Microsoft goes on tour.Software giant launches program to encourage business tech use Microsoft has kicked off its national Build Your Business tour to show minority small-business owners how to streamline their business processes, reduce costs, and bring their enterprises into the technology age by using the Internet and supporting electronic commerce. Launched on February 8, the tour runs through October and will touch down in about 15 cities, including New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Miami, Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. ; there are a total of 85 "Big Day Workshops," planned, with 35 targeted specifically to African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. business owners. Microsoft has also enlisted the aid of TV host, journalist, and author Tavis Smiley Tavis Smiley (born September 13, 1964) is an author, journalist, political commentator, and talk show host. Early years One of ten children, Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. to help encourage participants to propel the success of their businesses through the use of technology. "If you're in business right now and you're not tech savvy and you're not embracing all that technology has to offer you to be more productive, eventually you will find yourself roadkill road·kill n. 1. An animal or animals killed by being struck by a motor vehicle. 2. Slang One that has failed or been defeated and is no longer worthy of consideration: on the information superhighway," says Smiley. For more information about the tour, or to register for a workshop, call 877-435-7638 or visit www.msbigday.com/ africanamerican.htm. |
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