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!