Budgeting and Forecasting

Advanced Budget Academy

In-Person Training

December 9, 2025

8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. MT

December 10, 2025

8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. MT

December 11, 2025

8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. MT

Grand Hyatt Denver
1750 Welton Street
Denver, Colorado

  • Field of Study: Finance
  • Credits: 23
  • Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Local Government Budgeting, Budget Academy, or experience developing a budget
  • Status: This event has availability.
Details:

Budgeting is not just an exercise in balancing revenues and expenses. Rather, it requires local government leaders to make a series of decisions about topics such as: 

  • What are the most pressing problems facing the community and what services and programs can we offer to address these problems?
  • What is the best way to raise revenue to fund services and programs?
  • Which programs should receive increased funding, and which should not?  

This kind of decision-making is messy. It’s often done by groups, there are often conflicting points of view. It’s usually time-constrained, so there isn’t time to consider everything. There is always uncertainty and risk--usually more than we realize. And it’s done by humans, so it’s fraught with bias and inconsistency.  

Through a mix of lecture, group discussion, and group exercises, this course will provide you with the tools you need to manage budget decision-making processes, with a focus on how to build trust, collaborate, and communicate with both internal and external stakeholders.

Who Will Benefit: Budget manager/director/officer, finance director, CFO, department executives

Learning Objectives:
  • Understand how clear communication can encourage greater collaboration and build trust within your organization
  • Understand why it is important to nurture stakeholders’ trust in decision-making processes
  • Understand the different purposes for communicating, including educating, informing, receiving feedback, decision-making, and consensus-building
  • Learn tips for communicating complex information and financial data
  • Understand the role of the budget manager as a “decision architect” and how behavioral science can help you design a better decision-making environment
  • Identify cognitive biases that can negatively impact budget decisions
  • Understand the benefits of public engagement and identify the key components of effective public engagement

  • Member Price: $1200.00
  • Non-member Price: $1700.00
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