CUSTOM COURSES / WORKSHOPS

Contact Bloom for pricing on a custom course / workshop for your municipality!

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.

Priority Based Budgeting

By Tim Duhamel

Learn PBB from an expert, and how to budget in today’s challenging economic climate!

Development Offsite Levies Accounting – In Depth

By Tim Duhamel, Stephanie Porter

Learn about detailed development levy accounting. This is must have knowledge for professionals dealing with municipal development challenges!

Customized training / facilitation specific to municipalities, to suit the needs of your municipality. Choose from a range of topics such as (but not limited to):

✓ Municipal Finance
✓ Operating Budget
✓ Capital Budget
✓ Municipal Utility Rates
✓ Priority Based Budgeting
✓ Development Charges and Levies
✓ Budgeting and Financial Administration
✓ Municipal Leadership
✓ Council / Elected Officials
✓ Organizational Culture & Values
✓ Strategic Planning Sessions
✓ Council Orientation Sessions

The courses/workshops can also include additional training on unique Bloom processes that will offer expertise on topics that have been proven to enhance the effectiveness of your municipality, including:

✓ Bloom Municipal Equation
✓ Bloom Municipal Scan
✓ Relationship management, conflict management
✓ Community visioning, vision actions plans, financial action plans

Customized training / facilitation specific to municipalities, to suit the needs of your municipality. Choose from a range of topics such as (but not limited to):

✓ Municipal Finance

✓ Operating Budget

✓ Capital Budget

✓ Municipal Utility Rates

✓ Priority Based Budgeting

✓ Development Charges and Levies

✓ Budgeting and Financial Administration

✓ Municipal Leadership

✓ Council / Elected Officials

✓ Organizational Culture & Values

✓ Strategic Planning Sessions

✓ Council Orientation Sessions

The courses/workshops can also include additional training on unique Bloom processes that will offer expertise on topics that have been proven to enhance the effectiveness of your municipality, including:

✓ Bloom Municipal Equation
✓ Bloom Municipal Scan
✓ Relationship management, conflict management
✓ Community visioning, vision actions plans, financial action plans

Customized training / facilitation specific to municipalities, to suit the needs of your municipality. Choose from a range of topics such as (but not limited to):

✓ Municipal Finance
✓ Operating Budget
✓ Capital Budget
✓ Municipal Utility Rates
✓ Priority Based Budgeting
✓ Development Charges and Levies
✓ Budgeting and Financial Administration
✓ Municipal Leadership
✓ Council / Elected Officials
✓ Organizational Culture & Values
✓ Strategic Planning Sessions
✓ Council Orientation Sessions

The courses/workshops can also include additional training on unique Bloom processes that will offer expertise on topics that have been proven to enhance the effectiveness of your municipality, including:

✓ Bloom Municipal Equation
✓ Bloom Municipal Scan
✓ Relationship management, conflict management
✓ Community visioning, vision actions plans, financial action plans

Contact:

Tim Duhamel
780.991.8854
Tim.Duhamel@bloomcme.com

Contact:

Tim Duhamel
780.991.8854
Tim.Duhamel@bloomcme.com

Leadership Series 3 Workshop

Organizational / Management Excellence

August 18, 2021 – 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Half Day Workshop $350 – All 4 Workshops $1,000

Series 3 Course Offering:

Management Excellence
Human Resource Leadership.
Diversity and Inclusion Leadership

Leadership Series 3 Workshop

Organizational / Management Excellence

August 18, 2021
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Half Day Workshop $350
All 4 Workshops $1,000

Series 3 Course Offering:

Management Excellence
Human Resource Leadership
Diversity and Inclusion Leadership

Register Today!

Series 3 Workshop

4 Series Set

Leadership Series 4 Workshop

Leadership Pillars

December 15, 2021 – 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Half Day Workshop $350 – All 4 Workshops $1,000

Series 4 Course Offering:

Communicating Leadership
Crisis Leadership
Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

Leadership Series 4 Workshop

Leadership Pillars

December 15, 2021
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Half Day Workshop $350
All 4 Workshops $1,000

Series 4 Course Offering:

Communicating Leadership
Crisis Leadership
Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

Register Today!

