Technology Expresso: Josie's FIT STEAM Relay Challenge

Josephine Reed has been an active volunteer with BDPA Atlanta chapter for a number of years. Currently, she serves as the director of the chapter's Student Information Technology Education & Scholarship (SITES) program. In that role she has provided guidance that resulted in over $10,000 of college scholarship funds being earned by BDPA Atlanta chapter students over the past few years.

Josie was the featured guest on Technology Expresso Cafe' podcast where she was interviewed by David Blackman and Jacqueline Sanders.

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In her role as SITES directory, Josie attends all director meetings to discuss program curriculum and competition rules. As a board member, she work with the leadership team to develop and coordinate course objectives and program schedule with other instructors. She recruits instructors and students to participate in the program and works within the community to find sponsorship for the program.

Her passion to work with today's youth and exposing them to environments and experiences they otherwise may have never known, has been one of the best experiences in her life. As such, it is not a surprise to learn that Josie created an innovative idea that combines brain power and fitness for what promises to be an entertaining afternoon. The 'FIT STEAM Relay Challenge' is designed with the intention of engaging middle and high school students in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education in an environment that promotes physical fitness. The students participating in the relay race will have many supporters cheering them on as they compete in front of their family, friends and peers.

We encourage our blog readers to find ways to support the event! Frankly, we want you to also make a secure online donation in support of the BDPA Atlanta chapter SITES program. Click here to 'make it so'! Here is the link to the actual Evite.

Technology Expresso Cafe': Dr. Craig Brown (February 6, 2014)

National BDPA president Dr. Craig Brown joins the folks at the Technology Expresso Cafe' to share his update on the 2014 events and changes. He broadcasts a call to action for current, future and past members who have been affiliated or benefited or hope to benefit from this 39-year old association of African American information technology professionals.

Dr. Brown seeks to lead BDPA to the next level of organization success as part of his 2014-2015 vision. Enjoy the interview!

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Tech Expresso Cafe': BDPA Atlanta Chapter Kickoff for 2014 Computer Camp

Technology Expresso Cafe' Internet radio show continues to break new ground. The show went outside of the studio for a field trip to Morehouse College in effort to showcase the students, sponsors, volunteers and leaders who participated in the Student Information Technology Education & Scholarship (SITES) program.

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BDPA Atlanta chapter has provided meaningful science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) experiences to hundreds of young people in the past. This webcast provided all of us an opportunity to learn about the magic of the youth training programs implemented by BDPA Atlanta and 45 local BDPA chapters around the nation.

Please enjoy the webcast!

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Tech Expresso Cafe: BDPA South Region Director Felicia Jones (Dec 17, 2013)

BDPA South Region director Felicia Jones has worked for 17 years in the IT industry ... most recently with Macy's Inc.  She led a team of volunteers over the past two years (2012-2013) to revolutionize the programs and services delivered by our BDPA Atlanta chapter.  She moves forward in the next two years (2014-2015) as a regional director responsible for the growth and development of 19 local BDPA chapters in the southern area of our country.  Also, Felicia is the president of the Next Level Technology Foundation ... a recently-created organization focused on fundraising to support BDPA Atlanta chapter.

Felicia used this podcast interview to review the successes over the past two years as well her vision for the future of both the BDPA South Region and Next Level Technology Foundation.

We hope you enjoy this podcast!

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Tech Expresso Cafe: National BDPA President-Elect Dr. Craig Brown (Dec 12, 2013)

National BDPA president-elect Dr. Craig Brown shares his vision for BDPA as he takes over the presidency for 2014-2015. The main thrust of his vision is to transform the organization to make it more relevant for our members, sponsors and community. Many refer to this strategic direction as 'BDPA 2.0'. Craig shares some of the specific ideas and concepts that will take place over the coming weeks and month with the Tech Expresso Cafe podcast audience.

We hope you enjoy this podcast!

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Blacks In Technology Podcast #47: 'How To Raise a Coder'

Blacks In Technology (BIT) is an organization whose focus is to increase visibility, increase participation and change the perceptions of African Americans in the technology field. They host regular podcasts to showcase technologists and engineers.

The 47th podcast in the series is geared towards parents of young people who are engaged in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. The title of BIT Tech Talk #47 is "How To Raise a Coder".



BDPA Education and Technology Foundation is proud to share this podcast with those in our cyber-sphere of influence!

Tech Expresso Cafe Podcast: BDPA Atlanta Chapter President Derrick Brown (Dec 5, 2013)

Derrick Brown, BDPA Atlanta chapter president, was the guest on the Tech Expresso Cafe podcast produced by BDPA members David Blackman and Jacqueline Sanders. The discussion focused on the vision that Derrick has for BDPA Atlanta chapter as it enters into the new year. BDPA Atlanta chapter is the 4th largest chapter in the nation and it has some remarkable programs, scholarships and services. Enjoy the podcast:

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We invite all BDPA stakeholders to enjoy the podcast!

Blacks In Technology Podcast #45: Joshua Hoskins (Appirio)

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BDPA seeks to support all efforts to advance the careers of African Americans in the IT industry from the classroom to the boardroom. One way that we do so is be broadening awareness of the brothers and sisters who are silently becoming rock stars in the IT industry. Many of these unheralded rock stars are being interviewed by the folks over at Blacks In Technology.

