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...

Plan to attend this year’s conference at the Doubletree Hotel in Chesterfield where experts from Missouri and around the country will provide you with the latest information on community forestry topics. Our keynote speaker is globally recognized Dr. John Ball, always an energetic and informative speaker at conferences around the world. Thursday’s tour will include a stop at the new Citygarden site in downtown St. Louis, an innovative 2.9 acre...

7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast & Networking 8:00 a.m. Introduction & Welcome Anita Antenucci and Jerry Grossman, Houlihan Lokey 8:30 a.m. Federal Services Sector – Budget and Policy Market Outlook Stan Soloway, Professional Services Council Discussion of the challenges and opportunities affecting federal contractors Contracting Policy & Trends: In-Sourcing, OCI, and the Obama Policy Directives QDR and FY11 Budget: Short and...

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...

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 first of a year-long series of national teleconferences to win federal contracts starts January 27, 2010. These teleconferences are hosted by the National Alliance of African American Chambers (NAAAC) & TargetGov and are open to all entrepreneurs nationwide. “Given the economy and the reality of today's business environment, it is essential that Black enterprises increase their revenues and customers. Being successful in Federal...

TargetGov's Government Construction Contracting Teleconference Extraordinary Growth Potential If You Know the Ropes! Attend this teleconference to • learn what construction bonds are and who must be "bonded" • learn the differences between and costs of bid bonds, performance bonds, and payment bonds• learn what agencies are responsible for these opportunities• identify the upcoming pipeline for opportunities • identify...

When it comes to stimulus money no one is spending like the Department of Energy. Join us December 15 for our next Federal IT Breakfast & Schmooze as we host DOE CFO Steve Isakowitz who is guiding the department’s momentous spending. And Steve’s not just a pencil pusher - as a former exec at Lockheed and Booz Allen, not to mention a Master’s in aerospace engineering from MIT, he knows the info industry wants to hear.