BEAM Aware Community Tech Projects

Engage the Community

Led by : Rochester Public Library
Description Expand Goal 2 of the library's strategic plan: "Engage the Community"

Explore and Build Out openBEAM.net IT Support

Led by : openBeam.net
Description Make openBEAM.net reality to build out a support ecosystem for technology deployment in Olmsted County public/non-profit sectors.

Open Beam: A "For Purpose" Entity

Led by : openBeam.net
Description Exploring the building out of Open Beam as a "For-Purpose" entity to support community initiatives. Many social/economical development initiatives suffer from vertical organizational structures that have their origin in the industrial age of emphasizing command and control. Vertical structures are silo in nature and do not facilitate cross structural information sharing and individual accountability. They inadvertently create distrust and thwart innovation. This project builds out the Open Beam entity to demonstrate how a “For-Purpose” dynamic organization works. The result is that Open Beam’s way of doing work becomes a proof point that we should let go of the traditional organizational model and adopt a holacratic framework to mobilize team effort. In so doing, Open Beam will help area non-profit or small organizations become more effective in their governance and their use of cloud technologies.

SharePoint Usage Enablement

Led by : openBeam.net
Description MS SharePoint and Office 365 have been adopted and installed by many area non-profits, which is a good step toward cloud-based collaboration so that information and document sharing can take place outside the office. However, much of the power of SharePoint is not known to these organizations, such as how it can be used to build intranet/extranet websites and workflow applications that manage essential operations such as contact (Client/Donor) management. This project will lead to: (1) Getting small non-profits to better use SharePoint and (2) Build simple CRM (or other apps) to demonstrate the quick app development capability of SharePoint.

Community Beam to enable community collaboration

Led by : openBEAM.net
Description Many best-practiced communities have implemented community web-based dashboards to provide a "read-out" of the health and wellness metrics of the community. DMCC's website is a push technology and not so much as social, collaborative virtual teaming site. Olmsted County, Mayo, OMG (and others) have just completed a community health study and published a report. We should go further and have a plan to be more agile and responsive in changing statistics by implementing a dashboard.

Community Network Group Website

Led by : openBEAM.net
Description Rochester area is fortunate to have many private, public and non-profit organizations engaged in serving the community. To make these efforts even more effective, we need a "clearing house" or coordination hub to allow sharing of ideas, requirements and plans.

Hubsource.mn (employment hub)

Led by : Rochester-area Chamber of Commerce
Description A central community portal for employers and job seekers to connect and to find other information about the community. A web platform to connect people, resources and employment in SE Mn. Creates the economic and work culture landscape of our region.

OC Find it!

Led by : Olmsted County Community Services
Description OC Find It! is a free mobile App designed to help people find information about the services and programs offered within Olmsted County Community Services. Based on your answers to 12 questions you will be provided a list of services that may be of interest to you. What Else Does OC Find It! Provide? A service catalogue with program descriptions for: Adults Seniors Aging & Disabilities Family/Children/Youth Financial/Health Care Assistance Corrections/Probation Volunteer Opportunities Map it function Web site link Call button

Rochester Public Library's Community Networks Website

Led by : Rochester Public Library
Description Rochester Public Library's website with links to various Olmsted County resources.

SE Mn Transportation Projects Information Portal

Led by : openBEAM.net
Description Efficient, cost-effective transportation in SE Minnesota is crucial to its growth. We are building out this portal to demonstrate how technology can beam up (Build Enable Activate Model) transparency, accountability, responsiveness and project/process-centric execution of individual transportation plans, and to point out the need to have a systematic approach involving multiple public, private partnerships (PPP) to harmonize the various efforts.