ABOUT
US
Working Media and Information
Services is a program
designed to use web and cloud computing technology to tell stories,
deliver access to information and vocational training to improve
the lives and economic opportunities of low-income working people.
There are three aspects
to the program:
1. Digital Video Media:
Our dedicated portal -
www.workinmedia.info - has content specific channels for showcasing
web video for "a world that works".
For many years, we have
been successfully using digital video to tell our story, create
compelling presentations, and to document speeches of labor and
community leaders. By using low-cost web-video technology, we
expand the reach of stories about a world that works to the 24/7/365
worldwide network of Internet users.
Our goal is to both display
our own self-produced videos and to showcase videos from around
the web, focusing on educational stories, innovations and solution
oriented campaigns.
Our intention is to be
more than a destination for viewing video. We seek to serve as
a resource for discovering great videos that can be redistributed,
posted into blogs and newsletters and embedded into other web
channels.
We are engaging a network
of young volunteers and video professionals to assist us. We
facilitate opportunities to "learn by doing" for young
people. We give credit to their contributions and skills by presenting
their work within our community based portal.
2. Information Services
& Internet Access:
Working Media's Information
Services & Internet Access project is designed to place AT&T
3G connected pad computers secured to laptop stands in the lobbies
of San Francisco community based organizations serving low-income
San Franciscans. This pad based Internet access system is wireless
and rechargeable, so it runs all day without any electric plug
or cables. The touch screen pad is user friendly, easy to lean
and unbreakable with normal use. Placed in waiting rooms of health
clinics, legal clinics and hiring halls, they provide an opportunity
for poor people to learn and use the world's best technology.
They can access information on the agencies they are visiting
as well as news, mobile email, maps and transit information.
These units are often used by kids waiting with parents and quickly
turn into a family learning experience. Working Media is developing
relationships with cutting edge app developers, such as Resources
Match - La RED,
an online screening and referral software application and basic
survival guide information providers, such as San Francisco Free Help Charts to deliver much needed information
services into the hands of low-income San Franciscans.
Download Internet Access
& Information Services One-Page PDF
3. Vocational Training:
Working Media has been
successfully using the non-profit enterprise version of the Salesforce.com
"cloud computing" contact management system for several
years. We are working to establish a vocational training program
for low-income workers teaching Salesforce.com focused computing
skills and Call Center customer management skills. Working Media
is collaborating with the Mission Language and Vocational School (MLVS) to develop a unique training program
that will provide opportunities for manual labor and service
workers to learn skills and get jobs providing cloud based computing
services.
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