Dell Member Purchase Program: BDPA (April 2013)

It’s our pleasure to share Dell’s Member Promotion Program (MPP) communication for the month of April with BDPA members!

Dell Member Purchase Program: BDPA (Apr 2013) from Wayne Hicks

A few call-outs from Dell’s April flyer:

1. Double Your Discount is back from 4/4 – 4/30 
2. BlackBerry Z10 for Verizon Wireless - $50 discount by using coupon code: Z10SAVE50 plus a $50 Promo eGift Card , offer valid from 4/1-4/30 
3. Double Your Discount is back on Dell Electronic and Accessories – save 10% by using coupon code J7LDVZT3RL$89R, offer valid from 4/4 – 4/30

A'right BDPA folks ... here is how to shop:

1. Continue to Earn Rewards with Dell Advantage: Members can also earn 5% cash back with a Dell promo eGift Card and free 2nd day shipping on any purchase. Register now at: www.Dell.com/mpp/bdpaadvantage
2. Shop online at www.Dell.com/mpp/bdpa
3. Give Dell a call at (888) 243-9964 and reference Member ID: CS127235942 – please note that your member ID has changed.

Dell Member Purchase Program: BDPA (March 2013)

It’s our pleasure to share Dell’s Member Purchase Program's (MPP) March communications with our BDPA and BDPA Foundation supporters!

A few callouts from Dell’s March flyer:

1. Pick a Gift Promotion. Buy select PC’s $499.99 and pick a gift - offer valid from 3-4-13 to 4-3-13 and will be found on the MPP homepage
2. Companion offer. Buy systems over $783.99 and add an XPS 10 tablet for only $299.99 – offer valid from 3-4-13 to 3-28-13
3. XPS 8500 for $783.99, with an Intel i7, 8GB of memory, 1TB hard drive

Dell Member Purchase Program: BDPA (Mar 2013) from BDPA Foundation

How to shop:

• Continue to Earn Rewards with Dell Advantage: Employees can also earn 5% cash back with a Dell promo eGift Card and free 2nd day shipping on any purchase. Register now at: www.Dell.com/mpp/bdpaadvantage 
• Shop online at www.Dell.com/mpp/bdpa 
• Give us a call at 888-243-9964 and reference Member ID: CS127235942

Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help drive awareness of Dell’s Member Purchase Program to BDPA supporters.

Dell Discounts for BDPA Members (Jan 2013)

BDPA Education and Technology Foundation is very happy to bring this tangible member benefit to BDPA members around the nation. Great offers from Dell are available thru the Member Purchase Program.

How to shop:

• Enroll at [Advantage URL] to access great additional benefits
• Shop online at www.Dell.com/mpp
• Give Dell a call at 888-243-9964 and reference Member ID: CS127235942

Dell Member Purchase Program: BDPA (Jan 2013) from Wayne Hicks

Dell is highlighting its new products with “touch” capabilities. Our understanding is that the first 500 BDPA members (beginning 12/27) to purchase though the Member Purchase Program (MPP) will get an additional 10% off any PC by using Coupon Code: CRJBN3G3$?DCT$.

Secondly, we understand that BDPA members can double your rewards with Dell Advantage. Members that register for Dell Advantage can earn 10% back on a Dell promo eGift Card and free 2nd day shipping on any purchase until Jan 16th. After that it will return to the normal 5% back.

Also, MPP will be conducting a Clearance Event: Jan 3-7, 2013 – Simply log into the MPP website or call in during that time for more info regarding products and pricing.

Finally, the Quickly Decreasing Discount promotion will run Jan 14-16, 2013.

Dell Offers Member Purchase Program Deals for BDPA

It's hard to believe it is already December! One of the benefits of BDPA membership is the deep discounts that we get from Dell. Attached is our last discount flyer for 2012. This month Dell features the best price on its new tablet/convertible line up for you and your employees. You can also find a terrific discount on our All in One Desktop.

Days of Deals will be running through 12/10. This is an excellent opportunity for any employees looking to make some purchases for the holidays to take advantage of aggressively discounted products!

Dell Member Purchase Program: BDPA (Dec 2012) from Wayne Hicks

How to shop:

1. Enroll at www.dell.com/mpp/Advantage to access great additional benefits
2. Shop online at www.Dell.com/mpp
3. Give us a call at 888-243-9964 and reference Member ID: CS127235942

With the Holidays right around the corner, please continue to let BDPA know what we can do to best communicate these offers out to your employees! Thank you again for the support of all BDPA member benefits!

