The Digital Ready Community program empowers communities to increase civic engagement, trust, and local government responsiveness by leveraging digital platforms. A team of Purdue specialists and educators guides the community in forming a digital asset group (DAG), inventory digital assets, and draft a community-wide digital engagement plan. Deliverables include the formation of the DAG, DAG’s operational agreement and a community-wide digital engagement plan. The program lasts 6-9 months.
The Digital Ready Community (DRC) program guides community stakeholders/local champions, including local government, to help the community leverage digital platforms to increase civic engagement and trust as well as become more responsive to citizen’s needs.
Every community is different, but there is a similar set of stakeholders who should be considered when forming the group that participates in the program:
It can be a challenge getting communities to become aware and motivated to leverage digital platforms to increase trust, responsiveness and civic engagement. Through presentations, hands-on activities and planning facilitated by our Purdue trainers, communities become equipped to:
The digital assets group (DAG) is key for success of this program and consists of selected members of the community whose organizations have a form of online presence, such as a website, social media, blog, etc.
Over the course of six-nine months, the digital assets group (DAG) and the Purdue team meet face-to-face for nine meetings and hold two webinars. Topics covered include:
By the end of the program, you will have formed a digital assets group (DAG), drafted a DAG operational agreement, gained knowledge on digital awareness and drafted/implemented a community-wide digital engagement plan. We guide your community through each step of this process!
The program fees include the workshops, report and plan templates, customized survey instrument and unlimited communications access with the facilitators for program period.
Indiana communities: The program can be delivered in person or online.
In person program fee: $2,700
Online program fee: $1,500
Out of State Communities: The program is delivered online only for out of state communities.
Program fee: $1,600
To apply, complete this registration form.
acruzpor@purdue.edu
Extension Specialist
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edelreal@purdue.edu
Engagement Specialist
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robertog@purdue.edu
Director, Purdue Center for Regional Development, and Community and Regional Economics Specialist, Extension
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cgeidema@purdue.edu
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
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togle@purdue.edu
Regional Extension Educator
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jwandles@purdue.edu
Engagement Specialist
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To learn more about Digital Ready Community, please contact:
robertog@purdue.edu
765-494-7273