The BDPA Insider - May 22, 2011
What better way to start the day than
with your weekly message from BDPA!
In this issue:
BDPA National Conference Career Fair
Registration Now Open
Mobility Showdown (iPhone vs Android) from
bdpalosangeles on
Vimeo.
National BDPA Webinar: 'Organizational Risk Management' - June 1, 2011 @ 7:00 PM
EST
Eli Lilly Scholarship for BDPA Students, Deadline: July 1, 2011
bdpatoday – May 2011Digital Edition
Seeking TECHie Camp Instructors in Cincinnati, Dallas and Philadelphia
Health Care Service Corporation, 5/21/2011 (National BDPA)
Ask Not What The iPad Can Do for You, Ask What You Can Do for The iPad
Take Five: Ricardo Wilkins (Columbus)
Malware attack on Mac OS X
2011 National BDPA
Conference Registration Now Open
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BDPA
National Conference Career Fair Registration Now Open
Are you taking your career in a new direction?
...or are you just entering the workforce?
...or are you undecided about your career path?
Then this EXPO is for you!!
August 5-6, 2011
Chicago Hilton
720 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
Click
here to download the Career Fair Flyer to give to a friend:
http://www.bdpa.org/resource/resmgr/2011_National_Conference/2011Flyeronly.pdf
Click here
to register for the Friday event:
http://www.bdpa.org/event/Career_Expo_Friday
Click here
to register for the Saturday event:
http://www.bdpa.org/event/Career_Expo_Saturday
Mobility Showdown (iPhone vs Android) from
bdpalosangeles on
Vimeo.
National BDPA Webinar: 'Organizational Risk Management' - June 1, 2011 @ 7:00 PM
EST
National BDPA 2Q11 National Program Meeting
Disaster and Your Organizational Readiness
Organizational Risk Management
Featuring
Dr. Linda Hunt King, PhD.
President/CEO of Hunt-King & Associates, Inc. and
Firestorm Principal
The 9/11 Commission concluded that the United States was
not prepared for disasters.
America’s experiences in Katrina and other natural disasters like the flooding
we are now experiencing have reinforced this conclusion, and a renewed sense of
urgency exists for creating a national culture of preparedness. Is your
organization prepared?
Click here for more:
http://betf.blogspot.com/2011/05/national-bdpa-webinar-organizational.html
Eli Lilly Scholarship for BDPA Students, Deadline: July 1, 2011
The BDPA Education and Technology Foundationis proud to
open up the application periodfor any graduating high school student or current
college student interested in the2011 Eli Lilly and Company Scholarship
for BDPA Students!
The purpose of the Lilly/BDPA Scholarship is to recognizeoutstanding minority
students, with an interest in information technology, who make significant
contributions to society.Applicants must excel academically, show
exceptional leadership potential, and make an impact on theircommunities
through service to others.
Click here for more:
http://betf.blogspot.com/2011/05/eli-lilly-scholarship-for-bdpa-students.html
bdpatoday – May 2011Digital Edition
IT Career Fairs | CYBER & STEM talent acquisition
Click here for more:
http://tinyurl.com/bdpatoday052211
Seeking TECHie Camp Instructors in Cincinnati, Dallas and Philadelphia
We arestill looking for Techie Camp instructorswilling to
earn $1,000 for a week's worth of work with some 3rd-8th graders.
- Cincinnati -1 instructor,
web development (3rd-5th graders)
- Dallas- 4 instructors, web
development and programming (3rd-5th graders)
- Philadelphia- 2
instructors, web development and programming (5th-8th graders)
Interested?
Apply Immediately--http://techcorps.org/jobs/99-techie-camp-instructor
Click here for more:
http://betf.blogspot.com/2011/05/seeking-techie-camp-instructors-in.html
Health Care
Service Corporation, 5/21/2011 (National BDPA)
Diversity. Our employees are the cornerstone
of our business and our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities we
serve. Ongoing efforts are made to attract, develop and engage our diverse pool
... Key components of diversity and inclusion (D&I) at HCSC include: Employee
resource groups (ERGs) – These are voluntary, employee driven groups that
support diversity and inclusion goals. These include: African Americans in
Motion, Asian American Resource Group,Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA),
Europa, HCSC Pride Alliance, In-Abled, Latinos for Advancement, Supporters of
Military Veterans, Voices of Diversity and Women Improving the Strength of the
Enterprise (WISE).
Click here for more:
http://www.hcsc.com/diversity.html
Ask Not What The iPad Can Do for You, Ask What You Can Do for The iPad
by Kai Dupe May 15, 2011
Recently Congressman Jessie Jackson Jr. blamed the iPad for
American unemployment. Jackson stated the iPad is "probably responsible for
eliminating thousand of American jobs." I don't doubt that is a true statement.
My response is so. The personal computer is responsible for eliminating
thousands of jobs. The same is true of devices such as self-check out kiosks in
grocery stores and ATM machines in banks. Cashiers and bank tellers lost their
jobs!
This is what technology does. But it is only one side of the equation. Such
was also the case during the industrial age and the agricultural age before
that. Jackson expanded on his statement by saying "Why do you need to go to
Borders anymore? Why do you need to go to Barnes and Noble? Just buy an iPad
and download your book, download your newspaper, download your magazine."
Click here for more:
http://whereareblacksintechnology.blogspot.com/2011/05/recently-congressman-jessie-jackson-jr.html
Take Five: Ricardo Wilkins (Columbus)
Ricardo Wilkinsis a member of our BDPA Columbus chapter.
He has been a frequent workshop presenter at local and national level. Ricardo
has been involved with the training of the high school computer competition
(HSCC) team that represented Columbus, Ohio in the past few national BDPA HSCC
championships. It is worth noting that his team was the most improved last year
... moving up 10 spots in the national rankings from2009to 2010.
We are pleased that Ricardo agreed to participate in ourTake Five
interview series.
Click here for more:
http://betf.blogspot.com/2011/05/take-five-ricardo-wilkens-columbus.html
Malware attack on Mac OS X
Posted by Ricardo Wilkins on21May2011
Recently,Wired Magazine (UK) posted an article regarding a
malware attack on the Mac OS X platform. I couldn’t resist commenting on
this article, since as many know I've been known tobad mouth Apple
productsfrom time to time. :) But this one was particularly interesting
because it reminded of a post I wrote about three years ago.
My favorite part of the article says:
It's an urban myth among many that
the Apple's OS X operating system is immune, or at least highly resistant, to
viruses and malware. In reality that's not necessarily true. Virus creators tend
not to target the Mac ecosystem simply because of its low market share in
comparison to Windows, and that's changing as OS X becomes more and more
popular.
Click here for more:
http://rixbits.blogspot.com/2011/05/malware-attack-on-mac-os-x.html
2011 National BDPA
Conference Registration Now Open
Please accept our invitation to join us in the City of
the Big Shoulders by registering for the 33rd Annual National BDPA
Conference, August 3-6, 2011 at the Hilton Chicago.
Click here to register for the 2011 National BDPA
Conference today!
http://bdpa.site-ym.com/?page=Conference2011
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