ON DEMAND WEBINARS

Individual Webinars $175

10 Part On Demand Webinar Series

15 PD Credits for $1,500 150 PD Credits for $7,200
45 PD Credits for $2,700 300 PD Credits for $11,700
75 PD Credits for $4,200 450 PD Credits for $14,700

Set of 10 webinars

Audit Essentials
Developing a Long-Term Tax Strategy
Reporting Essentials: Management and Year End Reporting
Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework
Capital Budgeting 101
Treasury and Risk Management 101
Leadership and Management: Skills Critical for Success
Developer Levies 101
Project Planning and Management
Financial Policy and Development 101

10 Part On Demand Webinar Series

15 PD Credits for $1,500

45 PD Credits for $2,700

75 PD Credits for $4,200

150 PD Credits for $7,200

300 PD Credits for $11,700

450 PD Credits for $14,700

Set of 10 webinars

Audit Essentials
Developing a Long-Term Tax Strategy
Reporting Essentials: Management and Year End Reporting
Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework
Capital Budgeting 101
Treasury and Risk Management 101
Leadership and Management: Skills Critical for Success
Developer Levies 101
Project Planning and Management
Financial Policy and Development 101

Register Today!

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Outside Alberta

Audit Essentials

By Stephanie Porter, Tim Duhamel

Learn how to ensure a successful audit and enhance your ability to make a challenging process easier!

Developing a Long-Term Tax Strategy

By Tim Duhamel

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

Reporting Essentials: Management and Year End Reporting

By Stephanie Porter, Tim Duhamel

Learn how to ensure financial reporting provides a solid foundation for decision making in your municipality.

Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework

By Tim Duhamel

Understand ICF’s and the Financial Implications for your Municipality!

Capital Budgeting 101

By Tim Duhamel

Learn the requirements for high quality capital budgeting and planning!

3 Year Operating Forecast – Day 1

By Tim Duhamel

Build a Tool to meet your municipality’s operating plan forecasting needs! Basics of forecasting. Developing the forecast process.

3 Year Operating Forecast – Day 2

By Tim Duhamel

Build a Tool to meet your municipality’s operating plan forecasting needs! Tool basics, tool component review.

3 Year Operating Forecast – Day 3

By Tim Duhamel

Build a Tool to meet your municipality’s operating plan forecasting needs! Tool template review, customizing the template.

Treasury and Risk Management 101

By Tim Duhamel, Hugh Bell

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

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.

Developer Levies 101

By Tim Duhamel

Municipal Land Development Essentials. Learn the basic fundamentals for land development in Municipalities!

Project Planning and Change 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!

Introduction to PSAS Financial Statements

By Stephanie Porter, Tim Duhamel

Experience a comprehensive introduction to PSAS financial statements adding to your professional development toolbox!

Ethics Essentials in the Municipal Sector – Day 1

By Tim Duhamel, Stephanie Porter

A 2-part ethics webinar series that provides a comprehensive review and understanding of ethics in the municipal world.

Ethics Essentials in the Municipal Sector – Day 2

By Tim Duhamel, Stephanie Porter

A 2-part ethics webinar series that provides a comprehensive review and understanding of ethics in the municipal world.

Financial Policy Development 101

By Tim Duhamel, Hugh Bell

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

Improving Financial Reporting Processes

By Stephanie Porter, Tim Duhamel

This webinar provides a comprehensive review of the reporting process and a path to process improvement.

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!

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!

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.

Municipal Financial Department Basics

By Tim Duhamel, Stephanie Porter

Finance departments are critical for any municipality’s success. This webinar provides significant insights and tips for financial department improvements.

Developing a Long-Term Financial Plan

By Tim Duhamel

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

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!

Crisis Leadership

By Tim Duhamel

In times of crisis, financial leadership in municipalities is critical. This webinar will cover the basics of crisis leadership and crisis messaging, with a special focus on the financial function.

Annual Report

By Tim Duhamel, Stephanie Porter

Learn how an annual report provides a comprehensive report on a municipality’s activities for the preceding year, and the information it provides about a municipality’s financial performance.

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!

Finance Professional Development Program Review

By Tim Duhamel, Stephanie Porter

A full review of the Bloom financial professional development program, and highlights of the six key streams of professional development required for municipal finance.

Municipal Financial Health

By Tim Duhamel

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.

Accounting for Capital Assets

By Tim Duhamel, Stephanie Porter

Quality accounting for capital assets is critical for municipalities to meet asset management planning requirements. Learn methods of accounting for projects in progress, amortization, and contributed assets.

Financial Systems – ERP and Reporting

By Tim Duhamel

This webinar will provide a comprehensive review of ERP’s in the municipal financial world. Learn key strategies for the implementation and maintenance of an ERP system!

