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Island Governments Address Audit and Workforce Challenges at IGFOA 2024 Winter Meeting
19 December 2024
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Audit Course
The Emotionally Intelligent Auditor
September 02, 2021
Michael Binder
Virtual
Regional
Managing positive and productive relationships during the course of audit work, directing, coaching or working with members of the audit team, and dealing with auditees, organizational management and external stakeholders can be emotionally challenging and often confrontational. We often have to deal with difficult people in difficult situations– and they have to deal with us! This executive seminar will examine the emotionally intelligent competencies and communication skills necessary to maintain control, and better connect with people in defusing angst and in building positive, cooperative relationships for constructive problem solving and inspired action. We will explore differences in personality types that cause misunderstandings, how to manage your own hot buttons, and how to manage difficult personality types or potentially contentions situations for positive outcomes.
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Audit Course
Thinking Out of the Box to Maximize Audit Impact and Value: Four Innovative Performance Audit Portfolios and Strategies
September 02, 2021
Kip R. Memmott
Virtual
Regional
Government auditors need to continually deploy strategies to ensure their audit work results in maximum impact and value. This session previews four innovative performance auditing portfolios that demonstrate the power and potential f non-traditional performance auditing scope and objective areas including auditing culture (tone at the top and middle), auditing equity, execute real-time auditing, and deploying advisory service. The session includes case examples highlighting each of the innovative audit portfolios and includes cost-benefit and other strategic considerations for deploying these innovative practices.
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Finance Course
Project Management Essentials for Grants
September 02, 2021
David Rykken
Virtual
Regional
This course will provide information about how to use program management to improve grant implementation. In addition, a sample work plan will be provided and discussed. The webinar will be most relevant for staff who are involved in the programmatic and financial management of the grant.
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Audit Course
Managing for Better Results
September 01, 2021
Martin Ruben
Virtual
Regional
Governments struggle with managing resources and requirements for delivering efficient and effective programs and services. The additional cost of systems and practices to manage and report on government operations can seem daunting at times. This session will discuss concepts for results based management that are fit for purpose and can provide the kind of accountability needed for many government programs and services.
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Leadership Course
Going Green in the Workplace – Everyone’s Job!
September 01, 2021
Jeanne Yamamura
Virtual
Regional
The island governments are in the news as they step forward to lead the fight to halt climatechange. Going green in the workplace brings the fight homeand enables everyone toparticipate. While “going green” might mean different things to different people, our definitionwill be “making conscious and sustainable choices.” We will take a look today at identifyingchoices that can be made and creating plans for action
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Photos from recent activities hosted by the Pacific and Virgin Islands Training Initiatives (PITI-VITI) in support of conferences, training and leadership development, are available below.
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