New social media technologies and strategies provide quick, easy solutions to many of the challenges faced by workplace learning and development practitioners in the government. Social media vehicles such as Twitter and Facebook, for example, can help L&D build learning communities, facilitate quick assignments, offer updates or follow-up tips, and otherwise extend the reach of the formal training event. Government training practitioners f...

Government To Go - Best Practices for Strategic Mobility: August 13th Mobility is flourishing — government agencies and departments are increasingly rolling out citizen-facing applications, projects to increase field worker productivity and mobile friendly websites. But creating a mobile strategy may seem especially daunting because so much about mobile is new and constantly changing. This session will discuss how mobile is being used in...

Meet the Digital Citizen — Developing a Web Strategy for Engagement: July 30th Your constituents are connected, driven by engagement, and waiting for your agency to deliver services on their terms and timeframes. Their expectations have been conditioned by intuitive experiences with online retailers. This session will discuss how online experiences can improve agency effectiveness and client outcomes, while reducing operational costs.

Social Media — Get Ready to Analyze and Engage: July 16th Governments all over the world are taking advantage of social media in new and interesting ways. With nearly all government agencies and departments having a Twitter or Facebook account, the focus is no longer on employing social media; it's on using these outlets effectively. It's not enough to just post a link to a news article or press release - government needs to interact wit...

Are you interested in communications, digital government, and leveraging technology to better serve your citizens and stakeholders? Join Jennifer Kaplan, Product Marketing Manager at GovDelivery, to learn about what’s next in digital communications and how that can affect you, the government communicator. Jen will provide insightful perspectives and strategies on government communications to help you prepare for upcoming trends that will...

Federal Media & Marketing Study 5th Anniversary Breakfast & Briefing Thursday, May 16, 20138:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. EST Gannett Conference Center7950 Jones Branch Dr.McLean, VA 22187 Cost: $65 Market Connections and Sara Leiman, VP Media Director at TMP Government, are excited to announce the 5th anniversary release of the Federal Media and Marketing Study. The past year has been one of tremendous uncertainty within the federal gov...

Jennifer Schaus will present on how to leverage your contacts & social media for results. Panera Bread in Sterling, VA. Please contact Marvin Powell for info. http://ctym.eventbrite.com/

Join us for a series of one-hour training sessions to examine to the current policies, trends, executive orders and technology for establishing an interactive dialogue with constituencies and effective online collaboration. April 30: Fostering Online Communities and Engagement Using Social Knowledge Management Are your agency employees and constituents experiencing “content overload?” Are massive amounts of data, information and si...

Jennifer Schaus & Associates continues to host a series of GOV CON Webinars. Learn Before You Leap. Register for each webinar INDIVIDUALLY. Full list available at http://JenniferSchaus5.eventbrite.com WEBINAR RECORDING: http://youtu.be/uXWJneBnsrU April 19 - Jennifer Schaus will explore social media strategies & tactics; how to use social media to propel your marketing & sales efforts. Q&A available at the end of the webinar. R...

About the NAGC Communications School The Communications School is the only event of its kind that provides invaluable networking opportunities and practical educational sessions to help government communicators increase their skills. The coveted NAGC Government Communicator of the Year Award is presented during the Communications School and honors an individual who has brought forth government's message with a high standard of professionalism...