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Showing posts with label Jacqueline Sanders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jacqueline Sanders. Show all posts
Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) honored and recognized four of America’s top and talented individuals at the 38th Annual National Technology Conference Gala at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia with an Individual PACEsetter Award.
Angie Jones received top recognition in Career Achievement as an experienced professional who achieved significant career accomplishments and made contributions throughout her career.
Jacqueline Sanders-Blackman
Jacqueline Sanders-Blackman (Technology Expresso) and Ashley Newly received the Community Service recognition for significant demonstration by meaningful results, strong partnership and collaboration with entities in the communities in which they reside.
And Stephanie Lampkin (CEO, Blendoor) received the Technology Excellence award for pioneering new or leveraging existing technology to solve a critical industry, business or technical problem.
Winners received a commemorative gift, a complimentary one-year BDPA membership and featured recognition among their peers as a BDPA Individual PACEsetter Award winner. For more details on the BDPA corporate sponsorship program, contact the corporate sales support team at (301) 584-3135 ext. 108 or corpsales@bdpa.org.
David Blackman and Jacqueline Sanders are the co-founders of Technology Expresso Cafe, a multimedia platform that promotes all aspects of the IT industry with a focus on BDPA programs, scholarships and services.
An Internet radio interview was conducted with BDPA Education and Technology Foundation executive director Wayne Hicks, however, due to technical difficulties, the show was never archived. David and Jacqueline were kind enough to post a complete transcript of the interview on their website.
The August 29th episode focused on two things. First, a number of BDPA Atlanta chapter leaders including Derrick Brown (chapter president), Felicia Jones (past president and incoming BDPA South Region director) and Josephine Reed (HSCC coordinator). They shared their experiences and observations from the recently concluded 2013 BDPA Technology Conference held in Washington DC. There was also information shared about the transition of leadership between Felicia and Derreck.
Dr. Craig Brown - National Vice President, BDPA - Dr. Craig Brown was elected to be National BDPA Vice President (2012-2013). He will work with incoming national president Monique Berry and the incoming regional officers to take BDPA to the next level. Dr. Brown has a 25 year career serving as an expert systems and database architect within leading technologies like Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, IBM and Microsoft. His experiences are more particular to the Enterprise Resource Planning, Decision Support and Relational Database Management Systems technologies. He earned over 20 certifications within these technological areas and currently provides implementation and integration expertise along with a variety of other technological disciplines. He holds a BS in Computer Science as well as a Master's in Business and a Doctorate in Management Information Systems. He has over 1 million followers on Twitter and thousands of followers on his Facebook page. Dr. Brown shared his vision for the future of BDPA with our BDPA iRadio Show audience. His twitter handle is @craigbrownphd
Beverly Allen - High School Computer Competition coordinator, BDPA Los Angeles - Beverly Allen has been the HSCC coordinator for our BDPA Los Angeles chapter for a number of years. She watched her son, Terell, participate in national HSCC championships in 2007-2009 before going off to college at Morehouse College. The computer camp program in Los Angeles is making remarkable progress under its leadership … including winning the bronze medal at the 2012 National HSCC championship. The 2013 computer camp program is underway with over 35 students. Beverly has a unique way to look at the BDPA Student Information Technology Education & Scholarship (SITES) program that will be of interest to BDPA-Nation. Her chapter's twitter handle is @bdpala
Jacqueline Sanders - VP, Education & Professional Development, BDPA Atlanta - Jacqueline is part of the BDPA Atlanta leadership team that is shaking up the nation. Her chapter won numerous honors at the 2012 national conference … and they have their eyes set on the largest prize of all – ‘Chapter of the Year’ – right now. A major part of that success can be found in the education and professional development programs that Jacqueline is providing for IT professionals in Atlanta. This includes an ambitious professional development boot camp. The boot camp provides an intense all-day interactive series of exercises to test and challenge participants soft skills. Participants leave with a personalized assessment, mentoring and a career roadmap. Her twitter handle is @RequirementsPro We hope you enjoy the insights and commentary on the show from each of these guests. Please take a moment to post a comment to let us know that you care!
I tend to believe that BDPA Atlanta is a frontrunner for the 'Chapter of the Year' award that will be given out on August 17, 2013 in Washington DC. If it happens then it will be the result of some remarkable volunteer leaders. Please share some love with the 2013 BDPA Atlanta chapter board of directors!
A Call for Speakers is now open for the BDPA Professional Development Webinar Series.They are seeking presenters who are willing to share their experience and expertise with the BDPA community in Project Management, Business Analysis, Technical Development, Networking, Hardware, Software, Leadership, and IT Entrepreneurial topics. Speakers are asked to provide a 45-minute PowerPoint presentation with an additional 10 minutes of Q&A during the webinar.
If you are interested in participating as a webinar speaker, please submit the following:
A paragraph describing your topic and your experience in the area of your topic
The title for your presentation
Two or three specific points that webinar participants will get from the presentation that are applicable to their jobs or career development
A photo (optional)
Preferred month to give your presentation. Whether you prefer a lunch hour (11:45am - 1:00pm) or after work (6:30 - 7:45pm) webinar time slot. Webinars will be held at least two times throughout the week, the days of the week are flexible at this time.
Your contact information (name, title, employer, email address, phone number, and mailing address)
Your submission will be evaluated along with others that have been submitted and you will be notified of an available date and time slot. As a webinar speaker, you will receive a BDPA appreciation certificate and a thank you gift via mail after delivery of your presentation.
This is an opportunity to expose your professional expertise to co-workers, potential clients, or potential employers. It also lets you hone your presentation skills and articulate the work you do. BDPA seeks seasoned speakers as well as first time public speakers.
Once your presentation is accepted, you will be contacted and a BDPA representative will walk you through the preparation process. BDPA will publicize your presentation to their national membership. There will be a practice session utilizing the webinar application and a moderator will be available to manage the webinar session during your presentation.
For more information or to submit your topic, please contact National BDPA professional development manager Jacqueline Sanders.
Are you interested in presenting an information technology topic via webinar to a worldwide audience? If so, check out this message from Jacqueline K. Sanders:
As manager of education and professional development for BDPA, I am always looking for good speakers for the BDPA Professional Development Webinar Series and for industry whitepapers that are ready for publication. Contact me if you are interested or forward this message to someone that might be interested.
A Call for Speakers is now open for the BDPA Professional Development Webinar Series. We seek presenters willing to share their experience and expertise with the BDPA community in Project Management, Business Analysis, Technical Development, Networking, Hardware, Software, Quality Assurance, Process Improvement, Software Methodologies/Tools,Leadership, and IT Entrepreneurial topics. Speakers are asked to provide a 45-minute PowerPoint presentation with an additional 10 minutes of Q&A during the webinar.
I am very pleased to see BDPA stepping up their game with professional development programs designed to advance the careers of African Americans in the IT industry. I encourage you to share your thoughts on this new webinar series!
