Course Information
- Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments and managers or directors in city or state public health agencies in Massachusetts; managers of community organizations may also find valuable
- Format: Recorded Online Webinar
- Date/Time: January 24, 2017, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
- Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour and 21 minutes
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
- Competencies: Management and Finance Skills
- Learning Level: Performance
- Supplemental materials: PowerPoint
- Technical Requirements: Modern web browser, such as Internet Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Speakers or headphones
- Companion Training: Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment, Managing Budgets and Fiscal Resources: Part 1
- Pre-requisites: Managing Budgets and Fiscal Resources, Part 1
About this Webinar
This webinar continues the discussion on budget assessment and budget monitoring. It moves beyond the budget cycle, and provides tips for a simple persuasive budget narrative to focus on how you might think about specific budget line items. How does a top-down budget approach work within your environment? How do monthly budget reconciliations work? How do you read budgets and understanding variance reports? Though the concepts are the same, the vocabulary can vary in different organizations, and participants share variations. Learn more about managing budgets in this webinar.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Classify budget line items into the correct type of budget: operational or capital
- List two pros and two cons of a top-down budget approach
- Describe the five steps in a monthly budget reconciliation process
- Confidently read budgets and variance reports
Subject Matter Expert
David A. Lagasse, MA, MHSA
Chief Financial Officer;
Senior Vice President of Fiscal Affairs, McLean Hospital
Registration and Contact Hours
Select the Enroll button below to register for this webinar. If you have any trouble accessing the webinar, contact trainingmanager@nephtc.org.
The Certificate of Completion will include the length of the webinar. Generally 50 – 60 minutes is equivalent to 1 contact hour. Contact hours may be applicable towards continuing education requirements for certain credentials. Check with your credentialing body to verify if the topic meets its continuing education requirements.