Please join us on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, for The W. Edwards Deming Outstanding Training Awards Presentation and Luncheon

Where: Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
Time: 11:50am – 1:45pm

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Graduate School USA presents the W. Edwards Deming Outstanding Training Award to a federal government organization or civilian branch of the military that has demonstrated innovative training excellence through a workforce development and training program that has measurably benefited the organization.

Presented each year at the Government Executive Media Group annual conference, the Deming Award identifies the winning project as a training innovator, validating and honoring group efforts inside and outside a parent organization and often paving the way for expansion of the effort and/or the creation of further agency projects.

This year, the Deming Award will be presented in three categories:

• Human Capital Management: Talent management, employee engagement and succession management
• Technology: Learning system management, mobile accessibility, and career portals
• Employee Engagement: Innovation resulting in improved engagement, internal communication and team building

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History of the W. Edwards Deming Outstanding Training Award:

An important figure at Graduate School USA and the inspiration for our annual Deming Award, international management pioneer W. Edwards Deming believed that transformation “is everyone’s job” and that businesses seeking change must make a long-term commitment to new learning and new philosophy.

Successful training is training that reaches all parts of an organization—empowering individuals to achieve at every level. Graduate School USA shares Dr. Deming’s ideas about the transformative powers of lifelong learning and the importance of cooperation and support among teams.

Winners of the Deming Award represent a range of priorities and missions: the Naval Air Systems Command; the Social Security Administration; the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are among the organizations honored during the last two decades.

The winning programs have involved classroom courses; cloud-based training; outside-the-classroom experiences; virtual classes for individuals at multiple locations; and various combinations of delivery modes. They have trained (among many others) judges, executives, administrative assistants, park rangers, scientists, engineers, and housing advocates.

What all Deming-winning projects have in common, however, is that they are developed with a long-term vision for an organization's future by teams who are willing to innovate and to see the project through over the long haul, demonstrating Deming's "commitment to new learning." 

Join us to honor the finalists and see the winners for the 2017 Deming Award!

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