Love & Grow Oregon - Oregon Rural Technology Initiative

National Rural Technology Initiative (NRTI) is a nonpartisan national media & technology initiative for rural and underserved communities navigating technology deserts. Technology Desert is a term created and occurrence researched by Dr. Jeremiah C. Hackley, a term referring to any location where a population is suffering from a lack of access to and engagement of the social and economic benefits of technology available to metropolitan and corporate areas in service. NRTI will assist you with:

• 4 Hour State Training with a Rural Snapshot of Your State’s Socio-Economic Demographics
• Media and Technology Consciousness
• Media and Technology Culture
• Media and Technology Hardware
• Media and Technology Software
• Media and Technology Currency (Donations, Revenue, Grants)
• Free Media and Technology Self-Audit
• Advocacy Pathways for Major Corporate Provider Engagement

NRTI has two sections, rural and underserved for-profit, and rural and underserved non-profit/NGO. It is open to churches, non-profits, community organizations, small municipalities, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and any other qualifying candidates who live and/or operate in technology deserts.