St. Louis - known for the Arch, barbeque, blues music, the St. Louis Cardinals, and much, much more - will wow Communications School attendees from June 13-15! The “Gateway to the Best in Government Communications” school program will wow you with the variety of training topics, including social media, communications strategic planning, and plain language. The Communications School is the only event of its kind that provides invalu...

Connecting Government Learning Professionals through Technology Co-located with the GV EXPO, the GLTS is sponsored by the FGDLA and provides two days of learning, networking, and engaging opportunities for distance learning professionals in Government agencies. Our focus is on instructional design, LMS integration, instructional and cognitive learning strategies, gaming and simulation for distance learning, video and animation for distance lea...

Course Description This course is an introduction to the planning, analysis, sourcing and forming contracts between public and private parties for the purpose of accomplishing the missions of governmental agencies at the federal level by a Subject Matter Expert. It is designed for individuals considering or engaged in a federal procurement (1102) career. It is for personnel wanting to enhance their knowledge, and suppliers or citizens interest...

Prerequisite: Should have at least six months of contract experience, have taken the FAR Workshop or another basic FAR course before this course. What you will learn: The Advanced FAR Workshop provides an in-depth analysis of the most important parts of the FAR. In this two-day class, we will focus on those FAR Parts that tend to generate the most issues and questions, specifically: • The classification of workers • Intellectual Prop...

Join us as Webinar Wednesdays continues the conversation about inclusion in communications. Last month, we learned how a community reinvented its communications to adjust to changing demographics. This month, Kara Alaimo, Ph.D. will discuss how to adapt your communication strategies, tactics, and messages for different countries and cultures. Kara will celebrate the release of her newly published book (available August 17), Pitch, Tweet, or En...

Two concentrated days on how to understand and use the Federal Acquisition Regulation in your daily contracting activities including in-depth analysis of the FAR system, the key contract clauses and contract forms. Provides comprehensive coverage of the FAR for new users and an advanced treatment of specific issues for experienced contract professionals. Course includes an explanation and demonstration of how to use the FAR online for research...

Two concentrated days on how to understand and use the Federal Acquisition Regulation in your daily contracting activities including in-depth analysis of the FAR system, the key contract clauses and contract forms. Provides comprehensive coverage of the FAR for new users and an advanced treatment of specific issues for experienced contract professionals. Course includes an explanation and demonstration of how to use the FAR online for research...

Come away with the tools necessary to more accurately identify segments of your audience and better target your messaging. Chris will help you get beyond demographics and into marketing and sales techniques.

For three decades, thousands of federal HR, EEO, diversity, employee/labor relations and ADR practitioners have turned to FDR for unparalleled training and the unique opportunity to interact with government leaders and industry experts — at an unbeatable value! The FDR Advisory Board, composed of experienced practitioners, crafts each year’s program to ensure that the topics covered are timely, relevant and address the current issu...

Setting Your Project Up for Success Program and Project Managers (PMs) have the primary responsibility for developing and managing projects according to government requirements and measurable performance standards. They ensure that all activities in the project life-cycle achieve their intended outcomes.This webcast will address the government PM’s role and a number of tools that can be used during performance of the project to ensure a...