1. Working SMART in the New Millennium Building Community Controlled Telecommunications Services in Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations Red Lake, November 8-12, 1999

2. A planning conference to explore Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations’ telecommunication strategy and future directions. Step 1

3. Who are we all? Why are we here? What are our expectations? What’s in it for me? How can I shape this? first morning

4. Who are we? Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nation leaders and staff in education, health, management, government, and program support. K-Net staff and consultants (John Rowlandson and Florence Woolner) TeleCommons Development Group (TDG) consultants (Don Richardson and Ricardo Ramirez) Guest Presentations via videoconference

5. Why are we here?...Brian looks like he wants action, not just talk… now what? you invited him… Oct. 28, 1998 These guys are crazy...

6. Assumptions... Keewaytinook Okimakanak leaders and K-Net services staff are interested in harnessing information communication technologies (ICTs) and making them work towards First Nations' goals. Don & Ricardo are interested to learn how Keewaytinook Okimakanak leaders and K-Net services have brought ICTs into the communities. (PACTS and beyond.) Don & Ricardo wish to share tools for visualizing information to help different stakeholder agree on what is important and what needs to be tracked.

7. What are our expectations? Draw or write One expectation per card This is what it looked like when we did it in Guelph, 28 Oct., 1998

8. What’s in it for me? There is something in it for you if... you use ICTs, or want to try them you want to control ICTs you want to make ICTs work for your goals you want to learn how to track impact

9. How can I shape this conference? Tell us how you would like to change this first agenda...

10. Conference Activities –Review ICT strategy for Keewaytinook Okimakanak. –Demonstration of the various communication technologies and applications in First Nations –Identification of major challenges. –Development of learning points –Identification of progress indicators –Meetings with other groups, organizations and government officials to learn about their services and projects.

11. Why do we visualize information? To capture different people’s ways of seeing things To see the many dimensions and issues that matter To have a tool that helps people plan in groups