Usability Testing—It's Not Rocket Surgery Class Format: One Day Workshop Instructor: Steve Krug Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Time: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM ET Location: GSA - One Constitution Square Fee: $300 federal, state, local government$400 non-government Webinar Description After Steve Krug wrote Don't Make Me Think, he spent five years teaching a workshop about basic usability principles. People really liked it, and a lot of peop...

Class Format: Webinar Instructors: H. Giovanni Carnaroli, DOT and Jana Hrdinová, Center for Technology in Government Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Time: 2:00 PM–3:00 PM Fee: Free More Information Webinar Description Government agencies are increasingly looking to leverage social media to improve the quality of government services and elicit greater citizen engagement. Developing a social media policy can be an important first ste...

Class Format: Two-Day Course Instructor Alex Langshur Date: Tuesday—Wednesday, November 2–3, 2010 Time: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM ET each day Location: U.S. Access Board1331 F Street, NWSuite 1000Washington, DC 20004–1111 Fee: $600 federal, state, local government$800 non-government Course Description Government services and information has never been as readily available to citizens as it is today.The number of touch points has...

The Video Revolution Class Format: Webinar Instructor: Michael Rosenblum, Rosenblum TV Date Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET Fee: $50 federal, state, or local U.S. government $75 non-government Description Small, inexpensive, and easy-to-operate digital camcorders and desktop and laptop editing software have changed the face of video and television production. What used to be expensive, complicated, and difficult is n...

The Magic of Exceptional Customer Service Class Format: Webinar Instructor: Doug Lipp Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010 — CHANGED DATE Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET Fee: Free Course Description Doug’s Walt Disney University training experience provides fascinating stories, unique insights, and invaluable lessons. Learn how certain skills, attitudes and behavior contribute to delivering exceptional customer service. Doug’s ac...

Making Your Website More Effective: Intro to Proven Usability Techniques Class Format: Two–Day Course Instructor: Hal Miller–Jacobs, UsabilityCoach.com Date: Wednesday – Thursday, February 10 – 11, 2010 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $400 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $600 for non–government Course Description Almost anyone can put up a website or...

Measuring the Performance of Government Websites and Citizen Engagement Class Format: Two–Day Course Instructor: Alex Langshur, PublicInsite Date: Wednesday - Thursday, June 9 - 10, 2010 Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $400 for federal, state or local U.S. government employees; $600 for non–government participants Course Description Session 1: The strategic imperative to measure...

Content ROT: How to Find and Treat It Class Format: Seminar Instructor: Delia Konizeski, WelchmanPierpoint Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Place: Department of Labor (DOL) Directions to DOL Fee: $50 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $75 for non–government Seminar Description With thousands of government websites, there is a lot of ROT (redundant, outdated, and trivial) content. You can't engage citizens...

Video Bootcamp Class Format: Two–Day Course Instructor: Michael Rosenblum, Rosenblum TV Date: Tuesday – Wednesday, May 25 – 26, 2010 Time: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm NOTE: the time of this course is LONGER than other two–day WMU courses. Place: Mathematical Association of America Carriage House Conference Center Washington, DCDirections to MAA Fee: $1,950 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $2,925 for non–gover...

Designing Forms, Surveys, and Dialogues for the Web Format: One-Day Course Instructor: Kathryn Summers, PhD, University of Baltimore Date: Wednesday, May 19, 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 This session will focus on designing registration forms, surveys, and engagement tools for a broad consumer audienc...