Thank you to all who got creative and submitted a theme for our 2024 Annual Institute Theme Contest. There were many great options – it was so difficult to choose that we combined 2 winning ideas! We are happy to announce the winners of the theme contest for the AI, April 28 – May 1, 2024, are Wayne Ross and … Read More
Annual Institute Call for Proposals
Do you have experience and expertise that could benefit your colleagues? Why not share them with your peers as a presenter at TOC’s Annual Institute? We invite you to share with the TOC community your experiences, tools, skills, and insights on relevant topics in training and human capital in the federal government. The Annual Institute Program Committee invites you to … Read More
2024 Distinguished Service Awards
The nomination window for The Annual TOC Distinguished Service Awards Program is now closed! Decades ago, TOC launched the Annual Distinguished Service Awards Program to recognize training practitioners who’ve created remarkable programs, products, and services within the Federal training community. Every year, the excitement of the program — and the stiffness of the competition — has grown. The Annual TOC … Read More
TOC Learning & Development Skills Academy
We are committed to offering premier professional development opportunities to our registrants, which include trainers, educators, learning executives, and human resource development specialists in the Federal government. This year, TOC is piloting an L&D skills academy as premium content to a limited number of registrants to develop their skills and L&D-specific capabilities. TOC is in search of a vendor to … Read More
What’s Our Theme? 2024 Annual Institute Theme Contest
TOC takes Philly! We are excited to announce the 2024 Annual Institute, led by Denise Madaras, chair and Kelly Gerstenberg, vice-chair, will be held in Philadelphia, PA! Each year we have a theme for our Annual Institute, which we use as a basis to select our keynote speakers, inspire our presenters, and connect with our registrants. Continuing for the third year, … Read More
A Letter From Our Chair
Dear Training Officers Consortium Community, I am excited to send this letter as the newly appointed Chair of the TOC Executive Board. I have served on the Board in various positions for the past six years and am honored to take on this new responsibility. My main objective for this year is to lead a large change effort to shape … Read More
Welcoming New Board Members
We’re excited to welcome new Board Members to the TOC team! As a volunteer organization, we are thrilled to have new Board Members who are dedicated to moving our mission forward. We are confident they will bring value to our organization. Meet our newest Board Members below: Kelly Gerstenberg, Justin Hasty, Denise Madaras, Amy Neubelt, and Deadra Welcome! You don’t … Read More
The Reimagined Annual TOC Distinguished Service Awards Program
The Annual TOC Distinguished Service Awards Program was launched by the Training Officers Consortium in 1955 to stimulate improved government-sponsored training programs through recognition of individuals making significant contributions to the Federal training community in the areas of training, education, and career development. This year, TOC has transformed the awards program, to include many new award categories, an improved nomination … Read More
A Warm Welcome!
The TOC Executive Board is excited to welcome Shawnree Baker and Jerry Bolling to the Board! Shawnree is joining us to assist with general board responsibilities. Jerry Bolling has been elected to serve as our Treasurer Read more about Shawnree and Jerry below! Shawnree Baker Shawnree Baker is a Business Development Manager at Graduate School USA. “When I think back … Read More
Meet our Sponsor: Graduate School USA!
We are pleased to announce our 2022-2023 partnership with Graduate School USA! As a program year sponsor, you can expect to see them throughout the program year and during the 2023 Annual Institute. Graduate School USA is also the 2023 Annual Institute Diamond exclusive sponsor! We are excited to work with Graduate School USA to bring more value to our … Read More