Think About Your Community
Now it is truly your turn to think about your community and what you would like to see in an online presence.
What is “right” for you?
Budget constraints
- How much money and what resources do you have?
- How much time do you have for planning, and when do you want to launch?
Technical capacity
- What do you have for technical capacity?
- Where are the gaps?
Redundancy
- What other sites and resources exist now?
- Is a new site necessary?
- Will you offer unique information and content or simply restate what already exists elsewhere?
Ownership
- Who will “own” this site?
- Who will do the updates?
Timeline
- What are your short (under a year), medium (1-2 years) and long-term (3+ years) goals, objectives and action steps?
Lesson A Review
Before we close this lesson, would you like to see what you have learned?
- Rural populations tend to access the Internet
- Research suggests that people use the Internet for different purposes depending on age
- Having an Internet presence is always a good idea
