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Blacks Gone Geek Live! "Why Go Geek?" Survey

Please share your opinion onmy "Why Go Geek?" presentation for the 2011 National Conference.

Act now! Survey closes May 16th.

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Hi All,

In light of the current economic climate, how do you see the job outlook for technology workers in 2012? What is the one thing that technology workers and job seekers must do in order to successfully advance their careers in 2012?

I’m presenting new developments for "Careers in IT” at the 2011 National BDPA Conference and I’m asking for your input to tailor my PowerPoint presentation.

It’s your opinion that matters. Please take this short 3-minute survey. Survey results will be published on Blacks Gone Geek website.

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Bemley Scholar Titus Thomas Heads to Bowie State University

BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF) has given outover 85 Jesse Bemley Scholarshipsvalued at $154,000 since 1999totalented high school studentswith a passion for science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) education. We are proud of all of these young men and women.

Titus Thomas is our next Bemley Scholar.

He is a 3-time participant in the National BDPA High School Computer Competition (HSCC) championships as a member of two chapters (Northern Virginiaand Washington DC). Titus will use his Bemley Scholarship to defray expenses for attendingBowie State University.He shared his thoughts on BDPA with us:

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http://betf.blogspot.com/2011/05/bemley-scholar-titus-thomas-heads-to.html

Take Five: Zack Garbow (Southern Minnesota)

Most of the people that we know are able to 'talk the talk'. Only a handful of folks are able to 'walk the walk'.Zack Garbowis a young man who has walked the walk for many years as the technical coordinator and HSCC instructor withBDPA Southern Minnesota chapter.

The students that he trained have won the national High School Computer Competition (HSCC) championship in five of the past six years ... and they won the silver medal in that other year! His students have matriculated with over $50,000 in Jesse Bemley Scholarships to educational institutions like Howard University, Johns Hopkins University, Marist College, Rice University, University of Minnesota and Washington University in St. Louis. Zack is truly a remarkable BDPA volunteer who has made a difference in the lives of dozens of our student members.

We asked Zack to share some of his thoughts on BDPA in our Take Five interview series.

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http://betf.blogspot.com/2011/05/take-five-zack-garbow-southern.html

HSCC Testimonial: Alex Tolbert (Cleveland, 2007-2009)

BDPA Cleveland chapter hasa rich history. In the past few years the chapter has made a concerted effort to teach programming and web development skills to high school students.One of the star pupils has been Alex Tolbert. Alex represented the chapter in the national High School Student Competition (HSCC) championships held in Washington DC(2007),Atlanta(2008) and Raleigh(2009). His team finished as high as 6th place.

Alex shared his thoughts about BDPA with us:

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http://betf.blogspot.com/2011/05/hscc-testimonial-alex-tolbert-cleveland.html

HP Slate 500: Using OneNote on the desktop and tablet

Posted by Ricardo Wilkins on8May2011

I’ve often said that anyone who doesn’t understand what’s so cool about a tablet PC and a pen is probably someone who’s never used a tablet & pen with Microsoft OneNote. OneNote lets me store all my handwritten notes in one searchable location, including screenshots, documents, and even audio & video recordings (imagine recording the meeting you’re sitting in, and having OneNote keep track of the point in the audio at which you write each of your notes). Another way to think about – think Franklin Covey notebook without all the physical paper to keep track of. ; )

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More Effective LinkedIn Connection Building

Published on May 7th, 2011

Posted byMartyinLinkedIn,social media

If you’re new to LinkedIn and you’re wondering how to make connections after you’ve filled out your profile, let me suggest an easy approach.

The first thing you should do is join groups (the Groups link) of interest to you, be they professional, hobby or otherwise. Just make them fit your purpose. LinkedIn allows you to join 50 groups so take the time to max them out.

As you begin to add groups take some time to look through the membership listing of each for interesting profiles of people you might want to network with. When you find an interesting potential contact send them a connection request. You can use the common group you’re in as the basis for reaching out.

