With government conferences being cut and training getting trimmed, GovLoop is proud to present a new guide titled, “Building Better Conferences and Training: The Value of Virtual Events in Government,” which we created in tandem with the new Government Virtual Engagements Community of Practice. We know that many government organizations are making the move from in-person to online events and training, and wanted to offer a resource that highlights agencies that are already running down that road and shares concrete lessons and practical steps you can take to do the same.
Specifically, this guide:
- Reveals survey results of 335 public sector professionals, demonstrating how they perceive virtual events and training to be familiar, valuable, flexible and inevitable (see the accompanying charts within for details).
- Highlights 4 government case studies: Learn how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense, the Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management have engaged in pilots and projects that have achieved noteworthy results.
- Shares the subject matter expertise of 5 industry experts that build on decades of combined experience to highlight dozens of tips and considerations as well as casting a vision for the future of learning.
- Offers 10 specific steps that you can take to get started, including suggestions like creating an audience profile, conducting an asset audit to see what traditional content can be converted for online engagement and considering at the outset how you will sustain learning after the event is over.
Everyone from Chief Learning Officers to training managers and supervisors responsible for developing personnel should find the contents in this guide to be timely and valuable.
We also want to offer a special thanks to the sponsors of this report:
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