ON-DEMAND WEBINARS

Municipal Ethics

Leadership and Management

Long-Term Financial Planning

Budget Excellence

Technical

Reporting

Strategy

Treasury & Risk Management

Health and Wellness

Municipal Ethics

Municipal Ethics Essentials: Stakeholders and Decision-Making - 2 Part Series

Available On Demand | This four-hour CPA-approved webinar focuses on ethical decision-making, stakeholder management, and the development of Municipal Codes of Ethics. Participants will gain practical tools to foster transparency, accountability, and trust in governance.

$250.00 CAD

Ethics in Action: Municipal Organizational Culture and Leadership - 2 Part Series

Available On Demand | This four-hour CPA-approved webinar explores ethics in leadership and organizational culture. Participants will learn strategies for fostering an ethics-driven workplace, managing stakeholder diversity, and navigating ethical dilemmas.

$250.00 CAD

Building a Code of Ethics Policy

Available On Demand | Organizational culture is positively supported with good ethical behaviors. Learn how to create a code of ethics policy specific to municipal government.

$125.00 CAD

Leadership and Management

Leadership Foundations - 3 Part Series

Available On Demand | A half day workshop to learn the fundamentals of leadership, the skills of influence and practical strategies for leading people and organizations through change, and how to get the most out of your team!

$350.00 CAD

Strategic Leadership - 3 Part Series

Available On Demand | A half day workshop to understand the basics of strategizing and how it applies to leadership, how public value is integrated with strategic planning and priorities, and to learn how to develop a leadership success plan with both a short-term and long-term emphasis that improves a leader’s abilities, prompts deliberate actions, and maintains a positive focus on strategic goals.

$350.00 CAD

Organizational / Management Excellence - 3 Part Series

Available On Demand | A half day workshop to learn how to manage teams and individuals effectively to meet organizational goals, how to influence people (human resources) positively to achieve desired results, and to learn the fundamentals, best practices and policies to develop a culture that fosters diversity and inclusion.

$350.00 CAD

Leadership Pillars - 3 Part Series

Available On Demand | A half day workshop with a special focus on building trust and using communication to keep the organization on the right track, how to recognize key challenges quickly and lead effectively through crisis, and to focus on the fundamentals of emotional intelligence in the workplace.

$350.00 CAD

Political Acumen Leadership

Available On Demand | Municipal executives work closely with elected officials to achieve strategic goals. Learn how to work effectively and harmoniously with elected officials.

$125.00 CAD

Leadership – Emotional Intelligence

Available On Demand | Learn how emotional intelligence improves leadership.

$125.00 CAD

Reflective Leadership

Available On Demand | This course covers how to use reflection as a powerful learning tool to improve your leadership skills and effectiveness as a leader.

$125.00 CAD

Leadership Transitions

Available On Demand | Learn about transitioning from supervisory and management positions to a position of leadership. Overcome the pitfalls typically associated with individuals new to leadership positions.

$125.00 CAD

Top 5 Leadership Skills

Available On Demand | This course will introduce and cover the top five attributes associated with effective leaders.

$125.00 CAD

Motivational Leadership

Available On Demand | Engage, inspire, ignite. Learn how to effectively motivate staff towards goals and commit to service excellence for your municipality.

$125.00 CAD

Leadership and Management: Skills Critical for Success

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

$125.00 CAD

Be a Better Manager

Available On Demand | Management skill is an important attribute for individual and organizational success. This webinar will provide a framework for developing individual management skills to make you a better manager.

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Management

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

$125.00 CAD

Conflict Resolution and Organizational Culture

Available On Demand | Conflict is prevalent in any organization and overcoming conflict is essential to positive organizational culture. This course covers essential skills and strategies to support conflict resolution.

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Finance - Long-Term Financial Planning

Analyzing the Cost of Growth – Fiscal Impact Modeling

Available On Demand | Covers analytical methodologies to understand the cost of municipal growth. A special focus will be on the impacts on taxes and on development agreement negotiations with developers.

$125.00 CAD

Developing a Long-Term Tax Strategy

Available On Demand | Provides a comprehensive overview of municipal taxes and essential knowledge that all financial professionals and executives require.

$125.00 CAD

Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework

Available On Demand | Understand ICF’s and the financial implications for your municipality!

$125.00 CAD

3 Year Operating Forecast - 3 Part Series

Available On Demand | A 3 part webinar series to build a tool to meet your municipality’s operating plan forecasting needs! Develop the forecast process and customize the template.

$350.00 CAD

Developing a Long-Term Financial Plan

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

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Finance - Financial Policy

Financial Policy Development 101

Available On Demand | Learn the basics of policy development and how to create effective policies that make a difference!