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The Great Debate: High Tech vs. High Touch

byApril Gillespie, Catalyst for Everlasting Change

and Founder/CEO ofStarseed Consulting

In the 21st century, this age of information technology, we are surrounded by gadgets that allow us to stay connected. The question is how much connecting are we really doing?

With 2,000 friends on Facebook, 800 connections on LinkedIn and 4,000 followers onTwitter, how well are we really connecting with our fellow man?

The Great Debate has begun.How is technology affecting our relationships in our family life, businesses and with friends?

About a year ago, a mentor of mine by the name ofJeff Olsonspoke on this topic – High Tech vs. High Touch - at a large self improvement conference in Chicago. Jeff Olson is world renown for his best-selling personal development book,The Slight Edge, but he is also a leadership expert, business philosopher, motivational speaker, billionaire entrepreneur and personal development coach to those like Oprah Winfrey, Donald Trump and more. As a student of the personal development industry I quickly became fascinated by the struggle human beings are enduring today to balance technology and personal relationships.

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The Tech Pioneer Who Dared to Speak out Against Racism in IT

Posted byDon Tennant

TheIT Hall of Fame, which is administered by the IT trade associationCompTIA, has bestowed the honor on Earl Pace, co-founder ofBlack Data Processing Associates and chairman of the board of trustees of theBDPA Education and Technology Foundation. I had the pleasure of conducting anin-depth interviewwith Pace a couple of years ago, and I was heartened by the fact that he had no inclination to steer away from the issue of racism in IT.

Pace said it’s probably more subtle than it used to be, but it’s still very much a problem that confronts the IT community.

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BDPA Los Angeles Member Reviews Online Tutorial for BDPA Students

Temitope Sonuyiis a member of ourBDPA Los Angeles chapter.He joined BDPA because he saw it as an organization devoted to the service of educating young people. This fit with his personal desire to assist in the spread of knowledge to those who don't have the resources and opportunities and those thatWANTto learn.

Therefore, it is not a surprise that Temitope was interested in bringing 'best practices' from other BDPA chapters to support the efforts of training young people in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)initiatives within BDPA Los Angeles chapter.

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Member on the Move: Prince Ellis (BDPA Cincinnati)

BDPAis all about the advancement in careers made by people of African descent in the Information Technology (IT) industry from the 'classroom to the boardroom'.As such, we are proud to share some news about the upward mobility of BDPA Cincinnati VP-FinancePrince Ellis.

Prince recently accepted a promotion to Department Chair of Information Technology at Brown Mackie College (BMC). Prince joined BMC in 2007 as an IT adjunct instructor and was later promoted to full-time instructor. He holds a B.S in Finance and a Master of Science in Information Systems from Northern Kentucky University. Currently, he is pursuing a Doctoral Degree from Argosy University in Business Technology. He serves on various committees at BMC including the Faculty Development Leadership Team, Professional Learning Committee, Blended Task Force Committee, and Library Advisory Committee for IT / Computer Networking.

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Kroger's Steve Gutter joins BDPA Cincinnati Board of Directors

Cincinnatti.com Article Contributed By: Wayne Hicks | Hicks Enterprises

Black Data Processing Associates' Cincinnati chapter has announced the newest members of its board of directors.

Steve Gutter, a developer in the Software Engineering Department at The Kroger Company, has been appointed to serve as BDPA’s vice president of strategy and planning.

BDPA is a nonprofit organization made up of racially diverse information technology professionals who advance the careers of African Americans from the classroom to the boardroom.

Gutter joined BDPA in 2002 as a volunteer for weekend technology training provided to local high school students. He took the leadership role in the annual BDPA Midwest Regional conferences held in Cincinnati, OH from 2003-2007.

