2021 – 2–10 PART WEBINAR SERIES SETS

Individual Webinars $175

10 Part Webinar Series for 2021 – Series One

Bloom Centre for Municipal Education is proud to bring you 10 new webinars in 2021. We are excited to offer these courses at reduced rates to the members of our new education partner, the Canadian Association of Government Finance Officers (CAGFO).

✓ Individual webinars are $175 each

✓ Set of 10 webinars for CAGFO members $1,350 (a savings of $400!)

✓ Purchase both webinar sets (Series One and Two) for $2,250 (a savings of $1,250!)

Series One:

Municipal Basics – January 27, 2021
Capital Budgeting 101 – February 24, 2021
Treasury and Risk Management – March 24, 2021
Leadership and Management – April 21, 2021
Project Planning and Management – May 19, 2021
Reporting Essentials: Chart of Accounts – June 16, 2021
Developing a Long-Term Financial Plan – July 14, 2021
Financial Statement Disclosures – September 8, 2021
Municipal Strategic Planning – October 6, 2021
Performance Measures – November 3, 2021

2021 – 10 Part Webinar Series – Series One Courses
2021 – 10 Part Webinar Series – Series One Course Details

10 Part Webinar Series for 2021 – Series One

✓ Individual webinars are $175 each

✓ Set of 10 webinars for CAGFO members for $1,350 (a savings of $400!)

✓ Purchase both webinar sets (Series One and Two) for $2,250 (a savings of $1,250!)

Series One:

Municipal Basics – January 27, 2021
Capital Budgeting 101 – February 24, 2021
Treasury and Risk Management – March 24, 2021
Leadership and Management – April 21, 2021
Project Planning and Management – May 19, 2021
Reporting Essentials: Chart of Accounts – June 16, 2021
Developing a Long-Term Financial Plan – July 14, 2021
Financial Statement Disclosures – September 8, 2021
Municipal Strategic Planning – October 6, 2021
Performance Measures – November 3, 2021

2021 – 10 Part Webinar Series – Series One Courses
2021 – 10 Part Webinar Series – Series One Course Details

Register Today!

Series One

Series One & Two

10 Part Webinar Series for 2021 – Series Two

✓ Individual webinars are $175 each

✓ Set of 10 webinars for CAGFO members for $1,350 (a savings of $400!)

✓ Purchase both webinar sets (Series One and Two) for $2,250 (a savings of $1,250!)

Series Two:

Asset Management for the Financial Professional – January 13, 2021
Financing Capital Budgets – February 10, 2021
Leadership – Emotional Intelligence – March 10, 2021
Financial Analysis – Municipal Focus – April 7, 2021
Municipal Management – May 5, 2021
Management Reporting – June 2, 2021
Municipal Contracts – August 25, 2021
Procurement – The Basics of Procurement – September 22, 2021
Municipal Salary and Benefit Budgeting – October 20, 2021
Municipal Assessment – November 17, 2021

2021 – 10 Part Webinar Series – Series Two Courses
2021 – 10 Part Webinar Series – Series Two Course Details

10 Part Webinar Series for 2021 – Series Two

✓ Individual webinars are $175 each

✓ Set of 10 webinars for CAGFO members for $1,350 (a savings of $400!)

✓ Purchase both webinar sets (Series One and Two) for $2,250 (a savings of $1,250!)

Series Two:

Asset Management for the Financial Professional – January 13, 2021
Financing Capital Budgets – February 10, 2021
Leadership – Emotional Intelligence – March 10, 2021
Financial Analysis – Municipal Focus – April 7, 2021
Municipal Management – May 5, 2021
Management Reporting – June 2, 2021
Municipal Contracts – August 25, 2021
Procurement – The Basics of Procurement – September 22, 2021
Municipal Salary and Benefit Budgeting – October 20, 2021
Municipal Assessment – November 17, 2021

2021 – 10 Part Webinar Series – Series Two Courses
2021 – 10 Part Webinar Series – Series Two Course Details

Register Today!

Series Two

Series One & Two

Series One

Live Session Complete

Now Available On Demand!

Municipal Basics

By Tim Duhamel

Provides an overview of municipalities from top to bottom, with a special emphasis on key processes and today’s complex financial challenges.

Live Session Complete

Now Available On Demand!

Capital Budgeting 101

By Tim Duhamel

Learn the requirements for high quality capital budgeting and planning!

Live Session Complete

Now Available On Demand!

Treasury and Risk Management

By Tim Duhamel

Learn how to manage money efficiently and effectively, as well as how to manage ongoing risks in an organization.