Improving Financial Reporting Processes – In Depth

By Tim Duhamel, Stephanie Porter

Provides a comprehensive discussion on the entire reporting process. Insight on reporting risk and tips are included to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your municipality’s reporting process!

Bloom Municipal Scan

By Tim Duhamel

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!

Council Meeting Basics

By Tim Duhamel

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.

Municipal Utility Rates and Franchise Fees

By Tim Duhamel, Ryan Musch

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.

Municipal Reserves 101

By Tim Duhamel

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!

Be a Better Manager

By Tim Duhamel

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.

Building a Better Budget Document

By Tim Duhamel

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!

Budget Messaging and Communications

By Tim Duhamel

Budgeting is a critical process in any municipality. Learn how presentations to Council and messaging to the public are critical to the success of any municipality’s budgeting process.

Municipal Reserves 101

By Tim Duhamel

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!

Be a Better Manager

By Tim Duhamel

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.

Building a Better Budget Document

By Tim Duhamel

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!

Service Inventory and Overhead Allocation

By Tim Duhamel

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.

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…

ON DEMAND WEBINARS

Individual Webinars $175

10 Part On Demand Webinar Series

15 PD Credits for $1,500 150 PD Credits for $7,20045 PD Credits for $2,700 300 PD Credits for $11,70075 PD Credits for $4,200 450 PD Credits for $14,700

Set of 10 webinars

10 Part On Demand Webinar Series

15 PD Credits for $1,500

45 PD Credits for $2,700

75 PD Credits for $4,200

150 PD Credits for $7,200

300 PD Credits for $11,700

450 PD Credits for $14,700

Set of 10 webinars

Register Today!

Audit Essentials

Learn how to ensure a successful audit and enhance your ability to make a challenging process easier!

Developing a Long-Term Tax Strategy

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

Reporting Essentials: Management and Year End Reporting

Learn how to ensure financial reporting provides a solid foundation for decision making in your municipality.

Intermunicipal Collaboration Framework

Understand ICF’s and the Financial Implications for your Municipality!

Capital Budgeting 101

Learn the requirements for high quality capital budgeting and planning!

3 Year Operating Forecast – Day 1

Build a Tool to meet your municipality’s operating plan forecasting needs! Basics of forecasting. Developing the forecast process.

3 Year Operating Forecast – Day 2

Build a Tool to meet your municipality’s operating plan forecasting needs! Tool basics, tool component review.

3 Year Operating Forecast – Day 3

Build a Tool to meet your municipality’s operating plan forecasting needs! Tool template review, customizing the template.

Treasury and Risk Management 101

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

Leadership and Management: Skills Critical for Success

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

Developer Levies 101

Municipal Land Development Essentials. Learn the basic fundamentals for land development in Municipalities!

Project Planning and Change Management

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

Introduction to PSAS Financial Statements

Experience a comprehensive introduction to PSAS financial statements adding to your professional development toolbox!

Ethics Essentials in the Municipal Sector – Day 1

A 2-part ethics webinar series that provides a comprehensive review and understanding of ethics in the municipal world.

Ethics Essentials in the Municipal Sector – Day 2

A 2-part ethics webinar series that provides a comprehensive review and understanding of ethics in the municipal world.

Financial Policy Development 101

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

Improving Financial Reporting Processes

This webinar provides a comprehensive review of the reporting process and a path to process improvement.

Reporting Essentials: Chart of Accounts / Municipal Structure

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

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!

Municipal Strategic Planning

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

Municipal Financial Department Basics

Finance departments are critical for any municipality’s success. This webinar provides significant insights and tips for financial department improvements.

Developing a Long-Term Financial Plan

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

Performance Measures

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

Crisis Leadership

In times of crisis, financial leadership in municipalities is critical. This webinar will cover the basics of crisis leadership and crisis messaging, with a special focus on the financial function.

Annual Report

Learn how an annual report provides a comprehensive report on a municipality’s activities for the preceding year, and the information it provides about a municipality’s financial performance.

Financial Statement Disclosures

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

Finance Professional Development Program Review

A full review of the Bloom financial professional development program, and highlights of the six key streams of professional development required for municipal finance.

Municipal Financial Health

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.

Accounting for Capital Assets

Quality accounting for capital assets is critical for municipalities to meet asset management planning requirements. Learn methods of accounting for projects in progress, amortization, and contributed assets.

Financial Systems – ERP and Reporting

This webinar will provide a comprehensive review of ERP’s in the municipal financial world. Learn key strategies for the implementation and maintenance of an ERP system!

Improving Financial Reporting Processes – In Depth

Provides a comprehensive discussion on the entire reporting process. Insight on reporting risk and tips are included to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your municipality’s reporting process!

15 PD Credits for $1,500 150 PD Credits for $7,200
45 PD Credits for $2,700 300 PD Credits for $11,700
75 PD Credits for $4,200 450 PD Credits for $14,700