Schedule

Check out the discussions, presenters slides and photos from the event in the Next Generation of Government Group on GovLoop!

MONDAY, JULY 5

Volunteer with old and new friends!

Enjoy the holiday break with colleagues and future friends while helping out. This portion of the
summit is optional and free! More details to come…

DAY ONE: TUESDAY, JULY 6

8:00 am – 9:00 am Make friends and eat
9:00 am – 9:15 am Welcome Session
Steve Ressler, Founder of GovLoop, Co-Founder of Young Government Leaders
Tim Sommella, President, Young Government Leaders
9:15 am – 9:35 am Opening Plenary Speaker
Matt Collier, Special Assistant to Director John Berry, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
9:35 am – 10:00 am Plenary Speaker
Nicholas Charney, Project Manager, Federal Relations and Issues Management, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
10:00 am – 10:15 am Break
10:15 am – 11:30am Skills @ Work Breakout Sessions

  1. Engaging your Audience: The art of Public Speaking
    David Uejio, Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Human Resources, National Institutes of Health
  2. How to Create Innovation in Government
    Nicholas Charney, Project Manager, Federal Relations and Issues Management, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
    David Hale, National Library of Medicine
    Michael Keating, Manager, Open Plans
    Moderator: Mike Mullen, Vice President, Federal Sector, INgage Networks
  3. Project Management 101: The real story on getting things done
    Randi Greenberg, Senior Project Manager, Secure Communities, Department of Homeland Security
    Bill Bott
    , Change and Innovation Agency, Former Deputy CIO at State of Missouri
  4. I’m a boss? Dealing with being a boss for the first time
    Tom Fox, The Federal Coach Column, The Washington Post & Director, Center for Government Leadership, Partnership for Public Service
    Session Notes and Slides can be found on GovLoop
  5. Get your Geek on! Mastering Tech Tools
    Neil Callanan, Chief Executive Officer, LooseGrip
    Communications
    Jesse Thomas, President, Jess3, Creators of Conversation Prism and State of Internet
11:30 am – 11:45 am Break
11:45 am – 1:00 pm Networking Luncheon: Government Bingo
Hosted by Chris Dorobek, Federal News Radio, DorobekInsider.com
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Break
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Transforming Government Sessions

These breakout sessions are facilitated discussions open to the room. The mission of each room is to identify significant ways to enhance their area of expertise to make their government lives easier to do with real solutions.

  1. Transforming IT – Case Study and Discussion
    Dan Munz, Public Dialogue Specialist, Center for New Media and Citizen Engagement, U.S. General Services Administration
    Tiffany Smith, Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, U.S. General Services Administration
  2. Transforming HR- Case Study and Discussion
    Amy Anda, Management Analyst, Transformation Priorities & Requirements, Human Resources Management, Business Transformation Agency
  3. Transforming Communications- Case Study and Discussion
    Dannielle Blumenthal, Public Affairs Specialist, Branding and Social Media, U.S. Government
    Gautham Nagesh, Hillicon Valley Blogger, The Hill
    Ed O’Keefe, The Federal Eye Blogger, The Washington Post
  4. Transforming Acquisitions- Case Study and Discussion
    Mary Davie, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Assisted Acquisition Services, General Services Administration
    Jamie Gracia, Federal Acquisition and Program Management Consultant
    Lisa Grant, General Services Administration
    Chris Hamm, Operations Director, Federal Systems Integration and Management Center, General Services Administration
    Sterling Whitehead, Contract Specialist, U.S. Department of the Navy & Founder, Young Acquisition Professionals
  5. Transforming Operations & Programs- Case Study and Discussion
    David Lengacher, Six Sigma Master Black Belt
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Break
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Career Conversations
Defining key moments to successfully climb the career ladder

Lisa Schlosser, Director for the Office of Information Collection, Environmental Protection Agency
Jim Williams, Former Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service, General Services Administration
Moderator: Jeremy Rissi, Professional Development Chair, Young AFCEANS

Some notes from the session can be found on GovLoop

3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Day one wrap up
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Reception @ Rock Bottom Brewery (optional)

Day Two: Wednesday, July 7

7:30 am – 8:30 am Make friends and eat
8:30 am – 9:45 am Getting Stuff Done: Top Young Execs panel
Moderator: Steve Ressler, Founder of GovLoop, Co-Founder of Young Government Leaders
Jack Bienko, Deputy Director, Entrepreneurship Education, U.S. Small Business Administration
Amanda Eamich, Director, New Media, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Erin Edgerton, Director, New Media and Strategic Communications, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President
9:45 am – 10:45 am Bridging the Gap panel
Moderator: Andrew Krzmarzick, Director, Community Engagement, GovLoop & GenShift Blogger
Sunny Hester, Director, Human Capital, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Scott Span, President, Tolero Solutions – Organizational Development & Change Consulting

Follow Up Notes, Slides and Conversation taking place on GovLoop
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Breakout Sessions

  1. Building Your Own Brand
    Brittany Thompson, Business Transformation Consultant, IBM Global Business Services
    Lily Whiteman, Author of How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job, Senior Science Writer at National Science Foundation
  2. Social Entrepreneurship – Working Across Multi Sectors
    Jake Brewer, Engagement Director, Sunlight Foundation
    Robert Tice Lalka, Global Partnership Liaison, U.S. Department of State
    Matthew Slutsky, Director of Partnerships, Change.org
  3. Managing Your Life and Career – A Framework
    Frank DiGiammarino, Deputy Coordinator for Recovery Implementation, Executive Office of the President
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm Break
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Keynote
Rob Salkowitz, Consultant & Author, Young World Rising
Slides can be found below
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm Break
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Breakout Sessions

  1. Managing Up – Influence without Authority
    Misti Burmeister, Chief Executive Officer, Inspirion & Author, From Boomers to Bloggers
    Tambra Raye Stevenson, Founder and Director, Creative Cause & Vice President, Metro Washington Public Health Association
    Kate Walker, GAO, Former President – Young Government Leaders
  2. Finding a Mentor & Reverse Mentoring
    Mary Cummings, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center
  3. Mastering the Performance Review
    Moderator: Jeff Press, Executive Director, The Center for Radical Improvement
    Stacey O’Hara, Branch Chief, Performance Management Branch, Human capital and Client Services, U.S. Department of Education
    Katherine Tobin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Performance Improvement, U.S. Department of Education
    Winona Varnon, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Management, U.S. Department of Education
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm Plenary Speaker
William Eggers, Author “If We Can Put A Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government“, Global Director, Public Sector Industry, Deloitte Research
Slides can be found below
3:20 pm – 3:45 pm Closing Plenary Speaker
Neil Pasricha, Author “The Book of Awesome” and 1000AwesomeThings.com
Slides can be found below
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Closing remarks & video

Slides are available!

Neil Pasricha’s slides:

Awesome
View more presentations from GovLoop.

Bill Eggers’ slides:

Bridging the Gap Panel:

Rob Salkowitz’s Slides: