Roadshows

Note: All dates and locations are subject to change. Classes are open to all agency customers unless otherwise noted. If you are interested in GPO hosting an event in your area, please contact the National Account Manager (NAM) team at nam@gpo.gov.

2012-2013 Upcoming Events

Date	Location	Event	Cost	Contact
Nov. 6	Washington, DC & East Coast Customers	*Online Live!* 508 Compliance with Adobe Acrobat, MS Word for Federal Publishers. Learn the federal guidelines for Section 508 compliant documents in this basic foundation course for accessible documents. More details...	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Nov. 7-9	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Best Desktop Practices for Federal Publishers: Preparing and Preflighting Files for Trouble-free printing. This hands-on foundation course covers common technical problems with desktop publishing files and how to prevent them. More details...	$875	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Nov. 8	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Simplified Purchase Agreement (SPA) The GPO SPA program offers a streamlined agency procurement option for projects under $10,000 using GPO-approved contractors. More details...	FREE	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Nov. 8	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Publishing Alternatives for Shrinking Agency Print Budgets (1/2 day) This half-day course provides an overview of the “and” communications strategies for Federal Agencies. More details...	FREE	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Nov. 15	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Proofs and Press Sheet Inspection This course, taught by staff from the GPO Quality Control for Procured Printing section, includes a discussion of proofs and proofing systems and the relationship between proofs and press sheet inspections (PSIs). More details...	$400	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Nov. 21	Washington, DC & East Coast Customers	*Webinar* FDsys Intro In this introductory course students will learn the basics and background of FDsys including information on how to navigate the site. More details...	FREE	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Nov. 21	Washington, DC & the East Coast/Nationwide	*Webinar* FDsys Advanced This advanced course students will learn advanced searching and browsing techniques for FDsys specialized tips and tricks for using the site, and receive focused on tracking legislation and regulations. More details...	FREE	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Dec. 3 - 6	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Printing Processes and Workflow Terminology for Federal Publishers. This course covers basic printing processes and terminology; digital and traditional prepress and printing processes. More details...	$875	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Dec. 4	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	*New!* Creating ePubs with InDesign This new full-day, hands-on, how-to lab course is ideal for those looking to become proficient in creating ePubs. Students must possess intermediate level skills in InDesign 4.0. More details...	$475	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Dec. 11	Washington, DC & East Coast Customers	*Online Live!* Indesign Intermediate (Long Documents) for Federal Publishers This course focuses on critical advanced features for long documents, including multichapter books, pagination, tables, indexes, tables of contents, and templates. More details...	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Dec. 19	Washington, DC & East Coast Customers	*Webinar* FDsys Intro In this introductory course students will learn the basics and background of FDsys including information on how to navigate the site. More details...	FREE	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Dec. 19	Washington, DC & the East Coast/Nationwide	*Webinar* FDsys Advanced This advanced course students will learn advanced searching and browsing techniques for FDsys specialized tips and tricks for using the site, and receive focused on tracking legislation and regulations. More details...	FREE	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Jan. 8	Washington, DC & East Coast Customers	*Online Live!* 508 Compliance with fillable forms for Federal Publishers This concentrated hands-on course teaches how to properly create and edit Adobe PDF documents for access by users with disabilities.	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Feb. 5	Washington, DC & East Coast Customers	*Online Live!* Creating 508 Compliant PDF’s from Indesign for Federal Publishers This hands-on best practices course teaches Federal publishers how to create not only press-quality files, but also accessible Section 508-compliant PDFs from their InDesign layout files.	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Feb. 12	Washington, DC & East Coast Customers	*Online Live!* 508 Compliance with Adobe Acrobat, MS Word for Federal Publishers. Learn the federal guidelines for Section 508 compliant documents in this basic foundation course for accessible documents. More details...	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Feb. 12	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	*New!* Creating ePubs with InDesign This new full-day, hands-on, how-to lab course is ideal for those looking to become proficient in creating ePubs. Students must possess intermediate level skills in InDesign 4.0. More details...	$475	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Mar. 1	Washington, DC & the East Coast/Nationwide	*New!* Tablet Publishing with InDesign Federal Publishers will learn to create books, long documents, magazines, newsletters or catalogs for use with iPad, Android, and other tablet devices. Create both print and digital editions using a single cross-media tool. More details...	$975	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Mar. 12	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Proof and Press Sheet Inspection This course, taught by staff from the GPO Quality Control for Procured Printing section, includes a discussion of proofs and proofing systems and the relationship between proofs and press sheet inspections (PSIs). More details...	$400	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Mar. 12 - 14	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Best Desktop Practices for Federal Publishers: Preparing and Preflighting Files for Trouble-free printing This hands-on foundation course covers common technical problems with desktop publishing files and how to prevent them. More details...	$875	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Mar. 18 - 21	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Printing Processes and Workflow Terminology for Federal Publishers This course covers basic printing processes and terminology; digital and traditional prepress and printing processes. More details...	$875	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Mar. 19 - 20	Washington, DC GPO Central Office 732 North Capitol St. NW	*New!* Color correction in Photoshop for Federal Publishers In this two-day concentrated Photoshop course, you'll learn many ways to correct and improve photos. This is an intermediate-level class that focuses ONLY on color correction and editing techniques. More details...	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Mar. 21	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	*In Class Training Session* SF1 and GPO Forms and Billing This two hour free session will prepare you to accurately complete and submit GPO’s most used and versatile forms. Course materials will also address GPO billing procedures. More details...	FREE	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Apr. 8 - 9	Washington, DC & East Coast Customers	*In Class* 508 Compliance with Adobe Acrobat for Federal Publishers Learn the federal guidelines for Section 508 compliant documents in this basic foundation course for accessible documents. More details...	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Apr. 18	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Creating Appealing ePub pages This class is designed to help you take your ePub files to the next level. Prerequisite: Knowledge of HTML and CSS. More details...	$475	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Apr. 22 - 23	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Superior Customer Service This fast-paced two-day course for government printing specialists will deal with customer service as it specifically applies to providing government publication and printing services. More details...	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
May 7	Washington, DC & the East Coast/Nationwide	*New!* Photoshop Web Graphics This class shows you how to prepare photographs and drawn images for the web. More details...	$500	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
May 14 - 15	Washington, DC & the East Coast/Nationwide	*In Class* 508 Compliance with Fillable forms for Federal Publishers This concentrated hands-on course teaches how to properly create and edit Adobe PDF documents for access by users with disabilities. More details...	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
June 10 - 13	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Printing Processes and Workflow Terminology for Federal Publishers This course covers basic printing processes and terminology; digital and traditional prepress and printing processes. More details...	$875	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
June 26 - 27	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	InDesign Basics with 6.0 for Federal Publishers This basic hands-on introduction to InDesign teaches you how to create desktop publishing projects from start to finish with an emphasis on government publishing requirements. More details...	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
July 23	Washington, DC & East Coast Customers	*Online Live!* Creating 508 Compliant PDF’s from Indesign for Federal Publishers This hands-on best practices course teaches Federal publishers how to create not only press-quality files, but also accessible Section 508-compliant PDFs from their InDesign layout file	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Aug. 6	Washington, DC & East Coast Customers	*Online Live!* Indesign Intermediate (Long Documents) for Federal Publishers This course focuses on critical advanced features for long documents, including multi-chapter books, pagination, tables, indexes, tables of contents, and templates. More details..	$775	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration
Aug. 6	Washington, DC GPO Central Office - 732 N. Capitol St. NW	Creating ePubs with InDesign This new full-day, hands-on, how-to lab course is ideal for those looking to become proficient in creating ePubs. Students must possess intermediate level skills in InDesign 4.0. More details...	$475	Terri Cooks 202-512-1283 theinstitute@gpo.gov Registration

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