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Excited to Serve! Creating Exceptional Value for Government Accountability Professionals Joint MPG and Northern Virginia Chapters Meeting October 18, 2006 Jeff Hart, CGFM, CFE AGA National President. General title. Four Main Reasons We Should Be Excited:.
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Excited to Serve! Creating Exceptional Value for Government Accountability Professionals Joint MPG and Northern Virginia Chapters Meeting October 18, 2006 Jeff Hart, CGFM, CFE AGA National President General title
Four Main Reasons We Should Be Excited: • 1. “Service” is the overarching theme in our mission • 2. We rely on the service of our members & partners • “Service” is a powerful gift & investment that’s easy to get excited about! • We have good reasons to get excited! General paragraph and bullets
1. “Service”--the overarching theme in our mission, a “strategic theme”, & a “core value” • AGA’s Mission: • Advancing Government Accountability • AGA serves Government Accountability Professionals By Creating Value, i.e. • Providing Quality Education & Networking • Fostering Professional Development and Certification, and • Supporting Standards & Research General paragraph and bullets
2. We rely on the service of our members & partners • 14,590 Members in 89 Chapters • 1000s of Employers • 60 Corporate Partners • 25 National Office Staff (4.5/5.0) • 15 National Officers • 10 National Committees • 6 National Boards • 45 RVPs (past, current, elects) + RCs • 89 Chapter Presidents • 100s of Other Chapter Officers General paragraph and bullets
3. “Service” is a powerful gift & investment that’s easy to get excited about! • Service is a Gift? • Voluntary Act, Individual Choice • Gift=Valuable • Gift of Service= • Sacrifice of Time • Caring & Appreciation for an organization that contributes to our careers/livelihood General paragraph and bullets
3. “Service” is a powerful gift & investment that’s easy to get excited about! General paragraph and bullets • Service as anInvestment? • Commitment to earn financial return • Future benefits & advantages • Benefit Collectively & Individually
3. “Service” is a powerful gift & investment that’s easy to get excited about! (cont.) • Powerful? • Creates Value • Easy to get excited? • Totally in our control! • Excitement=Emotion • Emotion=Choice, How We Act/React • Giver Gets More Than the Receiver • “Reap What We Sow” • “What Goes Around Comes Around” (in spades!) General paragraph and bullets
4. We have good reasons to get excited! • Providing Quality Education • Record-Breaking PDCs, NLCs, PMC, FC • Fostering Professional Development and Certification • Records in Membership & CGFM • Supporting Standards & Research • CEAR/SEA, CPAG, Academy, possible COSO membership • Advancing Government Accountability • CG Walker Fiscal Wake-Up Tour, demographic tidal wave • Other activities under “expansive view” General paragraph and bullets
4. We have good reasons to get excited! (cont.) • Accountability & Transparency foundational pillar of • Capital Markets • Democracy • We share a passion for government accountability! • AGA as the “Thought Leader” General paragraph and bullets
My Overall Goal/Theme: Creating Exceptional Value for Government Accountability Professionals, (Their Employers, & The American People) General paragraph and bullets
Create Exceptional Value? • Create value by investment of our service • Provide exceptional value to individual AGA members and chapters that remain the bulwark of our organization • New and better ways to serve members & chapters • Special focus on early career members • Make AGA and the CGFM indispensable to government accountability professionals, their employers, and the American People General paragraph and bullets
Create Exceptional Value? => 4 AGA Core Values S--new and better ways to serve you, and our mission A--new and exciting ways to advance government accountability I--walk our talk, best possible role model L--everyone’s a leader! General paragraph and bullets
Create Exceptional Value? • => Core Values • Service--new and better ways to serve you, and our mission • Networking = #1 • Education = #2 • 80% = Chapters • 80% = Baby Boomers • What else? General paragraph and bullets
Create Exceptional Value? • => Core Values • Accountability--new and exciting ways to advance government accountability • Fiscal Wake-up Tour • International role • What else? General paragraph and bullets
Create Exceptional Value? • => Core Values • Integrity--walk our talk, best possible role model • Strategic Planning & Budgeting • Annual Performance Planning • Performance Measurement & Reporting (AGA PAR) • Transparency General paragraph and bullets
Create Exceptional Value? • => Core Values • Leadership--everyone’s a leader! • Leadership is personal, a behavior • Leadership is a choice, not a position. • --Stephen Covey General paragraph and bullets
Two AGA Leadership Roles • Internal • Support & assist chapters/members • Communication link • External • Promote AGA & Implement its Goals (CGFM, CEAR, SEA, etc.) • Promote the Accountability Profession General paragraph and bullets
External Leadership: How Can You Help? • Obtain formal, tangible recognition of the CGFM • Obtain entity participation in CEAR and SEA • Recruit CEAR and SEA reviewers • Help establish new AGA chapters (especially in State Capitals without them) General paragraph and bullets
How Can You Help? (cont.) • Recruit new AGA members (especially early career members!) • Arrange meetings for you/me to help with 1-5 above • Identify & Act on exciting new ways to “Advance Government Accountability”! • Be visible in your community as an Accountability Professional and AGA Member! General paragraph and bullets
Internal Goals/Action Plan • Annual member/customer survey • Update strategic plan, based on specific member/customer input • Refine and align performance measures to clearly demonstrate progress in creating value and accomplishment of strategic goals/outcomes • Comprehensive integrated marketing plan (AGA, CGFM, CEAR, SEA awareness) General paragraph and bullets
Internal Action Plan • Provide AGA leaders all the tools they need to serve our members • Identify & implement new ways to serve members/chapters—Increase value proposition (especially for early career members) • Research possibility of international AGA chapters or affiliates • Develop integrated AGA annual and long-range performance plan & budgets General paragraph and bullets
Summary • 1. “Service” is the overarching theme in our mission • 2. We rely on the service of our members & partners • “Service” is a powerful gift & investment that’s easy to get excited about! • We have good reasons to get excited, and lots of ways to serve and create value! General paragraph and bullets
Thank You for choosing to serve and invest in AGA, your profession, yourself! General paragraph and bullets • I have only two final requests…
WillYouChoose to Get Excited? • Will you share your passion and help me getothersexcited? General paragraph and bullets
LET’S GET EXCITED! General paragraph and bullets