What she said!
From: Ebhardt, Elise C. <<email obscured>>
Date: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Subject: Encourage response: Minneapolis digital inclusion survey being
mailed to households Jan. 7
To: "Ebhardt, Elise C." <<email obscured>>
Greetings,
Please help to get the word out to Minneapolis residents that you have
contact with regarding the Citys 2013 Community Technology survey. *Below
is the news release and attached** is a flyer if you would be willing to
post* at various sites in Minneapolis to encourage residents who receive
the survey in the mail to respond. If you have any questions about the
survey or would like to discuss digital inclusion initiatives, please feel
free to visit our *website* <http://www.minneapolismn.gov/it/inclusion> and
contact me any time.
*Help bridge the digital divide by completing a survey*
*Minneapolis digital inclusion survey being mailed to households Jan. 7*
Dec. 28, 2012 (MINNEAPOLIS) In January, the City of Minneapolis will once
again survey city residents to get their perspectives about how they use
computers, mobile devices and the Internet to better their daily lives.
About 12,400 households will receive the survey in the mail from National
Research Center, Inc., an independent research firm that will conduct the
survey. Households contacted to complete the survey will be selected
randomly throughout the entire city, with the goal of reaching a diverse
cross-section of Minneapolis residents.
The City is surveying residents again in 2013 to see how the state of the
digital divide in Minneapolis has changed since 2012. The digital divide is
the gap between individuals and groups in their access to information and
communication technologies, and their use and knowledge of these
technologies.
Results from the 2012 survey showed that while 82 percent of City
households have computers with Internet access, only 57 percent of Phillips
residents and 65 percent of Near North residents have Internet access at
home. The survey also showed that residents aged 55 and older and those
with incomes under $50,000 per year are the least likely users of
technology.
Surveys will be mailed out beginning Monday, Jan. 7. If you receive a
survey in the mail, please take a few minutes to complete the survey and
mail it back in the envelope provided. The City of Minneapolis will use the
results to better understand technology use in the city and to help guide
the Citys efforts in closing the digital divide.
Residents who wish to complete their survey in Spanish, Somali or Hmong
will see an instruction in their language on the postcard and cover letter
letting them know how to request a survey in their language. People can
request the survey in additional languages by calling 311 or 612-673-3000.
The *entire
report*<http://www.minneapolismn.gov/it/inclusion/WCMS1P-092357>from
the 2012 survey is on the Citys website. Folks are also able to use
an interactive map to compare neighborhood data to city-wide data.
###
Thanks so much!
Elise
*Elise Ebhardt*
*City of Minneapolis, Information Technology*
*612-673-2026
**elise.ebhardt@minneapolismn.gov*<elise.ebhardt@minneapolismn.gov>
* *
*www.minneapolismn.gov/it/inclusion*<http://www.minneapolismn.gov/it/inclusion>
* *
From: Ebhardt, Elise C. <<email obscured>>
Date: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Subject: Encourage response: Minneapolis digital inclusion survey being
mailed to households Jan. 7
To: "Ebhardt, Elise C." <<email obscured>>
Greetings,
Please help to get the word out to Minneapolis residents that you have
contact with regarding the Citys 2013 Community Technology survey. *Below
is the news release and attached** is a flyer if you would be willing to
post* at various sites in Minneapolis to encourage residents who receive
the survey in the mail to respond. If you have any questions about the
survey or would like to discuss digital inclusion initiatives, please feel
free to visit our *website* <http://www.minneapolismn.gov/it/inclusion> and
contact me any time.
*Help bridge the digital divide by completing a survey*
*Minneapolis digital inclusion survey being mailed to households Jan. 7*
Dec. 28, 2012 (MINNEAPOLIS) In January, the City of Minneapolis will once
again survey city residents to get their perspectives about how they use
computers, mobile devices and the Internet to better their daily lives.
About 12,400 households will receive the survey in the mail from National
Research Center, Inc., an independent research firm that will conduct the
survey. Households contacted to complete the survey will be selected
randomly throughout the entire city, with the goal of reaching a diverse
cross-section of Minneapolis residents.
The City is surveying residents again in 2013 to see how the state of the
digital divide in Minneapolis has changed since 2012. The digital divide is
the gap between individuals and groups in their access to information and
communication technologies, and their use and knowledge of these
technologies.
Results from the 2012 survey showed that while 82 percent of City
households have computers with Internet access, only 57 percent of Phillips
residents and 65 percent of Near North residents have Internet access at
home. The survey also showed that residents aged 55 and older and those
with incomes under $50,000 per year are the least likely users of
technology.
Surveys will be mailed out beginning Monday, Jan. 7. If you receive a
survey in the mail, please take a few minutes to complete the survey and
mail it back in the envelope provided. The City of Minneapolis will use the
results to better understand technology use in the city and to help guide
the Citys efforts in closing the digital divide.
Residents who wish to complete their survey in Spanish, Somali or Hmong
will see an instruction in their language on the postcard and cover letter
letting them know how to request a survey in their language. People can
request the survey in additional languages by calling 311 or 612-673-3000.
The *entire
report*<http://www.minneapolismn.gov/it/inclusion/WCMS1P-092357>from
the 2012 survey is on the Citys website. Folks are also able to use
an interactive map to compare neighborhood data to city-wide data.
###
Thanks so much!
Elise
*Elise Ebhardt*
*City of Minneapolis, Information Technology*
*612-673-2026
**elise.ebhardt@minneapolismn.gov*<elise.ebhardt@minneapolismn.gov>
* *
*www.minneapolismn.gov/it/inclusion*<http://www.minneapolismn.gov/it/inclusion>
* *
