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...

FedScoop’s Roadmap to the Cloud will be a Summit for Government and Industry leaders to learn more about the choices Microsoft can offer to support their unique cloud needs and demands. Join us to hear examples of cloud solutions already in action and about Federal agency success stories.

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...

KEY TAKE AWAYS: Attend this conference to learn how to capture the power of social media in your organization, along with helpful tools, tips and techniques to get started, including: Developing a social media (blogging, Twitter, podcasting, wikis, social networks, etc.) strategy to drive performance-based communications Building senior management support for your social media programs Integrating social media tools into your internal and exte...

AUVSI's Unmanned Systems Program Review Join AUVSI members and leading government officials for the unmanned systems industry's premier event on industry and government programs. AUVSI's Unmanned Systems Program Review 2010 will feature over 30 sessions covering the latest information on Air, Ground and Maritime programs. Topics for 2010 include updates on DARPA Robotics Initiatives, NIST Standards for Robot testing, updates from SPAWAR, Alli...

MSAPC will bring together government officials from the US, NATO, EU and the Horn of Africa regional states, senior decision-makers from the shipping industry and latest products and technologies suppliers to help all stakeholders in adopting a practical, comprehensive and sustainable strategy to address maritime security and best practices to counter piracy. Topics Include: Global Commerce & Modern Piracy Crisis Response Types of Pirate Attac...

If you do business with government agencies and their contractors, you should attend Business Over BreakfastTM, the most productive government sector "just networking" breakfast event in DC/MD/VA. Business Over BreakfastTM DC (5th & K NW) convenes at Busboys & Poets and is hosted by Courtney Fairchild, President of Global Services and a Founding Member of The American Small Business Coalition. Your registration for Business Over Breakf...