SlideShare, 11/15/1999 (Wayne Hicks)

Y2K and You. This is slideshow used during Nov 1999 program meeting hosted by BDPA Cincinnati chapter. The topic, "Year 2000 and You" was popular at the time. The presenter was Wayne Hicks. We learned a few months later that Y2K was much ado about nothing.

Y2K and You

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Microsoft Press Room, 11/1/1999 (Kristi Torgrimson, Ian Heisser, George Williams, Santiago Rodriguez, Pat Coleman, Chester Grice)

Microsoft, BDPA Reach Out to Minority Communities. When Kristi Torgrimson started participating in a computer training camp at Microsoft in preparation for a national high-school computer competition sponsored by Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), she was a pretty quiet kid. But it wasn't long before her instructors began to see changes in Kristi. Over the course of two summer sessions, she became more outgoing, more confident, and she even obtained a high-school internship at Microsoft. Kristi has twice been selected to be one of four students on the team representing the Seattle BDPA Chapter at the national competition. She still keeps in touch with one of her Microsoft instructors -- by e-mail, of course.

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BDPA Washington DC, 8/11/1999 (Jimm Middleton)

Microsoft Supports BDPA-DC. BDPA-DC, a chapter in the country's premier Information Technology organization - BDPA Information Technology Thought Leaders, announces the receipt of a significant software donation from Microsoft Corp. Through its Federal Systems division, Microsoft donated software valued more than $13,000. The donated software includes the latest version of its popular Microsoft Office 2000 suite, which includes word processing, spreadsheet and graphics packages, as well as Microsoft Encarta Africana Reference Suite.

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The Black Collegian Online, 6/30/1999 (George Williams)

Information Technology, a Booming Career Now and into the Future. If you seek a career that offers plenty of intellectual stimulation, professional challenge and excellent earning potential, you need not look any further than Information Technology. Careers in Information Technology are "hot" and will continue to be in great demand well into the next century...

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AllBusiness.com, 6/1/1999 (Ann Robinson)

Linking diversity initiatives: a high-tech network in Seattle is causing a positive chain. "I think employers are comparing notes during the meetings, but it's happening on a very informal level," says Ann Robinson, an organizational advisor, people focus team for the computing and network operations of The Boeing Co. "It's not the main reason employers choose to get involved with the PTDN, but when you get several HR professionals together, they're bound to start talking about their work." Robinson also serves as a volunteer leader of the Seattle Chapter of the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) and says the different professional organizations have benefited from the PTDN in several different ways.

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Business Courier of Cincinnati, 5/31/1999 (Wayne Hicks)

BDPA's goal: computer literacy for minority kids. Acting on the premise that African-American teenagers don't get enough exposure to computers, the local chapter of Black Data Processing Associates has taken matters into its own hands. The group is sponsoring a 12-week high school computer camp for minority students that will culminate in a regional competition at Bowling Green State University June 12.

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SlideShare, 1/15/1999 (Gina Billings, Wayne Hicks)

Corporate Advisory Council Information Session. BDPA Cincinnati chapter provided an overview of the organization's corporate sponsorship program to the Cincinnati-area Corporate Advisory Council in 1999. BDPA Cincinnati chapter president Wayne Hicks and president-elect Gina Billings made the presentation.

BDPA Cincinnati Corporate Advisory Council Overview (1999)

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Business Courier of Cincinnati, 12/28/1998

Black Info Tech Group Boosts Computer Legacy. The new year will mark a new beginning for an area information technology organization. Wayne Hicks, director of the Covington Internal Revenue Service Center, is leading the revival of the Cincinnati chapter of Black Data Processing Associates Information Technology Thought Leaders. The group's mission: to help Cincinnatians interested in staying on the cutting edge of information technology and promoting the industry among the African American community.

"The fear is that if we don't do all that we can do to embrace information technology that we will miss that revolution and not be a part of it," Hicks said.

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Black Enterprise, 3/1/1998 (George Williams)

Creating a Human IT Network. What's in a name? Plenty, if you're the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), a 23-year-old organization dedicated to building a professional development network among members in computer technology and related fields. A lot has changed since this amalgamation of black information technology professionals started its first chapter in 1975--even its name. In deference to the changing times, and to foster a better public understanding of the group's focus, in 1996, the BDPA became the BDPA--Information Technology Thought Leaders.

