YouTube, 2/11/2010 (HP, Matthew Harvey, Alain Leroy)

What is BDPA? Thomas Polk (Thomas Polk Productions) was the official photographer of the 2009 National BDPA Technology Conference held in Raleigh NC. He put together this 3-minute video that shows IT professionals, BDPA corporate sponsor and a student sharing their thoughts on BDPA.

Detroit Free Press, 11/12/2009 (Darryn Brundage-Forrest, Matthew Clark, Daniel Rothchild, Jourdan West)

IT Professionals to Honor Michigan High School Students. Students who participated in the Detroit chapter of Black Data Processing Associates’ high school training camp will see the fruits of months of hard work tonight when they are honored at a scholarship and education awards banquet at Compuware Corp. at 7 tonight. Matthew Clark, a senior at Cass Technical High School; Darryn Brundage-Forrest, a sophomore at Renaissance High School; Daniel Rothchild, a freshman at Pioneer High School, and Jourdan West, a freshman at Michigan State University, represented the chapter at the 2009 National BDPA Technology Conference in Raleigh, N.C., in August. The team competed against more than 25 other chapters and won second place in Web design at the conference.

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The Raleigh 10, 10/8/2009 (2009 BDPA Conference)

Top Ten Lists of Raleigh, North Carolina. This is video is a review of the 2009 National BDPA Technology Conference held in Raleigh, NC. Video produced by Kevin Jones (Visual Propaganda).

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Diversity/Careers Magazine, 10/1/2009 (Mario Armstrong, Monique Berry, Donald French, Robert Gavin, Milt Haynes, Wayne Hicks, Raven Stevenson)

BDPA’s 31st National Conference Comes to Raleigh. The thirty-first national conference of BDPA ran from August 5 to 8 at the brand-new convention center in Raleigh, NC. As always, the event brought together African American IT pros from all parts of the country to network, talk shop and perhaps find new jobs.

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MOBeamer, 8/31/2009 (BDPA Charlotte)

My High School Programmers. On August 7th, 2009, 3 freshman and 2 sophomore students from Charlotte, NC faced a field of programmers. They made up the youngest team of African American students that competed in this years Annual BDPA High School Computer Competition. Regardless of age they had intentions of winning and they represented Charlotte very well, placing in the top 10 teams nationwide...

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WiredBranch Media, 8/13/2009 (Denise Tawwab)

“Social Media for Business” at BDPA Convention. To all the students who attended the “Social Media for Business” workshop at BDPA convention in Raleigh today, I had fun and appreciated all of your input and perspective on how you are using social media in your lives.

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YouTube, 8/10/2009 (2009 BDPA Conference)

This is a video review of the 2009 National BDPA Technology Conference held in Raleigh, NC. Video produced by Kevin Jones (Visual Propaganda).

SlideShare, 8/5/2009 (2009 BDPA Conference)

These are the presentations made at the 2009 National BDPA Technology Conference held in Raleigh NC.

2009 National BDPA Technology Conference Presentations

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YouTube, 8/4/2009 (2009 BDPA Conference)

Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology, 8/1/2009 (Joe McMahon, Rosalind Shaffer, Matthew Harvey)

Joe McMahon, Matthew Harvey, Rosalind Shaffer

BDPA Epsilon Awards Announced. The National Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) named three IT pros to receive its individual Epsilon awards for 2009. The awards are presented annually to IT pros who exemplify excellence among blacks in the industry. The career achievement award went to Joe McMahon, Sabre Systems; Rosalind Shaffer of Eli Lilly received the professional achievement award; and Matthew Harvey, also of Lilly, was recognized for his community service. The Epsilon awards were presented at the 2009 National BDPA Technology Conference in Raleigh, NC.

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National BDPA, 7/1/2009 (Yvette Graham, Wayne Hicks, Cecil Jones, Patricia Perkins, Mary Rushiago, Pam Sexton)

2009 Pre-Conference Highlights. National BDPA dedicated the Spring edition of the JOURNAL to the 2009 conference held in Raleigh, NC. There are great articles and other features about BDPA and the conference in this outstanding 54-page document.

2009 National BDPA Pre-Conference JOURNAL

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Diversity/Careers in Information Technology, 6/28/2009 (Denise Holland)

BDPA Plans for Its Best Conference Ever. Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA, http://www.bdpa.org/) plans an even more effective national technology conference this August. “Last year’s was the most successful yet, and we intend to exceed that,” says BDPA president Denise Holland.

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2009 BDPA Conference: Early Bird Registration Extended to 4/30/2009

Current information on 2009 BDPA Technology Conference