2020 FGFOA School of Governmental Finance (Virtual)

2020 FGFOA School of Governmental Finance (Virtual)

When

10/20/2020 - 11/5/2020

Where

Virtual Event

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Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Description
Government Budget Policy Budget policies are an important step in a more strategic and long-term financial planning approach to the fiscal wellbeing of local government. Category Basic/Intermediate Track Budget Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Intermediate Financial Statements Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Accounting & Financial Reporting Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Building Standardized Data for Cities Category Basic/Intermediate Track Financial Management & Leadership Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM
How to Be a Better Listener Listening skills are essential to many business roles. Good listening is vital when making decisions, reaching agreements, dealing with customer complaints and getting and giving(such as policy, instructions and feedback). Effective listening is one of the most beneficial ways to learn and grow. It allows the perspectives, knowledge, ideas and opinions of others to enter our mind and heart. As long as there are different perspectives and experiences, there's always something we could learn from some else by effective listening. If you want to improve your life practically, socially and developmentally, aim to become an effective listener. Category Basic/Intermediate Track Financial Management & Leadership Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM

Thursday, 22 October 2020

Description
Budget Development 101 This session will cover the basic principles of budgeting for governments, everything from the players involved to adoption. This session will also focus on the factors to consider when developing the budget as well as the challenges that arise. Category Basic/Intermediate Track Budget Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
GASB Updates -What's coming and what's changed Category Basic/Intermediate Track Accounting & Financial Reporting Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Grants Category Basic/Intermediate Track Accounting & Financial Reporting Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM
Portfolio Positioning in a COVID-19 World Governments across the country are experiencing unprecedented revenue declines and layoffs, leaving them with a number of key portfolio considerations and questions. This Round Table discussion will provide participants the opportunity to discuss liquidity and income portfolio strategies. Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Treasury & Management Time 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM 3:30 PM

Tuesday, 27 October 2020

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Emotional Intelligence, Team Building and Self Awareness During the session we will explore the importance of our own emotional intelligence and leadership style to better understand and utilize emotions in ways that enhance interpersonal communication, teamwork and foster trusting relationships that result in greater productivity as a trusted advisor. Category Basic/Intermediate Track Financial Management & Leadership Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Update on Capital Financing Options Come hear an update on the bank, and bond and other financing options for your capital financing needs. Key considerations will be shared, and things to watch out for. Category Basic/Intermediate Track Treasury & Debt Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Communicating Your Budget Budget transparency goes beyond printing or posting a budget document on social media. Attend this session to learn about effective strategies that go beyond the budget document to ensure the budget decisions and information are communicated and understood. Category Basic/Intermediate Track Budget Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM
Looking Ahead to Invest in Challenging Rate Environments What if we have negative rates? Category Basic/Intermediate Track Treasury & Debt Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM

Wednesday, 28 October 2020

Description
Improve Team Performance: Focus on Personal Growth, Not Rat It's no wonder that, as adults, we re-create the same conditions as our first twenty years spent being compared to others when we design our work environments. It's what we know. The major problem with performance management systems today is that they have become substitutes for the vital act of actually managing people. Elaine Pulakos, a PhD psychologist and CEO of PDRI, a top consulting firm in this area, observed in a 2011 article in Industrial and Organizational Psychology 4, "Why is Performance Management Broken?" that "[a] significant part of the problem is that performance management has been reduced to prescribed, often discrete steps within formal administrative systems...Although formal performance management systems are intended to drive...the day-to-day activities of communicating ongoing expectations, setting short-term objectives, and giving continual guidance...these behaviors seem to have become largely disconnected from the formal systems." Source: Work Rules by Laszlo Bock Category Basic/Intermediate Track Financial Management & Leadership Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Secrets to Preparing a Bank RFP How to prepare a banking RFP and how does a bank respond to a banking RFP? Category Basic/Intermediate Track Treasury & Debt Time 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1:00 PM
Game Rules - HR Laws what Supervisors need to Know Supervisors are your front line in preventing legal violations that could bring hefty penalties if employees are not managed properly. Both newly promoted supervisors and experienced managers need a clear understanding of potential legal issues that impact the workplace. Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Financial Management & Leadership Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM
GASB 87 Governments use leases for a variety of routine transactions. Historically, these have been divided into two categories: operating leases and capital leases. Learn about the GASB's new single model for leases, which is effective beginning 06/15/2022. Topics discussed will include determining whether a transaction is a lease or a financed purchase, how to value lease assets and liabilities, and enhanced note disclosures. This standard could require a fair bit of advance preparation by more than the just the Finance Department. Learn the practical steps your government can start taking now to prepare. Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Accounting & Financial Reporting Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM

Thursday, 29 October 2020

Description
Budgeting Through Crisis What is the connection between taxes that are collected and budgeted for public services. Find out where the money comes from and where it is going. Category Basic/Intermediate Track Budget Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
How are My Tax Dollars Being Spent What is the connection between taxes that are collected and budgeted for public services. Find out where the money comes from and where it is going. Track Accounting & Financial Reporting Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Budgeting Methods Learning how to budget when your expenses are increasing but your revenue is not can be difficult, but not impossible. In this session, you will learn how to trim back expenses while maintaining government services. Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Budget Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM
Changes in Fixed Assets Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Accounting & Financial Reporting Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM

Wednesday, 04 November 2020

Description
Cares Act This session will be a panel discussion. Topics covered will be types of CARES Act funding, compliance with funding types, and accounting treatments. Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Accounting & Financial Reporting Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Navigating the Municipal Advisor Role Direct purchase bonds versus capital markets. Impacts from lack of separation of bond funds. Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Treasury & Debt Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Characteristics of a High-Performing Team in the Workplace A high-performing team is unlike any regular team. It is comprised of highly talented and motivated individuals with common goals. Such team helps their company achieve excellence and growth. A sense of purpose, open communication, trust and mutual respect, shared leadership, effective working procedures, flexibility and continuous learning can build a high-performing team in the workplace. Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Financial Management & Leadership Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM
Municipal Debt Restructuring in Treasury and Debt Economics of a bond issue and the impact on an issuer’s finance team • Alternative methods of bond sales and how they overlap • Green bonds financing Pricing differential relative to conventional financing Demand for the product How Green bonds are relevant • Resiliency Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Treasury & Debt Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM

Thursday, 05 November 2020

Description
Enterprise Wide Focus in Making Budget Decisions Making budget decisions with the good of the whole enterprise in mind. An approach that allows decision makers to understand the projected future consequences of their decision alternatives. Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Budget Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Volleying the Right Financial Policies for an Enterprise Fun The GFOA recommends that governments formally adopt financial policies. What are the right financial policies for an enterprise fund and once you have determined which ones to adopt, what are the steps to consider when making effective financial policies? Come learn how to implement these best practices. Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Financial Management & Leadership Time 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM 1:00 PM
Hot Topics in Taxes Impacting Local Government 25 minutes on highlights of sales/use tax collection and remittance, going over some of the topics in the prior year presentation that local governments would most likely see in their operations (admissions, real property rent, remittance requirements, the rare use tax local governments that have an electric utility, etc.); 25 minutes on the same general premise as sales tax, but for Tourist Development Tax; the last 50 minutes would cover what to expect from a sales/use/TD tax audit: common issues, sampling, timeframes, notifications, statute of limitations, and would cover some “war stories” from the speaker’s field experience performing these audits/consulting engagements. Category Intermediate/Advanced Track Accounting & Financial Reporting Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM
Treasury - Technology - Banking Product Efficiences - Treasu Category Basic/Intermediate Track Treasury & Debt Time 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM 3:30 PM

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