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Media & Workforce Academy
Cohort-based training in media production, AI-assisted creative work, and workforce readiness. Real assignments. Real portfolios.
● REC · TAONIIllinois | Wisconsin | Nevada | GeorgiaEST 2008
The AON Initiative · EST 2008
TAONI
A media-driven, technology-powered 501(c)(3) nonprofit — training young adults and entrepreneurs through real careers in media, technology, and community workforce pathways since 2008.
17+ Yrs
Community Impact
8 Programs
Media · Tech · Workforce
501(c)(3)
Public Charity
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▸ Now playing — A new chapter for Metro Atlanta
Welcome toTAONI
A media-driven, technology-powered nonprofit engaging young adults and entrepreneurs in real careers, real training, and real opportunity — across Metro Atlanta.
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▸ The Manifesto
We don’t just teach tech.
We put it in people’s hands.
TAONI is a media-driven, technology-powered nonprofit that engages young adults and entrepreneurs in technology-related career fields, training, and resources.
We build inside the community — co-designing programs with schools, workforce boards, municipalities, and partner nonprofits — and we ship measurable outcomes, not just activity.
Every program turns the same flywheel: Serve. Train. Employ. Amplify.
▸ Filmed on location · Metro Atlanta
Now Serving
Metro-Atlanta Areas
▸ Three divisions
One mission. Three engines.
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Technology Services
Device refurbishment & redistribution, digital infrastructure, and nonprofit tech enablement that closes the access gap.
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Community Impact & Access
Volunteer coordination, partner mobilization, and storytelling capacity for organizations doing the work on the ground.
▸ The TAONI Flywheel
Serve. Train.
Employ. Amplify.
Every program meets the community where it is, equips people with real skills, opens pathways into work, and amplifies the stories that prove it works — then it starts again.
The TAONI Flywheel
SERVE
We serve the community by showing up where capacity is needed.
▸ Featured programs
What we’re running now.
▸ The state of TAONI
By the numbers.
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8
Programs across 3 divisions
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100%
Of work co-designed with partners
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13–24
Primary participant age range
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501(c)(3)
Public charity, EIN 88-1223781
▸ Founder spotlight
Real entrepreneurs. Real tools. Real time on task.
▸ For partners & funders
We don’t just run programs — we deploy them inside yours.
TAONI co-designs structured, repeatable models with service agencies, schools, workforce boards, municipalities, and corporate CSR teams — built for measurable outcomes and aligned with funder reporting.
Co-designed cohorts
Workforce-aligned
Funder-ready reporting
SERVE.TRAIN.EMPLOY.AMPLIFY.
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