Dell to Give $5 Million for UT Social Innovation Competition

Dell Inc. is putting their money where their mouth is. The company gave $5 million to the University of Texas to expand a competition that encourages college students worldwide to come up with creative solutions to social problems.

The company already is the title sponsor for the Dell Social Innovation Competition. The competition is operated by UT's RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, which is part of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.

The competition focuses on how technology can address problems such as poverty, health issues and the environment. This year, there were nearly 1,500 applications from 85 countries.

In addition to the money — Dell's largest cash donation to UT — Dell executives have mentored students in the program.

"The expansion of the program that Dell's gift allows will really take this program to scale, reaching an estimated 20,000 students over the next five years, encouraging them not to just make their communities and the world a better place, but with business plans to take those dreams and turn it into reality," said Robert Hutchings, dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Donations like this one from Dell Inc. make me sorry that BDPA no longer has an active chapter in Austin, Texas. Of course, it also make me want to look again at submitting a grant proposal to the Dell Foundation!

Dell Foundation

The Dell Foundation, the corporate giving division of Dell Inc., is committed to contributing significantly to the quality of life in communities where Dell employees live and work. The Foundation supports innovative and effective programs that provide fundamental prerequisites to equip youth to learn and excel in a world driven by the digital economy.

The Foundation supports a wide range of programs that benefit children newborn to 18 years of age in Dell's principle US locations, and welcomes proposals from non-profit organizations that address the health and human services, the education, and the technology access for youth as described below.

Dell Foundation awards financial grants up to $5,000 in cash. BDPA has a long history with Dell. I think that this funding opportunity is good. Your chapter must be in one of the following counties to qualify for an Open Grant:

• In Idaho: Twin Falls County
  
• In North Carolina: Forsyth or Guilford County
  
• In Ohio: Butler County or Hamilton County
  
• In Oklahoma: Oklahoma County
  
• In Oregon: Douglas County
  
• In Tennessee: Wilson or Davidson County
  
• In Texas: Bell, McLennan, Travis or Williamson County

Please let me know if your chapter would like to partner with BETF on a joint grant proposal to the Dell Fdn. We operate on a first-come; first-served basis. Don't procrastinate.

BDPA Member Benefits: Dell Discounts (Oct 2008)

BETF-Blog Readers are encouraged to take advantage of discounts up to 28% on Dell computers and peripherals. This benefit for BDPA members is only available thru October 31.

Click here for a copy of the 1-page flyer. The flyer gets the BDPA Member ID necessary to access Dell website for this remarkable discount program.

Kudos to Eatonia Williams, National BDPA VP-Membership Management, for providing this tangible membership benefit.

What other benefits would you like to see BDPA provide for its members?

Increased Focus on Scholarships

BETF plans to create a $2,000,000 scholarship endowment in the near future!

BETF awarded nineteen scholarships in 2006 for high school students pursuing post-secondary education. The total value of the awards was $32,500 – a little over $1,700 per recipient. A major funding source for the 2006 scholarships was Bank of America.

The total value of the scholarships awarded by BETF in 2007 is $41,000 - a little over $1,500 per recipient. A major funding source for 2007 scholarships is Eli Lilly & Company.

In the past five years, the annual cost of a college education continues to rise with average costs for tuition, fees, room and board exceeding $12,000 for a four-year, public institution and $29,026 for a four-year, private institution per year.

Increasing cost of education = More students with greater financial need.

Assuming a 5% spending policy and reinvesting all remaining earnings, the BDPA Education & Technology Foundation (BETF) can confer $100,000 in awards annually, which will increase over time as the endowment grows. The new level of funding would be over three times what BETF is presently able to award to our deserving high school students.

Larry Quinlan is the BETF Director leading effort to develop a strategy to raise the $2 million for this scholarship endowment. Over time we expect that many individuals and corporations will support our efforts to increase the quantity of scholarships both in number and amout. In August 2007 we were blessed to have scholarship pledges from:

1. Dell - $5,000
2. State Farm Insurance - $5,000

Our hope is that others will make this move as well. You can donate immediately to the BETF Scholarship Fund using our secure online ClickandPledge.com process.

Do you have any suggestions or comments on how we can reach our scholarship funding goals?