San Francisco, California — The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, One Economy and ZeroDivide submitted a letter in support of the broadband adoption and utilization recommendations issued this morning by the FCC. The Commission is preparing to deliver the first-ever National Broadband Plan to Congress on March 17th.
Frank Lamancusa of Bingham McCutchen LLP in Washington, DC is an expert in the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). Mr. Lamancusa has been following the BTOP application process since the inception of the program, and Bingham has served as advisor to several BTOP applicants.
He sat down with ZeroDivide Chief Community Investment Officer Laura Efurd and Chief Strategy Officer Tim Wu to discuss ideal outcome of BTOP funding.
Immediately following the NTIA announcement that 1,400 of the 1,800 BTOP Round 1 applications were not selected, Frank Lamancusa sat down with ZeroDivide Chief Community Investment Officer Laura Efurd and Chief Strategy Officer Tim Wu to discuss implications of Round 1 and the upcoming Round 2 application process.
ZeroDivide supports the goals of the Social Innovation Fund as originally described in the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, as a means of “providing resources to replicate and expand effective initiatives; and seeding experimental initiatives focused on improving outcomes
ZeroDivide wishes to share interviews with Staff and our Community Investment Partners on our Community Investment Model. In sharing our experiences with you, we hope you gain a better understanding of what's involved in creating community enterprises.
Ready, Set, Start - conducted by Blueprint Research and Design Inc., the paper provides an
up-close look at what it takes to change how you do business and
illustrates some of the larger trends currently shaping philanthropy.
Tessie Guillermo, ZeroDivide President and CEO, discusses the foundation's experiences in building the team to support community enterprises.
Community Investment Officer Robin Wu discusses Change Agent Productions, one of ZeroDivide's community enterprise partners.
ZeroDivide Community Investment Officer, Ruth Williams, shares her thoughts on the value of the 360 support provided the community enterprises.