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BDPA Brotha on Promoting Your Chapter to Local Media

by Wayne Hicks

I have been in BDPA since 1988. Some of y'all refer to me as theBDPA Brotha! One of the constant concerns that I hear expressed by most local chapters is that they are the 'best-kept secret' in their community and industry.Perhaps it it time to remember that there are still ol' school marketing opportunities with your local media.

Media are constantly looking for new stories and information that will interest their audiences. Chances are, your town has at least one major newspaper, several smaller papers, a few TV stations, a bunch of radio stations, and at least one cable company. Here are a few things to consider:

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Leadership in Information Technology – 4 Questions

by V_LAN Technologies

Social media — digital consumption is here to stay!! IT senior management must define how the enterprise will do business in a digital economy. IT initiatives can no longer have a functional/vertical implementation; but must cross all business lines. The demand to access data globally means the organization cannot "afford” to ignore Business Process Management and standardization.

Regrettably, too many CEOs are not in step with their CIOs and other senior IT executives when the long-range strategic planning begins and the question: "How to do we manage IT” is addressed. They are not just on the wrong page but often not in the same book!!! How do you get all of the executive stakeholders reading from the same script? Propose the following four critical path questions and begin to implement a strategy that will provide your organization with a high-quality Information Management plan, cost-effective service delivery that includes … data mining, mobile, social media, virtualization, blogging, posting and most importantly, "like”. Like will define your focus group for free!!!!

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Member on the Move: Coram Rimes (BDPA New Jersey)

BDPA New Jersey chapterpast presidentCoram Rimesserves as commissioner for the Orange (NJ) Housing Authority.He was recently recognized by the National League of Cities (NLC) for reaching the Platinum level in its Certificate of Achievement in Leadership program.This is a certification level reached by only a few NLC members since its inception in 1999.

NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans. As part of the NLC mission to create stronger communities, the Leadership Training Institute provides local officials, like Coram, with the professional development opportunities to assist then in promoting positive change and innovation within their communities. At the same time, seminars are designed to explore the nature and practice of local governmental leadership.

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Bemley Scholar James Arama Heads to Marist College

BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF) is proud to learn that 2-time national BDPA High School Computer Competition (HSCC) championJames Aramais using hisJesse Bemley Scholarshipto help fund his freshman year at Marist College. James is studying computer science and software development at Marist College, as well as applying his knowledge tohis own entrepreneurial venture.

We asked James to share his thoughts about his experiences as a member of theBDPA Southern Minnesota chapter.

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BETF Blog Take Five: Dalric Webb (Cincinnati)

There are many members, officers and leaders around the country who are volunteering their time, talent and energy to support the growth ofBDPA. This blog plans to take some time to ask these folks about their thoughts about past, present and future of BDPA.


Dalric Webb, an Engineering Information Technology manager at GE Aviation, recently joined the leadership teamofBDPA Cincinnatias the chapter's VP-Membership Management. Dalric is an MCSE+I and received his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Hampton University, his Masters in Information Technology from Capella University, and his MBA with a concentration in Information Management from Grantham University. BDPA expects Dalric to provide the leadership and inspiration necessary to grow the membership ofa chapter with a rich BDPA history.

Dalric shared some of his thoughts on BDPA with us in the followingTake Five interview.

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Computer Resource Solutions Changes Identity to The CRS Group

Computer Resource Solutions has changed its corporate identity toThe CRS Group. This change coincides with the development of several new and enhanced service offerings and capabilities of the firm, which will have a name that embraces a more global service offering.

CRS is also committed to enhancing the education of youth within the technology spectrum and has partnered with a variety of community organizations to support their goals. In addition to being involved in such organizations, CRS has been a proud sponsor ofBDPA Chicagofor their various initiatives for over 15 years. CRS employees are also active members of BDPA Chicago's Corporate Advisory Council.

