GFOA of the US & Canada - Training Schedule

Training Schedule

GFOA courses are developed and taught by public finance specialists, and nearly 12,000 state and local finance professionals attend each year. Many of the courses are offered at intermediate and advanced levels to meet the varying needs of the participants. In addition, the programs are held in different locations around the country to make it easier for finance officials to attend.

The following calendar provides information about GFOA's training schedule. Please note the listing is subject to periodic update. If you have any questions regarding the training schedule please send an e-mail to Training or call GFOA at (312) 977-9700. Please visit this site regularly for seminar updates and descriptions.

Registering for Training

To register online click here. If you prefer to mail or fax in your registration, print a copy of the registration and housing form. Housing is not available online. You must mail, fax, or call in your reservation directly to the hotel where the seminar is being held.

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- Group-live Course

2013 GFOA Annual Conference CD Order Form

July 2012 - May 2013 Desktop Seminar Recordings, also includes 17th Annual Governmental GAAP Update

July - September 2013 CPE Guide

April - June 2013 CPE Guide

June 2013

San Francisco, California

June 2-5 GFOA’s 107th Annual Conference

Desktop Training

June 18 - Repeat offering Certificate of Conformance: The GFOA’s New Program for Small Governments that Prepare Modified Cash Basis Financial Reports

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Mike Crawford, Chairman Emeritus, Crawford & Associates, P.C., and author of the AICPA Practice Aid Applying OCBOA in State and Local Government Financial Statements (Bio)
Krisztina Dommer, Senior Manager, Technical Services, GFOA (Bio)

Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Eastern)
Complimentary Training
Brochure
Register online

Desktop Training

June 20 - New Tools for Preparing Cash Forecasts

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Speakers:

Kent R. Austin, CPFO Director of Finance City of University Park, Texas (Bio)
Stefan Jaskulak, MBA, CTP, Finance Officer, City of Atlanta, Georgia (Bio)

Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

June 26 - NEW Understanding and Implementing the GASB’s New Guidance on Deferred Outflows and Deferred Inflows

Field of study: Accounting
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

June 27 - Updated Dashboards and other Performance Measurement Tech Solutions

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

July 2013

Desktop Training

July 11 - Repeat offering Certificate of Conformance: The GFOA’s New Program for Small Governments that Prepare Modified Cash Basis Financial Reports

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Mike Crawford, Chairman Emeritus, Crawford & Associates, P.C., and author of the AICPA Practice Aid Applying OCBOA in State and Local Government Financial Statements (Bio)
Krisztina Dommer, Senior Manager, Technical Services, GFOA (Bio)
Robert Scott, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer for the City of Carrollton, TX (Bio)

Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Eastern)
Complimentary Training
Brochure
Register online

Desktop Training

July 17 - Repeat offering Putting to Rest Governmental Accounting “Urban Legends”

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speaker:

Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)

Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

July 18 - NEW Credit Ratings: What the Rating Agencies Look For

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

University of Wisconsin-Madison

July 21-26, 2013 Advanced Government Finance Institute

Salt Lake City, UT

July 22 - Revised Evaluating Internal Controls

Field of study: Auditing (Governmental)
Speakers:

Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Robert Scott, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer for the City of Carrollton, TX (Bio)

Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mountain)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

July 22 - Repeat Offering Accounting for Capital Assets

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Michael Nielsen, Director, Government Fixed Asset Services, Inc., Chicago, Illinois (Bio )
David Schoen, Computer Systems Manager, City of New York, Department of Finance, New York (Bio)

Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mountain)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

July 23 - Repeat Offering Accounting for Pension & OPEB

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Robert Scott, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer for the City of Carrollton, TX (Bio)

Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mountain)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

July 23 - Repeat Offering Best Practices in Performance Management

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mountain)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

July 24-25 - Repeat Offering Basics & the New Practices for Investing Public Funds

Field of study: Management Advisory Service
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mountain), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

July 24-26 - Updated Advanced Financial Reporting

Newly revised and updated for the most recent authoritative standards

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Jake W. Lorentz, Assistant Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)

Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mountain) (WTh), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (F)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

Desktop Training

July 23 - NEW How to Design Enforceable Private Partner Guarantees

Field of study: Business Management and Organization
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

July 25 - NEW Financial Planning: 8 Characteristics of Fiscal Resiliency

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

August 2013

Desktop Training

August 1 - NEW Controlling Health Care Benefit Costs

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Speakers:

Patrick McCullough, Assistant Vice President – Public Sector, Colonial Life (Bio)
Cheryl Walker, SPHR, Human Resources Health and Benefits Manager, City of Asheville (Bio)

Brochure

Chicago, IL

August 5-9 - Updated Accounting Academy: An Intensive Introduction

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $1360 Active/Associate Member; $1885 Nonmember
Time: 5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central)
Speakers:

Krisztina Dommer, Senior Manager, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Jake W. Lorentz, Assistant Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)

Brochure
Register online
Housing Form

Desktop Training

August 6 - NEW Performance Management: Implementing Stat Systems

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

August 8 - Repeat offering Conducting Feasibility Studies for Economic Development

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Speakers:

David N. MacGillivray, Principal, Springsted Incorporated, St. Paul, Minnesota (Bio)
Dianne McNabb, CPA, DIrector, Public Financial Management, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia (Bio)

Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

August 13 - NEW Measuring and Reporting Portfolio Performance

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

August 15 - NEW Developing and Managing User Fees

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Minneapolis, MN

August 26 - Repeat Offering Accounting for Capital Assets

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Michael Nielsen, Director, Government Fixed Asset Services, Inc., Chicago, Illinois (Bio )
David Schoen, Computer Systems Manager, City of New York, Department of Finance, New York (Bio)

Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central)
Registration form
Register online
Hotel Information

August 26-27 - Updated Best Practices and Effective Budget Presentation

Field of study: Finance
Speakers:

Mike Bailey, Finance Director, City of Redmond, Washington (Bio)
John Fishbein, Senior Manager, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)

Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central), both days
Registration form
Register online
Hotel Information

August 26-27 - NEW Assessing & Mitigating Risk in Economic Development

Field of study: Management Advisory Service
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central), both days
Registration form

August 27 - Updated Practitioner's Guide to Budgeting for Outcomes

Field of study: Finance
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central)
Registration form
Register online
Hotel Information

August 28-29 - Repeat Offering Treasury Management and Banking Relations

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central), both days
Registration form
Register online
Hotel Information

August 28-30 - Updated Intermediate Governmental Accounting

Revised for the GAAFR

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Jake W. Lorentz, Assistant Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)

Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central) (WTh), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (F)
Registration form
Register online
Hotel Information

September 2013

Sacramento, CA

September 9 - Revised Evaluating Internal Controls

Field of study: Auditing (Governmental)
Speakers:

Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Robert Scott, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer for the City of Carrollton, TX (Bio)

Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

September 9-10 - Repeat Offering Economic Development for Finance Officers

Field of study: Management Advisory Service
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

September 9-10 - New Hands On with Lean Process Improvement for the Public Sector

Field of study: Management Advisory Service
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

September 10 - Repeat Offering Accounting for Pension & OPEB

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Robert Scott, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer for the City of Carrollton, TX (Bio)

Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

September 11-12 - Repeat Offering Long-Term Financial Planning

Field of study: Finance
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

September 11-13 - Updated Advanced Financial Reporting

Newly revised and updated for the most recent authoritative standards

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Jake W. Lorentz, Assistant Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)

Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (local time) (WTh), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (F)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

Desktop Training

September 17 - NEW Planning, Budgeting and Managing Capital Assets

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

September 18 - Repeat offering Certificate of Conformance: The GFOA’s New Program for Small Governments that Prepare Modified Cash Basis Financial Reports

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Mike Crawford, Chairman Emeritus, Crawford & Associates, P.C., and author of the AICPA Practice Aid Applying OCBOA in State and Local Government Financial Statements (Bio)
Krisztina Dommer, Senior Manager, Technical Services, GFOA (Bio)
Robert Scott, Assistant City Manager/Chief Financial Officer for the City of Carrollton, TX (Bio)

Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Eastern)
Complimentary Training
Brochure
Register online

Desktop Training

September 19 - Repeat offering How to Get from Governmental Funds to Governmental Activities

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Speakers:

Krisztina Dommer, Senior Manager, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Jake W. Lorentz, Assistant Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)

Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

September 24 - NEW IT Solutions: Selecting and Implementing a 311 System

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

September 26 - NEW Identifying Financial and Services Strategies for the Future

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

October 2013

Desktop Training

October 1 - NEW Performance-based Employee Evaluations as part of PM

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

October 3 - NEW Preparing or Updating Your Investment Policy

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Phoenix, AZ

October 7 - Repeat Offering Accounting for Pension & OPEB

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

October 7-8 - Repeat Offering Advanced Public Investing

Field of study: Finance
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

October 8 - Revised Preparing a CAFR

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

October 8 - Repeat Offering Program Review and Service Level Alternatives for Budgeting

Field of study: Finance
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

October 9-10 - Repeat Offering Managing the Budget Process

Field of study: Finance
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

October 9-11 - Updated Advanced Governmental Accounting

Newly revised and updated for the most recent authoritative standards

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific) (WTh), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (F)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

Desktop Training

October 22 - NEW Lean Series - Session 1: Lean Overview

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

October 24 - NEW Debt Management: General Review

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

November 2013

Desktop Training

November 7 - NEW 18th Annual Governmental GAAP Update

Field of study: Accounting
Speaker:

Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)

Price: $135 Active/Associate Member; $155 Nonmember
Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure
Excel Group-registration Spreadsheet

Desktop Training

November 12 - NEW What Your Need from a Fixed Asset System

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Chicago, IL

November 12-15 - Repeat Budget Analyst Training Academy

Field of study: Finance
Price: $735 Active/Associate Member; $940 Nonmember
Time: 4 Days (1st and last are 1/2 days)
Brochure
Register online
Housing Form

Desktop Training

November 14 - NEW Building and Renewing Financial Policies

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Chicago, IL

November 18 - Revised Evaluating Internal Controls

Field of study: Auditing (Governmental)
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

November 19 - Revised Preparing a CAFR

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

November 20-22 - Updated Advanced Governmental Accounting

Newly revised and updated for the most recent authoritative standards

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific) (WTh), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (F)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

Desktop Training

November 19 - Repeat offering Building a Better Budget Document

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

November 20 - NEW Measuring and Reporting Portfolio Performance

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

November 21 - Repeat offering How to Use Charts and Tables to Enhance a Budget Document

Field of study: Finance
Price: $35 Active/Associate Member; $50 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

December 2013

Desktop Training

December 5 - NEW Annual Governmental GAAP Update - Encore Presentation

Field of study: Accounting
Speaker:

Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)

Price: $135 Active/Associate Member; $155 Nonmember
Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure
Excel Group-registration Spreadsheet

Charleston, SC

December 9 - Revised Evaluating Internal Controls

Field of study: Auditing (Governmental)
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

December 9 - Repeat Offering Budgeting for Outcomes: Mastering the Tools

Field of study: Finance
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

December 10 - Repeat Offering Advanced Budget Analysis: Policy Analysis, Cost Benefit, and Program Review

Field of study: Finance
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

December 10 - Revised Preparing a CAFR

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

December 11-13 - Updated Intermediate Governmental Accounting

Newly revised for the new GAAFR

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific) (TuW), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (Th)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

December 11-12 - NEW Successful ERP Software & Service Selection & Contracting

Field of study: Business Management and Organization
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

Desktop Training

December 10 - NEW Selecting Investment Advisors

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

December 12 - NEW Budget Preparation Series: Session 1: Budget Planning

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

December 18 - Repeat offering Back to Basics: Understanding the GASB’s Conceptual Framework

Field of study: Accounting
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

January 2014

Long Beach, CA

January 13 - Repeat Offering Accounting for Enterprise Funds

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

January 13 - Repeat Offering Capital Asset Accounting

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form

January 13-14 - Repeat Offering Economic Development for Finance Officers

Field of study: Finance
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

January 14 - Repeat Offering Accounting for Pension and OPEB

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
Registration form

January 15-16 - NEW Advanced Performance Budgeting: In-Depth training on Tools and Methods

Field of study: Finance
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

January 15-17 - Updated Intermediate Governmental Accounting

Newly revised for the new GAAFR

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific) (WTh), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (F)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

