                                           

Harnessing new technologies to improve health, education and business

development

                                                                           

“SMART” is about people, not technology People need to plan how to use new technologies

to reach their goals Community knows what their goals and values are

Why community consultation?

                                                                           

Help communities plan the use of technologies to reach community goals

Share information on SMART Share the results of community surveys Provide tools to E-Centre staff Promote “Smart” in the communities

What do we do at the workshops?

                                                                           

What do we want to do with the technology?

                                                                           

Planning the workshops

                                                                           

Community Engagement Workshop Team

Keewaytinook Okimakanak K-Net e-Centre Managers TeleCommons Development Group KO Communities

                                                                           

Invite the Community

                                                                           

Discuss Workshop Plans with Council

                                                                           

Running the workshops

                                                                           

Expectations of participants

                                                                           

Progress on SMART Project

                                                                           

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Provide feedback from Community Surveys

                                                                            Health

Education Economic Development Band administration

Workshops Focused on

                                                                           

Presenting the Economic Development Strategy

                                                                           

Creating “spray diagrams” to identify goals

                                                                           

                       

Where are we now?

How to get there?

How can new Technologies help us?

Where do we want to be?(Vision or goal)

Where do we want to be?(Vision or goal)

                                                                           

Organize the information into “Rich Pictures”

                                                                           

How do we make sure we stay on track?

How do we know if we reach our goals?

                                                                           

Health Education Traditions and Native language Training Jobs and business

What to measure in:

                                                                           

Deciding what to measure

                                                                           

Now the picture is complete

                                                                           

Workshops are a good opportunity for training

                                                                           

                                                                           

Recording events so we can tell the story and share with other communities

                                                                           

Celebrate with a Community Feast

                                                                           

We can make it work!