The Greater Fort Lauderdale - Broward County Convention Center
1950 Eisenhower Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Preconference Seminars
Addressing Your OPEB Liability: Tools for the Decision-Making ProcessFriday, June 13 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
8 CPE Credits Register (Fax/Mail)(Online) Complying with new GASB standards for OPEB is only the beginning. Making OPEB decisions on benefits policies, employee relations, and funding is a challenge for governments of all sizes, but particularly problematic for small and mid-sized governments who may not even have locally controlled pension plans. Hear from experienced practitioners who have gone through the process of addressing policy, benefit levels, and funding decisions for their OPEB liability and learn about tools that have recently been developed for making OPEB decisions. The GFOA’s OPEB Toolkit, an online collection of resources, leading practices, and case studies designed to assist governments in developing OPEB strategies will be introduced at this session.
Moderator/Speaker:
Leslie L. Thompson, Senior Consultant, Gabriel, Roeder, Smith & Company, Denver, CO Speakers: J. Richard Johnson, Senior VP, National Public Sector Health Practice Leader, The Segal Company, Washington, DC Paul Shamoun, Retirement Services Manager, Florida League of Cities John H. Tuohy, Chief Financial Officer, City of Falls Church, Virginia Laurie Van Pelt, CPFO, Director, Management & Budget, Oakland County, Michigan Long-Term Financial Sustainability: What You Can Do in the Short Term to Thrive in the Long Term Friday, June 13 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 8 CPE Credits Register (Fax/Mail)(Online)
The ability to maintain financial stability over the long term begins with making the right decisions this year, next year, and the year after that. Capital maintenance and replacement, employee benefit plans, environmental issues, staffing levels, and economic development efforts are just some examples of factors that have profound implications for the financial sustainability of your government. At this session, hear from practitioners how they developed successful long-term financial strategies, using tools such as financial forecasting and inclusive, consensus-based decision-making processes. Moderator/Speaker: Shayne Kavanagh, Senior Manager - Research, Government Finance Officers Association, Research & Consulting Center, Chicago, IL
Speakers: Robert Goehrig, Budget and Strategic Planning Manager, City of Coral Springs, FL Anne Kinney, Director of Research and Consulting, GFOA, Chicago, IL Marcia Maurer, CFO, Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District, Mather, CA
Christopher J. Swanson, Owner, Municast, Mission Viejo, CA Communicating with Employees: Are They Hearing What You Meant to Say?Friday, June 13 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
4 CPE Credits Register (Fax/Mail)(Online) What people hear is influenced by environmental factors such as individual needs and values, the organization’s culture, and generational differences. This session will provide up-to-date information on research into interpersonal communication, focusing on understanding and making effective use of multiple communication channels and strategies for bridging the gap between the message you need to communicate to your staff and how they perceive what you are saying. Speaker: Dr. Charles Pulvino, Professor Emeritus of Counseling Psychology, University of Wisconsin - Madison What Works and Why? Analyzing Performance Measurement Data to Improve Budgeting and Decision Making Saturday, June 14 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
8 CPE Credits Register (Fax/Mail)(Online) Most local governments have performance measures but relatively few governments are using data from measurement for management and policy decisions. This session focuses on using measurement data to help decide whether programs are achieving desired results and to understand why or why not. Practitioners will tell how they have gone beyond simply measuring performance to analyzing measurement data to make evidence-based budgeting and service decisions. Speakers will also demonstrate software that enables more effective analysis of performance data. Speakers:
John Dunfield, Senior Corporate Planner, City of Calgary, AB
Eric Gustafson, Manager, Process & Quality Innovations, Sarasota County Government, FL John Haigh, Manager of Corporate Measurement & Reporting, City of Calgary, AB Lora Hanson, Manager, Process and Quality Innovations, Sarasota County Government, FL Phil Heinrich, Manager, CapStat Program, District of Columbia, Washington, DC
Ted Shogry, Performance Improvement Manager, City of Albuquerque, NM The Infrastructure Challenge: Assessing Needs and Funding ThemSaturday, June 14 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
4 CPE Credits
Register (Fax/Mail)(Online) How can governments develop and sustain necessary public infrastructure in an era of resistance to taxation and rapidly increasing operating costs? The session provides information on how governments can conduct an in-depth examination of infrastructure maintenance and replacement costs and explore funding options. Practitioners will share their experiences in using various cost estimation techniques, assessing funding options, and establishing maintenance and replacement plans. Speakers: Joe Casey, Deputy County Administrator, Hanover County, Virginia Darren Martin, Leader Business Strategies, Strategic Services, Water Resources, City of Calgary, Alberta ERP Project Management Day Camp: Implementing Your ERP SystemSaturday, June 14 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
4 CPE Credits Register (Fax/Mail)(Online) How do governments prepare for successfully implementing a major ERP system? Participate in this intensive version of the GFOA's popular ERP Project Management Boot Camp to hear about best practices in planning, implementation, and post-implementation management from the government project manager’s point of view. Experienced practitioners and the GFOA’s technology advisors will discuss approaches to successful project governance, change management, and post-implementation activities. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from those who have implemented projects and lived to tell the story. Speakers: Dave Melbye, Senior Manager, Government Finance Officers Association - Research & Consulting Center, Chicago, IL Rob Roque, Senior Manager, Government Finance Officers Association - Research & Consulting Center, Chicago, IL
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