Building Digital Inclusion Coalitions Digital Equity Capacity Building Series Pt 1 07 31 2024

Digital Equity Grants Capacity Building Series: Part 2

This educational series is part of Illinois Office of Broadband and Illinois Broadband Lab’s efforts to prepare potential grantees for the upcoming Illinois Digital Equity Capacity Grant. Topics covered in this series include coalition building, equity in digital inclusion project implementation, deeper dive into grant writing and using data for storytelling.

Building Digital Inclusion Coalitions, July 31

Presented by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), this webinar will include information on models for developing relationships with community partners to address digital inequities, and to support community digital inclusion ecosystem growth. Building on expertise and learnings from the NDIA community, this webinar will provide examples of successful digital inclusion coalition models, and promising practices for continued growth and development. Read the Digital Inclusion Coalition Guidebook.

Participants can expect to:
Understand how digital inclusion coalitions are formed, operate, and continue to develop
Explore the different roles and functions digital inclusion coalitions undertake
Learn about coalition structure and roles

Speakers: Devon Braunstein, Illinois Office of Broadband; Paolo Balboa, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA)