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Twin Cities Black Data Processing Association (BDPA)
Fifth Annual Awards Ceremony
Keynote Speaker
Andre Fischer
January 8, 2010
6:00pm Social Hour
7:30pm Dinner and Ceremony
Radisson Plaza Hotel Minneapolis
(35 South 7th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402)
“Challenges for Today l Strategies for Tomorrow”
With forty Platinum and twenty-five Gold Albums, Andre Fischer is best known for his production and arrangement work on Natalie Cole's "Unforgettable" (7 Grammy's). Andre is responsible for producing, executive producing, performing and recording with many of the music industry's most gifted pop, R&B, rock and jazz performers such as: Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (founding member and producer), Patti Labelle, Michael Franks, Natalie Cole, Tony Bennett, James Ingram, B.B. King, Gladys Knight, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, Pointer Sisters, Temptations, Dusty Springfield, Lou Rawls, Jackie DeShannon, Nancy Wilson, Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions, Jerry Butler, The Rolling Stones tour, Elton John tour, The Who Tour, Etta James, Neil Diamond, Anita Baker, Janet Jackson, Tower of Power, The Isley Brothers, Donny Hathaway, Ralph Tresvant, Al Green, Bobby Brown and many more.
Our emcee is Dawn Stevens, Fox 9 news reporter, who has also co-anchored the weekend news. Dawn Stevens joined the FOX 9 News team in September 2006 as a reporter. As a general assignment reporter, she covered crime, politics, city council and school board issues. She previously served as a weekend anchor and reporter in Madison, Wisconsin. For nearly four years, she anchored the number one rated weekend newscast at WISC-TV. She won 1st place in the 2006 Wisconsin Broadcasters Association for Best Hard News Story.
We will recognize an IT Black Professional, IT Business Enterprise of the Year and young people who participated in the 2009 Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) Twin Cities Community Youth Technology programs, the BDPA National High School Computer Competition in Raleigh, North Carolina and Community IT Youth camp.
Our Twin Cities Chapter High School Competition Team took fourth place in the Third Annual Upper Midwest High School Programming Competition, sponsored by BDPA. Students had 3 hours to document, design, build, and test a fully functional website on a PC provided to them. The application they built included a presentable GUI, database connectivity and login, registration, and print capabilities, as well as displaying dynamic data selected from the database.
The BDPA-Twin Cities Foundation is a 501c3 organization. More information about BDPA can be obtained from the national website, www.bdpa.org and our local chapter at www.bdpatc.org.
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When & Where
Radisson Plaza Hotel
35 south 7th street
Minneapolis,
MN 55402
Ends Friday, January 8, 2010 at 11:30 PM (CT)
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BDPA TWIN CITIES
BDPA - Twin Cities Chapter is a member focused organization that serves the professional well-being of its stakeholders. BDPA remains committed to excellence and providing a wide spectrum of resources to members, corporate sponsors, businesses, educational institutions and the community. The organization is a catalyst for professional growth and technical development for those in the IT industry.
Our Community Youth Technology Program continues to grow and strengthen. It’s free and available to all that have a true passion for technology. No student excluded. We continue to expand offerings serving a variety of educational levels (beg. to adv.). Students become comfortable with “being Nerdy”.
Our program is held on Saturdays and we have a great group of dedicated volunteers (instructors, parents, corp. employees). Classes are exciting and learn programming, analysis, design, project management, and team building skills. They gain exposure to “real world/real people” weekly seminars covering: gaming, robotics, futuristic concepts, college experience, requirements, & scholarships.
