Research Tools and Techniques for Analysts: Refining Your Online and Offline Research What to do when you're told, "Find out about this!" Research Workshop: Washington Essentials
This course helps analysts and anyone responsible for research at any Washington-area organization, whether an agency, association, business, elected official or nonprofit. It is designed for analysts who want to improve their online and offline searches.
A recent survey by Convera found:
A commanding 95 percent of professionals find Internet search engines an aid for conducting work, yet only 40 percent say they are very satisfied with the results
Less than 25 percent of professionals are very confident that when using popular Internet search engines they've looked everywhere to find answers
Businesses pay employees to hunt for information that can't be found and make decisions without all the facts.
More than 60 percent disclosed they do not ask for help when lost, while 80 percent said they have never been trained to use the advanced search feature.
Are you among the 80 percent who haven't received research skills training? Our faculty have a minimum of 15 years' experience in performing research in Washington.
You'll gain:
An overview of online searching, telephone and email research
A review of legislative, judicial, regulatory, factual and international research
A review of public and private information sources
Research is a fundamental job requirement of many jobs in Washington, DC, and our research skills courses can help you perform this work more efficiently and more effectively, contributing to better job reviews and promotion possibilities.
You will have a "hands-on" opportunity to follow our faculty and navigate the Internet with one of our laptop computers (first 20 registrants to sign in at program). Or, bring your own Wi-Fi equipped laptop and take advantage of our Portable Wi-Fi ClassroomTM to enhance your learning.
The leadership competencies for this course include:
Technology Management
External Awareness
Bring this course to your site.
This course and any combination of its topics are available as custom on-site training for your organization. We have tailored this course for federal agencies, law firms, and Fortune 500 companies. For more information about how this training can help your members and staff, please contact our client liaison.
"Peggy Garvin is the 'go-to' Washington expert on how to effectively locate, evaluate and leverage information from federal and state government websites." -- Sabrina I. Pacifici, Founder, Editor, Publisher, LLRX.com and Author of the blog on law and technology news, beSpacific.com
"It includes important basics - how to think before you begin your research; how to work on unfamiliar topics; what to search and how to evaluate the results - which are not always included in books of this type." -- Kee Malesky, NPR Reference Libraryy
When 4 people from the same organization register and pay together, the 4th person is free. When 8 people from the same organization register and pay together, the 4th and 8th persons are both free. See complete details here.
For this course, cancellations and transfers must be submitted in writing to us. Substitutions must be submitted in writing - include substitute's name, phone and email. Our transfer and cancellation fees are outlined below.
TCN reserves the right to cancel any course in the event of insufficient registrations.
All statements and discussion at all of our courses, workshops and seminars, public and custom, are off the record and not for attribution, unless specified otherwise. The resulting confidentiality ensures a frank and free exchange of views.
Fax or Mail: Print out and complete the registration form (in Adobe pdf). The completed form should include your method of payment. Fax the completed form to us at 703-739-1195. Mail the completed form to us at TheCapitol.Net, Inc., PO Box 25706, Alexandria, VA 22313-5706
TheCapitol.Net is a non-partisan firm, and the opinions of its faculty, authors, clients and the owners and operators of its vendors are their own and do not represent those of TheCapitol.Net.
Next Course December 14, 2012 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Location (below) $395
Approved for .6 CEUs from George Mason University.
All of our courses and workshops include extensive interaction with our faculty, making our courses and workshops both educational and mini-consulting sessions with substantive experts.
Rave Reviews
"[This program will] help me manage the massive amounts of info that I receive by giving me tools to be more efficient. Exposed me to resources that I didn't know about and gave me lots of ideas on how to be more efficient and better organized. I will always come back to TheCapitol.Net and encourage my colleagues to do so." -- Senior Policy Associate, National Recreation and Park Association
"A number of great resources & computers were helpful to conduct real time research."
"Great resources. I feel excited to go back to work & implement these ideas." -- Business Development Analyst
"Provides additional avenues to information and new ways to use the web more effectively." -- Research Analyst, National Marine Manufacturers Association
"I learned some really great techniques and tips today." -- Public Policy Manger, United Health Care