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FQN 440 - Source Selection

This course provides complete and comprehensive coverage on source selection principles and processes. The forty-hour format, using lecture, discussion, and exercises, has been designed to teach the competencies required of contract specialists in the FAI Contract Specialist Training Blueprint, and complies with FAI guidelines. The course highlights the development of source selection plan from the inception of the acquisition through award, and how the source selection process functions to obtain best value in specific types of acquisitions.

FQN 427 - Developing Performance-Based Work Statements

Learn how to write performance based work states that tell contractors what to do, Not how to do it. This is the guidance according to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 37, which requires agencies to maximize the use of performance-based methods when contracting. You will determine requirements by developing high-level objectives, tasks, and performance standards. You will develop a performance work statement and quality assurance surveillance plan using the Acquisition Requirements Roadmap Tool (ARRT), and apply your learning to intensive exercises and activities.

FQN 425 - Basic Simplified Acquisition Procedures

Learn about the simplified acquisition procedures and it's advantages (reduce administrative costs, promote contracting efficiency, and avoid unnecessary burdens for agencies and contractors). Understand the applicable policies and laws outlined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 and other related parts. You will learn the roles and responsibilities of those who participate in the process, how to buy through the GSA Federal Supply Schedule, ethical considerations, and other intricacies of simplified acquisition procedures.

Building Resiliency

Summary:

Uncertainty can wreak havoc on employees’ feelings of resilience and their ability to manage their emotions positively and proactively. With this succinct virtual or classroom course, we will teach you how to tackle the challenges of change and stress. You will identify the necessary function of resilience in a changing work environment and evaluate strategies to problem solve effectively.

Learning Objectives:

·Learn how to bounce back from adversity.

Grants and Cooperative Agreements

This introductory course provides a knowledge framework for students to learn more in-depth information about the grant process, setting the stage for specialization in any aspect of the process. Students gain a basic, working knowledge of the assistance process from pre-award through closeout. This includes interactive discussion and case studies on administrative and program requirements, budget and program performance reporting, and extensions.  

 

Organization and Time Management

Organization and time management are difficult when juggling multiple priorities. That is why it is important to blend priority management into any task and time management program. Many things may be important, but not everything is a priority. This course helps professionals identify priorities, establish expectations and boundaries, organize time based on task importance, and balance their days to maintain sanity.

Session will NOT be held in person. It is a virtual event.

Tuition:  $640.00

Emotional Intelligence In the Workplace

Researchers have begun to uncover the power that our emotional worlds have in determining success in all human endeavors: emotional intelligence (EI). At the root of EI is the ability to understand our own emotions, manage them, and use them for our own good. This course summarizes the research supporting the EI concept and explores the role of EI in the workplace. Hands-on opportunities to develop your own EI, and effective strategies for integrating EI into all work endeavors and interactions will be provided. 

Learning Objectives:

Emotional Intelligence In the Workplace

Researchers have begun to uncover the power that our emotional worlds have in determining success in all human endeavors: emotional intelligence (EI). At the root of EI is the ability to understand our own emotions, manage them, and use them for our own good. This course summarizes the research supporting the EI concept and explores the role of EI in the workplace. Hands-on opportunities to develop your own EI, and effective strategies for integrating EI into all work endeavors and interactions will be provided. 

Learning Objectives:

Communication Skills: Managing Difficult /Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations, sometimes called critical conversations or just plain old tough conversations, are discussions in which tension and feelings run high, relationships and trust may be fragile, and different outcomes matter greatly to each person. There is always a worry about whether or not feelings will be hurt, intentions will be mis-interpreted, the ‘wrong’ choice of words will be used, and the possibility arises that matters and relationships may be worse off after the conversation takes place.

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