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Does coworking make sense for Charlotte non-profits?

Charlotte offers about a dozen locally grown coworking spaces. Does the arrival of WeWork, the largest coworking space company in the world, reflect a rising tide that lifts all boats? Beyond space, do the digital resources of these spaces work for non-profits?

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Need to teach digital skills? Digital Charlotte can help.

A portable technology laboratory is available for non-profit organizations supporting people who need to learn new online skills.

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How can digital inclusion improve health care? Citizens brainstorm in a Charlotte retreat

Early analysis of the intersection of digital inclusion and health care — conducted by citizens and government employees in a kind of retreat in a Charlotte park — reveals at least 20 key concerns and potential solutions.

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Expert consensus at conference: online access is now an essential utility

At a national conference on digital inclusion, city government experts reached a consensus: access to online resources has evolved beyond a luxury and is now an essential part of living in the United States.

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Charlotte’s broadband deserts reflect a familiar pattern

If you live or work in Charlotte, there’s a distinct possibility your broadband access is less than satisfactory. But you have options. A familiar wedge-and-crescent pattern of economic inequality also applies to broadband internet connections, slowing down access to development and educational opportunities in wide swaths of Charlotte.

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Queens students work with Google Fiber to empower a community

Queens students are collaborating with Google Fiber on a service initiative designed to strengthen digital inclusion in Charlotte.

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How does digital inclusion affect economic mobility?

Experts discussed the relationship between digital inclusion and economic mobility in an online community forum March 15 at Queens University of Charlotte.

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How consumers can protect their world against fake news

In December 2016, an incident involving a North Carolina man at a pizza restaurant in Washington, DC, showed a violent and unintended consequence of fake news.

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At Charlotte’s Geek Fest, the emphasis is on ‘fest’

Imagine the wildest science fair you could possibly attend, a place where you can see everything from stop-motion clay animation to night vision systems on new BMWs. Now imagine that you can talk to the people who invent and work with these tools daily.

48 hours to change the future! #CityJamCLT
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Can we change the future of Charlotte in 48 hours?

Do you think people can change the future of Charlotte in 48 hours?

Unloading personal computers for the Charlotte Internet and Computer Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015.
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Community unites to make low-cost computers and internet access available

EveryoneOn will make low-cost computers, internet access and computer training available at a “Charlotte Internet and Computer Bazaar” scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, at Clinton Chapel AME Zion Church.

Susan Crawford at the Knight School of Communication at Queens, Oct. 22, 2015.
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Third world internet, first world country; the state of broadband in the USA

Susan Crawford says she has rarely been more embarrassed than when, on her most recent visit to Seoul, Koreans told her that they enjoyed visiting the United States because it felt like a rural holiday in a Third World country. […]

Charlotte Skyline, 2014, photo by Joe Cornelius
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Charlotte 2025: the connected city

‘Best Minds’ Convene on March 20-21 to Imagine the Future As faster networks transform cities throughout the world, the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens is convening leaders from five fields on March 20-21 to begin answering questions […]

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