BAVC Awarded Contract With California Employment Training Panel to Train New Media Workers.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1999-- Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC BAVC Bay Area Video Coalition (San Francisco, CA, USA) ) has joined forces with the State of California to provide advanced training to full-time employees in the video, film, and new media industries, at no cost to employers. Under the contract, BAVC will provide four certified tracks of training: Avid Editing, Digital Postproduction post·pro·duc·tion n. A final stage in the production of a film or a television program, occurring after the action has been filmed or videotaped and typically involving editing and the addition of soundtracks. , Video Production, and Multimedia. This contract comes at a crucial time for California industry and its workforce. While the Bay Area is a mecca for high tech companies, there is an alarming dearth of trained employees. The Employment Training Panel (ETP ETP Eligible Termination Payment (Australian finance) ETP Equivalent Temps Plein (French: Full Time Equivalent) ETP European Technology Platform ETP Employment Training Panel ) provides these funds to help California-based multimedia and digital entertaining companies remain competitive, keep the skills of high tech employees viable in today's marketplace, and ultimately contribute to the economic vitality of California. The program will be particularly beneficial for small companies that may not have budgeted funds for advanced training. "We are very excited to have this cutting-edge training program approved," said Charles Lundberg, Marketing Director of the State of California Employment Training Panel. "This contract with the Bay Area Video Coalition will greatly help our efforts to provide high level multimedia training to the small employers who are the most in need of assistance." BAVC, the nation's most advanced nonprofit technology Nonprofit technology comprises information and communication technologies that support the goals of nonprofit, nongovernmental, third sector, grassroots, and other mission-based organizations. The membership association for this field is . center, brings to the table a number of unique advantages including: its prime location in the heart of San Francisco's "Media Gulch" neighborhood; almost 25 years experience working with independent producers; a state-of-the-art broadcast facility, nationally-recognized technical expertise; and leading edge training programs serving industry professionals such as ZDTV ZDTV Ziff Davis Television , Industrial Light & Magic, Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. , Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauß , and Wired Digital. "This funding comes at a great time for BAVC and the industry,"said Mindy Aronoff, BAVC's Industry Outreach Coordinator. "It allows us to help the multimedia community keep pace in this incredibly fast-moving industry, and at the same time it helps BAVC accomplish its mission of providing access to and training on the newest information technologies." Since 1976, BAVC has provided broadcast quality video services to independent producers, artists, and nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. . Today, BAVC offers a state-of-the-art video/multimedia/telecommunications access center. BAVC holds over 400 hands-on workshops annually, and its research and development projects on video preservation, community closed captioning, video dance documentation, and other media-related needs, make it a unique leader in the nonprofit arts world and the telecommunications industry. |
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