http://www.communitytechnologyadvisors.com communities using technology to grow Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:22:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week, I was fortunate to participate in the ribbon cutting for the Lac qui Parle's Computer Commuter mobile computer lab. There was a great crowd to tour the bus and try the new laptops before listening to the presentations, highlighted by Congressman Collin Peterson, chair of the House Agriculture ... http://www.communitytechnologyadvisors.com/?p=211 Here’s Coleman’s Corner, a monthly article written for the Blandin Foundation Broadband Initiative… Coleman’s Corner Last week, I was lucky to attend the Intelligent Community Conference in New York City. http://tinyurl.com/2u6bhly This conference attracted community leaders from Asia, Europe, Canada and the USA. I co-facilitated a session about the challenges facing rural ... http://www.communitytechnologyadvisors.com/?p=208 Suwon, South Korea was named the Intelligent Community of the Year last Friday. They won over the other six finalists, including some of my favorites – Dublin, Ohio; Tallinn, Estonia; and Eindhoven, Netherlands. Stockholm, Sweden was the 2009 Intelligent Community of the Year. Suwon is just 15 miles from Seoul. ... http://www.communitytechnologyadvisors.com/?p=206 Participating in the Intelligent Community Forum’s Building the Broadband Economy has been very interesting and fun. Last night I sat with people from across Canada and learned about the emphasis that their leaders are putting on broadband as an economic development strategy – from the Atlantic Provinces, to Toronto, Ottawa, ... http://www.communitytechnologyadvisors.com/?p=203 Given a chance, what would you say to a top federal policy maker about rural broadband? I had my chance at the Broadband Properties Summit this week in Dallas with USDA Rural Utilities Services Administrator Jonathan Adelstein. I first saw him in the elevator and he asked me what I wanted ... http://www.communitytechnologyadvisors.com/?p=200