by JAM | Jul 15, 2011 | LISTA, LISTA in the News, Policy, Skills, Workforce Development
Merger will provide better digital access Much has been written about the high school dropout rate among teenagers in communities of color. Among Latinos it is a disheartening 50 percent. If we don’t fix this problem, this trend can quickly become an indicator...
by JAM | Jul 6, 2011 | LISTA, LISTA in the News, Menus, Policy, Skills, Social Media
The image in the left of this post is called QR (Quick Response) Code, which is generated with the URL of this blog. When decoding the image with some QR code readers (such as this), you will see the URL. Which is fun, right? Besides URLs, you can also turn text,...
by JAM | Jun 17, 2011 | LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Workforce Development
When Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, stood before the Cupertino City Council earlier this month to pitch his plans for building an enormous spaceship-shaped corporate headquarters, Councilwoman Kris Wang smiled wide and asked, “Do we get free Wi-Fi or...
by JAM | Jun 2, 2011 | Foundation Work, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Menus, Policy, Skills, Social Media, Workforce Development
The recent release of the full 2010 Census population figures has been driving the headlines in the world of Hispanic marketing the last few months. As anticipated by many, the full 2010 Census figures for the U.S. Hispanic population topped the 50 million mark. (50.5...