Atlanta BDPA

Success Alliance

Plan Your Future with Our Help

Success Alliance is a professional development support group which helps you to define and set your career, business or academic goals. This program is designed to help you succeed by giving you all the tools needed to achieve your goals.

Learn How to

• Manage your goals like a Project Manager
• Analyze your goals like a Business Analyst
• Problem solve using Agile
• Measure your progress using Six Sigma

Keys to Success

• Join a support group of 8 like-minded individuals
• Commit to meeting at least 80 minutes every 2 weeks with your support group
• Particiapte in support group for 8 consecutive months

3rd Annual Career Fair

Find your dream job with Our Help

The Atlanta BDPA chapter hosted their 3rd Annual Career Fair on March 21, 2012 at Matrix. Attendees had the opportunity to network with some of the top companies within the area looking to fill open positions now and in the future.

Career Fair Activities included:

• Critical Success Workshop
• Resume Makeover Session
• Mock Interview Session
• Networking Hospitality Suite
• Giveaways

Bi-Monthly Webinars

Get informed and gain knowledge with the EAPD Webinars

The Education and Professional Development committee host webinars twice a month. This gives members a chance to get informed about varies topics and gain knowledge by having the ability to ask questions. These webinar sessions are recorded which gives you the opportunity to listen to the session at your convenience.

Listen to EAPD past Webinars sessions

• Meet the 2012 Atlanta BDPA Board
• Recruiters and Hiring Managers Round Table
• Recruiters and Hiring Managers Round Table (Part II)
• Real Talk Series - Membership has It's Privileges by Curtis Jenkins
• Real Talk IT Series - Sharepoint Crash Course Presented by Ricardo Wilkins
• Real Talk IT Series - Scrum Master Certification Discussion Presented by Jowanna Daley

Nominate a Member

Show your acknowledgement by nominating a member

The purpose of this program is to reward and recognize BDPA members each month for their consistent commitment, attendance and participation.

Nominee eligibility requirements:

• Must be in an active status at the time of the selection committee meeting
• A member may only be selected as Member of the Month once every 12 months
• Current board members are not eligible for nomination

Please complete the form below with your contact information as well as information about the member you are nominating to receive the award of Atlanta Chapter BDPA Member of the Month.

Success Alliance: Young Bloods

Collegiate Success

We are proud to announce that this past Friday, 7 students and 1 alumnus were oriented into BDPA-Atlanta’s new college mentoring program. Each will receive career guidance from professionals, potential internship-for-credit experience, enrollment into A.I.M. (Alumni-Inspiring-Mentees), and most importantly, experience in leadership.

The Groundbreaking Group from DeVry consist of

• Brandon Cochran
• Cheslove Abeasi
• Chidinma Peace Obasi
• Dorothy Heyward
• Loan Phung
• Medge Francis
• MiaTonya Smith
• Tatiana Yakubenko

Please acknowledge the individual contributors to the partnership (listed alphabetically by group):

ACADEMICS

• Dr. Lorenzo Bowman
• Professor Jay Williams, who evaluated & selected the mentees.
• Dr. Pam Harroff
• Charles Thompson, who championed this initiative from the start.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

• Marianna Kravtsova, who graciously agreed to partner the A.I.M. efforts with these, along with providing events planning for the orientation.

CAREER SERVICES

• Candace Bell, who played an instrumental role in pitching our initiative to the BDPA.
• Brian Shadix, who provided the necessary funding support.
• Hyun Woo, who coordinated the communications and timelines.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

• Penny Sawyer
• Valerie Lane, provided key insight into launching a student chapter.