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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Greetings!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">The Net Inclusion Conference has been a staple in the Digital Inclusion community for years, bringing hundreds of practitioners, advocates, academics, Internet service providers,
and policymakers together to share their knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">With social distancing in place, NDIA will host the “Net Inclusion 2020 Webinar Series” to replace the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">This Series will include
<b>eight one hour webinars, every Wednesday at 11am PT starting September 16th through November 4th</b>. All webinars will include an optional 30 minutes after wrap up for an information conversation with panelists and fellow participants. These webinars will
be interactive panel discussions with expert practitioners from the field and partners with resources to share.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">While panelists will be announced soon, here are the webinar titles:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">9/16 Digital Inclusion 101 – the what, the why and how to advocate
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">9/23 Research and data to convince locally, to advocate with state and federal policymakers and to allocate limited resources.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">9/30 Racial equity and digital inclusion
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">10/7 Local government digital equity strategies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">10/14 What works? New research about the effectiveness of digital adoption and skills intervention strategies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">10/21 What new digital inclusion models (partners and funding) are coming together due to the pandemic?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">10/28 Coalitions – Who’s at the table? Who is convening? How are strategic decisions made?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">11/4 Final Plenary – What’s different now and vision for future?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Registration is free but
<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FnUwT_bTTH-2_audjYAqQw">required</a>; additional information is available on the NDIA
<a href="https://www.digitalinclusion.org/net-inclusion-2020-webinar-series/">webpage</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Darci Hanning, MLIS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="color:#1F4E79">Public Library Consultant / CE Coordinator<br>
</span></b><b><span style="line-height:115%;color:#2E74B5">Continuing Education Resources:
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