BDPA Conference Workshops: Leadership Track

BDPA strives to advance the careers of African Americans in the IT industry. It is important for all BDPA members and supporters to grow their leadership skills. The upcoming 30th annual BDPA Technology Conference in Atlanta GA provides some excellent workshops designed to improve your leadership skills.

Here are some details on the workshops:

Aligning Technology with Business Objectives - Workshop Presenter: Valerie Hayes & Noreen Cohen-White - Technology Leaders Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at 1:30 PM EST - Room: Techwood

• This lecture is designed to share best practices and experiences for gaining an understanding of your organization's business and aligning technology with business objectives.

Business Intelligence - Implementing a BI Competency Center - Workshop Presenter: Krishna Sinanan, U.S. Commercial BI Team Lead - Monsanto Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 8:30 AM EST - Room: Spring

• Seminar will present an overview of Business Intelligence and provide guidelines for setting up a BICC.

Chapter Building Workshop: Selling BDPA - Workshop Presenter: Wayne Hicks, Executive Director - BDPA Education & Technology Foundation Friday, August 08, 2008 at 8:30 AM EST - Room: Spring

• 'Selling BDPA' will give tips and techniques that can be put to use immediately in areas such as marketing, corporate sales, membership growth and fundraising.

Chapter Building Workshop: Finance - Workshop Presenter: Abe Joseph, Jr., BDPA Vice President of Finance - BDPA National Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at 10:15 AM EST - Room: Spring

• This workshop is designed to inform new and experienced chapter financial leaders the importance of their fiduciary responsibilities to ensure that the chapter financial operations are in compliance with BDPA by-laws, IRS regulations and GAAP.

Effectively Partnering with Corporate Supplier Diversity - Workshop Presenter: Shelderick E. Bailey, Vice President - JP Morgan Chase Friday, August 08, 2008 at 10:15 AM EST - Room: Spring

• Understand the integration of technology tools to support the Supplier Diversity process.

Globalization, Capacity Building and BDPA - The IT Corp Response - Workshop Presenters: Dr. Demo Solaru, Principal - ProviderGateway, Inc & Norman Mays, Founder Cleveland Chapter Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 10:15 AM EST - Room: Spring

• An interactive discussion will take place around, globalization, capacity building and the proposed BDPA IT Corp

Introduction to Leadership Excellence - Workshop Presenter: Curvie L Burton, founding member of the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at 1:30 PM EST - Room: Spring

• Workshop participants will be introduced to the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF), its vision, mission and commitment to developing 21^st Century leaders.

Leading through Organizational Change - Workshop Presenter: Roderick L. King, Regional Vice President, Medicare Provider Outreach & Education - WellPoint Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at 8:30 AM EST - Room: Spring

• Participants will have the opportunity to learn about issues and challenges at the forefront of the healthcare debate, a discussion of Leadership vs. Management and how to lead successfully.

Leveraging the IT-Business Partnership - Workshop Presenter: Phillip Earl, Project Manager - Allstate Friday, August 08, 2008 at 1:30 PM EST - Room: Spring

• This presentation explores the areas in which the IT-Business partnership is most critical to the success of the business and the IT area supporting the business.

Significant Business Results - Workshop Presenter: Franne McNeal, Significant Business Results Coach - HR Energy Friday, August 08, 2008 at 3:15 PM EST - Room: Techwood

• This interactive session will help you set, communicate, implement and track goals.
  Participants receive (a) profitability assessment; 5 questions to gain results; 5 ways to improve decision making; and significant business results action plan.

Technology Transfer in the Global Economy - Workshop Presenter: Kimberly Green, Entrepreneur and Owner - ADKG Worldwide, Inc. Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 1:30 PM EST - Room: Spring

• The audience will be able to actively participate in a case study to discuss why some companies will succeed and some will fail in the current global environment.

I am curious to learn two things from those of you that have read this far. First, do you have any comments on the Leadership track of workshops? Second, do you plan to attend the 2008 national BDPA conference this year? What say u?