Michael Fratina
Chief, Property Management Branch, National Institutes of Health
Stefanie Coons
Field Services Manager, Oregon Department of Transportation Driver & Motor Vehicle Services (DMV)
Christina Bui
Senior EEO Specialist/Team Lead, Employment Complaints and Adjudication Division, Office of Civil Rights, Department of the Interior
David Bray
2016 NextGen Exemplary Leadership Winner
2016 Speaker Contest Finalists
Over one hundred people applied to speak at NextGen this year. Government experts voted on ten finalists. The rest is up to you. Vote now for the top 3 sessions you’d like to see at NextGen.
“GOV” like A Maker: Applying the Maker Mindset to Public Service
Exploring the principles and strategies of the maker movement, NextGen leaders will be motivated to build, hack, and jam their way through challenges and silos–no 3D printer required!
The Path to Resilience
In this presentation I will discuss how a 28 day wilderness trip prepared me for a career in public service.
Finding the Win in the Total Fail
This is a talk about how to find success after experiencing failure and tragedy.
Oh, THAT Guy: Why Your Reputation is Everything
Your reputation at work is crucial to your career success, and a bad reputation is impossible to undo, so you must take great care to build a good one.
An Artist Sketches a Federal Career: How Painting and Performing Set the Stage for Success in Government
This speaker is an artist and storytelling performer, who struggled in his career as a right-brained person among left-brained, analytical people at a government agency. But then he learned that everything he needed to be an effective, successful government employee was already in his artist’s tool kit. Though he usually doesn’t find himself bursting into poetry, song and dance at work, Jay’s experiences in these areas have boosted his ability to be valuable at his agency.
Discovering the Intrapreneur: The Best Inside Job Every Government Employee Should Know
This talk will explore the traits of intrapreneurs, including their creative confidence to rethink and remix solutions to existing problems in a mission-based yet silo-resistant approach.
From Intern to Superhero: Meet Ready Girl
Learn about one employee’s journey from intern to Ready Girl — New York City’s emergency management superhero — that has since taught thousands of students and captured the likes of Marvel Comics!
Show Me What You’ve Got
This presentation provides insight on the importance of showing your capabilities as a leader and the three steps you can take to demonstrate your best skills and abilities that can lead to the next stage in your career.
Toxicity in Government Workplaces and Using Humor and Self-Care to Cope
Utilizing tips for resilience and self care in the environments that often leave you thinking and/or saying, ‘”Pardon the Apprehensiveness of My Terminology but your Vocabulary is too in dubious for my comprehension, please endeavor to articulate these matters more distinctively”!
Customer Experience: Dragging an Aging Organization into the 21st Century
How I took a bunch of skeptics and taught them to love their jobs again.
These Agencies Are Attending NextGen…Are You?
More than 75 government organizations are sending employees to NextGen. You can get approved!
Make Your Social Media a Tool for Professional Growth
Heed these ground rules to ensure that your social networks are prepped for professional use.
New and Improved for 2016: NextGen Office Hours
Sometimes you just need an expert opinion to help steer you in the right direction professionally.
How to Have Courageous Conversations
Must read tips on how to handle difficult conversations by building communications skills and gaining confidence .
Networking from the Light Side
Here’s how to approach networking as a way to help others, not just yourself.