In this podcast, Joshua Hoskins talks about his journey to becoming a salesforce.com consulting MVP. Joshua shares valuable tips on driving your career, taking risks, starting his own company, relationship management, life hacking, work-life balance and how to get a job offer while attending Dreamforce. He even gets in some nitty gritty details of data modeling on cloud platforms! Tune in because won’t want to miss this podcast!



Joshua has been using computers since he was four years-old. He began writing code in the 5th grade. He was 'Director of Information Technology' by the age of 22. While being extremely passionate about Customer Relationship Management & Application Development he lives to build reliable, robust and scalable solutions just about anything you can think of.

Tech Expresso Cafe: 'Greg Greenlee, Founder of Blacks In Technology' (November 19, 2013)

Greg Greenlee, Owner and Founder of Blacks In Technology (BIT), was the guest on the Tech Expresso Cafe podcast produced by BDPA members David Blackman and Jacqueline Sanders. The discussion focused on the vision that Mr. Greenlee has BIT, its role in the community, upcoming programs and activities and the information technology content generated by BIT subscribers.

We invite all BDPA stakeholders to enjoy the podcast!

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Tech Expresso Cafe: Monique Berry (National BDPA)

National BDPA president Monique Berry shares her experience being a women in the information technology industry. She also lets the Tech Expresso Cafe podcast audience know about her experience over the last couple of years as the penultimate leader of a major national technology organization. Finally, we find out what's next for Monique Berry.

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Blacks In Technology Podcast #32: Ronnie Hash (Ubisoft)

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Soulclap to Greg Greenlee (Blacks In Technology) for continuing his tradition of creating podcasts that help each of us advance our careers within the IT industry. On the following audio podcast, Greg sits down with Ubisoft development operations engineer Ronnie Hash to talk about the Cloud, CouchDB, MongoDB, Puppet configuration manager, DevOps, upcoming technology-related conferences and the mysterious happenings of the PidginIM client.

Blacks In Technology Podcast #22: Sian Morson (Kollective Mobile)

We are very grateful to Greg Greenlee for his consistent efforts to provide us with greater insights into the technological genius of our time ... especially those of African descent. Greg does this with regular pod-casts that are published on the Blacks In Technology (BIT) website. A recent BIT podcast featured Sian Morson (CEO/Founder, Kollective Mobile)

Blacks In Technology Podcast #22 - Sian Morson

Sian Morson is a digital veteran and mobile evangelist who has been working in the interactive and digital fields since 1999. A project manager by trade, Sian moved through the ranks at some of the top advertising agencies in the world including Tribal DDB, Draft/FCB and McCann Erickson. She has managed the development of web properties and bleeding edge campaigns for international brands such as Philips, Coca-Cola and Aviva. She made the transition to mobile in early 2006 and hasn’t looked back. Sian formed Kollective Mobile, a mobile development agency, in 2010 and is a strong advocate for the early adoption of mobile across all platforms.

Sian has lectured, and written about mobile and its influence on such disparate sectors as art, small business, and the African American community. She is a regular contributor to Politic365 where she covers mobile and technology.

An internationally exhibited video-artist, Sian’s work centers on the topics of sex, race, and of course, technology. She holds a BFA in Film & Television from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MA in Electronic Arts from Middlesex University in London.

Most recently, Sian has hosted a panel on Art & Technology at the Festival of New Black Imagination’s inaugural event. Sian is consults regularly with start-ups on their mobile strategy and is available for speaking engagements.

Blacks In Technology Podcast #2: Kai Dupe' (Where Are The Blacks in Technology?)

This blog seeks to support the efforts of the Blacks In Technology folks as they interview remarkable IT professionals of color.

In this podcast Greg Greenlee spoke with Kai Dupe' back in November 2010.  Kai is a technical trainer and software development consultant with over 25 years of experience. He is also a educational technology doctoral student at Pepperdine University researching the lack of African American males in the information technology field. Kai is focused on technology integration in urban schools as well as societal digital equity issues and the educational failures of African American males. He utilizes his life lessons as well as his educational experiences expertise and skills to develop software for businesses large and small as well as promote technology integration in American schools, and encourage African Americans to participate in the digital society via workshops, seminars and speaking engagements.

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Kai is frequently featured on this blog and he has his own blog under the title, “Where Are the Blacks in Technology?” You can follow Kai on Twitter - @KaiDupe

Blacks In Technology Podcas #1: Anthony Hall (Rose of Education)

BDPA seeks to 'win the future' by advancing the careers of African Americans in the information technology (IT) industry from the classroom to the boardroom. Another organization that has a similiar mission is Blacks In Technology (BIT) co-founded by BDPA Cincinnati chapter member Greg Greenlee and Ron Hash. It is a growing community of nubians from all over the nation who have agreed to network and support each other.

BIT provides a regular podcast featuring a prominent person of African descent in the IT industry. In this episode of the Blacks In Technology podcast Greg and Ronnie chat with Anthony Hall - founder of The Rose of Education. The Rose of Education is investigating the use of language to develop new technologies for communications, education, energy, security, defense, propulsion, automotive and robotics.

Listen now to an interview originally posted on November 23, 2010:

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Podcast: 'Going Geek is the New Chic'

Soulclap to BDPA Detroit TAC blog for providing us with podcast of workshop entitled, 'Going Geek is the New Chic'. This workshop was conducted by Milt Haynes, past National BDPA president, at the 2008 National BDPA Technology Conference held in Atlanta GA.



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