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By RACHAEL BOSSOW, Times Staff Writer

The Leavenworth County Workforce Development Center has recently undergone a change of focus as a way to bring together employers with job seekers. The organization is now called the Workforce Partnership.

�It�s the same mission, just operated by new managers, not a non-profit organization,� Williams said.

Williams has been on the job since . . . → Read More: Kansas Workforce Partnership Changes Focus.

Dear Friends:

It is time for me to ask you for help. As you know I am seeking the Office of Louisiana Secretary of State. I have posted on my WWW.MySpace.com/SALewisPublishing BLOG (please read) my position on what I would like to do as the next Louisiana Secretary of State. With your help and the help of . . . → Read More: Seeking the Office of Louisiana Secretary of State

We all share in the vision of prosperous Black businesses. We have joined and participated in forums and discussions both on or off-line, and have shared a lot of resourceful information with each other. I am hoping that any additional opportunity to promote yourself and your business to the growing online/offline community is of value to . . . → Read More: Black Business Advocates Make a Difference

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the SBA�s Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative for veterans and members of the military community wanting to establish or expand small businesses.

Eligible military community members include:

Veterans

Service-disabled veterans

Active-duty service members eligible for the military�s Transition Assistance . . . → Read More: SBA Patriot Express Loan Lenders – KS/MO

In the spirit of helping African American businesses better compete for public funded contracts, our agency identifies several gaps that need to be addressed. One, is in the area of completing business/marketing plans and the other is obtaining the necessary certifications that can increase the chances of winning public/private contract work.

Entrepreneurs seeking to start or expand . . . → Read More: Free Business Development Assistance

In the spirit of helping African American businesses better compete for public funded contracts, our agency identifies several gaps that need to be addressed. One, is in the area of completing business/marketing plans and the other is obtaining the necessary certifications that can increase the chances of winning public/private contract work.

Entrepreneurs seeking to start or expand . . . → Read More: Free Business Development Assistance

Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) is a federally funded TRIO program through the U.S. Department of Education that provides FREE counseling and academic services to low income individuals 19yrs and older that are seeking to improve their job opportunities through education.

* Career & academic counseling

*Information on educational programs and student financial assistance

* Assistance in completing . . . → Read More: Education Opportunity Center-Wyandotte County

I grew up in the fifties and sixties. During my formative years, when “separate but equal” was legal, and “Whites Only” signs peppered my world – always reminding me that there was something different about those of us who weren’t White — our grandparents who couldn’t read, and our parents who didn’t finish high school, were . . . → Read More: Freedom Riders and Free Riders

Web Analytics

What is web analytics? The Web Analytics Association defines it as “the objective tracking, collection, measurement, reporting and analysis of quantitative Internet data to optimize websites and marketing initiatives.”

http://www.bruceclay.com/web_analytics.htm

No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web . . . → Read More: Web Analytics

Making your website popularPositioning & optimizing your web site traffic for search engines & directories

http://www.studygs.net/websearch.htm

No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web . . . → Read More: Website development

529 College Savings Plan

College is expensive. Paying for it can be easier with a 529 college savings plan. 529 college savings plans are state-sponsored, named after Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Learning Quest� 529 Education Savings Program, established by the state of Kansas, is professionally managed by American Century Investments. The program combines: . . . → Read More: 529 College Plans

In too many instances we have to hear the interpretation of what’s progress, from the third party, instead of hearing it from the horses mouth. As for Black business development and growth, I can speak to that.

While on a haphazard trekk to equity in how the City of Topeka and Shawnee County distributes its public . . . → Read More: Assessment of Our Progress….. What Lies Ahead

Feature: Forming Strategic Alliances

Forming Strategic Alliances Teaming turns competitors into partners.

Certification & Procurement: The Value of Minority Certification http://www.kcsmallbiz.com/july-2007/certification-procurement-the-value-of-minority-certification.html

April 2007: Growing Capacity for Emerging Minority/Women Contractors (Current Issue/Web Exclusives)

…g minority and women contractors is the lack of capacity. If minority and women business enterprises (M/WBEs) are to benefit from the aggressive inclusion . . . → Read More: Good articles on Certification in KcSmallBiz.com

Written by Ron Watkins

Friday, 23 June 2006

The path to eliminating poverty in Black communities is through the development of strategies and action plans to replace a culture of victimization and despair with a culture of entrepreneurship and opportunity. The economic success of any group is in direct proportion to the number . . . → Read More: Black Underdevelopment

The North East Business Association will open Kansas City Kansas’ first charter school in 2008. The KCK School board received six applications for charters and picked just one. The school will be called the Maurice R. Holman Academy of Excellence, named after the association’s founder, who passed away last year. KCUR’s Ty Chandler spoke to Chiquita . . . → Read More: Audio interview about upcoming KCK charter school.

Do I need a web site? That is the question often asked by business owners.

The answer will usually depend upon the type of product or service offered and what the business is trying to achieve. Some products/services are more suited to the web than others. Plus, a well designed web site can be a superb tool . . . → Read More: To Web, or not to Web?