MARKET CONNECTIONS, MERRITT GROUP AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COUNCIL ARE EXCITED TO SHARE RESULTS FROM THE LATEST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR STUDY AT A BREAKFAST AND BRIEFING. Join us to learn about the best BD and marketing practices from the industry’s leading companies. We will share results from our latest research study, followed by a panel of experts who will share their personal insights on best practices. The breakfast setting...

Discover how your government peers are using video, social, & digital channels to increase audience involvement & engagement to achieve mission objectives. Participate in your choice of 3 hands-on interactive pre-training workshops, and hear over 10 real-world case-studies from your government peers. Join an audience of 40 - 50 government communications, marketing, and public affairs professinoals as you benchmark best practices. You w...

The communications playing field continues to evolve, but is your communications and outreach strategy evolving as well? Visual communications – social, video, mobile, and more – are providing government agencies with the opportunity to reach citizens with the right message, at the right time, in the right way. Benchmark best practices with your government peers as you see first-hand how you can use visual communications, including...

Learn best practices from your peers on how to use SOCIAL, VIDEO, MOBILE, WEB and more to more effectively engage citizens and communicate your key messages, cost effectively. You'll learn digital communication strategies, plans and practical advice from: NASA OSHA Department of Veterans Affairs U.S. Forest Service Washington State Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Agriculture And many more... Join your peers for practical advice...

Government Social Media: Driving Results | February 29 – March 2, 2016 Pre-training workshop day: Monday, February 29 Main, two-day training: Tuesday, March 1 – Wednesday, March 2 Join us in Washington, DC for this interactive, peer-to-peer learning opportunity. This training will provide practical tips and low-cost techniques for agencies to maximize public awareness of goals and initiatives. Explore how to measure the ROI of your...

This training brings together leading agencies, sharing their best practices – what worked well, and what didn’t – regarding digital outreach, strategic communications, and social media in government public affairs. With approximately 90% of your audiences receiving information from screen-based devices, social media and digital platforms are necessary to reach your audiences. Learn how to integrate, manage, monitor, and meas...

New Approaches to Media Monitoring: Benefits, Pitfalls and Strategies for Success You rely on data every day to plan your company investments, to pick the right school for your child, to navigate around traffic. You would never tolerate receiving bad data from your financial manager, your child's school, or your GPS. So why would you to make critical business decisions for your company based on bad media data from automated media monitoring to...

About The Conference The Convergence in Communications Conference is the region’s premiere event addressing the disruptive convergence of technology impacting the communications landscape. The Convergence in Communications Conference is produced by Capitol Communicator. Capitol Communicator is a unique online and offline resource for Mid-Atlantic advertising, marketing, public relations, digital and media communications professionals. Th...

SBGCN will welcome Susan Gorcowski, Associate Administrator, Office of Communications and Consumer Information, with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Following Ms. Gorcowski’s presentation, we are hosting an expo of our members with energy and transportation experience. These members have the past performance credentials small and large firms want in a teaming partner. The expo participants have worked on commu...

SBGCN is hosting a panel of government leaders who create and deliver communications campaigns targeting the Latino community. The panelists will provide their thoughts on the latest trends, best practices and techniques for communicating with the Hispanic community as well as important lessons learned. Following the panel discussion, we are hosting an expo of SBGCN members that specialize in multi-cultural communications, including campaigns...