Series 4 Workshop

4 Series Set

Communicating Leadership

By Tim Duhamel

A fundamental skill for all successful leaders is great communication. Written, verbal, nonverbal, and listening skills all contribute to influential leadership success…

Crisis Leadership

By Tim Duhamel

Crisis is nothing new for municipalities. Fires, floods, financial challenges – the list goes on and on. Being able to recognize key challenges quickly and lead effectively…

Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

By Tim Duhamel

Studies have proven that having a high level of emotional intelligence significantly enhances a leader’s success. Self awareness, control, empathy, and social skills are critical…

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…

CUSTOM COURSES / WORKSHOPS

Contact Bloom for pricing on a custom course / workshop for your municipality!

Municipal Basics

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

Priority Based Budgeting

Learn PBB from an expert, and how to budget in today’s challenging economic climate!

Development Offsite Levies Accounting – In Depth

Learn about detailed development levy accounting. This is must have knowledge for professionals dealing with municipal development challenges!

Customized training / facilitation specific to municipalities, to suit the needs of your municipality. Choose from a range of topics such as (but not limited to):

✓ Municipal Finance

✓ Operating Budget

✓ Capital Budget

✓ Municipal Utility Rates

✓ Priority Based Budgeting

✓ Development Charges and Levies

✓ Budgeting and Financial Administration

✓ Municipal Leadership

✓ Council / Elected Officials

✓ Organizational Culture & Values

✓ Strategic Planning Sessions

✓ Council Orientation Sessions

The courses/workshops can also include additional training on unique Bloom processes that will offer expertise on topics that have been proven to enhance the effectiveness of your municipality, including:

✓ Bloom Municipal Equation

✓ Bloom Municipal Scan

✓ Relationship management, conflict management

✓ Community visioning, vision actions plans, financial action plans

Customized training / facilitation specific to municipalities, to suit the needs of your municipality. Choose from a range of topics such as (but not limited to):

✓ Municipal Finance

✓ Operating Budget

✓ Capital Budget

✓ Municipal Utility Rates

✓ Priority Based Budgeting

✓ Development Charges and Levies

✓ Budgeting and Financial Administration

✓ Municipal Leadership

✓ Council / Elected Officials

✓ Organizational Culture & Values

✓ Strategic Planning Sessions

✓ Council Orientation Sessions

The courses/workshops can also include additional training on unique Bloom processes that will offer expertise on topics that have been proven to enhance the effectiveness of your municipality, including:

✓ Bloom Municipal Equation

✓ Bloom Municipal Scan

✓ Relationship management, conflict management

✓ Community visioning, vision actions plans, financial action plans

Customized training / facilitation specific to municipalities, to suit the needs of your municipality. Choose from a range of topics such as (but not limited to):

✓ Municipal Finance

✓ Operating Budget

✓ Capital Budget

✓ Municipal Utility Rates

✓ Priority Based Budgeting

✓ Development Charges and Levies

✓ Budgeting and Financial Administration

✓ Municipal Leadership

✓ Council / Elected Officials

✓ Organizational Culture & Values

✓ Strategic Planning Sessions

✓ Council Orientation Sessions

The courses/workshops can also include additional training on unique Bloom processes that will offer expertise on topics that have been proven to enhance the effectiveness of your municipality, including:

✓ Bloom Municipal Equation

✓ Bloom Municipal Scan

✓ Relationship management, conflict management

✓ Community visioning, vision actions plans, financial action plans

Contact:

Contact:

Leadership Series 3 Workshop

Organizational / Management Excellence

August 18, 2021 – 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Half Day Workshop $350 – All 4 Workshops $1,000

Series 3 Course Offering:

Leadership Series 3 Workshop

Organizational / Management Excellence

August 18, 20211:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Half Day Workshop $350All 4 Workshops $1,000

Series 3 Course Offering:

Register Today!

Leadership Series 4 Workshop

Leadership Pillars

December 15, 2021 – 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Half Day Workshop $350 – All 4 Workshops $1,000

Series 4 Course Offering:

August 18, 2021
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Half Day Workshop $350
All 4 Workshops $1,000

December 15, 2021
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

Half Day Workshop $350
All 4 Workshops $1,000