1. Working SMART in the New Millennium Building Community Controlled
Telecommunications Services in
Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations
Red Lake, November 8-12, 1999

2. Step 1
A planning conference to explore Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations’ telecommunication strategy and future directions.

3. first morning Who are we all? What are our expectations?
What’s in it for me?
How can I shape this?
Why are we here?

4. Who are we?
Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nation leaders and staff in education, health, management, government, and program support.
K-Net staff and consultants (John Rowlandson and Florence Woolner)
TeleCommons Development Group (TDG) consultants (Don Richardson and Ricardo Ramirez)
Guest Presentations via videoconference

5. ...Brian looks like he wants
These guys
are crazy...
you invited him…
...Brian looks like he wants
action, not just talk…
now what?
Oct. 28, 1998
Why are we here?

6. Assumptions...
Keewaytinook Okimakanak leaders and K-Net services staff are interested in harnessing information communication technologies (ICTs) and making them work towards First Nations' goals.
Don & Ricardo are interested to learn how Keewaytinook Okimakanak leaders and K-Net services have brought ICTs into the communities. (PACTS and beyond.)
Don & Ricardo wish to share tools for visualizing information to help different stakeholder agree on what is important and what needs to be tracked.

7. What are our expectations?
Draw or write
One expectation per card
This is what it looked like when we did it in Guelph, 28 Oct., 1998

8. What’s in it for me? There is something in it for you if...
you use ICTs, or want to try them
you want to control ICTs
you want to make ICTs work for your goals
you want to learn how to track impact

9. How can I shape this conference?
Tell us how you would like to change this first agenda...

10. Conference Activities
Review ICT strategy for Keewaytinook Okimakanak.
Demonstration of the various communication technologies and applications in First Nations
Identification of major challenges.
Development of learning points
Identification of progress indicators
Meetings with other groups, organizations and government officials to learn about their services and projects.

11. Why do we visualize information?
To capture different people’s ways of seeing things
To see the many dimensions and issues that matter
To have a tool that helps people plan in groups