The Best State and Local Government Conferences
If you’ve been looking for events that can expand your education, connect you to new people, and boost your career, this list of conferences is for you.
Learning
8 Suggestions for Encouraging Boomers and Millennials to Work Together
With Millennials entering government while the Boomers are still sticking around, it can at times be a clash of cultures. As a manager, what can you do to encourage the two groups to work together in a way that helps everyone? Here are eight tips to get you started.
Leaders Teaching Leaders: Leadership Development in the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization
Sean Corbett, Program Manager at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), gave an excellent presentation on the FAA’s Leaders Teaching Leaders (LTL) Program at the Training Officer’s Consortium’s Annual Executive Institute in Ocean City, MD this week. Sean shared his experience in standing up and launching an LTL Program at FAA and highlighted the elements that… Read more »
Creating a Learning Challenge in Your Agency
Deadra Welcome, Learning and Performance Strategist at the U.S. Census Bureau, gave a great presentation on Creating a Learning Challenge at the Training Officer’s Consortium’s Annual Executive Institute in Ocean City, MD this week. Deadra shared her experience in building and delivering an engaging 30-day HRU learning challenge with no budget at the Department ofRead… Read more »
Don’t Stop Learning: Steps for Pursuing Continued Education
The band Journey tells us to never stop believing. Well, I think we should never stop learning. While everyone can benefit from continued education and training, it is especially important for millennials to build the resource and skill sets necessary to advance in the public sector.
Step-by-Step Guide to Grad School Applications
Spring is spreading across the country, and we all know what that means. It’s time to think about what you’ll be doing fall of 2017. Here are some helpful tips to guide you through the application process.
5 Ways to Make Webinars More Engaging
Webinars truly are a great tool, or at least, they could be, if only those of us designing them knew more about our technology and took better advantage of it. Here are 5 features in Adobe Connect you can start using today to make your webinars more engaging.
5 LinkedIn Groups Every Millennial Should Join
Millennials-Read about some LinkedIn groups you should join!
Your Path to Combat Cybersecurity Threats
Learn how to combat cybersecurity threats.
How the Federal Highway Administration Flipped Its Learning Model
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), faced two training issues that are all too common in government: a dispersed, time-crunched workforce; and budgetary restraints. Despite using a mixed approach to training that included in-person classroom instruction and online webinar courses, they still were dealing with several challenges inRead… Read more »