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Dallas-based Business Access, working in conjunction with WorkSource Austin,
opened a new online community in the Capital City on April 13 when the first
group of @chievers attended orientation and received their personal computers -
all in the same day!
BA Program Director Hiram Quiñones (left) conducted the
orientation, briefing the newcomers on the finer points of the Business Access
In-Home Learning Program.
Among topics covered in a wide-ranging session: How to
access and complete training courses; ways to create a resume using BA's Resume
Builder; how to work with Instant Messaging, how to benefit from a wealth of
topical onsite content created specifically for BA @chievers, and more.
Kimberly Bunting, President and Chief Executive Officer of Business Access, not
only attended the opening, but also helped transport the truckload of computers
from Dallas.
"It's great to see everyone excited about taking their
computers home and taking training online," she said. "Computers and the
Internet open a whole new world for our families. We're happy to be a part of
that." (Bunting is pictured here with Anson Green of Workforce Business
Services at the Texas Workforce Commission.)
When the orientation was done, Quiñones and BA Business Development Manager
Dyalan Beamon offered detailed instructions on how to install the new PCs once
@chievers got them home. The briefing included helpful hints ("Don't set your
tower up on the floor, where dust or bugs can be a problem"), plus tips on how
to hook up the computer to a phone line in order to access the Internet.
As the presentation wound to a close, the real payoff of an eventful morning
and afternoon was taking shape in the parking lot, where James Howell, Chief
Operations Office for Business Access, was unloading a truck full of personal
computers for the newest members of the BA community.
Before the installation briefing was completed, Howell
made sure that each @chiever already had a new PC and monitor waiting outside
the WorkSource center. Individual packages were tagged with the @chiever's
name, streamlining the process of packing up and heading home to get started.
After a last bit of semi-heavy lifting, more than a dozen brand-new
computers, fully equipped and ready for immediate use, were in the hands of their owners
and on their way.A simple installation, and @chievers were ready to
embark on a whole new way of looking at the world! By day's end, the Austin
online community was up and running, as new @chievers took those first steps
across the digital divide and into the limitless possibilities of life online!
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