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Broadband Technology Use Workshops
Time: 9am to 4pm
Price: $20 includes Workshops & Lunch
Location: Lyndon State College
Description: Join community leaders from around the state to share ideas and best practices for using online tools to create jobs, reinvent schools, attract visitors, improve civic involvement, and enliven Vermont communities. Anne Galloway of VtDigger.org will be the keynote speaker. Session topics include mobilizing community resources during emergencies, a hands-on lab about digital tools for business, a showcase of how technology is expanding the classroom for 4-6th graders, and a preview of how town meetings can engage a wider audience. Registration is $20 and includes course offerings, refreshments and lunch. For more information about the day and the e-Vermont program go to e4vt.org. Register online, by phone 802-859-3090, or by e-mail joanna@snellingcenter.org. e-Vermont partner The Snelling Center for Government is the lead organizer for e-Communities in a Digital Age. Sessions Include:• Increasing Public Internet Access in Your Town• Town Meeting in a Digital Age• Teaching Basic Internet Skills• Mobilizing Community Resources• Managing Community Resources• No Vermonter Left Behind: How to Bridge the Digital Divide• Technology in the Classroom: Showcase of Student Projects• Online Tools for Business• Public Libraries in the 21st Century• Funding for Technology in Schools• Online Options for Town Emergency Communications• Technology Trends - Sink or Swim
Extra Info: Part of the e-Vermont effort to grow adoption rates for broadband services includes offering a series of workshops to help community members learn about easy-to-use tools and projects that are already underway in Vermont. Businesses, Digital Literacy, School Funding for Tech, Libraries, Town Offices and Emergency Planners can Listen Learn and Participate in the conversation! Deborah Shannon Director of Broadband Outreach & Coordination Vermont Telecom Authority 802 828 3224 Voice

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The e-Vermont Community Broadband Project

• Sign up today for the e-Communities in a Digital Age Workshop
  Take away lots of new ideas about how digital tools and broadband can be used in your community. Find out more at evermontworkshop.org

You can sign up for the workshop, or for informational emails from the Snelling Center for Government. A couple of us are attending the November 19 workshop, so if you sign up, there might be a car-pool. Contact: Cabot Development

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This invitation is extended to the Development Group and all Cabot businesses as a benefit of Cabot's membership in the Heart of Vermont Chamber of Commerce.

Dear Area Business Owner:

The Heart of Vermont Chamber of Commerce is endorsing a holiday open house event, Heart of Vermont Holiday Happenings, which will take place on Saturday, December 3rd and is open for participation to all area businesses. This is an opportunity to showcase your products and services and take advantage of group advertising which is planned for online, print and radio outlets.

If you would like to participate, please reply to this email with the following information:

Business Name:

Business Location:

Phone Number:

Contact:

Special Offerings: (ie, sale items, gift certificates for services, refreshments served)

Our business would like to be included in a one-day-only 10% off coupon offer ___yes ___no

Participant cost is $20 for HVCC Chamber Members and $25 for non-members. This will provide inclusion in the posters, fliers, calendar listings and announcements. It will also include an advertisement in the Hardwick Gazette of at least 1/4 page size. Exact advertising will be determined based on the number of participants. The Chamber will be donating toward the cost of advertising.

Deadlines are approaching quickly. Please contact us by MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 if you wish to participate. Questions? Email or call Nancy; email: enkagape@aol.com phone: 802-472-3711.

This is going to be a great event--don't miss out!

Thank you!

Nancy Kish

Secretary

Heart of Vermont Chamber of Commerce

Note: Join the Chamber now for 2012 and get November and December 2011 membership free! Email for more information.
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Hardwick, VT 05843

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