Bedste GFOA-podcasts (2024)

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GFOA Audio Insights: Power, Politics, and Budgeting 34:36

22h ago34:36

34:36

“Power politics” is the use of power for selfish gain at the expense of broader community. This is incompatible with the purpose of local government budgeting. However, the finance officer can “change the game” and redirect the energy of power politics to more constructive ends. Listen to this research to learn how.…

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How Leaders at UC Irvine Harnessed Momentum from the Pandemic to Rethink Work 19:31

3d ago19:31

19:31

In 2021, human resources leaders at the University of California, Irvine leveraged changing ideas about the nature of work to introduce “Work Reimagined,” a program designed to retain the institution’s culture and community and deliver on its mission while building a human-centric work experience that allows for increased flexibility where and when…

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GFOA Audio Insights: Simplifying Complexity 23:54

24d ago23:54

23:54

Reality is complex; mental models simplify it. A mental model is a tool that helps us make sense of the world and manage complexity and large amounts of information. For example, in public finance, thinking of reserves or rainy-day funds as a government’s savings account is a mental model. This approach simplifies the complex idea of fund balances …

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GFOA Audio Insights: The City of Arlington Wins GFOA's Fiscal Fluency Challenge 9:41

2M ago9:41

9:41

The City of Arlington, Texas, created videos to make public finance easy to understand. They used themes like “Build, Unite, Create,” comparing budgeting to a Lego set, and “Budget Bites,” which was styled like a cooking show. Arlington’s approach serves as a model for other cities looking to improve their budget communications.…

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Pete Zuraw Shares People-Centered Insights from Recent Facilities Research 25:21

2M ago25:21

25:21

Pete Zuraw, vice president of market strategy and development at Gordian, joins Neil Gavigan, policy and advocacy manager at NACUBO to discuss the latest in higher education facilities management. The conversation centers around the 11th edition of Gordian’s State of Facilities in Higher Education study, released earlier this year. Pete and Neil fo…

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GFOA Audio Insights: Breaking the Law of Triviality 8:04

2M ago8:04

8:04

Many budget officers have had an experience like the following during budget deliberations with the governing board: The governing board spends what seems like (or may be) hours discussing the line item for office supplies (“Can we reduce it by sending more emails and using printers less?”) and then afterward passes a multimillion-dollar capital pr…

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Dig In to the Evolving Inputs and Impacts of NACUBO’s Flagship Research Projects 25:47

2M ago25:47

25:47

In this episode, NACUBO’s senior director, research and policy analysis, Ken Redd joins vice president, policy and research, Liz Clark to dig into the inputs and impacts of NACUBO’s research projects. Beginning with the 2023 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments, a report that marks the 50th anniversary of NACUBO’s endowment study, they walk throug…

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Preview NACUBO’s Student Success Hub: a Comprehensive Toolkit to Build Success and Equity 26:49

3M ago26:49

26:49

During the 2024 NACUBO Annual Meeting, NACUBO will unveil a new Student Success Hub, a toolkit designed to offer pragmatic approaches to evaluate and sustain student equity and student success initiatives. The Hub is the result of work from NACUBO that has been supported by three 3-year grants to produce a bank of resources to strengthen schools’ a…

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Flywire’s Sharon Butler Shares Insights and Research on International Payments 23:55

5M ago23:55

23:55

Sharon Butler is deeply familiar with the “uneasiness and concerns” that international students face when it comes to paying tuition and other expenses. As Executive Vice President of Global Education at Flywire, a global payments enablement company that partners with institutions across the world, she is looking for solutions to these problems. In…

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Congressional Catch-Up: A Spring 2024 Legislative Outlook 22:32

5M ago22:32

22:32

On the heels of a recent fly-in advocacy day on Capitol Hill, NACUBO’s director, government affairs, Ashley Jackson speaks with policy and advocacy manager Neil Gavigan about the state of play in Congress. The conversation touches on highlights from that fly-in and examines how fallout from the protracted FY24 appropriations process, along with upc…

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The “Better FAFSA” Rollout: Where Are We Now? 18:42

6M ago18:42

18:42

Every year, students and families rely on federal student aid to make decisions about higher education. As the Department of Education has struggled to implement a streamlined version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), pressure has steadily increased on students, families, and the institutions that serve them. In this episode,…

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NACUBO’s President, Kara Freeman, Delves Into Resilience with Two Higher Ed Leaders 40:12

6M ago40:12

40:12

In this special episode, Kara Freeman, NACUBO’s president and CEO, interviews two familiar higher education colleagues about their recent book, The Resilient University: How Purpose and Inclusion Drive Student Success. Throughout the conversation, Freeman Hrabowski III, president emeritus, and Lynne Schaefer, vice president emerita for finance and …

