Transcript Digital Development

DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DIGITAL
DEVELOPMENT
• Community leadership driven process
• Engages local technical talent
• Increases diffusion and adoption of
Information Technology (computing and
telecommunications) though projects
• Improves productivity and competitiveness,
create economic and social opportunities,
and enhance quality of life in the
community.
DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT
COMPONENTS
• Infrastructure access & availability
• Individual awareness & capability
• Organizational capability
o Public
o Private
Development Level
DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT
OVER TIME
Infrastructure
Individual capabilities
Organizational capabilities
Time
Projects
COMMUNITY DIGITAL
DEVELOPMENT
Individual
Capacity
Leadership
Source Laudeman – http://greg.laudeman.com
SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL
DEVELOPMENT
•
Community led
•
Focus on benefits to people – not
technology
•
Projects that improve
o IT access, diffusion and adoption
o Human capacity
o Economic and community
development
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Southern Rural Development Center