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2010 NAAAP Convention & Diversity Career Fair

NAAAP Convention 2010

The 24th Annual National Association of Asian American Professionals Convention and Diversity Career Fair presented by Macy’s is scheduled for San Francisco, August 12 – 15, 2010. With 25 chapters and ventures across North America, NAAAP is the largest and fastest growing Asian professional association. The 2010 Convention, aptly titled “Gateway to Leadership” is an outstanding opportunity for entry level to senior level Asians in all sectors. Participants will enhance their leadership skills, participate in innovative workshops, interact with inspirational speakers, network with a diverse group of accomplished individuals, and meet with 45 companies at the Diversity Career Fair. Entry to the Career Fair is completely free with pre-registration.  The impressive array of keynote speakers and panelists include CIA director Leon Edward Panetta, Sybase CEO John Chen, Doreen Ho, former chairman of United Commercial Bank, and Charlotte Russe CEO Jenny Ming.

WHAT: 2010 NAAAP Convention and Diversity Career Fair
WHO: Hosted by the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP)
WHERE: Palace Hotel, San Francisco
WHEN: Aug 12 – 15, 2010

Registration for full day passes close on Monday. Workshop passes (3 day and single day) are available until the end of the convention. The career fair free is for registrants, and there is another bonus — once participants upload their resumes and appear at the fair, they will get a chance to win a free iPad, which will be awarded at the convention.

FREE job fair runs Friday, August 13, 2010 – 9am to 5pm and Saturday August 14, 2010 – 9am to 4pm.

Details and updates are available at www.naaapconvention.org.

2010 NAAP National Convention  Promotional Video

Diversity Career Fair Promo

Influential Asian Americans at SXSW



As SXSW winds down, here’s a few videos of influential Asian Americans at the conference. Author and social media expert Charlene Li talks about how company’s use social media well and poorly. Next up is Guy Kawasaki talking about his new company Alltop. And finally, Google’s Irene Au on the “Culture of Empowerment”



SXSW Charlene Li interview. Follow Charlene on twitter. Also get her book Groundswell.

SXSW Guy Kawasaki interview. Follow Guy on twitter. (he got almost 90k followers)

SXSW Irene Au interview. More Q&A with Irene at Businessweek here

Secret Identities at ECAASU 2009

The peeps from Secret Identities are promoting hard. They were over at New York Comic Con and recently the east coast asian american student union (ECAASU) 2009. You can see the video from them panel below.

Secret Identities at ECAASU 2009

More about the Secret Identities at ECAASU 2009

JEFF YANG, founder of the pioneering Asian American periodical “aMagazine” and author of the biweekly column “Asian Pop” for the San Francisco Chronicle, lives in Brooklyn, New York. PARRY SHEN, best known for his lead role in the movie “Better Luck Tomorrow,” lives in Southern California. KEITH CHOW, freelance writer and comics-in-education specialist, lives in Maryland. JERRY MA, the founder of the indie comics studio Epic Proportions, lives in New York City. They are the editors of A GROUNDBREAKING GRAPHIC COLLECTION THAT EXPLORES ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND HISTORY THROUGH ALL-NEW SUPERHERO COMICS, also known as Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology.

There’s this guy we know—quiet, unassuming, with black hair and thick glasses. He’s doing his best to fit in, in a world far away from the land of his birth. He knows he’s different, and that his differences make him alien, an outsider—but they also make him special. Yet he finds himself unable to reveal his true self, his hidden self, to the world… For many Asian Americans, this chronicle is a familiar one, because many of us have lived it. But it also happens to be the tale of a mild-mannered reporter named Clark Kent, better known to the world as Superman. And the parallels between those stories help explain why Asian Americans have become such a driving force in the contemporary comics renaissance, as artists, writers—and fans.

Entertaining, enlightening and more than a little provocative, Secret Identities blends whiz-bang action, wry satire and thoughtful commentary into a groundbreaking anthology about a community too often overlooked by the cultural mainstream. It is hitting bookshelves this Spring! Get your copy of “SECRET IDENTITIES: The Asian American Superhero Anthology” today.

Secret Identities panel at New York Comic Con

Here’s a follow up to our post on the New York Comic Con about the “Asian Americans and Superheroes: Secret Identities,” where they showed the Secret Identities Book Trailer. On the panel is author Jeff Yang, editor at large Keith Chow, contributor Greg Pak, with an assist from his partner on “The Citizen” Bernard Chang, and Senior Artist Jef Castro.

Get your copy of “SECRET IDENTITIES: The Asian American Superhero Anthology” today.



Asian Americans and Superheroes: Secret Identities panel at New York Comic Con

UPDATE:

Secret Identities Book Trailer

In the Beginning

9066

You Are What You Eat

Secret Identities panel at New York Comic Con

Secret Identities at ECAASU 2009

The Blue Scorpion & Chung

A Day At CostumeCO.

The Citizen

S.O.S.

Secret Identities with Lynn Chen

Secret Identities with Secret Asian Man Tak Toyoshima

Brian Tong at CES : Kodak Z980 camera

Brian Tong also reviewed the new KODAK Z980 Digital Camera, featuring a wealth of power and versatility, including a 26 mm wide angle, professional quality, 24X image stabilized optical zoom lens and a vertical shutter release with detachable vertical grip.



The new KODAK Z980 Digital Camera offers:

* Kodak’s exclusive Smart Capture feature, which analyzes scenes and adjusts camera settings to deliver beautiful pictures more often;

* 26 mm wide angle/24X Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon Image Stabilized Optical Zoom Lens;

* HD picture and video capture;

* Vertical shutter release and detachable vertical grip, for greater comfort and control when shooting scenes vertically;

* Hot shoe for optional KODAK P20 zoom flash;

* Available at US$399.95 MSRP from Spring, 2009.

Brian Tong at CES : Kodak Z980 camera