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- I was originally in a finance
position here in New York,

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and I wanted to do something
bigger and more impactful.

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- [Narrator] Now more than ever,

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Americans need digital skills
to land the jobs they want,

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advance their careers,
and grow their businesses.

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Grow With Google aims to help by providing

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free training, tools, and expertise,

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both online and in their
Manhattan learning center.

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- We have all different types of classes.

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Some of the groups that we're
targeting include job seekers,

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those looking to make a
transition in their career,

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entrepreneurs, small business owners,

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marketers that are looking
to grow a presence online.

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We also help teachers who wanna implement

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some of these programs
within their own classrooms,

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as well as people that
are generally looking

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to better understand
technology, and incorporate

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some digital skills into
their everyday lives.

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The beauty of the
demographics and age groups

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coming into the Grow With
Google learning center

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here in New York is that it is
open to anyone and everyone.

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Some of my classes all
have 15, 16 year olds,

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learning about marketing,

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trying to understand
how to build a website.

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And on the complete opposite spectrum,

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we have some people that are
seniors coming into the center

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that wanna learn how to
better utilize technology.

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It's a place where everyone can

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connect from all walks of life.

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- [Narrator] Grow With
Google is not only providing

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free services for individuals,
but also small businesses.

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They offer digital tools that
help connect with customers,

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expand to new markets,
and work more efficiently.

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- I absolutely think that there should be

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more programs like Grow With Google.

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Google has been fortunate
enough to be able to offer

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this experience here at the
New York Learning Center

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in an in-person environment,
but I think other companies

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also have the opportunity to do so much

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in the digital landscape
where people can connect

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with new technologies online
through things like webinars,

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and online courses, so that
people can gain some of those

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digital skills that they
might not learn other places.