Coming Soon!

Leadership and Management – Skills Critical for Success

By Tim Duhamel

Partly based on the popular “Leadership Challenge”, this webinar is about mobilizing others to get extraordinary things done.

Project Planning and Management

By Tim Duhamel, Jessica Szewczuk

Learn basic foundational project and change management skills to power your career in the complex and ever-changing municipal environment!

Reporting Essentials: Chart of Accounts / Municipal Structure

By Tim Duhamel, Stephanie Porter

Learn how to drive your financial information needs with a well organized and highly effective chart of accounts!

Developing a Long-Term Financial Plan

By Tim Duhamel

Learn the benefits, components and methodology of a long-term financial plan for financial sustainability!

Financial Statement Disclosures

By Stephanie Porter, Tim Duhamel

Financial statement disclosure provides information about a municipality’s financial operations. Learn how they are a key component of transparency in the municipal environment!

Municipal Strategic Planning

By Tim Duhamel

Provides an understanding of how the strategic plan is linked through all municipal processes, resulting in how we do our daily work.

Performance Measures

By Tim Duhamel

Measuring performance is a key enabler of performance improvement. This webinar provides a comprehensive review of performance measurement in the municipal environment!

Series Two

Live Session Complete

Now Available On Demand!

Asset Management for the Financial Professional

By Tim Duhamel

An introductory course with a fundamental understanding of asset management!

Live Session Complete

Now Available On Demand!

Funding/Financing Capital Budgets

By Tim Duhamel

Learn how to develop a funding strategy for your capital budget and long term capital plan!

Live Session Complete

Now Available On Demand

Leadership – Emotional Intelligence

By Tim Duhamel, Hailey Pinksen

Learn how emotional intelligence improves leadership.

Live Session Complete

Now Available On Demand

Financial Analysis – Municipal Focus

By Tim Duhamel

Learn how financial analysis plays a key component in financial sustainability.

Municipal Management

By Tim Duhamel

Learn the fundamentals of good management, and good management practices in support of team, project, and organizational goals!

Management Reporting

By Tim Duhamel

Learn basic municipal management reporting needs, and how to use reporting during the year to support operational success!

Municipal Contracts

By Tim Duhamel

Learn the fundamentals of contract best practices and the financial officers’ role in contract development.

Procurement – The Basics of Procurement

By Tim Duhamel

Learn about best practices for municipal procurement, procurement policy and the role it plays in fraud prevention.

Municipal Salary and Benefit Budgeting

By Tim Duhamel

Learn the fundamentals of accurate salary and benefit budgeting and how to utilize strategies to solve budget shortfalls!

Municipal Assessment

By Tim Duhamel

Learn the fundamentals of the assessment process, municipal assessment best practices and how to approach assessment disputes!

Performance Measures

By Tim Duhamel

Measuring performance is a key enabler of performance improvement. This webinar provides a comprehensive review of performance measurement in the municipal environment!

BLOOM can customize courses for your needs.

Some topics include:

Financial Planning & Management
- Municipal risk and opportunity reviews
- Financial condition assessments
- Budget process reviews and development
- Priority based budgeting
- Program and service costing
- Operating budget forecasting and financial solution development
- Asset management
- Capital budget development and prioritization
- Capital plan development and prioritization
- Capital plan funding strategies (debt, grants, reserves, operating budget)
- Long term financial plan development
- Municipal price inflation (MPI) development
- User fee and permit reviews
- Development levy plans
- Grant research and application support

Strategic Business Planning
- Strategic plan facilitation and development
- Business plan facilitation and development
- Situational consulting and strategy development
- Facility project plans and feasibility studies

Education & Mentorship
- CAO mentorship and education
- Finance officer mentorship and education
- Council orientation and education
- Environmental education
- Communication and writing mentorship

Project & Change Management
- Project plans
- Change management plans and facilitation
- Services reviews

Advocacy
- Representation and negotiations
- Intermunicipal agreement reviews, frameworks and facilitation
- Intermunicipal negotiations

Communications
- Communication plans and strategies
- Facility sponsorship packages
- Narrative process development (budgets, strategic plans, business plans)
- Business plan writing
- Budget communication support
- Media releases
- Media strategy
- Newsletter development
- Public survey development
- Business case development

Environment
- Environmental education
- Environmental communication plans and strategies
- Climate change adaptation plan development
- Environmental strategic planning
- Environmental grant research and support

Questions? Get in touch…