Business Courier of Cincinnati, 3/20/2001 (BrassRing)

BDPA Keeps BrassRing as Sponsor. The Cincinnati Chapter of Black Data Processing Associates retained BrassRing as one of its 13 corporate sponsors. BrassRing is a high-tech recruiting firm that produces more than 300 career events annually in 60 markets.

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ITworld, 12/22/2000 (Clifford Clarke, Steve Edmonson, Les Pearson, Carl Williams, George Williams)

Equity? "I have seen in certain situations, although the [white executives] try to disguise it, African American men and women and other minorities being dealt a little harsher treatment. I know they're held to different standards. I've seen two people with the same sales quotas, and all sorts of excuses were given for the non-minority not making his numbers, but when it came to the minority, they're saying "You should make that number.' Yet he was given the worst territory out there."


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ComputerWorld, 12/11/2000

Dabbling at Diversity. Vincent Estacio, 29, is an up-and-coming systems administrator at Sun Microsystems Inc. in Mountain View, Calif. In August, he graduated from a community-college-based program that trains minorities with IT potential, and now he's working full-time on Sun's systems migration team...



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Digital Divide Network, 12/4/2000 (BDPA Cincinnati)

BDPA Cincinnati Reaches Youth and Beyond. BDPA Cincinnati's mission is to become a member-focused organization that exists to provide professional development programs, services and community outreach to position our members at the forefront of the information technology industry. The BDPA Cincinnati was chartered in December 1989.

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SlideShare, 11/30/2000 (BDPA Cincinnati)

BDPA Joins ITEC Conference in Cincinnati OH. ITEC conferences are designed to display those cutting edge technologies that can and will help your company improve productivity and bottom line - through longer term vision in ITEC keynote presentations, real-world answers and applications in ITEC conference sessions, and productivity enhancing solutions available today on the ITEC exposition floor. BDPA Cincinnati chapter was a presenter at the ITEC Conference held on 11/30/2000 at the Cincinnati Convention Center. This is the .ppt presentation used during that presentation.

BDPA Joins ITEC Conference in Cincinnati OH

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Charlotte Business Journal, 10/23/2000 (First Union)

Investing in Computer Literacy. The pilot round of First Union Corp.'s eCommunitiesFirst initiative to raise computer and Internet literacy ended last week with 80% of the 550 people enrolled completing their classes ... In the pilot, that has meant the city of Charlotte, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, BDPA-Information Technology Thought Leaders, UJAMMA, and University Park Baptist Church. But she says that the response has already been so strong that First Union is considering additional partners in Charlotte.

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Compuware Press Room, 10/4/2000 (Peter Karmanos, Kenneth Stephen Burnley)

Compuware Team Takes First Place in National Black Data Processing Associates High School Competition. Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) announced today that the Detroit Public Schools' team captured first place in both the computer programming and the web design competitions in the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) High School Computer Competition. The Detroit team, consisting of four local high school students, received the highest score in the history of the competition, compiling 244 points of a possible 272.

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SlideShare, 9/5/2000 (Stephen Clayton, Quinton Green, Ian Kerman, Veronica Taylor)

Compuware and BDPA Detroit: Success Story in 2000. This is an overview of the success experienced by Compuware with BDPA Detroit chapter's youth education program in 2000. The highlight of the year was a gold medal victory at the 2000 national BDPA high school computer competition (HSCC) championships.

Compuware and BDPA Detroit: Success Story in 2000

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SlideShare, 9/5/2000 (Eric Powell)

National BDPA Internship Program. Eric Powell served as the national BDPA Internship Program coordinator back in 2000. His mission was to transition the strong internship program created by our Chicago chapter to a national platform. This is presentation that Eric made to national BDPA leadership team on 9/5/2000.

National BDPA Student Internship Program Overview (2000)

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SlideShare, 8/1/2000 (Michael Holman Sr.)

Banking Convergence Domestic And Global Systems. These are the slides used for workshop presentation that Michael Holman Sr. made at the 2000 National BDPA Technology Conference in Washington DC.

Banking Convergence Domestic And Global Systems

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ComputerWorld, 6/15/2000 (National BDPA)

Career Counsel. I have always maintained that the most important aspect of IT is the people. The technology is just a tool by which management furthers the interests of the business and enhances shareholder value based on knowledge gained from the data that they are able to turn into useful information. If we are to believe what we read about a shortage of individuals with IT skills, it appears that one of the most vexing problems that CIOs and their staff are having is the ability to recruit and retain people. Add to this the push for developing some level of diversity (other than H-1B candidates) throughout the enterprise. What advice would you give to CIOs who are looking to increase the level of diversity within their organizations? And is diversity something that CIOs are concerned about?


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Exodus Online, 5/19/2000 (Renee McClure)

Internet Access for African-Americans will be Forever Free with NowFree.net from Diverse News Network. Diverse News Network, Inc. announced the launch of NowFree.net the company's free Internet access service providing FREE unlimited Internet access both dial-up and XDSLTM service (where available) to people throughout North America beginning on June 1, 2000. DNN, a company co-created by two-time EMMY Award winner Bill McCreary, formerly of WNYW Fox-5 in New York City will be working to close the digital divide by providing content and services that will inform, educate and empower people of African descent...

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University of Washington News, 4/20/2000 (Ann Robinson)

Making life compute: Volunteers spend weekends helping minority students learn computing skills at the University of Washington. Since January, volunteers with Black Data Processing Associates, a national non-profit organization, have been meeting with local high school and middle school students, providing them with a forum in which to nurture computer skills. The students are designing Web pages, programming in VISUAL BASIC, learning various hardware and software applications and gaining in-depth knowledge about the history of computing. Progress has often been remarkable, says Ann Robinson, founder of the local BDPA chapter.

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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, 2/16/2000 (Fred Pennington)

Fort Wayne, Ind., Group Hosts Computer Competition. The local Black Data Processing Associates chapter is hoping to host its first regional student competition this year. Officials with the group say some of the students it is training are likely to shine in that spotlight...

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Business Courier of Cincinnati, 2/11/2000 (BDPA Cincinnati)

Black Family Tech Week kicks off locally Feb. 13. Black Family Technology Awareness Week kicks off in Cincinnati on Feb. 13, and runs until Feb. 17. Sessions include High Tech Sunday, at area churches; Family Tech Night, Feb. 15; Software Applications of the Home and Small Business, Feb. 16; and Internet Day, Feb. 17. The event, which is...


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ComputerWorld, 1/30/2000 (Curvie Burton, Yvonne Sharpe, Joe Thompson, George Williams)

Beyond the Racial Ravine. How can the information technology profession close the gap between affluent people and impoverished members of minority groups with little exposure to technology or opportunity to move into the field? One organization working toward that goal is Black Data Processing Associates (www.bdpa.org) in Largo, Md., a leading organization of African-American IT professionals. We invited four top BDPA officials to discuss their work with Allan E. Alter and Martine Severin...

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ComputerWorld, 1/27/2000 (Clifford Clarke, Steve Edmonson, Les Pearson, George Williams)

Workplace Diversity. The numbers don't lie -the percentage of African Americans in senior management positions doesn't come close to reflecting their representation in American society. Here's why...

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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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