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Digital Divide in Kern County

A few years ago after becoming active in the Kern County community, I found this report titled, Conectados: Connecting Los Angeles Underserved Communities, which was completed by The Tomas Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) in April 2003.  The TRPI is a Latino think tank that is a free-standing, nonprofit policy research organization which is headquartered at the [...]

Google’s Local Business Center Good for Bakersfield Companies

Bakersfield companies would be wise to take advantage of adding a map listing in Google’s Local Business Center (LBC).  It’s currently free and an easy way to give your company more exposure on the Internet when it comes to mapped searches.  In addition, Google has other new and innovating uses of this data which will [...]

Using WordPress for Nonprofit Websites

Websites no longer have to become static, stale and outdated, or having to rely on web designers/developers to update content.  With publishing platforms such as WordPress, many organizations could move to updating their own sites and creating their own content. I realized I had to update my website, especially with all the web 2.0 hype.  [...]