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Lansing, MI: Today, Connect Michigan announced the four finalists for the 2015 Connected Project Awards presented by ACD. The 2015 Connected Project Awards recognize and provide financial support for community organizations that are implementing unique and creative projects designed to improve the adoption and use of broadband and technology in communities across Michigan.
Four finalists have been selected to present their projects at the forthcoming 2015 Michigan Broadband Conference on Tuesday, October 20 at the Lansing Center in Lansing, Michigan. After presenting their project at the conference, attendees (onsite and remotely via live stream) will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite project. The 2015 Connected Project Awards and the cash prizes will be announced at the conclusion of the conference. For more information about the finalists, see the abstracts below.
- Boost Your Business with Broadband, Roscommon County Economic Development Corporation
Boost Your Business with Broadband is an educational marketing service offering seminars to local businesses throughout the year. By partnering with industry experts, the seminar content includes website development, enhanced social media, fraud and cybercrime prevention, tapping into the “Pure Michigan Effect,” and engaging Michigan Works!. The seminars provide applications for local business to use immediately for promotion and to improve their business services. - HarborActive, HARBOR, Inc. and Abuzz Creative
HarborActive provides lifelong learning in the area of digital literacy to the community. HarborActive training seminars are the preferred option for Northern Michigan professionals, seniors, and parents who desire a more personal and interactive learning experience. Area experts present face-to-face education and hands-on solutions to the most pressing digital issues. The program is designed to help the community embrace the use of technology by providing the tools necessary to cross the digital divide.
- Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula App, Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce
Developed by the Keweenaw Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Keweenaw Peninsula App is a mobile tourism app that features everything there is to do in Keweenaw. From hiking trails to restaurants and lodging, waterfalls, shopping, and events, you can get turn-by-turn directions, one-touch dialing, and an events calendar; you can also share listings on your favorite social network. The Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce collaborated with the Convention & Visitors Bureau to promote the app and showcase the tourism opportunity across Keweenaw.
- Senior Internet Security Program, Clare County Emergency Services & Broadband Network Group
The Senior Internet Security Program offers senior citizens and their respective caregivers essential senior cyber security and fraud education. The campaign currently involves a focus-group approach at Senior Meal and other gathering sites to provide a one-on-one, enhanced education to reach the most vulnerable age group for fraud and cybersecurity crimes. Program facilitation is volunteered by Clare County Emergency Management with assistance from detectives at the Clare County Sheriff’s Office.
In addition to the 2015 Connected Project Awards, the 2015 Michigan Broadband Conference convenes nationally recognized broadband and technology experts to discuss best practices and insights into leveraging technology for improved community and economic development, education, digital literacy, healthcare, and workforce development. This year, keynote speakers for the conference are Jay Elliot, technology executive and best-selling author, and Matthew DelNero, Chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau.
In 2014, more than 700 participants attended the conference onsite and remotely via live stream. To register for the 2015 Michigan Broadband Conference, please visit www.connectmi.org/broadband-summit.
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About Connect Michigan: In partnership with the Michigan Public Service Commission, Connect Michigan is working to ensure that all Michiganders can experience the benefits of broadband. Technology, especially widespread access, adoption, and use, improves quality of life. More at www.connectmi.org.
