Digital Equity Grants Capacity Building Series
Digital Equity Grants Capacity Building Series: Part 2
This educational series is part of Illinois Office of Broadband and Illinois Broadband Lab’s efforts to prepare potential grantees for the upcoming Illinois Digital Equity Capacity Grant. Topics covered in this series include coalition building, equity in digital inclusion project implementation, deeper dive into grant writing and using data for storytelling.
July 31 | August 7 | August 14 | August 21 (Each session will begin at 1 PM CT)
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Building Digital Inclusion Coalitions, July 31
Presented by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA), this webinar will include information on models for developing relationships with community partners to address digital inequities, and to support community digital inclusion ecosystem growth. Building on expertise and learnings from the NDIA community, this webinar will provide examples of successful digital inclusion coalition models, and promsing practices for continued growth and development. Read the
Digital Inclusion Coalition Guidebook.
Participants can expect to:
- Understand how digital inclusion coalitions are formed, operate, and continue to develop
- Explore the different roles and functions digital inclusion coalitions undertake
- Learn about coalition structure and roles
Equity in Digital Inclusion Project Implementation, August 7
This webinar will dive into concepts around equity, diversity, and inclusion in the broadband digital equity context, and offer strategies and recommendations to weave equity into your digital inclusion project implementation.
Participants can expect to:
- Understand key concepts and terms around equity, diversity and inclusion
- Understand the unique needs of each covered population and ways to remove barriers and reduce disparities
- Learn about strategies and tips on equitable implementation of digital inclusion projects
Preparing for Grants – Deeper Diver into Grant Writing, August 14
Presented by Illinois Minority Business Development Agency, this webinar will dive deeper into grant writing and offer guidance on grant application.
Participants can expect to:
- Understand how to read a NOFO (Notice of Funding Opportunity)
- Learn about compiling a strong grant application, including budgets, narratives, etc.
- Learn about common grant terms to know and how to avoid common pitfalls
Leveraging Data for Storytelling, August 21
This webinar will discuss how to find data and use data to tell your broadband access and digital equity story, tailor your project to local needs, and incorporate data in sharing your impact stories and future grant applications.
Participants can expect to:
- Learn how to find relevant broadband and digital equity data
- Explore ways to incorporate data at different phases of your work for various purposes, such as proposal writing, project scoping, impact reporting, building public and private partnerships etc.
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Digital Equity Grants Capacity Building Series Part 1 (May 29 - June 12) ARCHIVE Recordings:
May 29: State Grant Basics - how to pre-qualify to be a potential grantee with the State of Illinois and understand the grant process.
June 5: How to Write a Great Grant Application - how to write strong digital equity grant proposals, including understanding the NOFO and the essential grant components such as program narrative, budget, project plan, impact measurement, and scoring criteria.