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Network World, 10/13/1997 (Willie Fields, Sheila McCaskill, Yvonne Sharpe, George Williams)

Diversity Disconnect, Part 2. Second in a two-part series on diversity in network IS. Part 1, which ran last week, examined the factors that caused the diversity problem. This installment focuses on how to remedy the situation...

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Network World, 10/6/1997 (Curvie Burton, Rudy Duke, Earl Pace, Jesse Rodgers, Yvonne Sharpe, George Williams, Anne York)

Diversity Disconnect, Part 1. Jesse Rodgers had been standing watch over LANs at paper products magnate James River Corp. for more than 11 years, so he knew his network skills were sharp. He was confident senior IT management would promote him from net supervisor to network manager, even considered it a formality. After all, he already was responsible for key e-mail, Internet connectivity, server administration and other network services. His only competition was a project manager who, although he had a year or two of seniority, lacked comparable network skills...

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Black Enterprise, 3/1/1997 (Jylla Foster)

Using Technology to Enhance Your Business. Technology touches all aspects of society but it's also affecting business -- and the way businesses do business -- like never before. For some companies, it's breaking down barriers and creating opportunities. Others are finding that it's the culprit behind a competitor's ability to capture more market share.

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Communique, 4/1/1996 (Tony Adams, Diane Davis, Millicent Fuller, Michael McCrimmon, Kathy Procope, Paul Seabrook, George Williams, Vivian Wilson)

Communique, A BDPA Executive Committee Newsletter. It is an honor and a privilege to serve as your National President. I look forward to meeting each BDPA member on line and at our National Conference in Atlanta! I will certainly be there. Will you? Last February, the first quarter Board of Directors Meeting was held in "Silicon Valley", California. Appropriately named, it is a unique valley of amazing people, buildings and technology. Some amazing BDPA members played host for the meeting. I thank everyone in the Silicon Valley and Bay Area chapters for their efforts that made the Board meeting a memorable occasion. My gratitude to everyone that contributed to a successful meeting. As we start our 21st year, I sense that a fresh spirit has blown into BDPA.

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Black Enterprise, 3/15/1996 (Ollie Morgan)

Riding the Information Superhighway: the Internet is Great for Retrieving Information, But Can It Help Businesses Drum Up Clients and Boost Sales? Stephen Jackson's first encounter with theinformation superhighway is typical of most entrepreneurs'. It was five years ago, when he started Jackson & Jackson Management Plus Inc., a company that leased full-time employees to technical and professional firms (i.e., doctors, lawyers and accountants). Initially, Jackson and his staff used online services to send e-mail messages to each other.

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Toledo Blade, 5/22/1994 (Howard Abernathy, Bobby Baggett, Ron Conway, Maya Green, Mario Morgan, Ahmed Shaheer, Davon Taylor)

Toledo, Ohio

Toledo Students Win Competition. A team from Toledo won the annual Ohio-Connection Computer Competition held yesterday at Bowling Green University. Motherboard, the winning team from BDPA Toledo, edged a team from the Cleveland chapter by a point to finish first among eight teams. Motherboard members are students (Davon Taylor, Bobby Baggett, Mario Morgan, Maya Green and Ahmed Shaheer) and coaches (Ron Conway and Howard Abernathy).

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Black Enterprise, 2/15/1993 (Diane Davis)

What's new in high-tech careers? Imagine you're on your way to a business lunch, driving down the Santa Monica Freeway. Suddenly, you hear a beep. You take out the personal communicator tucked away in your pocket. It's a colleague telephoning from the New York office. Tomorrow's major report is due today. Plus it's for a client in Tokyo. Using the voice-activated dialer, you relay a fax memo to your assistant You take the handheld computer kept in the glove compartment and access the company's database to send the report overseas. Meanwhile, your computer-sensored car has maneuvered its way through traffic, bringing you safely to your destination...

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Amsterdam News, 8/17/1991 (Olumide Ajayi, Robert Ortega, Bola Oyedijo, Shawn Randall, Terri-Ann Smith)

High School Computer Whiz Kids Compete in National Tournament. Five local high school students will represent the city of New York in the fifth annual National High School Computer Competition. All five students are juniors at local high schools. Olumide Ajayi, Robert Ortega, Bola Oyedijo and Shawn Randall are all from Brooklyn Technical and Terri-Ann Smith attends Gorton High School.

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Amsterdam News: 1991 HSCC Team (New York)

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BDPA Insider, 11/1/1989 (Marvin Walker)

The BDPA Insider Special Edition

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