Tentative Agenda - Intro to State Budgeting Seminar

Included in the registration fee are the following meals: dinner on Thursday, breakfast and lunch on Friday, and breakfast on Saturday. All other meals are on your own.

Thursday, August 22

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 CHECK-IN
5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

 
5:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

FISCAL STATE-OF-THE-STATES: EXAMINING CURRENT BUDGET TRENDS (Joint Session)
Scott D. Pattison, Executive Director, National Association of State Budget Officers

This session will provide a brief overview of the current fiscal situation by examining the challenges states are facing regarding revenue and spending pressures as well as federal funding levels.
5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. WORDS OF WISDOM: ADVICE FROM STATE BUDGET DIRECTORS
 
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. NETWORKING DINNER
 

Friday, August 23

7:30 a.m.- 8:45 a.m.

BREAKFAST
8:45 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.
PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS THAT WORK: CALCULATING REWARD, RISK & THE LIKELIHOOD OF FAILURE, PART 1
Adam Goodman, Director, The Northwestern University Center for Leadership
 
This interactive workshop will challenge analysts to ask the right questions, assess risks and barriers and determine the likelihood of failure as budget decisions are made. Participants will identify the different stakeholders and their interests, discuss how to best present information to decision-makers, and determine how their leadership impacts each decision. During this two-part sessions, analysts will examine their own experiences as a method for refining their decision-making processes.
 
10:00 a.m.- 10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:15 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. DECISIONS THAT WORK, PART 2
Adam Goodman, Director, The Northwestern University Center for Leadership

12:00 p.m.- 1:15 p.m.
NETWORKING LUNCHEON
 
1:15 p.m.- 2:30 p.m.

ANALYZING BUDGET REQUESTS: INTRODUCTION & FIRST CASE STUDY
Michael Maul, Associate Director, Virginia Department of Planning & Budget

Participants will examine techniques used in analyzing budget requests such as determining need, looking at spending trends, seeking alternatives, challenging the base using performance measures, and comparing to national standards and trends. Case studies will be utilized to provide a practical demonstration of these techniques.
 
2:30 p.m.- 2:45 p.m. BREAK

 
2:45 p.m.- 4:45 p.m. ANALYZING BUDGET REQUESTS: CASE STUDIES
Michael Maul, Associate Director, Virginia Department of Planning & Budget

 
Evening INFORMAL NETWORKING DINNERS

Participants are encouraged to dine with other attendees to informally network.
 

Saturday, August 24

7:30 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.

BE AN EFFECTIVE ANALYST: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SUCCEED

This is an opportunity for participants to interact with budget analysts with differing levels of experience about issues and concerns specific to the role of a budget analyst. Discussion will focus on adapting to the job, avoiding common pitfalls, building credibility as an analyst, and other pertinent issues as suggested by participants. Please come prepared with questions as participants will be called upon during this session.
 
10:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.

DISCUSSION OF POLICY ISSUES BY PROGRAM AREA

Participants will meet in groups to network and discuss issues specific to their program areas and agencies.
 
11:00 a.m.- 11:15 a.m. COURSE CONCLUSION AND CLOSING REMARKS
(Certificate of completion will be awarded; Leaving early is strongly discouraged. Please make flight arrangements with enough time to ensure travel time to the airport and check in.)

 

 

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