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Island Governments Address Audit and Workforce Challenges at IGFOA 2024 Winter Meeting
19 December 2024
Monique
Audit Course
Auditor Heal Thyself: How Government Auditors Can “Walk the Walk” by Implementing Effective Internal Continuous Improvement and Culture Enhancement
August 25, 2021
Kip R. Memmott
Virtual
Regional
Public sector auditors are experts at helping their government organizations improve their operational cultures, control environments, and services. Yet, audit organizations are not always as focused on strengthening their own internal cultures, internal controls, and services. This session presents ideas for developing and deploying effective continuous improvement and change management activities within audit organizations and includes three entertaining audit organization change management case examples as well as learning objectives focused on auditing in a post-pandemic world.
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Grants Course
Introduction to Grants Management
August 25, 2021
David Rykken
Virtual
Regional
The Grants 101 course will provide basic information about grants, including the responsibilities of recipients and key
tasks that must be completed during the project period. This course will be most informative for administrative and
program staff from organizations that were awarded a new grant in FY 2020 or FY 2021. It will also be relevant for new
staff on existing grants who do not have extensive experience in grants management.
Audit Course
Creative and Critical Thinking for Auditors
August 24, 2021
Michael Binder
Virtual
Regional
Creative Thinking for Auditors explores why creative and critical thinking are essential tools of auditor providence that should be applied throughout all phases of the audit process. The class will discuss personal and organizational challenges to creative thinking and change, and ways to overcome the natural resistance to change for breakthrough ways of seeing root causes of problems and considering new possible solutions. This course will include brain training exercises and tools to get participants to think more abstractly to look beyond the obvious, to challenge the status quo, and to use process techniques for generating new ideas for action. This class will explore the power of “why” in looking for root causes of problems, and the power of the possible in considering new opportunities and threats for forward-thinking recommendations.
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Grants Course
Intermediate Grants Management
August 03 - 05, 2021
David Rykken
Virtual
Regional
This 3-day virtual course will provide information about how to access guidance on compliance, how to update program/project narratives and how to avoid financial pitfalls. In addition, this course will provide information about how to prepare a continuation application, the steps that need to be taken to make changes to the grant as well as the concept of carryover and explain how to prepare a carryover request.
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Accounting Course
Introduction to Governmental Accounting & Reporting for the U.S. Virgin Islands
June 22 - 26, 2021
Jeanne Yamamura
Virtual
Regional
This 5-day virtual course is an introductory course for participants with little or no knowledge of governmental accounting. It provides an overview of governmental accounting systems and includes a basic introduction to accounting principles, internal controls, and documentation requirements.
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