The 2018 TOC Annual Institute offered more than 30 learning events and activities spread across three days, designed to help you Succeed, Motivate, Inspire, Lead, Empower, & Shine.

Concurrent Session #1: Monday 8:30am

Engagement Strategies for Government Leaders. Natalya Bah, Graduate School.
Track: Leadership Development.

Intentional Design: Innovative Elicitation Methods and Cultural Context. Antoinette Allen, OPM Federal Executive Institute.
Track: Training Design & Development

What if you SMILE? Embodying Coaching Skills for Greater Leadership Impact. Ina Gjikondi & Joan Wangler, The George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership
Track: Leadership Development

Creating a Diversity and Inclusion Program Employees Will Want to Attend. Karen Snyder, Concordia Consulting.
Track: Leadership Development

Safe Spaces: Recognizing and Preventing Harassment in the Workplace. Paul Meshanko, Legacy Business Cultures.
Track: Leadership Development

Concurrent Session #2: Monday 10:30am

New Language for Leading Diverse Organizations. Maria Morukian, MSM Global Consulting, LLC.
Track: Leadership Development

A Fresh, New Landscape of Training Program Design and Evaluation. Cheryl Abram, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Track: Training Design & Development

Building a Successful Intra-Agency Rotation Program. (PDF) Deborah Gadsden, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
Track: Career Development

Uncovering Leadership Blind Spots. Paul Ariola, Dale Carnegie.
Track: Leadership Development

Fatal Kirkpatrick® Model Execution Errors: Identifying & Correcting Them. (PDF) Jim Kirkpatrick & Donna Wilson, Kirpatrick Partners.
Track: Learning Measurement & Analytics

Monday Lunch & Keynote

Leading with Vision: A Blueprint for Engaging your Workforce. Bonnie Hagemann, Executive Development Associates.

Concurrent Session #3: Monday 2:30pm

Team Work-Outs “Bridging Team Silo’s”. LaMarsha Williams & Stephanie Davis, Administration for Children & Families.
Track: Leadership Development

Growing TOC: Lessons for Your Own Organization. (PDF) Meg Bowman, Laniera Jones, and Mike Powell, Training Officers Consortium Recruiting, Marketing, and Retention Committee
Track: Training Development & Design Room 4

Raise the BAR: Strengthening Your Influence as a Training Leader. Gus Lawson, Juncture Consulting, LLC
Track: Leadership Development

A TOC Journey: Learning Happily Ever After! Al Tyree, Graduate School USA.
Track: Career Development

Concurrent Session #4: Tuesday 8:30am

Examining Accountability from Different Perspectives. (PDF) Debbie Eshelman & Dr. Barbara Romzek, Management Concepts.
Track: Leadership Development

How Do You Get People to Do Stuff? John Kolm & Cory Lutz, Team Results USA.
Track: Leadership Development

Civil Service by DESIGN. Kristina Smith, Diversity & Inclusion Strategists, LLC.
Track: Career Development

Orthodontics for Your SMILE Sheets! Realigning Your Evaluations. (PDF) Eugene de Ribeaux & Denise Madaras, PTG International.
Track: Learning Measurement & Analytics

Holding Crucial Conversations. (PPTX) John Cleveland, U.S. Office of Personnel Management / HR Solutions Team
Track: Leadership Development

Concurrent Session #5: Tuesday 10:30am

Are You Ready to Join the Senior Executive Service? Craig Heintz, US Citizenship and Immigration Service.
Track: Career Development

Listen Up! Unlock Effective Communication. David McMurray, Insight Management Consulting.
Track: Leadership Development

SMILE: You’re an Indispensable Employee. Marva Goldsmith & Moorosi Mokuena Consult DSA (Delve, Solve, Achieve), LLC
Track: Career Development

Approximating Level 3: Using Situational Judgment Tests in Evaluation. Joy Oliver, Management Concepts.
Track: Learning Measurement & Analytics

The Change Leader: Preparing Yourself to Lead Others. William Bonds, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Track: Leadership Development

Tuesday Lunch & Keynote

Leadership & Fruit Salad. Paul McMurray, Insight Management Consulting.

Concurrent Session #6: Tuesday, 2:00pm

Leading in the Midst of a Changing Organizational Culture. Brady Reed, The Arbinger Institute.
Track: Leadership Development

Mastering the SMILES Formula. Mozella Ademiluyi, Mountain Peak Strategies, LLC.
Track: Leadership Development

Amazon Alexa: Your Next Career Coach? Melynda Benlemlih & Ravi Garimella, C2 Technologies, Inc.
Track: Learning Technologies & Career Development

Change Unwritten Rules of Work Culture for Upped Engagement and FEVS Scores. David Maxfield, VitalSmarts.
Track: Learning Measurement & Analytics

Concurrent Session #7: Wednesday, 8:30am

The Motivational Magic of Action Learning. Debra Burton Brown, Companybydesign.
Track: Training Design & Development

Kindness and a Defense of the Soft Skills. Part 1 and Part 2. Patrick Malone, American University.
Track: Leadership Development

Share Your Secret Sauce: Submit a Successful Conference Speaking Proposal. (PDF) Chris King, CRK Learning.
Track: Career Development

When Leading Hurts – Managing Stress and Burnout. Jane O. Smith, Stage Your Comeback, LLC.
Track: Leadership Development

Wednesday Brunch & Keynote

Mentoring for Agency Success: Motivate, Empower & Let Employees Shine. Adelle Dantzler, U.S. General Accounting Office.