Long gone are the days where government agencies should rely on brick-and-mortar locations to respond to the needs of the constituents.Social messaging - using applications like Facebook or Twitter to interact with an organization - is replacing the phone as the preferred communication channel. During the pandemic, we saw those previously thought to be digitally excluded adopt social messaging as a way to stay in touch with their loved ones....

Innovation is a term that is thrown around a lot. We want our government agencies to be innovative, to be creative, to think outside the box, but agencies are also tasked with incredibly important missions that need stable and constant attention in order for them to be successful. Join us online to learn how you can instill small-scale innovation like process improvements, and creative rethinking of outdated practices into your work to add a s...

Federal Open Season is November 8, 2021 through December 13, 2021. Join Ray Kirk, Ph.D., Federal Benefits Specialist, to learn and prepare for the upcoming Open Season. Basic provisions of the FEHB and FSA programs Types of FEHB plans Important concepts in health insurance: types of plans, deductibles vs. co-pay, in-network benefits vs. out of network What you can do during Open Season

Don't let the mundane get in the way of the transformative. While agencies set their sights on digital transformation, government employees often spend too much time bogged down completing manual tasks like updating a website's look and feel, incorporating a chat bot or even digitizing paper processes.But it doesn't have to be that way. Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 13 from 2-2:45 p.m. ET/11-11:45 a.m. PT to learn from government and industry lea...

Course Details Join this training to get an overview of the services that you can use to help meet compliance and governance controls in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. You’ll discover the fundamental cloud security concepts, including access control, data encryption methods, incident response, and security for network access to AWS resources. To sign up for this training, first register for the AWS Summit Washington, DC. Breakfast...

Course Details This no-cost, one-day training will provide an introduction to Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud concepts and AWS core services for compute, storage, database, AWS GovCloud (US), and networking. AWS technical experts who support various federal and Department of Defense (DoD) customers will be on hand in person to explain key features and use cases, share best practices, walk through technical demos, and answer your questions. To...

Navigate Changing Times With Your Government Communication Peers!Tips, Tactics And Best Practices To Help Engage, Inform, And Empower Your Employees From Top Government Communicators.Hear how other government agencies are communicating to boost morale, inform on various channels, and keep employees engaged through COVID and beyond – whether in-person or remote.Learn from your peers how to incorporate storytelling and empathy into communi...

The Society of Government Meeting Professionals (SGMP) will celebrate its 40th anniversary and host its Annual National Education Conference (NEC) in Huntsville, Alabama from September 21-23, 2021 and virtually. The hybrid conference is the oldest annual event in the government meetings industry and where government planners and suppliers from across the country come together for non-stop education, resources and connections. Nine continuing e...

InfoGovWorld: The Greatest IG Show on Earth!! Register now here: https://infogovworldexpo.com/registration With more than 75 top speakers from around the world, 70 sessions, an immersive virtual expo hall, networking events, a career fair, and two days of training for industry-related certifications, InfoGov World Expo 2021 will be the world’s first trans-Atlantic Information Governance conference presented in a 3D world. Covering Major...

Organizations with gender diversity are 15% more likely to be successful organizations. 15%! But some roles and departments are still heavily underrepresented - especially in science and technology fields.Join GovLoop, Cornerstone, and our government speakers for a panel discussion about how governments can create more meaningful opportunities for women in STEM fields.Specifically, you’ll learn: Strategies and best practices for cultivat...