I’m pleased to share the assessment of Blandin’s broadband work looking at the last cohort of Blandin Broadband Communities – the Assessment of Blandin Community Broadband Program using the Mountain of Accountability Framework (2015-2016).
This assessment of the 2015-2016 cohort of ten Blandin Broadband Communities and associated broadband-related activities was written by staff as part of the foundation’s overall efforts to build an assessment system that answers the basic question: “What do we need to know to do better?”
The report looks at the work of Blandin (related to broadband), including the following program components include:
- Community Broadband Resources (technical assistance)
- Blandin Broadband Community (BBC) partnerships
- Annual Border to Border Broadband conferences
- Webinar series
- Convenings
- Broadband grants
- Minnesota Broadband Coalition policy work
- Blandin on Broadband blog
And goes on to look at the impacts of these efforts at the following levels:
- Individual persons
- Individual grants/projects/events
- Individual businesses/organizations/institutions (schools, health care facilities, local governments, etc.)
- Communities
- Regions
- Statewide
- National