Please join Adobe on Tuesday, August 23, for an engaging seminar on how your agency can leverage Adobe Connect to communicate instantly and deliver rich and engaging eLearning content. Adobe Connect removes the traditional technology barriers of web communications and eLearning, which allow agencies to train and communicate instantly. Adobe Connect is based on the Adobe Flash® Player, which is already installed on 98% of Internet-connecte...

Agenda Wednesday, June 15 8:00 amRegistration and Morning Refreshments 9:00 amOpening Remarks Doug Young, Chief Information Officer, State of Missouri 9:15 amOpening Keynote Open Roads Open Minds: An Exploration of Creative Problem Solving Steve Uzzell, Renowned Photographer Steve Uzzell is a veteran National Geographic photographer and one of the nation's leading corporate photographers. Steve's award-winning approach to his photographic w...

SANS returns to Colorado for SANS Rocky Mountain 2011, June 25-30, in Denver! Now more than ever, hands-on information security training experience will set you apart from others in the field. So, register today for information security training in Denver, CO at SANS Rocky Mountain 2011 and get the best security training money can buy. Register and pay by May 11, to receive a $400.00 discount.We're offering the following 5 and 6-day infosec co...

Join us for this Continuous Learning Point (CLP) course and learn about the AbilityOne Program while earning CLP credit! This course provides and overview of the AbilityOne Program, describing how it fulfills customer needs for products and services while meeting its goal of generating jobs for individuals who are blind or have other severe disabilities. The course will also provide information on how to purchase SKILCRAFT® and other Abili...

301: Facilitation Fundamentals Why take this training? Many agencies now recognize the need to develop in-house facilitators to deal with many of their collaborative projects and environmental disputes. Becoming an effective facilitator requires experience with environmental conflict situations, skill in organizing, and artful management of group dynamics. This course is ideal for those responsible for planning projects, convening meetings, an...

Telework Exchange is hosting the complimentary Telework in a Box event on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. at The Oxford Hotel in Denver, Colorado.Join government agency and industry professionals to discuss best practices in telework management and technology. Review Public Law 111-292, the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, and discuss key considerations when establishing a telework program. Learn what is next in gov...

110: Negotiating Environmental Solutions Why take this training? People often enter negotiations armed with emotionally-charged positions defining what they want. This posturing of parties creates an adversarial relationship that is hard to move past. Interest-based negotiation teaches the skills needed to identify underlying interests, and to develop a protocol that enables all parties to get their needs met simultaneously. Interest-based neg...

COURSE TOPICS The curriculum includes a combination of classroom discussions, equipment demonstrations, and laboratory workshops. Course topics include: Canal Hydraulics Terminology Open channel flow principles Structure hydraulics Canal Operation Delivery concepts Operation and control concepts Methods of canal pool operation Natural tendencies Check gate operating techniques Constraints Flow Measurement Weirs Submerged orifices Flow measurem...

The Congress of Cities and Exposition serves as the National League of Cities "annual convention" and offers a broad range of learning opportunities, access to governance and policy-setting meetings, and multiple opportunities for knowledge-sharing between peers. In 2009, 97 % of respondents to the conference's evaluation reported the conference fulfilled their reasons for attending, with 88% reporting conference programming as either good or...

The CMMI® was developed in cooperation with commercial and defense industry, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the Software Engineering Institute and has become the de facto standard for integrated process improvement across multiple disciplines and areas of interest within commercial and defense industry, and governments, worldwide. This conference addresses all categories of users and applications and seeks to help provide a better und...