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Kansas City Marriott Hotel
Joint Conference Location
Kansas City Marriott Hotel
(Downtown)


Shuttle Service Information

Missouri
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Kansas City Marriott Downtown
200 West 12th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64105 USA
Phone: 1-816-421-6800
Fax: 1-816-855-4418
http://marriott.com/mcidt

Overflow Hotels
The Kansas City Marriott
rooms have Sold Out!
Conference participants
can place reservation
at the Crown Plaza or the
Phillips Hotel under
USDA-Joint Employee Training Conference.

Crowne Plaza Kansas City
Downtown

1301 Wyandotte
Kansas City, MO 64105
816.474.6664 direct
Make A Joint Conference Reservation
or www.crowneplaza.com/kansascitydwtn

and the

Hotel Phillips
Downtown

106 West 12th Street
Kansas City, Mo. 64105
816-221-7000 (hotel)
816-221-3477 (fax)
816-346-4422 (direct)
www.hotelphillips.com

 

2010 Joint Professional Employee Organizations and Special Emphasis Program Managers Training Conference

Planning is well under way for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 2010 Joint Professional Employee Organizations and Special Emphasis Program Managers Training Conference. The Presidents of the Asian Pacific Islander Organization (APIO), National Organization of Professional Black NRCS Employees (NOPBNRCSE), National Organization of Professional Hispanic NRCS Employees (NOPHNRCSE), and NRCS Civil Rights Division appreciate the opportunity to host this exciting and informative training conference. The training conference will be held March 15-19, 2010, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Downtown Marriott Hotel.

 

Theme: "Partners Retooling for the Future to Accomplish Unity and Diversity."

 

Joint Training Conference Approval Letter from NRCS Chief (PDF; 48kb)

 

Conference Information

There will be a broad array of training opportunities for employees and partners. The training will include these important topics:

  • Recruitment and Retention of Minorities in USDA

  • Freedom of Information Act

  • Personal Finances

  • Retirement Seminars (CSRS/FERS & Thrift Saving Program)

  • Effective Presentations

  • GovTrip

  • New Era of Quarterly Audit Review

  • HELP!!!!! I’m Stressed Out

  • How to be the best Supervisor and Manager

  • NRCS Recruitment Fair

  • NRCS Business Tools Update

  • Congressional Update Senate and House Staffers from Kansas and Missouri

  • Generational Differences in the Workplace

  • 2008 Farm Bill Update

  • Contracting

  • Extending Outreach to All Customers

  • Career Development

  • Health in the Minority Community

Registration information is forthcoming. Individual attendees can make reservations directly to the following overflow hotels:

Crowne Plaza Kansas City Downtown
1301 Wyandotte, Kansas City, MO 64105
Ph: 816.474.6664
or via the Internet at: Joint Conference Reservations-Crown Plaza
or www.crowneplaza.com/kansascitydwtn

or the

Phillips Hotel Downtown
106 West 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105
Ph: (816) 221-7000 or (816) 346-4422,
or via the Internet at www.hotelphillips.com.

In order to receive the government rate of $107.00, individuals must identify themselves with USDA-Joint Employee Training Conference at the time reservations are made. Rates cannot be changed at check-in or checkout time for guests who fail to identify their affiliation at the time the reservation is requested. Reservations by attendees must be received on or before March 1, 2010.

Poster Paper Presentation Information

 

  
  Updated 3/3/10

 
 

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