Survey Results

88%

8% 4%

How Important is Innovation to Community and Business Success?

Critical

Important

Useful, but not required

***Unimportant – 0 votes

28%

11%

18%

14%

29% Training and education

Creative people

Access to infrastructure

Financial resources

Leadership

***Other – 0 votes

Most Important Factor to Promote Innovation in Your Community or Business?

23%

46%

19%

12%

Business and Industry

Education and Training

Medicine and Health Care

Politics and Civic Life

Using Digital Tools and the Internet, Affects the Most Progress and Innovation in:

37%

52%

11%

One way to enrich the classroomexperience

A positive thing that should beexpanded

The best thing we could do ineducation

***Not a substitute for sitting in class– 0 votes

Students Taking Courses on the Internet and Getting Degrees Online is:

17%

17%

66%

How has the Internet, socialmedia, cell phones and computersaffected your life?

If you could start your business onthe Internet, what would it be?

Is there anything we could changeto make you more successful?

If You Could Ask the Next Generation One Question It Would be:

8%

33% 59%

They are too hard and complicated

We need someone to show us how

It will cost too much and it maynot be worth it

***We don’t have the time or people – 0 votes

My Organization Does Not Embrace Technology and Internet Tools Because:

6% 9%

66%

19% Matching employers and jobseekers using digital tools andinternet communications

Attracting high-value jobs inrural, non-metro areas

Promoting STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, Math)Education

Providing incentives for high-value jobs to locate to Georgia

Our state Could Make a Difference by More Investment in?

54% 43%

3%

Broadband access or speed

Lack of local communitytechnical know-how

Poor return on investment

***No time to invest in it – 0 Votes ***Inertia received - 0 votes

What is the Most Limiting Factor for Georgia to Participate in the Digital Economy?