AFCEA Bethesda is pleased to announce an innovative educational symposium for government and industry participants who are or want to be on the cutting edge of smart technology and sustainability. The goals of the event are to make the business case for sustainability, show "big data" applications for energy management, highlight accomplishments with smart building technologies, illustrate saving from effective Federal fleet management, data c...

Step into Your New Managerial Role with Confidence and Knowledge-Motivate through an assertive and strategic management styleIdentify Fundamental Managerial Strengths and Development Needs-Develop effective methods of balancing the “people” and “task” roles of a managerEnhance Productivity by Effectively Leveraging Communications Preferences-Utilize Strategies the build employee engagement, commitment and trust

The amount of data used by organizations has been exploding -- 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years alone, and much of it is unstructured. It's not just the amount of data that presents challenges; the types of data being collected are changing and coming from everywhere: sensors used to gather climate information, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos posted online, transaction records o...

Explore how to: Leverage Powerful Communication Techniques to Increase Team Productivity Improve your Decision Making Methods and Skills Effectively Manage Project Change

Explore how to: Anticipate Potential Problems and Weaknesses in Your Project Plans Learn Process-Improvement and Problem-Solving Strategies Create a Detailed Action Plan to Address the Issues in Your Failed Projects

Establish Clearly Defined End and Intermediate Outcomes for Your ProgramsPromote good management by using measures to monitor program performanceExamine the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Your Business Processes Develop ideal measures for your organization that can be managed and applied Develop Objective-Based Intermediate Measures Assess what drives your organization to achieve its goals with the information gathered between outcome and ope...

Government Employees: $995 (Federal, State or Local Government Issued ID) EARLY BIRD Special Rates in Support of Government Budget Reductions: Now $895 Industry and Contractors: $1,095 (Including contractors on-site and in direct support of government agencies). Special Rates: Now $995 Registration Includes: Presentations, Workshop Notebook with presentations, Continental Breakfast, Hosted Working Luncheon at the Willard, and AM and PM refresh...

Telework Exchange Fall 2012 Town Hall Meeting - Mobility in the Fast Lane Join 1,000 Federal IT and management executives at the 12th semi-annual Fall Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at the D.C. Convention Center. We’ll examine how mobility is moving into the Federal fast lane, and the impact it will have on telework and the future of work. Two events in one, the Town Hall Meeting will focus on mobile IT and the mobile w...

Cloud-based services are now included in federal technology plans, and cloud-adoption within the government is moving forward. Also moving forward is The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative which calls for reducing the number of data centers by 39% by 2015. Government agencies are required to make available a current list of planned and completed data center closures and consolidations each quarter, in accordance with an updated sched...

Featuring Project Management Methodology Specifically Designed to Help You: • Plan and Manage Major Projects• Define Project Goals and Successfully Complete Project Requirements• Visualize and Plan Project Activities Using a Work Breakdown Structure• Monitor and Control Projects with Greater Accuracy• Enhance Performance and Report Project Data• Master the Process of Closing and Executing Projects