$125.00 CAD

Reserve Policy Essentials

Available On Demand | This course will deliver everything required to provide your municipality with an effective reserve policy. Included are the essentials for determining optimal reserve balances.

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Finance - Budget Excellence

Budget Direction, Priorities and Decision Making

Available On Demand | Covers effective strategies and methodologies to solicit clear budget direction and priorities early in the budget process to streamline the budget process and improve decision-making.

$125.00 CAD

Calculating Municipal Price Inflation (MPI)

Available On Demand | This webinar will provide the municipal executive and finance professional an in depth understanding of municipal inflation, and how to calculate it specifically for a municipality.

$125.00 CAD

Facilitating Municipal Decisions as a Trusted Advisor

Available On Demand | This webinar will provide the municipal executive and finance professional an in-depth understanding of municipal inflation and how to calculate it specifically for a municipality.

$125.00 CAD

Incremental Budgeting Analytics

Available On Demand | Focuses on understanding the incremental changes that cause budget fluctuations from year to year. Growth, inflation, service changes and other cost effects will be covered in detail.

$125.00 CAD

Priority Based Budgeting

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

$125.00 CAD

Bloom Municipal Scan

Available On Demand | This webinar will cover Bloom’s custom municipal SWOT methodology and provide you with a systematic way to understand the many challenges and opportunities your municipality faces!

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Utility Rates and Franchise Fees

Available On Demand | Non-tax supported revenues are important funding sources for municipalities. This webinar will cover the basics of utility regulations, as well as the franchise fee methodology.

$125.00 CAD

Building a Better Budget Document

Available On Demand | Transparent communication is the goal of a quality budget document. Learn how to transform financial information into a meaningful narrative for council and the public!

$125.00 CAD

Service Inventory and Overhead Allocation

Available On Demand | Understanding value for taxes requires communicating the services a municipality delivers. Learn how to develop a service inventory and allocate support services for accurate costing.

$125.00 CAD

Funding/Financing Capital Budgets

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

$125.00 CAD

Capital Budgeting 101

Available On Demand | Learn the requirements for high quality capital budgeting and planning!

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Salary and Benefit Budgeting

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

$125.00 CAD

Performance Measures

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

$125.00 CAD

Building an Operating and Capital Budget Process

Available On Demand | Building an efficient and effective operating and capital budget process can make all the difference in a municipality’s overall sustainability.

$125.00 CAD

Utility Rates – Modeling and Budget Presentations

Available On Demand | This webinar will cover advanced theory related to utility rate modeling, providing the viewer with the knowledge required to build an accurate utility rate model for a municipality.

$125.00 CAD

Public Engagement for Municipal Budgeting Excellence

Available On Demand | Integrating public engagement into the municipal budget process enhances transparency and enables public buy in to budgetary decisions.

$125.00 CAD

Capital Budgeting Process and Decision Making

Available On Demand | This webinar focuses on providing a process and effective decision making framework for the capital budgeting process.

$125.00 CAD

Fiscal First Aid – Budgeting to the Rescue

Available On Demand | This webinar delivers a number of budgetary and financial management strategies that can be utilized by any municipality wading through financial challenges.

$125.00 CAD

Presenting Budgets to Council and the Public

Available On Demand | Effective communication is an important consideration in the municipal budgeting process. Learn proven strategies for presenting budgets successfully to both council and the public.

$125.00 CAD

Corporate Plan Development

Available On Demand | A corporate plan is critical for strategic planning to be effective and is an essential component of the budget process. Learn how to incorporate corporate planning to improve your budget process.

$125.00 CAD

Cost Sharing for Inter-Municipal Projects

Available On Demand | Learn how to structure an interminable cost share framework and the steps required to reach a cost share agreement for projects that could be considered regional in nature.

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Finance - Technical

Public Engagement Fundamentals

Available On Demand | This course focuses on effective public engagement and how to utilize engagement to improve the budget process, including effective budget surveys, satisfaction surveys, and open houses.

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Financial Health

Available On Demand | In today’s complex environment, municipal financial health is increasingly challenged. This webinar will cover key indicators of municipal financial health with strategies for financial sustainability.

$125.00 CAD

Financial Systems – ERP and Reporting

Available On Demand | This webinar will provide a comprehensive review of ERPs in the municipal financial world. Learn key strategies for the implementation and maintenance of an ERP system!

$125.00 CAD

Council Meeting Basics

Available On Demand | Council meeting rules are complex and can be intimidating to newly elected officials and administrators presenting to council. Learn the basics of Robert’s Rules, governance, and writing an effective report for council.

