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Title: TARGET FINANCE 1 - Terms and Tools for Effectively Preparing and Managing Your Operations Budget

This is part of the "Target Finance" series, which also included the following events:
* TARGET FINANCE 2 - Capital Budgeting for the Public Works Professional
* TARGET FINANCE 3 - Creative Financing: Linking Budget Know How with Strategic Planning
Date(s): June 3, 2004
Location: Audio/Web Broadcast
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Description: Has your financial knowledge come mostly from on-the-job-training?
Could you use more confidence in using fiscal terms?
Are you hesitant when responding to budget questions posed by elected officials?

As a public works professional every aspect of your job is related to the budget process. Unlike other finance courses this audio-web broadcast is specifically tailored to the public works professional. The first education component in the TARGET Finance series AIMS to provide you, and your staff, with the tools necessary to:

  • Understand key financial terms and concepts
  • Create operational budgets that best utilize limited financial resources
  • Recognize and avoid critical budget problems
  • Make your operational budget a useful management and planning tool
  • Get your operational budget approved in tough financial times
  • Accurately present financial data to public and elected officials
Speaker: Sabrina Cape

B.B.A., North Georgia College; C.P.A.
Public Service Assistant/Financial Management Program Manager, Governmental Training, Education, and Development



Ms. Cape serves as Program Manager for the financial management programs at the Institute. She is an instructor in the state, school, and local government financial management certificate and certification programs. Prior to joining the Institute, Ms. Cape was a finance director and an assistant manager of a local government. She gained auditing experience in local governments with Deloitte-Touche, a national accounting firm in Atlanta.



Fields of interest: accounting and auditing standards for state and local government, management of local government operations, financial management.
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