Corporate Sponsorship Program

Atlanta Corporate Sponsorship Program

Atlanta BDPA could not successfully contribute to the community-at-large without the support of our local corporate sponsors.

We are committed to partnering with corporations in the Atlanta metropolitan area to increase the awareness in diversity and workplace advancement in corporate America as well as the community-at-large.

Our programs help support companies that want to work towards inclusion in the workplace and value the principals of diversity.

We also seek senior level employees to become a part of our corporate advisory counsel. This counsel is designed to build synergy within companies and the community-at-large, as well as used to help the local chapter achieve its goals and objectives.

To learn how your organization can become a sponsor of Atlanta BDPA, please contact us.

Local Chapter Sponsors

Delta Technology

Just as a delta is a symbol for change in math, Delta Air Lines symbolizes the changing mathematics of the airline industry. A leading US carrier, behind AMR's American Airlines and UAL's United Airlines, Delta is reorganizing under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company is working to cut costs and still compete for both domestic and international traffic. On its own, through subsidiary Comair and other Delta Connection regional carriers, and via code-sharing, Delta serves about 450 destinations in some 95 counties. In the US, Delta operates from hubs in Atlanta, Cincinnati, New York, and Salt Lake City. Globally, Delta is part of the SkyTeam code-sharing and marketing alliance. Visit www.delta.com

Syntellus Dataworks

Syntellus Dataworks is a market leading Information Technology Systems Integrator (SI) and Value Added Reseller (VAR) offering Consulting, Architecture, Procurement, and Implementation (CAPISM) of Midrange & Enterprise-class computing infrastructure to clients in Commercial Industries, the Public and Federal Sectors. This includes hardware, software, consulting and professional services. Visit www.syntellus.com/site/index.shtml

Macquarium Intelligent Communications

Macquarium creates valuable, measurable, and impactful online solutions by seamlessly combining strategy, technology, and award-winning user experience design. For more than 15 years we've served the diverse needs of organizations such as Best Buy, GMAC, The Home Depot, the International Olympic Committee, Yahoo!, and Delta Air Lines. Among many others. Visit www.macquarium.com

Macy's Systems and Technology

Macy's Systems and Technology provides an integrated line of high-performance retail, electronic commerce, and data warehouse systems for use at all levels within Macy's. The company uses a mix of Internet, wireless, client/server, midrange, and mainframe technologies to meet Macy’s business needs. MST management works closely with department store divisions, the corporate office and merchandise vendors to identify new opportunities and ensure that the company’s systems can adapt to changing business conditions. Visit www.macysinc.com/support/mst_1_2.asp

Georgia Perimeter College

The Clarkston Campus of Georgia Perimeter College, formerly DeKalb College, opened in 1964 as the only public junior college in the State of Georgia that was supported and controlled by a local Board of Education, the DeKalb County Board of Education. In 1986, the Clarkston Campus of Georgia Perimeter College, along with sister campuses in Decatur and Dunwoody, became a part of the University System of Georgia. Visit www.gpc.edu

National Level Sponsorship

The BDPA Corporate Sponsorship Program is designed to offer corporations an opportunity to partner with BDPA under a formal alliance to meet corporate goals and objectives for recruiting, employee development, and philanthropic endeavors. The program allows corporate sponsors to not only offer financial support but also participate in programs developed to enhance the technical and professional skills of the African American community.

The conceptual and fundamental scope of the program is to:

Link BDPA strategic initiatives to the objectives of the corporation
Provide a forum to interact with other IT and HR industry leaders and professionals
Increase exposure opportunities to technically competent and diverse IT professionals and students
Enhance loyalty in the corporation amongst employees and customers
Supply corporations with national BDPA recognition
Provide means for corporations to support BDPA programs
Give the corporation an entry point in support of national BDPA, the local chapter programs and the BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF).

The Corporate Sponsorship Portfolio breaks down into 6 areas of opportunities to provide support:

Basic Entry Program – page 3
Advertising – page 6
National Annual Conference – page 7-10
Student Programs – page 11
Local Chapter – page 12
In-Kind Donations – page 13-14

Sponsorship levels are based on annual support. Sponsorship level is determined by the total financial and in-kind contributions.

Contribution Levels:

Platinum Corporate Sponsor - $100,000
Gold Corporate Sponsor - $ 50,000
Silver Corporate Sponsor - $ 25,000
Bronze Corporate Sponsor - $10,000
Corporate Sponsor - $5,000
Corporate Supporter - $100-$5,000

Outline of the financial and in-kind sponsorship opportunities are located in the Corporate Sponsorship Portfolio. For more details on the corporate sponsorship program, contact the corporate sales support team by Email at corpsales@bdpa.org or telephone at 800-727-2372.

The sponsorship program is open to all corporations with a sincere interest in pursuing the vision, mission, objectives and goals of BDPA.

An investment in BDPA creates a positive exposure to a technically diverse membership of African American Information Technology professionals and students. Join the hundreds of other BDPA Corporate Sponsors!

We would like to thank all of our 2006 Corporate Sponsors for Atlanta BDPA:

Silver Corporate Sponsors

Hewitt Associates

If any of a company's resources are human, chances are it'll need the assistance of Hewitt Associates. The company provides a variety of HR related services including payroll, organizational change management, talent and reward consulting, and the largest portion of the company's business -- benefits outsourcing. Hewitt Associates administers medical, 401(k), and pension plans on an outsourced basis for mainly larger companies with complex benefit programs. The company also provides consulting for the design, implementation, and operation of many of the same human resources programs. Hewitt Associates was founded by Ted Hewitt in 1940. Visit www.hewitt.com

Corporate Sponsor

Delta Technology

Cox Enterprises, Inc.

The Cox family has been working at this enterprise for more than 100 years. One of the largest media conglomerates in the US, family-owned Cox Enterprises publishes 17 daily newspapers (including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) and about 25 weeklies and shoppers, and owns 15 TV stations through Cox Television. It also owns Cox Communications (which was a public company until a Cox Enterprises buyout in late 2004), one of the US's largest cable systems with more than 6.6 million subscribers in about 22 states. Other operations include 62% of Cox Radio, owner of about 80 radio stations; Manheim, which sells 10 million vehicles through auctions worldwide; and a majority stake in AutoTrader.com. Visit www.coxenterprises.com

Corporate Supporter

Career Communications Group, Inc. (CCG)

Career Communications Group, Inc. (CCG), founder of the Black Family Network, was founded over 20 years ago with a unique mission: to promote significant minority achievement in engineering, science and technology. Black Family Technology Awareness Week, held in February, is a nationwide public service program geared towards educating and empowering black families through technology. During the course of the week, the nation’s community leaders will highlight technology’s ability to open doors to information, education, and opportunities. Visit www.blackfamilynet.net

The Coca-Cola Company

Coke is it -- "it" being the world's #1 soft-drink company. The Coca-Cola Company owns four of the top five soft-drink brands (Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, and Sprite). Among its other brands are Barq's, Minute Maid, POWERade, and Dasani water. In North America, it sells Groupe Danone's Evian. Coca-Cola sells Crush, Dr Pepper, and Schweppes outside Australia, Europe, and North America. The firm sells hundreds of drink brands, including coffees, juices, sports drinks, and teas, in about 200 nations. Although it does no bottling itself, the company owns about 36% of Coca-Cola Enterprises (the largest Coke bottler in the world) and some 40% of Mexcio's bottler Coca-Cola FEMSA. Visit www.cocacola.com