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http://www.benzinga.com/press-releases/11/04/p1003259/computer-resource-solutions-inc-changes-identity-to-the-crs-group

Record-breaking Microsoft patch day affects all versions of Windows

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ByMicrosoft Subnet

As expected, Microsoft released a record-breaking, massive number of patches today that affects all versions of Windows and Office -- including its cloud apps -- and addresses some long-standing holes that hackers have been exploiting in the wild.

By the numbers: 17 security bulletins fix a whopping 64 holes. These include nine critical patches and eight important. Of the critical patches, five of them have the highest "exploitability index" rating of 1, meaning that the risk of attack is high and the impact of being pwned is also high. Today's Patch Tuesday is a record-breaker in the number of holes fixed. In December, 2010, Microsoft released 17 patches, too, but these fixed a total of 40 holes.

Affected software runs the gamut. There are patches for all supported versions of Windows, including XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and even the non-GUI WS2008 Server Core version.

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BDPA Founder Earl Pace Named to CompTIA Hall of Fame

Earl Paceis the newest member of the Information Technology (IT) Hall of Fame administered by CompTIA. Earl's selection into theIT Hall of Fame is a result of his visionary leadership that resulted in racial diversity within the IT industry.

Previous inducteesinto this IT Hall of Fame include Michael Dell (Dell), Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Steve Jobs (Apple).

In addition to Earl, the IT Hall of Fame Class of 2011 includes the latePhil Katz, creator of the .ZIP file format, and the CompTIA A+ Originators, the group that guided the development of CompTIA A+ certification, which has become the de facto industry standard benchmark for core skills and knowledge required of entry-level IT workers.

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Oracle Scholarship Winner in Baton Rouge

BDPA recently announced that11 students from around the nationwere BDPA/Oracle Scholarshipwinners this year.Melvin Givens, a BDPA Baton Rouge student member, is one of those scholarship winners.

Melvin is an active participant in the BDPA Baton Rouge computer training class. In fact, during the summer of 2010, he became one of the youngest people in the state of Louisiana to to earn his A+ Certification as a Computer Technician.

Melvin began on his list of impressive achievements at a young age. He began playing soccer at age 7, and continues to do so. At age 8, he won the state wrestling championship. He received multiple football awards during his school football career, which began in 2nd grade and continued until he opted to retire after his junior year to focus more on academics.

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High School Computer Competition class back in effect

Posted by Ricardo Wilkins

We’re back again with another year of theBDPA High School Computer Competition. We’ve got some new students as well as our returning students, and we’re already well on our way to getting up to speed on web application development! Thanx toDevry Universityfor donating space in their facilities for our class.

In our classes, we learn web app development using Microsoft’sVisual Studio Web Developer Expresstool – basically, a light version of the same industry-standard integrated development environment (IDE) that many .NET professionalslike myselfuse every day. Today we took it kind of slow and eased into learning about tags in both XML and HTML. In fact, the students learned how to categorize the songs in their MP3 collection (they looked at me a littlefunny when I first tried to get them to categorize their CD collection – remember those shiny discs we used to slide into our stereos?) Not only did I help them see how to represent their music in XML, but they helped me learn the titles of some of the hot new songs that ‘the young folks’ are listening to these days. :) (says the mid-30’s out-of-touch computer geek).

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How to Be A Player

Where are Blacks in Technology? – by Kai Dupe

When I was a student at Pepperdine University I became familiar with the work of James Paul Gee.

Gee had written a book entitled What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.I must admit at first glance I was not interested in reading this book because I had a biased view of gaming.

My idea was that the games were meaningless. I hated the violence and I was of the opinion that these games had no redeeming value. I was wrong.

Not only did I learn plenty from reading this book, but I also began to view video games and online environments such as Second Life through a different lens. I was introduced to Gee's work in early 2006. Of course, since then video games have exploded and most computer science programs now have a degree for Game Development.

