Episode Category The StoryConnect Podcast
The Importance of Rural Broadband
What You’ll Learn Live from the Kentucky Telecom Association 2017 Annual Meeting Hilda Legg served under President George W. Bush as administrator of the Rural Utilities Service. Today she is a consultant, as well as vice chairman of Broadband Communities…
Electric/Telco Partnerships in Broadband Delivery
What You’ll Learn Live from the Kentucky Telecom Association 2017 Annual Meeting Jasper Schneider discusses partnership opportunities between rural telcos and electric providers. For six years, Schneider ran a federal agency at both a state and national level, leading USDA’s…
The Value of Telling Your Story
What You’ll Learn Live from the Kentucky Telecom Association 2017 Annual Meeting PRTC, serving the Eastern Kentucky counties Jackson and Owsley, has received a great deal of state and national attention for the work its has done to deploy a…
The Ins & Outs of Broadband Only
What You’ll Learn Live from the Kentucky Telecom Association 2017 Annual Meeting Is there a demand for broadband-only service at your telco? Listen to Matt Pearce discuss the particulars of this approach in light of USF reform. Website: Guest…
2017 KTA Annual Meeting
What You’ll Learn The Kentucky Telecom Association is planning its 2017 Annual Meeting, set for May 24-26 in Lexington. Executive Director Tyler Campbell discusses the great lineup of sessions that will equip attendees with new ideas and legislative updates. Website:…
Are You Putting Online Video To Work?
What You’ll Learn Triangle Communications has made a series of “How-To” videos available to their customers along with some engaging mini-documentaries on their customers. Website: Guest Speaker Tom Metcalfe
Fiber Fridays & Employee Product Reviews
What You’ll Learn Shelley Evink shares what Farmers and Federated are doing to engage with customers including Fiber Fridays and the Computer Commuter. She also discusses how her telcos got employees to try out smart home products in their own…
Cultural Branding: Marketing & HR Working Together
What You’ll Learn After their presentation at the MTA conference, Chris and Jenna discussed the “fluff” known as cultural branding. Website: Guest Speaker Chris Castagneri
Computer Sales, Tech Classes & the Wheel of West Wisconsin
What You’ll Learn West Wisconsin Telcom not only provides broadband service, but they can sell you the computer you need to get on the web. How do they do it? Randy Simpson of West Wisconsin also shares some lessons from…
Brian Bissonette Part 1
What You’ll Learn Paul Bunyan Communications decided to put a geographic spin on the name of it’s gigabit product. The cooperative also operates popular webcams focused on the headwaters of the Mississippi River and iconic statues of Paul Bunyan and…