2010 Government Web Managers 2–Day Conference: Open Government and Citizen Engagement Date: Tuesday – Wednesday, April 27 – 28, 2010 Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (both days) Place: Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC Fee: Fee: $250 for federal, state, or local U.S. government employees. Due to space limitations, this event is open to government employees only. Conference Description Join your peers for our biggest networking e...

2010 marks the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. Celebrate with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the National Sustainable Design Expo featuring EPA's 6th Annual P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet) Award Competition. Meet the university teams competing for EPA's P3 Awards and let them introduce you to their innovative solutions for a sustainable world. More than 250 college and university students from around the country will...

Quest is the leading conference to learn best performance management practices from Baldrige Award recipients and how to: improve your organization's performance results enhance leadership effectiveness build customer and employee engagement increase organizational innovation to gain and sustain competitive advantages improve process management create an environment that fosters social responsibility and ethical behavior increase organization...

The Quest for Excellence XXII is the Official Conference of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Baldrige Award is given by the President of the United States to businesses—manufacturing and service, small and large—and to education, health care and nonprofit organizations that apply and are judged to be outstanding in seven areas: leadership; strategic planning; customer focus; measurement, analysis, and knowledge mana...

Helping Your Site Visitors Engage and Succeed Class Format: One–Day Course Instructor: Janice "Ginny" Redish, PhD, Redish & Associates, Inc Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $200 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $300 for non–government Course Description Citizens come to government with their own goals and tasks in mind. Learn to focus yo...

GovSec and U.S. Law is the only event that provides a comprehensive approach to securing our country. The exhibits will empower you to meet with industry leaders demonstrating cutting-edge security products. You will be able to experience, first hand, the newest systems, tools and technologies protecting us from threats, preparing for all hazards and disasters, and ensuring public safety.Join your colleagues on Tuesday March 23, 2010 and Wedne...

Using Social Media to Communicate During a Crisis Class Format: One–Day Course Instructor: Shel Holtz, Holtz Communication + Technology Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Place: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Directions to FERC Fee: $200 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $300 for non–government Course Description The Internet—and, more recently, social media—have added new di...

Event Overview Join Cisco experts, selected partners, and industry leaders at the 2010 Government Solutions Forum. This intensive one-day program includes detailed discussions about compelling topics facing today's technology and program management professionals in governmental and educational organizations. The four conference tracks will review tools and techniques for more effective: Collaboration Cybersecurity Cloud computing Intelligent B...

Advanced Writing for the Web: Using Plain Language to Engage Citizens Class Format: One–Day Course Instructor: Leslie O'Flahavan, E–WRITE Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $200 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $300 for non–government Course Description You can't engage people unless you communicate in plain, down–to–ear...

The Graduate School, the premier provider of learning opportunities to government agencies and the private sector, seeks dynamic, seasoned instructors to work as independent contractor instructors throughout the Washington, D.C. metro area. Experience in delivering training programs, recent experience as a practitioner in your field, and federal government experience are highly desirable. Federal experience is required to qualify as an instruc...