Benefits Real estate development in the proximity of higher education institutions, whether undertaken by the institution itself, a private concern or a joint venture between the educational institution and a private concern, presents a myriad of issues above and beyond what is normally encountered with conventional real estate development projects. These issues often include complicated questions related to income, real estate and sales taxes...

Benefits Technology is driving organizations to reassess the way they work. Technology is allowing us to do things we have not been able to do before. Employees, partners and constituents have changing expectations of how they want to work with you. Are you listening? Resiliency is function of leadership. Learn to listen, live, and lead in the Networked Age. Leadership is communication. Gain an understanding of what the Networked Age means to...

Benefits The recent activity in the charitable sector by federal and state regulatory agencies has mandated that professionals take a proactive approach into all aspects of this important and very diverse sector. The tax-exempt community is under a microscope. Problems that a few years ago might have gone unnoticed now get picked up and widely broadcast. Recent IRS compliance initiatives in governance, transparency, abusive tax avoidance trans...

Benefits Water supply around the world has become one of the major tasks facing municipal managers and stake holders. Desalination has often been regarded as too expensive because it consumes too much energy. Environmental concerns have also been expressed by local groups that fear their beaches and shoreline will be harmed if desalination plants are built nearby. Beginning in 2000, large (25 million gallons per day and larger) desalination pl...

Benefits The land survey is a critical part of real estate practice. All parties involved need to be knowledgeable of the survey process so a proper survey can be assured instead of assumed. With this knowledge, a thoroughly researched, accurate and clear representation of the property can be achieved. Minor discrepancies can be resolved without the devastating effects that oftentimes result. Understanding and working with the surveyor can hig...

The amount of content needed for translation is on the rise, however the one-size fits all mindset is not an option when addressing the variety of language, quality, and process needs in the government. Join us for an overview of three types of translation technology, discuss how government organizations can leverage each for their unique needs, and how to support human translation processes such as translation memory, translation workflow, a...

As federal IT increasingly turns to cloud computing, running legacy applications on diverse operating systems and hardware configurations has become a major challenge to ‘keeping the lights on’, as well as making progress toward implementing new architectures. VMware ThinApp enables applications to be packaged so they run completely isolated from each other and the operating system on end-point devices. Application packages can be...

With the explosion of new devices and the challenge of adaptation, organizations face a bigger obstacle than ever to be able to engage their customers in a digital world. Paper has long been the workhorse of the organization, the natural solution would be to engage your customers directly through electronic means of communication. However, as each new channel becomes available, the path forward becomes both expensive and more confusing. Join...

Benefits In most of the United States, attorneys representing nonprofit institutions and those who donate to them and their endowment funds are governed by new state law which replaced the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds, which had been the law in 47 states since 1972. This live audio conference helps you cope with a new set of legal requirements. In this currently challenging economy, the UPMIFA provides nonprofit institutions with...

Improve Your Video Teleconferencing Capabilities Join Adobe, Carahsoft, and Emergent for an informative one-hour session to learn about leveraging the full suite of the Adobe Connect capabilities with Video Teleconferencing (VTC) and your mobile device.Connect, the award-winning web conferencing solution, has an expansive set of collaboration features leveraged as a single platform for end-to-end solutions around presentations, meetings, trai...