FAStrack to NYC Industry Day - Products (Schedules 67, 75, 76 and 81IB) Sponsored by Federal Acquisition Service, National Administrative & Office Supplies AcquisitionIndustry Partners, come to a free GSA event to learn how to market your product or service to GSA Customers and to meet your GSA Contracting Partners The US General Services Administration, National Administrative & Office Supplies Acquisition Center, would like to invite...

The General Services Administration (GSA) is pleased to invite well established businesses to participate in our exciting new initiative - the Business Breakthrough Program. Business Breakthrough will offer businesses a robust workshop agenda full of up-to-date information on how to successfully navigate Federal contracting. Representatives from GSA, Industry and other Federal agencies will provide information and guidance including real-worl...

Essentials of Proven Usability Techniques: Making Your Website More Effective Class Format: Two–Day Course Instructor: Hal Miller–Jacobs, UsabilityCoach.com Date: Wednesday–Thursday, May 11-12, 2011 Time: 9:00–4:00 PM ET Location: GSA - One Constitution Square Fee: $600 federal, state, and local government$800 non-government Course Description Almost anyone can put up a website or online tool; but ensuring that people...

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...

Improve Efficiency and Usability with Design Templates Class Format: Webinar Instructor: Jeff Horvath, HFI & Carolyn Lawson, CA.gov Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Time: 2:00-3:00 PM ET Fee: Free Course Description Jeff Horvath, VP of User Experience Strategy at Human Factors International (HFI), will discuss the importance of User Interface Design Templates and how they can improve usability on your site. Design templates help user-cente...

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...

Don't miss this powerful one day conference featuring procurement and marketing workshops, an opportunity for you to meet and network with GSA program managers, building managers, leasing specialists, senior procurement associates, as well as small business advocates from DOD and other Federal agencies. Attendees will also be exposed to prime contractors seeking to partner with experienced small businesses to help meet and exceed their company...

Telling Compelling Stories with Numbers: Data Visualization and Communication REGISTER NOW Class Format: Webinar Instructor: Stephen Few, Perceptual Edge Date: Friday, October 22, 2010 Time: 1:00–2:30 PM ET (please note this is an updated time) Fee: Free Course Description Important information cannot speak for itself. To tell its story, information relies on you to give it a clear voice. In government services, the challenge merely beg...

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...