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Encourage communities to use VC County’s high-speed infrastructure to communicate & provide awareness of high-speed applications

Provide opportunities for community groups to communicate easier among groups and their members

Increase community collaboration & provide opportunities for economic development

To research & collect information on new web tools and test & evaluate – online meeting software & webinars

To have community groups & businesses actively using high-speed applications for communication & training

To help form new partnerships and discover creative solutions for working together in a rural setting

Actively seeking groups to use the online meeting software

Software –– free use until Dec, 2011To date – 21 groups have been involved –

partner groups (RDA-NSAC-Ecology Action Plan)

Free training & user support available Webinar hosting available-county-wide online

conferences possible – endless possibilities

This project fits well with the County’s 5 year strategy plan for extending Broadband applications in the County:

1) Sustain Due Diligence2) Monitor & expand Broadband3) Continue to assist community volunteer groups4) Infrastructure support & training5) Active community engagement6) Host targeted conferences

Continue with the work of educating groups on the usefulness of various web tools, including online meeting software & webinars

Engage community groups to use online

meeting software, especially county-wide groups

Showcase what Victoria County is still achieving with Broadband advancements

is an Internet based program used to conduct live meetings, presentations and training- using your computer and the Internet.

Each person sits at their own computer and connects to the meeting room to join other participants in real-time to share documents, presentations and even web browsers.

It provides audio and video

makes it easy to meet with a group and eliminate travelling – winter driving

it allows for a group to gather quickly and share and discuss information

meet anywhere at any timeuse collaboration meeting tools that will

enhance your meeting & provide interactivity of a face to face meeting

Collaborate on documents in real timeLive or On Demand

Webinars are a type of web conference.

a webinar is a one way transmission of information, generally a slide show from a presenter to an audience who are attending over their personal computer.

reach larger audiences, up to 500 participants

Host webinars – informational seminars, lecture, town hall meetings

Online Learning – wide range audience, guests

Web Casts of Events – County-wide, National

Launches - new technology, new events

Live!On-demand

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