Desktop Training

January 14 - NEW Financial Planning: The 8 Characteristics of Fiscal Resiliency

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

January 16 - NEW Budget Preparation Series - Session 2: Public Involvement

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

January 29 - Repeat offering Understanding and Implementing the GASB’s New Guidance on Deferred Outflows and Deferred Inflows

Field of study: Accounting
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

February 2014

Fort Lauderdale, FL

February 10 - NEW Technology A-Z for the Finance Officer

Field of study: Finance
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Eastern)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

February 10-11 - Repeat Offering Best Practices and Effective Budget Presentation

Field of study: Finance
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Eastern), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

February 10-11 - Repeat Offering Hands On With Lean Process Improvement for the Public Sector

Field of study: Finance
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Eastern), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

February 10-12 - Updated Intermediate Governmental Accounting

Newly revised for the new GAAFR

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Eastern) (MTu), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (W)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

February 12-13 - NEW Essentials of Debt Financing and Management

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Eastern), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

February 12-13 - Repeat Offering Advanced Public Investing

Field of study: Finance
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Eastern), both days
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

February 12-14 - Updated Advanced Financial Reporting

Newly revised and updated for the most recent authoritative standards

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Eastern) (WTh), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (F)
Registration form
Register online
Housing Form

Desktop Training

February 11 - Repeat offering A Guide to Identifying and Implementing Best Budgeting Practices

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

February 13 - Repeat offering Types of Debt Instruments and Understanding Refundings

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

February 19 - Repeat offering Putting to Rest Governmental Accounting “Urban Legends”

Field of study: Accounting
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

February 20 - Repeat offering Building Sustainable Pension Plans

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

March 2014

Desktop Training

March 4 - NEW Finance Director's Role in Negotiating Benefits

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
Brochure

Desktop Training

March 6 - NEW Long Range Financial Planning Series: Overview

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
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Desktop Training

March 11 - NEW Forecasting Revenue: Long and Short Term

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
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March 13 - NEW Tools for Preparing Cash Forecast

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
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Reno, NV

March 17-18 - NEW Preparing a Long-Term Capital Plan and Budget

Field of study: Finance
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific), both days
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March 17-19 - Updated Intermediate Governmental Accounting

Newly revised for the new GAAFR

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific) (MTu), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (W)
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March 18 - Repeat Offering Accounting for Capital Assets

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $370 Active/Associate Member; $550 Nonmember
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific)
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March 19-20 - Repeat Offering Treasury Management and Banking Relations

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $580 Active/Associate Member; $790 Nonmember
Time: 2 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific), both days
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March 19-21 - Updated Advanced Governmental Accounting

Newly revised and updated for the most recent authoritative standards

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $685 Active/Associate Member; $865 Nonmember
Time: 2.5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Pacific) (WTh), 8:00 am - 11:30 am (F)
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Chicago, IL

March 25-28 - Repeat Budget Analyst Training Academy

Field of study: Finance
Price: $735 Active/Associate Member; $940 Nonmember
Time: 4 Days (1st and last are 1/2 days)
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March 27 - Repeat offering How to Get from Governmental Funds to Governmental Activities

Field of study: Accounting
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
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April 2014

Chicago, IL

April 7-11 Accounting Academy: An Intensive Introduction

Field of study: Accounting (Governmental)
Price: $1360 Active/Associate Member; $1885 Nonmember
Time: 5 Days, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Central)
Speakers:

Krisztina Dommer, Senior Manager, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Stephen Gauthier, Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)
Jake W. Lorentz, Assistant Director, Technical Services Center, Government Finance Officers Association, Chicago, Illinois (Bio)

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April 8 - Repeat offering Arbitrage Rebate: Know Your Responsibilitie

Field of study: Management Advisory Services
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
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April 10 - Repeat Offering Performance Management Trends: Case Studies from the field

Field of study: Finance
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
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April 23 - Repeat offering Back to Basics: Understanding the GASB’s Conceptual Framework

Field of study: Accounting
Price: $85 Active/Associate Member; $160 Nonmember
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Eastern)
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Future GFOA Annual Conferences

San Francisco, California	June 2 - 5, 2013
Minneapolis, Minnesota	May 18-21, 2014
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	May 31-June 3, 2015
Toronto, Ontario	May 22-25, 2016
Denver, Colorado	May 21-24, 2017
St. Louis, Missouri	May 6-9, 2018