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Good News!

Registration for NAAAP Convention 2009 is now open. You can Register Here.

The details on the 23rd Annual NAAAP Convention:
Location: Denver, CO
Dates: August 13 – 16, 2009
Hotel: Hyatt Regency Hotel Downtown
Theme: “Leadership at New Heights: Cultivating Leaders for Today and Beyond”

The NAAAP Convention aligns to NAAAP’s vision of “We make leaders!” and further addresses the need for leaders in both the present and the future.  For those who are currently in leadership roles, this is an incredible opportunity to refine and add to the tools they have and also mentor to share their experiences with others. For our future leaders, it is an opportunity to build his/her skills, learn from our leaders of today and build a network of support in the future.

Highlights:

Choose from 3 Leadership Tracks packed full of cutting edge workshops, insightful sessions, and panel discussions.
“Be the Star of Your Life: How to Get from Here to There in your Life and Career”
“From Geek-to-Chic: Adding value to your career in times of recession”
“Leadership and Philanthropy”
“Leadership Beyond Business”
“Influence through Emotions and Motivation”

Diversity Career Fair and Business Expo
Meet, greet and have on site interviews with potential employers from participating leading companies including:   American Family   Aramark   Dell   Macy’s  Ratheon and many more!

2009 All-Star Special Guest Speakers include Yul Kwon, Scott Oki, Panney Wei, Vu H. Pham, Kerry Hada, David Lum, and more.

Also returning, the 2nd Annual NAAAP Leadership Institute where participants can take part in two panel discussions over a special one day workshop.

I’ve been told that we’ve already had a flury of registration and that hotel rooms are running out fast.

So Register Now!

Exiting news from our Atlanta chapter …

The National Association of Asian American Professionals’ Atlanta chapter, or NAAAP-Atlanta, led the team of organizations put together the event.  It was held at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Management.

Ms. Chao was already in Atlanta to speak at a conference of the Association of Government Accountants, so her office asked NAAAP-Atlanta to provide a forum for her to speak on labor issues.

This wasn’t Ms. Chao’s first time in Atlanta or her first engagement with NAAAP’s chapter here. She came to the Georgia capital last year to speak at NAAAP’s national convention.

The local chapter is the largest in the country with more than 360 members and was chosen to host the event, which raised some $230,000 and drew 1,000 attendees, NAAAP-Atlanta president Tommy Yip told GlobalAtlanta.

GlobalAtlanta.com | U.S. Labor Secretary Speaks to Local Asian-American Groups

I just saw a draft of the convnetion program book and wow, it looks great. We have a great roster of sponsors this year and they’ve given us some great looking ads as well. The book is being worked on by the same team that did such great work on the new website at http://www.naaapconvention.org. Great great great!

We’ve all been working hard here at NAAAP to organize our Annual Convention coming up August 21-24. I may be biased, but I must say it is coming together very nicely. Spaces are filling up fast, so book now! Check out the line up at http://www.naaapconvention.org

Welcome to what will be the first of many entries in our newly created NAAAP blog.  This is an opportunity for the various people involved in the National Association of Asian American Professionals to share their experiences, insights and comments on the organization.

Right now everyone is busy planning for our 22nd Annual NAAAP National Convention but expect to see more posts in the following weeks.

Shan-Ming