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DESCRIPTION:<h2>Virtual Workshop using Zoom Platform</h2>\n<p>February 28\,
  March 2<sup>nd\,</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup>\, 2022 (1:00 – 2:30 pm)</p>\n<p
 >This financial management module is designed to build awareness and under
 stand how to create long-term financial strategies\, prepare and use opera
 ting/capital budgets\, review financial statements and other performance i
 ndicators\, and prepare year-end statements. We will also look at best pra
 ctices with respect to financial planning.</p>\n<h3>Workshop Objectives</h
 3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to review\, analyze and reach valid conclusions abou
 t financial statements and other indicators of a municipality's financial 
 performance</li>\n<li>Understand how to gather\, organize\, analyze and in
 terpret information essential to developing a long-term financial strategy
 </li>\n<li>Understand how to prepare operating and capital budgets</li>\n<
 li>Recognize the important factors when communicating budget contents to C
 ouncil and the public</li>\n<li>Supervise the preparation of year-end repo
 rts\, including audited financial statements</li>\n<li>Review of best prac
 tices with respect to financial management planning</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Regis
 tration</h3>\n<p>To register for this module\, please&nbsp\;<a href='https
 ://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vOY6nmxuikSk43-c3Y05nmB3KlQ
 YIpJHnDGEIHswSnxURjQ0MU9QTFJQRFc4OTZMM1k4QkVMRUlSVC4u'>complete the follow
 ing online registration form</a>.&nbsp\;<em>*Note:</em>&nbsp\;If you regis
 ter multiple individuals\,&nbsp\;complete one registration form per indivi
 dual. We can only accommodate up to 25 participants in this Workshop\, and
  attendance is granted on a first-come\, first-serve basis. The cost to at
 tend is $300 if you register before February 14 and $350 after February 14
 .&nbsp\; Once you have registered\, a calendar appointment with a zoom lin
 k for each session will be sent to you.&nbsp\;If you are a non-member\, as
 k your municipality about using one of their training vouchers to get a di
 scount. Please call Rebecca Kolstee for more information (902) 240-1857</p
 >\n<p>If you wish to cancel your registration\, you must adhere to the<a h
 ref='about-us/ama-policies.html'>&nbsp\;AMANS Event and Training Cancellat
 ion Policy</a>.</p>
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220228T130000
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SUMMARY:Financial Management 1: Strategy\, Statements\, and Budgets for Mun
 icipal Managers
URL:https://amans.ca/20-workshops/89-financial-management-1-strategy-statem
 ents-and-budgets-for-municipal-managers.html
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=TEXT/HTML:<h2>Virtual Workshop using Zoom Platform</h2>
 \n<p>February 28\, March 2<sup>nd\,</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup>\, 2022 (1:00 
 – 2:30 pm)</p>\n<p>This financial management module is designed to build a
 wareness and understand how to create long-term financial strategies\, pre
 pare and use operating/capital budgets\, review financial statements and o
 ther performance indicators\, and prepare year-end statements. We will als
 o look at best practices with respect to financial planning.</p>\n<h3>Work
 shop Objectives</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to review\, analyze and reach vali
 d conclusions about financial statements and other indicators of a municip
 ality's financial performance</li>\n<li>Understand how to gather\, organiz
 e\, analyze and interpret information essential to developing a long-term 
 financial strategy</li>\n<li>Understand how to prepare operating and capit
 al budgets</li>\n<li>Recognize the important factors when communicating bu
 dget contents to Council and the public</li>\n<li>Supervise the preparatio
 n of year-end reports\, including audited financial statements</li>\n<li>R
 eview of best practices with respect to financial management planning</li>
 \n</ul>\n<h3>Registration</h3>\n<p>To register for this module\, please&nb
 sp\;<a href='https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vOY6nmxui
 kSk43-c3Y05nmB3KlQYIpJHnDGEIHswSnxURjQ0MU9QTFJQRFc4OTZMM1k4QkVMRUlSVC4u'>c
 omplete the following online registration form</a>.&nbsp\;<em>*Note:</em>&
 nbsp\;If you register multiple individuals\,&nbsp\;complete one registrati
 on form per individual. We can only accommodate up to 25 participants in t
 his Workshop\, and attendance is granted on a first-come\, first-serve bas
 is. The cost to attend is $300 if you register before February 14 and $350
  after February 14.&nbsp\; Once you have registered\, a calendar appointme
 nt with a zoom link for each session will be sent to you.&nbsp\;If you are
  a non-member\, ask your municipality about using one of their training vo
 uchers to get a discount. Please call Rebecca Kolstee for more information
  (902) 240-1857</p>\n<p>If you wish to cancel your registration\, you must
  adhere to the<a href='about-us/ama-policies.html'>&nbsp\;AMANS Event and 
 Training Cancellation Policy</a>.</p>
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