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2024 Federal Outlook for Finance and Funding with GFOA’s Emily Brock 26:04

8M ago26:04

26:04

NACUBO’s Liz Clark, vice president, policy and research, speaks with Emily Brock from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) about what’s expected from Washington policymakers this year. Emily is director of GFOA’s Federal Liaison Center and shares her thoughts on what legislative and regulatory actions may impact financings (bonds) and…

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Cybercrime and Higher Education: How One Institution Responded to an Attack 22:58

10M ago22:58

22:58

In a conversation based around their NACUBO 2023 Annual Meeting session, Lou Mayer, chief finance officer, vice president of finance and treasurer and Tej Patel, vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Stevens Institute of Technology talk with Neil Gavigan, policy and advocacy manager at NACUBO about cyberattacks …

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Breaking Down Silos to Create and Sustain Equitable Student Outcomes 22:18

10M ago22:18

22:18

On this all-NACUBO episode of the podcast, Liz Clark, vice president, policy and research speaks with Kelli Rainey, senior director, grant programs about Kelli’s ongoing work to help institutions strategically finance equitable student outcomes. Supported by a series of multi-year grants, this effort has partnered NACUBO with a diverse group of 26 …

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Why MSU Denver Chose to Raise Its Minimum Wage 19:08

11M ago19:08

19:08

Chris Harder, senior fiscal operations manager for student affairs at Metropolitan State University of Denver joins NACUBO’s Bryan Dickson, director, student financial services and educational programs, for a conversation about MSU Denver’s decision to pay its lowest earners more than legally required. Referring to the move as an “investment in the…

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Mauve Group CEO Ann Ellis Shares Global Operations Solutions 17:54

11M ago17:54

17:54

NACUBO’s Liz Clark, vice president, policy and research speaks with Ann Ellis, CEO and co-founder of Mauve Group. Together, they discuss Ann’s early work as an educator and how Mauve Group has grown to offer a variety of global operations services in more than 100 countries “from Japan to Chile.” After realizing there were opportunities to offer ne…

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Analyzing Student Data to Drive Satisfaction and Retention 19:16

12M ago19:16

19:16

Building on their institution’s legacy of serving disadvantaged students, Penny Evans-Plants, chief information officer and Zach Sherwin, director of enterprise analytics at Berry College join NACUBO’s Bryan Dickson, director of student financial services and educational programs to discuss their ongoing efforts to leverage existing data to better …

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Top 5 Higher Education Business Issues of 2023 33:43

12M ago33:43

33:43

With input from business officers at public and private colleges and universities across the country, NACUBO recently identified the most-pressing higher education business issues in 2023. NACUBO’s 2023 Rising Star Award recipient, Katie Walker, assistant vice president for finance at the University of Virginia, joins Liz Clark, vice president for …

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Higher Ed Enrollment Management Under the Microscope 20:23

1y ago20:23

20:23

As we enter a new academic year and colleges and universities welcome new and returning students, NACUBO In Brief speaks with enrollment experts. In a conversation addressing different challenges facing enrollment officers, lessons learned from the pandemic, and more, Neil Gavigan, NACUBO’s policy and advocacy manager, sits down with Fabrizio D’Alo…

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NACUBO's New Podcast • Career Conversations 1:06

1y ago1:06

1:06

NACUBO's new podcast Career Conversations, featuring insights and advice for business professionals new to higher education, starts airing biweekly on September 8th. Make sure to subscribe!Af NACUBO

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More is Possible With Higher Education 23:21

1y ago23:21

23:21

Discussing the latest release in NACUBO’s state of higher education series: More is Possible with Higher Education, NACUBO’s director, student financial services and educational programs, Bryan Dickson, speaks with senior director, analytics, Lindsay Wayt. Together, they examine some of the ways that higher education benefits students, communities,…

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What's Happening in the Nation's Capital? 22:45

1+ y ago22:45

22:45

Where do things stand for higher education as the Biden Administration attempts to govern with a now divided congress? What would a U.S. debt default – or a political deal – entail for institutions? Will the U.S. Supreme Court's judgments on student debt relief and the use of affirmative action practices in the admissions process have a significant…

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Mergers and Affiliations in Higher Education 28:23

1+ y ago28:23

28:23

Nobody wants a college to close, but enrollment and demographic trends, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, are requiring some colleges to consider what steps they may need to take to survive and thrive. For some, the only option may be a merger or affiliation with another institution. Join Michael B. Alexander, President, Lasell University; Kasi…

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Top Five Higher Education Business Issues: Meeting Students’ Evolving Needs 23:21

