Leadership
How are you organized to assess and improve connectivity in your locality?

Topics:

• Broadband champions
• Broadband planning team
• Community needs assessment
• Service provider engagement
• Broadband plan
• Leadership self-assessment
• Leadership narrative
• Leadership resources and links

Community Priorities
What issues draw you to take action to improve broadband?

Topics:

• Areas of concern (pain points)
• Community objectives
• Community priorities
• State and national data on broadband use (Digital Nation)
• Community vision
• Broadband vision
• Community priorities self-assessment
• Community priorities narrative
• Community priorities resources and links

Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership Development
How are you engaging stakeholders that can bring interest, influence, or support to local broadband initiatives?

Topics:

• Stakeholder identification
• Stakeholder engagement
• Partnership development
• Stakeholder and partner engagement self-assessment
• Stakeholder and partner engagement narrative
• Stakeholder and partner engagement resources and links

Policy and Environment
Are there regional or state resources or regulations that impact local planning and investment?

Topics:

• State laws and regulations
• State broadband technology resources
• Extension services and regional programs
• Building on broadband history
• Policy and environment self-assessment
• Policy and environment narrative
• Policy and environment resources and links