Member
Services
Professional Development
Communications
Career Development
Outreach Department
Professional Development
The Professional Development Department is responsible for
hosting the Monthly Program Meeting, seminars, workshops
and certification study groups to ensure that BDPA meets
its mission of strengthening the expertise of minority members
of the information technology industry. In addition to technical
seminars and training, the Professional Development Department
hosts career nights, resume writing and other workshops
to help members develop their “soft skills”.
Seminars and workshops are open to the general community
in an effort to fulfill our mission of “broadening
the information technology knowledge of the minority community
as a whole”.
If interested in providing support to this Department, please
contact: prof-devel@bdpa.ri.org
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Communications
The Communications Department is primarily responsible making
sure that information regarding the Chapter is disseminated
through electronic as well as print media. Communication
efforts facilitated by this Department include the following:
· Publishing the Local Chapter Newsletter, The InfoExchange
· Maintaining the Annual Production Schedule
· Maintaining the Rhode Island Chapter Web Site
· Maintaining & Moderating egroups
· Soliciting Advertisements
If interested in providing support to this Department, please
contact: communications@bdpa-ri.org
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Career
Development
This Career Development Department is responsible for coordinating
and facilitating career development and counseling services
for the membership of BDPA Rhode Island Chapter. These services
and business processes worked in this department include:
· Student Internship Program
· Profile/skill set database
· Corporate jobs database
· Chapter participation with information technology
career fairs
· Resume critique services
If interested in providing support to this Department, please
contact: careers@bdpa-ri.org
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Outreach
Department
The Outreach Department is responsible for community outreach
programs at the both the elementary and high school levels.
The BDPA Cincinnati facilitates and coordinates the following
outreach programs:
· High School Computer Camp Phase I
· High School Computer Camp Phase II
· High School Computer Competition Training program
· Youth Technology Seminar Series (YTSS)
· Adopt-a-School/Class (Middle school)
This Department arranges facilities, books, equipment, instructors
and other resources in support of these programs. The highlight
activity for this Department is the High School Computer
Competition. This Competition provides an opportunity for
a team of students to undergo intensive training and are
subsequently sent to the National BDPA conference to compete
nationally for scholarship funds.
If interested in providing support to this department contact:
outreach@bdpa-ri.org
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