1+ y ago23:21

23:21

In the final episode of a five-part series based on NACUBO’s Top Five Higher Education Business Issues of 2022 project, five members of the higher education community weigh in on the most pressing challenges facing students and what their organizations are doing to help create positive change. Responding to a two-part question from Neil Gavigan, NA…

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Top Five Higher Education Business Issues: Supporting and Maintaining the Workforce 34:48

1+ y ago34:48

34:48

In the fourth episode of a five-part series based on NACUBO’s Top Five Higher Education Business Issues of 2022 project, Liz Clark, NACUBO’s vice president, policy and research, speaks with Andy Brantley, president and CEO of CUPA-HR and Choi Halladay, deputy executive director of business operations at the Washington State Board for Community and …

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Top Five Higher Education Business Issues: Providing Secure & Modern Technology Infrastructure 22:37

1+ y ago22:37

22:37

In the third episode of a five-part series based on NACUBO’s Top Five Higher Education Business Issues of 2022 project, Bryan Dickson, NACUBO’s director, student financial services and educational programs, speaks with José Rodriguez, vice president and chief information officer at Pomona College. Together, they discuss José’s “holistic approach” t…

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Top Five Higher Education Business Issues: Navigating Resource Constraints 26:34

1+ y ago26:34

26:34

In the second episode of a five-part series based on NACUBO’s Top Five Higher Education Business Issues of 2022 project, NACUBO’s vice president for policy and research, Liz Clark, speaks with Jim Hundrieser, NACUBO’s vice president for consulting services, and Laurie Bernotsky, executive vice president and provost at West Chester University of Pen…

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"Prepared to Manage Change" 1:05:43

1+ y ago1:05:43

1:05:43

This podcast features a conversation with Francisco Ordaz. For Francisco, his challenges were an opportunity to find the beauty out of life and the silver lining of compassion found in simple acts of kindness. You will hear an immigrant’s story of financial struggle and perseverance.

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"If We Don't Look Ahead, We Will Be Behind" 1:05:43

1+ y ago1:05:43

1:05:43

This podcast features a conversation with Sơn Lê Hughes, chief financial officer of the West Linn-Wilsonville School District in Oregon. Sơn Lê grew up in Vietnam during the war that ravished her country. After a trying childhood, she boarded a plane for the West Coast of the United States to start a new journey.…

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Top Five Higher Education Business Issues: Managing an Uncertain Economic Climate 20:10

1+ y ago20:10

20:10

In this episode, the first in a five-part series based on NACUBO’s Top Five Higher Education Business Issues of 2022 project, NACUBO’s vice president for policy and research, Liz Clark, speaks with Susan Fitzgerald, associate managing director, global higher education and nonprofits, at Moody’s Investors Service. In addition to discussing Moody’s 2…

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"Not the Way I Want to Grow Up" 59:12

1+ y ago59:12

59:12

This episode features a conversation with Dean Rear, General Manager of Financial Services and Chief Financial Officer with the Metro Vancouver Regional District. Growing up in Alberta at the foothills of the Rockies, on a mixed farm of crops and beef cattle, Dean describes his childhood as a “boy life” with miles of open space to ride dirt bikes a…

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“Someone Will Take Note” 1:02:01

1+ y ago1:02:01

1:02:01

This podcast features a conversation with Brigitte Elke, Finance Director for the City of San Luis Obispo, California. Brigitte was born and raised in Switzerland with a strong connection to the land. At age 30, she relocated to America to work in advertising and media buying. When the dot-com bubble burst, she responded to an ad for a temp positio…

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"The Gigi Voice" 1:02:18

2y ago1:02:18

1:02:18

This podcast features a conversation with Dr. Kirene Bargas, Director of Finance & Administrative Services for the Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District in Beaumont, California. Dr. Bargas grew up in Hawaii with the ocean right across the street. After high school, she relocated to Ohio looking for work and opportunities. During our conversation, s…

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"Give Yourself Grace" 44:34

2y ago44:34

44:34

This episode features a conversation with Amanda Klapperich, Finance Manager for the County of Rio Grande, Colorado. Amanda grew up in Wisconsin to hardworking parents and a pretty typical childhood. Her first attempt at college didn’t take and she found herself working a fast food job. At 21, she took a job as a corrections officer in the prison s…

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“Best way to succeed…fully committed” 1:01:50

2y ago1:01:50

1:01:50

This episode features a conversation with Kevin Bain, Debt Manager for the City of Detroit, Michigan. Kevin grew up in the suburbs of Detroit embracing his diverse community. Described by family as a fearless child, Kevin overcame an early speech impediment to excel in school in both academics and athletics. After college, Kevin worked on Wall Stre…

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“Invited to the Table” 1:01:42