$125.00 CAD

Plan your Professional Development to Enhance your Career

Available On Demand | Learn how to plan your professional development to fuel your career success and support organizational goals!

Free

Municipal Basics

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

$125.00 CAD

Financial Analysis – Municipal Focus

Available On Demand | Learn how financial analysis plays a key component in financial sustainability.

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Contracts

Available On Demand | Learn the fundamentals of contract best practices and the financial officer’s role in contract development.

$125.00 CAD

Procurement – The Basics of Procurement

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

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Assessment

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

$125.00 CAD

Development Charges and Levies

Available On Demand | Municipal land development essentials. Learn the fundamentals for land development and development levy charges in Municipalities!

$125.00 CAD

Funding Strategies for Large Scale Projects

Available On Demand | Covers funding methodologies for large scale projects including cash flow financing, intermunicipal cost sharing, debt financing, grant usage and reserve planning.

$125.00 CAD

Understanding Municipal Economics

Available On Demand | Municipalities are highly impacted by economic shifts. Learn how the economy affects your municipality and how you can prepare for economic opportunities and challenges.

$125.00 CAD

Effective Report Writing

Available On Demand | This course covers best practices for writing reports that support information sharing and decision-making at the executive and council levels. This will also cover essential skills for making presentations to council.

$125.00 CAD

Operational Efficiency Reviews

Available On Demand | Learn the basic concepts behind municipal organizational effectiveness. Learn best practices in municipal structure and staffing.

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Finance - Reporting

Effectively Communicating Municipal Financial Information

Available On Demand | This webinar will focus on effective techniques and strategies for delivering financial information to municipal executives, council, and the public, with a special focus on modern messaging.

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Accounting 101

October 9, 2024 | This webinar will focus on the basic accounting requirements for a municipality. This is an introduction for newer financial officers and a refresher for seasoned financial professionals.

$125.00 CAD

Reporting Excellence

November 6, 2024 | This webinar will provide an in depth understanding of municipal reporting and will cover proven techniques and methodologies. A special focus will be on how to prepare effective quarterly and year end reports.

$125.00 CAD

Audit Essentials

December 4, 2024 | A clean audit is essential to maintain trust with both council and the public. This webinar will provide the financial professional with critical insights and tools to effectively prepare and facilitate a successful audit process.

$125.00 CAD

Management Reporting

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

$125.00 CAD

Management Reporting Essentials

Available On Demand | Learn how to analyze the budget against actual results to support decision making throughout the year. Improve services through good management and avoid unnecessary deficits.

$125.00 CAD

Reporting Essentials: Chart of Accounts / Municipal Structure

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

$125.00 CAD

Financial Statement Disclosures

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

$125.00 CAD

Financial Report Fundamentals

Available On Demand | Learn how to review the budget reports, audited financial statements, reserve continuities, debt position, etc. Learn how the municipal annual cash flow impacts financial reports.

$125.00 CAD

Quarterly Reporting Essentials

Available On Demand | Transparency requires regular financial reporting to council and the public. Learn how to develop an effective quarterly report for council review.

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Finance - Strategy

Municipal Strategic Planning

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

$125.00 CAD

Strategic Budgeting

Available On Demand | Learn how to marry the strategic plan and budgeting process to achieve strategic outcomes and service delivery improvements, improving the relationship with council and the public as strategic goals become realities.

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Finance - Treasury & Risk Management

Municipal Reserves 101

Available On Demand | Municipal reserve funds serve many purposes. This webinar covers what reserves are critical to long-term financial sustainability and how to develop a long term reserve strategy for your municipality!

$125.00 CAD

Treasury and Risk Management 101

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

$125.00 CAD

Municipal Reserves Optimization

$125.00 CAD

Health and Wellness

Developing a Health and Wellness Program

Available On Demand | Learn how to develop an effective health and wellness program that enhances the mental, physical, and emotional health of those in the workplace.

$50.00 CAD

Meditation

Available On Demand | This session will cover the basics of meditation in all its possible forms, and how it can be implemented within a health and wellness program.

$50.00 CAD

Stress Relief Strategies

Available On Demand | This session will cover proven stress relief strategies that are quick and easy to implement into the municipal office.

$50.00 CAD

Exercise and Eating for a Healthy Workplace

Available On Demand | Providing employees with more opportunities to be physically active and make more nutritionally intelligent choices throughout the day can go a long way in enhancing physical health.

$50.00 CAD

Social Inclusion and Team Building for a Happy Workplace

Available On Demand | This session will cover tips on promoting team building and an inclusive atmosphere within the workplace.

$50.00 CAD

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