More than one hundred residents, small business owners, and nonprofit leaders attended the Spring 2013 Community Broadband Summit on May 18, 2013. It was a day dedicated to hands-on technology learning for personal and organizational growth.
The Summit featured a video welcome by Mayor Vincent C. Gray, remarks by DC Chief Technology Officer Rob Mancini and Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, expert workshops, and a panel discussion.
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Digital DC: Technology Matters! was designed to improve participants’ ability to integrate technology into their everyday lives and organizations, and serve as a platform to connect participants with technology resources and training for months and years to come.
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Small Business Workshops
Big Bang! First Steps to Starting your Business View slides
Facilitator: Lourdes Morales, Latino Economic Development Center
Get your Business Online View slides
Facilitator: Marla Bilonick, Latino Economic Development Center
Digital Grapevine: Social Media and your Business
Facilitator: Joycelyn Tate, Broadband Policy Consulting
Resident Workshops
For the Love of Money: A Family Affair
Facilitators: Sybongile Cook, Bank on DC with Postelle Birch-Smith, Budget Consulting, Melissa Quick, NuLevel
Movin' on Up: Tech + Work
Facilitator: Jonathan Rick, The Jonathan Rick Group
What's Love Got to Do with IT: Relationships in a Digital Age
Facilitators: Ayize & Aiyana Ma’at, B Intentional, LLC
Nonprofit Workshops
Inclusion for All: Engaging Adaptive Learners
Facilitators: Ade Jimoh, Connected Living, Alicia Johns & Kaz Ross, Assistive Technology Program for DC
Digital Message, Digital Money
Facilitators: Bryan Casler, Salsa Labs, Riche Zamor, 4site & Elisabeth Crum, Omni Studio
Beyond the Tweet, Like, Pin, Follow, and Friend: Meaningful Social Media Strategies for Nonprofits
Facilitator: Tracy Murray, DiversiTech