2y ago1:01:42

1:01:42

This episode features a conversation Lisa McCargar, Vice President of Finance and Administration for Golden State Natural Resources. Lisa grew up a shy child in Los Angeles to hardworking blue-collar parents. Money was tight, but that didn’t stop Lisa from dreaming big. Once she entered the workforce, success and opportunity came calling. Her early…

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"Some Day...You'll be a Finance Director" 1:01:56

2y ago1:01:56

1:01:56

Rich Lee is the Finance Director for the City of San Mateo. Growing up in foggy south San Francisco, Rich had to develop a thick skin learning to navigate his parents' divorce as well as a genetic condition that made him a target to the insensitivity of cruel adolescents. Listen as Rich discusses his fascinating journey from wanting to be a musicia…

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The Financial Data Transparency Act: What GFOA Members Need to Know 17:00

2y ago17:00

17:00

Listen as Emily Brock, GFOA's Federal Liaison Center Director in Washington D.C., and Michele Mark Levine, GFOA's Technical Services Director, discuss how the Financial Data Transparency Act would be a costly and burdensome unfunded mandate.

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Talking GAAP Update with GFOA's Michele Mark Levine 6:57

2y ago6:57

6:57

GFOA's 2022 GAAP Update will be held on Thursday, November 3, 2022. Listen as GFOA's Michele Mark Levine discusses this year's event and why you should attend.

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Introducing GFOA's Fundamentals Virtual Forum 8:25

2+ y ago8:25

8:25

Want to invest in your advancement? GFOA’s Fundamentals Virtual Forum, July 11-15, is designed for new government finance staff who are either starting their career journey or transitioning to public finance from the private sector. Seven of the ten virtual forum sessions will be based on topics from GFOA's Certified Public Finance Officers (CPFO) …

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#TimeBackChallenge Podcast Series: Efficient Meetings with Dan Olivieri of the City of Maple Ridge 8:31

2+ y ago8:31

8:31

In this episode, GFOA's Shayne Kavanagh talks with Dan Olivieri from the City of Maple Ridge on how he’s made meetings shorter and more enjoyable for all involved. Learn more about GFOA's #TimeBackChallenge at gfoa.org/timebackchallenge. Additional resources mentioned in the podcast: Guide to Liberating Structures, GFOA Research based on Adam Grant…

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Week in Washington: GFOA Recap for Committee Members - April 22, 2022 23:12

2+ y ago23:12

23:12

Listen as GFOA’s Federal Liaison Center updates GFOA Standing Committee members on events in Washington.

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Week in Washington: GFOA Recap for Committee Members - April 8, 2022 23:12

2+ y ago23:12

23:12

Listen as GFOA’s Federal Liaison Center updates GFOA Standing Committee members on events in Washington.

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Week in Washington: GFOA Recap for Committee Members - March 25, 2022 45:20

2+ y ago45:20

45:20

Listen as GFOA’s Federal Liaison Center updates GFOA Standing Committee members on events in Washington.

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WPFN Mentorship Month – Mentor and Mentee Spotlight 22:53

2+ y ago22:53

22:53

GFOA’s Women’s Public Finance Network facilitates a Mentorship Program to connect women in the public finance field from across the country. In this podcast, you'll hear from several program participants who discuss the benefits of mentorship for professional and personal growth. WPFN’s 2022-2023 Mentorship Program application opens on March 8. The…

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Week in Washington: GFOA Recap for Committee Members - February 11, 2022 48:40

2+ y ago48:40

48:40

Listen as GFOA’s Federal Liaison Center updates GFOA Standing Committee members on events in Washington.

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Vanderbilt University Goes Cashless 21:24

2+ y ago21:24

21:24

As digital payments become increasingly common, many kinds of businesses are pivoting to no longer accept cash. In this episode, Chris Cook, executive director of the office of student accounts at Vanderbilt University, speaks with NACUBO’s director, student financial services and educational programs Bryan Dickson about going cashless at Vanderbil…

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"The Only Fallback is Me" 1:03:16

2+ y ago1:03:16

1:03:16

Lisa Marie Harris, Director of Finance at the San Diego Water Authority joins us for episode eight of the podcast. Growing up in San Francisco as the eldest of seven kids, Lisa Marie speaks quite candidly about her experiences of being in a family of limited means.

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Legislative LunchCast On The Go: December 2021 29:50

2+ y ago29:50

29:50

In this episode, originally offered on December 15 as part of NACUBO’s Legislative Lunchcast webcast series, NACUBO’s senior director, government affairs, Megan Schneider, and director, student financial services and educational programs, Bryan Dickson share the latest updates on legislative and regulatory topics affecting higher education. Links &…

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