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Skill list connecting team members to win Grant funding

We are connecting members to build successful teams as a part of our Community Management as a Service, CMaaS. Please use the following as a guide to help you complete our member matching survey.

To effectively collaborate on a grant proposal to assist a community in owning its internet network, team members should possess a diverse set of skills. These skills ensure comprehensive coverage of technical, financial, and strategic aspects of the proposal. Here are the key skills and roles that would be valuable:

  1. Grant Writing and Proposal Development:
    • Skillset: Proficiency in writing grant proposals, understanding of grant requirements, ability to articulate the community’s needs and how the project meets those needs.
    • Role: Grant Writer/Proposal Developer
    • Responsibilities: Crafting a compelling narrative, ensuring all proposal elements are cohesive, aligning the proposal with the grant guidelines, and presenting data effectively.
  2. Technical Expertise in Telecommunications and Networking:
    • Skillset: Knowledge of fiber optics, broadband infrastructure, and network design.
    • Role: Network Engineer/Technical Consultant
    • Responsibilities: Providing technical details about the project, designing the network infrastructure, ensuring technical feasibility, and estimating costs for equipment and deployment.
  3. Project Management:
    • Skillset: Project planning, timeline creation, resource allocation, risk management.
    • Role: Project Manager
    • Responsibilities: Overseeing the project from inception to completion, coordinating between different teams, managing timelines, and ensuring milestones are met.
  4. Financial Planning and Budgeting:
    • Skillset: Creating and managing budgets, financial forecasting, understanding funding mechanisms.
    • Role: Financial Analyst/Budget Manager
    • Responsibilities: Developing a detailed budget, managing project funds, ensuring financial accountability, and preparing financial reports.
  5. Legal and Regulatory Expertise:
    • Skillset: Knowledge of local, state, and federal regulations related to telecommunications, understanding of legal contracts and compliance issues.
    • Role: Legal Advisor/Regulatory Specialist
    • Responsibilities: Ensuring the project complies with all legal requirements, navigating regulatory hurdles, and drafting necessary legal documents.
  6. Community Engagement and Stakeholder Management:
    • Skillset: Strong communication skills, experience in community outreach, stakeholder analysis.
    • Role: Community Engagement Specialist
    • Responsibilities: Engaging with the community to gather support, managing relationships with stakeholders, and ensuring community needs and feedback are incorporated into the project.
  7. Marketing and Communications:
    • Skillset: Developing marketing strategies, public relations, social media management.
    • Role: Communications Specialist/Marketing Manager
    • Responsibilities: Promoting the project, creating awareness, managing public relations, and ensuring transparent communication with all parties involved.
  8. Sustainability and Impact Analysis:
    • Skillset: Evaluating social and economic impacts, sustainability planning, data analysis.
    • Role: Impact Analyst/Sustainability Expert
    • Responsibilities: Assessing the long-term benefits of the project, ensuring the project contributes to sustainable community development, and measuring project outcomes.

By combining these skills, the team can effectively create a robust grant proposal that addresses technical, financial, legal, and community aspects of building and owning a community internet network.

For further reading and specific examples, refer to documents like “The Community Network Manual: How to Build the Internet Yourself” and the “Public Broadband Handbook,” which provide detailed insights into community network projects and the necessary skills involved​​​​​​.

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  • Grant Writing and Proposal Development
  • Technical Expertise in Telecommunications and Networking
  • Project Management
  • Financial Planning and Budgeting
  • Legal and Regulatory Expertise
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Sustainability and Impact Analysis
  • Grant Writing and Proposal Development
  • Technical Expertise in Telecommunications and Networking
  • Project Management
  • Financial Planning and Budgeting
  • Legal and Regulatory Expertise
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Sustainability and Impact Analysis
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