Spring is here, and free professional development opportunities are blooming at GovLoop. This season, we’re buzzing about new tech, improving your customer experience through surveys, retaining your superstar employees, and more.

Check out the online training line-up we’ve curated for April, and don’t forget to register. Even if you can’t attend live, registrants will receive a session recording the following day. Happy learning!

5 Emerging Technologies You Need to Know

We’ve assembled a team of government and industry leaders to share their perspectives on five key technology trends you need to know. Join us online Wednesday, April 11 from 2-2:50 p.m. ET/11-11:50 a.m. PT to learn how these technologies will shape your future career and the priorities of upcoming administrations.

You’ll hear from:

• Adam Leonard, Chief Analytics Officer & Director, Information Innovation & Insight, Texas Workforce Commission
• Michael Lawerence Evans, Director of Emerging Technologies, Mayor’s Office, City of Boston
• Jacqueline Ponti-Lazaruk, Chief Innovation Officer, USDA
• Francisco Ramirez, Chief Architect, State and Local Government, Red Hat

How to Increase Participation in Public Surveys

Public surveys are a critical CX tool for gauging your services’ effectiveness and measuring constituent engagement. Join us online Monday, April 15 at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT to hear from a government CX expert about how to ramp up the effectiveness of your public surveys.

You’ll hear from:

• Stephanie McGarrah, Executive Director, North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management
• Kiel Kinkade, Program Analyst, North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management

Highlighting How to Actually Bring Innovation to Your Job

Modernization can feel like an uphill battle in government, but innovation is always happening. The key is to find ways to bring that innovation forward and use it as a catalyst for change.

Join us online Wednesday, April 17 at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT as we discuss nine ways innovation can transform your employees, policies and organizations for the better.

You’ll hear from:

• David Larrimore, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Frank Indiviglio, Chief Technology Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Jim Richberg, Head of Cyber Policy & Global Field CISO, Fortinet
• James Coyle, U.S. Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, Lookout

Pick Out the Bad Apples: How to Manage Low Performers

As a supervisor, it can be stressful and awkward to manage a “bad apple.” But left unchecked, these poor performers will jeopardize the team and even the organization.

Join us online Monday, April 22 at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT to hear from a government expert about how to deal with low performers.

Training and Retention: How to Keep Gov Employees

Is your agency actively investing in its employees? Failure to do so can mean high turnover and the loss of critical skills and talent.

Join us online Wednesday, April 24 from 2-2:50 p.m. ET/11-11:50 a.m. PT to learn from government and industry leaders about how government agencies can better retain and retrain their workforce.

You’ll hear from:

• Anissa J. Brown, Ph.D., Chief of Research Training & Career Development Branch, National Institutes of Health
• Joan Mower, Director of Training and Development, U.S. Agency for Global Media