7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Ballroom AB
(Tickets for this event are sold out.)

The NBMBAA® Impact Awards recognize the members, Chapters, Partners and others who have demonstrated exceptional service toward the organization’s mission and goals.

Emcee:
Tamron Hall, Award Winning Journalist

Remarks:
James Collier, Vice President, U.S. Western Field Sales Division, FedEx
Robin Gregory, Career Events Manager, Business Career Services, University of Florida
JaKathryn Ross, Sr. Director, Community Affairs, Georgia-Pacific
Kevin M. Williams, Head of Multicultural Marketing and Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives, BMW of North America

Speaker:
Jesse Tyson, President & CEO , NBMBAA®

Entertainment:
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Zeek Burse
Jukebox

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9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Ballroom AB
Tickets required. 

Celebrate and unwind with your fellow 2017 Annual Conference & Exposition attendees.

Entertainment:
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Jukebox

NBMBAA® Membership Meeting
(Members Only)
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Salon H

Prospanica® Membership Meeting
(Members Only)
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Liberty Ballroom

Career Expo
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Halls BC

Approximately 300 corporations will have representatives on the Career Expo floor. Attendees can gather information, book interviews and network with exhibitors.

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

• Dynamic Leadership: Keep the Torch Lit: Leading with Relevance and Cultural Authenticity
Presented by:


• Technology & Digital Innovation: Success in a Sharing Economy

• International Business: So You Want to be an Ex-Pat?

• Financial Prosperity: How to Retire by 40

• Education & Workforce Development: Getting a Job Offer Through Non-Traditional Means

• Entrepreneurship: How to Make Your Side Hustle Your Main Hustle

1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

• Dynamic Leadership: Leadership in a Difficult Climate

• Technology & Digital Innovation: How Your Startup Can Close the Wealth Gap

• International Business: BRIC: Capitalizing on Burgeoning Markets

• Financial Prosperity: The Art of Negotiating

• Education & Workforce Development: Mastering the Career Pivot

• Entrepreneurship: Embracing Intrapreneurship

12:10 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.

Panelists composed of sports business executives will reflect on their success as well as their failures, lessons learned and moment of triumph. Navigating the twists ad turns of their careers, they will discuss the next-level adjustments needed to succeed in the business of sports.

 2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Diversity has taken center stage around women, but women of color aren’t being elevated at the same rates. Is there enough discussion around the challenges experienced by women of color or enough focus on building the right sponsorship and pathways for women of color to succeed in today’s climate?  Am I my sister’s keeper?

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 2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Graduate Competition finalists will present their case solutions. Graduate & Undergraduate Case Competition winners will be announced.

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The Career Expo Kicked off Thursday with approximately 300 corporations represented at this year's event, which includes more than 10,000 attendees.  

Attendees had an opportunity to meet with company representatives, gather information and set up interviews. Many of the companies are currently hiring. 

The Expo floor was filled with attendees most of the day in the midst of lively atmosphere. 

The Career Expo concludes today.

By Sheryl S. Jackson

Talking about differences is not easy and it is especially difficult to know when or if those conversations can occur in the workplace. A panel of Bank of America leaders led a discussion on why it is important to have those conversations openly and routinely to ensure that diversity and inclusion is not just a job title but is part of the corporate culture.

By Sheryl S. Jackson

Artificial intelligence is a part of everyone’s lives today – whether you recognize it or not. The challenge facing businesses in all industries is understanding exactly what AI is and how it can be used to create efficiencies in the company that result in wins for business owners and customers.

By Robin Farmer

The world is close to being borderless. Many companies are redefining their focus around changing demographics and thrusting collaboration to the forefront.
 
That was the consensus at Thursday’s Meet the Experts session on “Navigating the New Way of Working” presented by Pitney Bowes.
 

By Sheryl S. Jackson

“We live in a world of profound inequity and inequality.” These powerful, first words of activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta not only referred to the situations such as veterans who do not receive health services, Puerto Rico residents who are desperate for aid after a hurricane’s destruction or blight within U.S. inner cities – they also refer to the double standard that prevents not-for-profit organizations from growing their ability to support research for disease or provide services to those who need them.

By Robin Farmer

The doors in Africa are wide open to American businesses, an impassioned Hon. Dr. Alfred Vanderpuije told an audience attending the “Doing Business in Africa: Entrepreneurship Meets Social Investment” session. 

“I hardly see brothers and sisters come to take advantage of opportunities,” the mayor of Accra said, as he stood and implored attendees to ease his disappointment in the low number of African-Americans starting businesses in his country.

By Sheryl S. Jackson

Ever wondered what it takes to become a CEO?  How do you get there, how does it affect your personal life, or who do you go to for advice once you are at the top of the organizational chart?

Carla Harris, Vice Chairman of Wealth Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley, moderated the panel of CEOs and asked the questions as they shared their insights.

By Antonya English

When Gale V. King was growing up in Gainesville, Florida – raised by her grandmother and single mom – she could never have envisioned that one day she would be a member of the C-Suite for a major American corporation.

Today, King is EVP & Chief Administrative Officer for Nationwide. She oversees 35,000 Nationwide employees and is a sought after speaker and writer. On Thursday, King was the featured speaker for the session “A C-Suite Master Class: Lessons in Leadership”, presented by Nationwide.