Session Archive

The Question Is Moot! Accessibility and Dataviz Is NOT an Either/Or: How to Design Accessible, Usable Data Visualizations

“Regarding accessibility, how do you determine situations in which a data visualization is not feasible?” This question came to us from a client.

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Session Track: Design, UX, and Accessibility
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): klocraft , Tim Shaw

The State of the Union('s Data)

Open Data drives evidence based policy and decisionmaking, supports transparency and accountability, and is the language through which our institutions speak to each other and to the public.

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Session Track: Community and Being Human
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020

Understanding Drupal

Drupal is an extremely flexible system. To achieve this, various layers of abstractions were built into it. A lot of concepts were created to explain these abstractions.

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Session Track: Site Building and Using Drupal
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): dinarcon

What can the USA learn from the world on accessibility policy?

Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom have all developed legislation on web accessibility since the Section 508 Refresh process was enacted in 2017.

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Session Track: Design, UX, and Accessibility
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): mgifford

Why Metrics? How Metrics? Do I even need them?

Metrics has become one of the most popular terms when talking about team introspection, especially in the software industry.

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Session Track: Content Strategy and Analytics
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): eduardomadariaga

Why You Need Disciplined Agile For Your Projects and Organization

Disciplined Agile (DA) is the most comprehensive agile and lean body of knowledge in existence.  It can be a toolkit to help you to choose your way of working (WoW) for your projects, programs

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Session Track: Project and Team Management
Technical Level: Intermediate
Conference Year: 2020
Presenter(s): wabranty

How to give feedback while keeping your head

Have you ever wanted to give feedback to a coworker or manager and were afraid of what their reaction would be?

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Session Track: Project and Team Management
Technical Level: Intermediate
Conference Year: 2019
Presenter(s): Danielle_Sheffler

A Better Idea: User-First for Federal Agencies

In this session, members of the U.Group Experience team will present our approach to tackling the digital strategy for Federal Agency clients looking to modernize and consolidate multiple legacy we

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Session Track: Content Strategy and Analytics
Technical Level: Intermediate
Conference Year: 2019

Accessibility and Design: How to Create the Best Online Experience

You may have heard of the benefits of accessibility or know you need to prioritize it in your work.

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Session Track: Design, UX, and Accessibility
Technical Level: Beginner
Conference Year: 2019

Are We _Really_ Transforming Government? Aligning Values and Measuring Impact

Mission-minded government digital service companies always intend to deliver measurable value with the public sector partners we serve.

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Session Track: Community and Being Human
Technical Level: Intermediate
Conference Year: 2019