Status of BABA Programs - August 1, 2006

TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS

High School Program (PLANNING PHASE)

Tutoring

Speaker series

Two-year Degree Program (PLANNING PHASE)

Career counseling
College applications
Need-based grants
Work Study / Apprenticeship Program
Mentoring
Tutoring
Job Placement

Four-year Degree Program (PLANNING PHASE)

Merit-based scholarships
Internships
Mentoring
Tutoring
Job placement

ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS

Sales – Training (RESEARCH PHASE)
Information Technology – BABA members get a free web page. (DEVELOPMENT PHASE)
Advertising – BABA members post free business advertisements on BABA NET (AVAILABLE NOW!!!)
Recruiting – BABA members post free job postings on BABA NET. (AVAILABLE NOW!!!)
Operations Management – Six Sigma Program (RESEARCH PHASE)

NETWORKING

Biographies – Introduce yourself. Write a biography and submit it to nhenry@vzw.blackberry.net . It will be posted to BABA NET upon submission review. (AVAILABLE NOW!!!)

BABA Networking Social / Mixer – every third Thursday of every month. (DETAILS COMING SOON)

BABA NET is here! www.blackbusinessnet.org

BABA NET is the online network for members of the Black America Business Association.

The Black America Business Association is a professional and social think tank of individuals dedicated to positively contributing to the African American community by giving back and aiding in the growth, development & economic empowerment of each other.

Our shared vision is to selflessly provide resources & foster relationships to magnify each other and encourage cohesiveness within the African American community.

The Black America Business Association provides resources to black entrepreneurs and professionals to enable their economic empowerment. Some resources that BABA provide are:

Business grants
Scholarships
Internships
Apprenticeships
Mentoring
Tutoring
Speaker Series
Entrepreneurial Programs

The Benefits of the Black America Business Association are:

The opportunity for selfless professionals to positively influence the black nation as a whole.
The opportunity to bring a new generation of millionaires.

The Benefits of BABA NET are:

Networking: Network with an online community of black business professionals. Benefit from the diverse network of human resources within the Black America Business Association.
Current Events: Get updates on Black America Business Association networking events, held every 3rd Thursday night in local city near you.
News: Get updates about the status of BABA Programs; find out how you can benefit and how you can help.
Advertising: List your business in the BABA Business Directory for free. (This directory lists businesses owned or managed by Black America Business Association members).
Get featured in the Bi-monthly E-Magazine, “Black America Business Association,” the magazine.
Post your biography and get exposure to key decision makers in Fortune 500 Companies
BABA PRO: This is a project management tool to manage the organizational needs of small to mid-sized groups, teams, & departments. You can use it for business and or personal projects. It is the project management software used by the Black America Business Association to manage its programs.

To do this it provides some web-based tools:

A calendar for users and groups
Groups / Teams
Address manager for people, companies and departments
Bug tracking system
Product/project repository
- with task management
- with document management
- with installation management
- support of different roles (manager,developer,customer etc.)
- support of relations to other projects (base product, subproject etc.)
Timetracking on projects, installations and bugs
Invoices
Watchlists. Stay informed on changes on projects/bugs etc via email.
Support for teams that are distributed over different timezones
Color themes / layout
Fine grained permission handling
Change history
Secured by password

All these parts of BABA PRO are heavily linked together to give a unique interface for the day to day project management needs of business professionals.

BABA NET is members only. Sign up as a temporary member, valid until October 1^st. Tell a friend and sign up for BABA NET today. www.blackbusinessnet.org