Justification to Attend
6th Annual Next Generation of Government Training Summit
Hosted by Young Government Leaders and GovLoop
July 20-21, 2015
Renaissance Downtown DC Hotel – Washington, DC
The Next Generation of Government Training Summit (NextGen) is a valuable developmental opportunity for [AGENCY] employees. In 2014, the Summit brought together 750 rising government leaders at the federal, state and local levels. The sheer number of generation X & Y government employees in the room created an energizing and inspiring atmosphere for learning and sharing. The opportunity to meet employees from other agencies allowed [AGENCY] employees to share best practices and explore new ways of getting things done.
The Summit is filled with two days of keynote sessions, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and interactive problem-solving workgroups on topics relevant to being an aspiring government leader.
The 2015 program includes:
 Creating Innovation in Government: This session will cover best practices, lessons learned and examples of how to create innovation in government from those who have created and operate innovation labs in government. Topics will include: navigating bureaucracy, building a support team, getting buy-in, identifying the small wins, and how to achieve success in a slow moving environment. OPM Defined Core Competencies Met:
Creativity and Innovation, Strategic Thinking, Vision, Partnering, Influencing/Negotiating, and Political Savvy.
 A Framework to Manage Your Career: To achieve a successful career in government, you need to manage your own career. Frank DiGiammarino, former White House Advisor for
Recovery Implementation walks the audience through his career framework, which provides a foundation to thinking through key decisions and building the skills to be a successful leader. OPM Defined Core Competencies Met: Oral Communication,
Interpersonal Skills, and Public Service Motivation.
 Become a Brilliant Communicator: Ninety percent of our day-to-day job responsibilities require excellent communication, but few of us probably feel as if we manage our communications effectively. In this 50-minute session, you will explore the 5 most common modes of communication and engage with the facilitator and other participants to identify the best mode to use in various scenarios...and how to use each of those modes in order to achieve the right impact. OPM Defined Core Competencies Met: Decisiveness, Oral
Communication, Written Communication, and Continual Learning.
 Mindful Leadership: It starts with emotional intelligence. It’s not an easy skill to obtain, and you must take the time to identify, evaluate and control your emotions, to then better understand the emotions of others. By being more emotionally intelligent you can relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict. All this will lead to higher morale, productivity and achieving your missions.
 OPM Defined Core Competencies Met: Developing Others and Team Building.

The Summit provides many opportunities for employees to develop their competencies in technical skills and leadership skills:
 Time Management and Organization: [AGENCY] employees have many work priorities, such as [describe]. The Summit provides advice on prioritizing assignments and delivering successful results on time and within budget. The Summit also has sessions on maintaining work/life balance for young professionals.
 Project Management: [AGENCY] employees are often assigned to long-term, large-scale projects. The Summit introduces basic project management skills through a “Project
Management Best Practices” session. It also provides an opportunity for attendees to interact with federal employees and Presidential appointees who have implemented longterm, large-scale projects to hear advice and lessons learned.
 Presentation Skills: [AGENCY] employees often have the opportunity to present their work in front of senior [AGENCY] leadership. The Summit provides information and inspiration to improve these presentations both in terms of PowerPoint skills and public speaking skills.
 External and Organizational Awareness: [AGENCY] employees are able to interact with individuals across federal, state and local governments. This dialogue fosters an awareness of how [AGENCY] fits into the federal government and also provides resources across agencies.
 Initiative: [AGENCY] employees are exposed to an energized group of young government professionals at the Summit. The atmosphere promotes a sense of enthusiasm and help employees identify opportunities where they can contribute to “good government” on an individual basis.
 Knowledge Sharing: At the Summit, [AGENCY] employees are provided with the unique opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences with a diverse set of peers, as well as with experts in a variety of areas.
 Continuous Learning and Self-Development: [AGENCY] employees are able to use the
Summit as an opportunity to examine their experience thus far at [AGENCY], reflect on knowledge gained, and focus on areas of future improvement.
To translate these competencies back to [AGENCY] upon return from the Summit, [AGENCY] employees can present a chosen topic from the Summit at an [AGENCY] Division Meeting. This presentation can be valuable and would encourage continued education to others at the meeting.
Registration Fees for 2015
Below are the registration fees for the 2015 Next Generation of Government Training Summit, to be held on July 20-21, 2015 in Washington, DC:

Ticket Type
Government Early Bird
Sales End
June 12, 2015
Price
$785.00
Government Registration July 20, 2015 $875.00
Group Discounts are applicable to groups of 5 or more. Contact Megan Dotson
( megan@govloop.com
) for Group Discount information.
Comparative Cost Analysis
The Next Generation of Government Training Summit provides two days of sessions on multiple topics, including: Leadership Skills, Communication, Problem-Solving and Managing Up. A study of the cost of trainings on similar topics yields the following comparison:
Training Provider # of hours
Total Cost Cost per hour
Next Generation of
Government Training
Summit 2015
GovLoop &
Young Government
Leaders 16
$785
(early bird)
$875
(regular)
$49.06
$54.69
Engaging Leadership
Communicating
Strategically
Leading People
Management
Concepts
Management
Concepts
Graduate School USA
16
16
24
$769
$769
$1,595
$48.06
$48.06
$66.46
Emotionally Intelligent
Leaders
Graduate School USA
16 $895 $55.94
As illustrated above, the cost per training hour for the Summit is comparable to many courses from other common training providers. While other training courses focus solely on one topic for one to three days, the Summit is valuable because it combines many of these topics into a full two-day agenda. This allows [AGENCY] employees “one-stop shopping” where they can explore various aspects of leadership development skills, in addition to the other benefits of the Summit, including meeting their peers in government service and learning from subject matter experts.
OPM Approval
The Next Generation of Government Training Summit 2014 was approved as a “training in compliance with 5 U.S.C. Chapter 41” by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), much like the
Blacks in Government Annual National Training Conference and the Federally Employed Women’s
National Training Program is each year. NextGen will know if it meets the same compliance, as it has in all the years past, as early as May 1, 2015.

In 2014, OPM Director Katherine Archuleta spoke at the summit and talked about “how important it is that we, together, build the model workforce for the 21st Century” she then went on to say,
“looking around this room I see people with the energy, the innovation and the motivation to make our great Federal workforce even greater. And the fact that you have taken the time to attend this training summit is more evidence of that. And thank you YGL and GovLoop for organizing this conference.”
With the Director’s support, all government employees should take part in the training the Summit offers.
As an added benefit, Summit attendees receive training certificates and 12 continuing professional education credits via NASBA.
In conclusion, the 2015 Next Generation of Government Training Summit provides [AGENCY] employees with an inspiring and cost-effective opportunity to further develop the leadership skills that are central to the development of young government leaders at [AGENCY].
More information regarding the Next Generation of Government Summit, including registration, costs, and session descriptions, may be viewed at: http://www.nextgengovt.com/ . The agenda for the 2015 Summit is available online at http://www.nextgengovt.com/schedule-2015 .