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HP Slate 500: Digital Ink for Windows

Posted by Ricardo Wilkins

(images courtesy of Simple Mobile Review)

I read an article about digital ink recently over atSimple Mobile Review. I think they did a great job of comparing the handwriting features of Windows compared to some of those other ‘tablets’. ; ) In fact, they included two images that I think do a pretty good job summing up the comparison:

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bdpatoday – Chapter Edition – March 2011

WORD PROBLEM:How manyteams that were on the "bubble" in 2011 could have benefited from a stronger RPI if other factors such as 'margin of victory' or 'winning percentage of last 5 road games' were included?

Read more about Math+Bracketologyin this month's print edition ofbdpatoday.

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Message from BDPA New York Chapter President

It’s 3 months into the new year and I, along with the rest of theBDPA New York Executive Board, have been working very hard to make sure BDPA is no longer the 'best kept secret' in New York.

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Message from BDPA Richmond Chapter President

Members and Friends,

I enjoyed sharing our progress so far with theRichmond chapter. We talked about the three main areas of member benefits (networking, education, and community). We talked about some of the waysNational BDPAand local chapters such as Richmond produce rich programs to serve our stakeholders. We also shared exciting new changes to our on-line member presence spearheaded by National BDPA, and I expressed my commitment to make sure members are informed of all programs and services that will enrich and benefit them. Finally, we shared the status of our Q1 goal execution (making good progress!), volunteer needs, and upcoming events.

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Message from BDPA Atlanta Chapter President

BDPA Atlanta Members and Friends,

Every year as part of our community outreach efforts, Atlanta Chapter sponsors a High School Computer Competition Team (HSCC) program. The HSCC program teaches high school students concepts like computer concepts, relational database design, web design (i.e. HTML/CSS, PHP, MySQL etc) tools, teamwork and project management. Our HSCC team meets with a group of dedicated instructors every week for 7 months. At the end of this program, the students are then taken to compete at our National Technology Conference for scholarships and computer prizes.

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BDPA Cincinnati Announces New Board Leadership

BDPA Cincinnati chapter, a nonprofit organization made up of racially diverse information technology professionals who advance the careers of African Americans from the classroom to the boardroom, today announced a new officer and member of its board of directors.

Dalric Webb, an Engineering Information Technology manager at GE Aviation, in Evendale OH, has been appointed to serve as the BDPA Cincinnati chapter vice president of membership management.BDPA Cincinnati chapter is the 8th largest (out of 45) chapters in the nation. Dalric is responsible for the recruitment and retention of members to the chapter.

Dalric, a retired US Army major, has a wide and diverse background in Information Technology spanning more than 30 decades covering multiple IT related areas including programming, system design, database management, teaching SQL as an Adjunct Professor, webpage design & hosting, IT consultation, and PC repair.

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How to Export Your Facebook Contacts To an Email Address Book

by Clark Thought Leadership

Have you ever wished you had your Facebook Contacts in an easy to use email address book?

Well your wait is over! Follow my simple steps with easy and simplicity using Yahoo's email service.

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http://clarkthoughtleadership.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-export-your-facebook-contacts-to.html

Multicultural Youth Study

by Kai Dupe

Yesterday in the midst of South By Southwest (SXSW) in downtown Austin I was part of a Multicultural Youth Study. I was invited by Maria Madrigal who learned about my work in education and technology with communities of color from my presence on the web. The goal of the study was understanding how Latino and African Americans identify and relate to technology, fashion, music and content.

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http://whereareblacksintechnology.blogspot.com/2011/03/multicultural-youth-study.html

HP Slate 500: Touching & Rubbing on Windows 7

by Ricardo Wilkens

Well, it’s been a few weeks since I became the owner of anHP Slate 500, and I’m still pleased at its performance. In fact, I realized that all the people who I’ve heard say that Windows isn’t meant to be a Touch interface probably haven’t given Windows 7 a fair try. I had low expectations about its ability to provide a decent multi-touch experience, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how it’s been performing so far. For example:

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