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SUMMARY:LPIBSC Application and FAQ Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Join NAFOA for a 30-minute info session on Friday\, October 10 at 1:00 p.m. ET to get your application questions answered and tips for submitting with confidence. We will walk through the application process\, highlight common FAQs\, and share best practices to help you submit a strong application.  \n\n\n\nThe Leading People and Investing to Build Sustainable Communities (LPIBSC) program\, developed with Harvard Business School Executive Education\, equips Tribal and Indigenous leaders with tools in finance\, governance\, negotiations\, and change management to strengthen communities. For more information\, visit nafoa.org/institute/lpibsc
URL:https://nafoa.org/event/lpibsc-application-and-faq-info-session/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Strengthening Tribal Operations through Risk Assessment and Contingency Planning
DESCRIPTION:Join the NAFOA Institute with Moss Adams x Baker Tilly for a webinar addressing risk assessment and contingency planning for Tribal organizations. As Tribal organizations face growing uncertainties in federal funding and operations\, effective risk assessment and contingency planning are critical to sustaining mission-driven work.  \n\n\n\nThis webinar covers best practices for identifying key risks and developing strategic contingency plans to ensure operational continuity and resilience in the face of evolving challenges.  \n\n\n\nIf you can’t attend the live webinar\, we encourage you to register to receive the recording and presentation. Materials will be sent within 3-5 business days after the session.
URL:https://nafoa.org/event/webinar-strengthening-tribal-operations-through-risk-assessment-and-contingency-planning/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Reduce Undue Burden by Revising Procurement and Finance Policies and Procedures
DESCRIPTION:Join NAFOA and Moss Adams for an insightful webcast designed for procurement and finance professionals seeking to streamline their processes and reduce unnecessary burdens associated with current policies and procedures. In today’s fast-paced business environment\, organizations must adapt their procurement and financial practices to enhance efficiency\, compliance\, and overall effectiveness. \n\n\n\nWho should register? \n\n\n\n\nTribal Leaders\n\n\n\nTribal Finance Officers\n\n\n\nProcurement Managers/Staff\n\n\n\nGovernment Relations Staff
URL:https://nafoa.org/event/webinar-reduce-undue-burden-by-revising-procurement-and-finance-policies-and-procedures/
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SUMMARY:Tribal Financial Contingency Plans & Reduced Funding Impact Reports Workshop Series
DESCRIPTION:NAFOA and Native Advisory are co-hosting a two-part webinar series to actively and timely prepare Tribes for the recent federal funding freeze and the related reviews of all federal spending by the Trump Administration.  \n\n\n\nWorkshop 1: Tribal Financial Contingency Plans – Proactive & Active Steps in Crises In this one-hour Workshop\, Tribes will review a template Financial Contingency Plan and formulate their own custom plan to implement when necessary. Participants will learn proven ways to respond to financial crises and have a chance to ask questions and learn from each other.  \n\n\n\nWorkshop 2: Tribal Funding Impact Reports – Preparing Your Messaging with Data In this one-hour Workshop\, Tribes will be given steps to produce a custom Funding Impact Report that can be used to advocate for the necessity of their Tribal federal funding. Participants will learn simple ways to use readily available data and financial information to create reports that effectively tell their stories.
URL:https://nafoa.org/event/tribal-financial-contingency-plans-reduced-funding-impact-reports-workshop-series/
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SUMMARY:Carving the Path: Conversations for Native Young Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Join NAFOA and our guest speaker\, Emery Real Bird\, for a discussion on creating your career pathway as a Native young professional. \n\n\n\nEmery Real Bird\, is an enrolled member of the Dził Łigai Si’án N’dee; White Mountain Apache Tribe and also has Apsáalooke; Crow heritage. Emery is a government relations and finance professional based in Washington D.C. Emery graduated from Princeton University in 2017 with a degree in Politics where his thesis focused on the Alaska Native organizational influence on the Senate reelection of Lisa Murkowski from Alaska in 2010. Emery is also a graduate of Tsinghua University in Beijing\, China with a Masters of Management Science with a focus in Global Affairs—a cross section of business and politics—with the Schwarzman Scholars Program. There he studied the unique position of China in the Arctic and the intersection of Indigenous rights and culture as it relates to the Belt and Road Initiative and the Arctic Council. Emery continues to study and explore the implications of international affairs on tribal nations.
URL:https://nafoa.org/event/carving-the-path-conversations-for-native-young-professionals/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Forecasting with Excel’s Powerful Sensitivity Tools
DESCRIPTION:Financial analysis is an area of opportunity and risk. Analysis should incorporate tests of sensitivity to changes in key variables using the most advanced tools available. Typical financial models do not effectively utilize these tools. This exposes the analyst to blind spots in their analysis. Analysts will want to obtain and become proficient in the use of the more sophisticated “what if” analysis tools of the trade.  \n\n\n\nJoin us on Monday\, November 7 at 2:00 pm ET for Forecasting with Excel’s Powerful Sensitivity Tools to understand Excel’s powerful sensitivity tools and get the full power out of your financial models. Registration is required.
URL:https://nafoa.org/event/webinar-forecasting-with-excels-powerful-sensitivity-tools/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Self-Determined Pathways to Economic Empowerment
DESCRIPTION:Register to Join\n\nJoin NAFOA and Native Women Lead for a webinar on economic empowerment. During this webinar\, our featured speaker will share emergent needs and changes in the fields of entrepreneurship\, finance\, investment\, and economic development as it relates to Indigenous entrepreneurs and economies. We will also discuss potential pathways for young finance professionals such as asset/fund managers\, economic development in tribes\, consultants\, CFOs/CPAs\, etc.
URL:https://nafoa.org/event/self-determined-pathways-to-economic-empowerment/
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SUMMARY:Institute Webinar: How to Analyze Financial Statements
DESCRIPTION:Register to join on July 27 at 12pm ET \nSince the beginning of commerce\, businesses have struggled to manage and grow with discipline.  One of the core principles is an understanding of numbers. Join NAFOA for a professional development webinar\, “How to Analyze Financial Statements” on Wednesday\, July 27th at 12:00 pm Eastern Time. Early to mid-career professionals from tribal and non-tribal entities and companies are invited to attend. \nIn this session\, Miles Hutchinson\, an experienced CGMA and business adviser\, will explain how to quickly and thoroughly analyze any publicly-traded company’s financial condition and results of operations.  He will provide an analysis model that will help you repeat the process long after the course has faded away from memory.
URL:https://nafoa.org/event/institute-webinar-how-to-read-and-analyze-financial-statements/
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SUMMARY:Institute Webinar: Preparing for An Interview & Telling Your Story
DESCRIPTION:Register to Join on July 26\, 2022 at 3:00pm ET \nJoin NAFOA and representatives from Bank of America for a mini-workshop on Preparing For An Interview And Telling Your Story. This webinar discussion will consist of interview tips to set yourself apart from other candidates—such as preparing and practicing answering behavioral interview questions\, assessing your skills and understanding how they relate to the role you are applying for\, and preparing follow-up questions for the interviewer. \nOur presenters will share additional guidance around telling your professional story and perfecting your elevator pitch will be provided. Engaging in strategic steps to prepare for an interview allows for a deeper\, more substantive conversation between you and the interviewer. This is a webinar you won’t want to miss! \nSuggested Level: College Students and Young Professionals \n\nAbout Our Presenters\n  \n \nAngel Villavelazquez\, Gila River Indian Community\nVP; Workflow Manager – Global Risk   \nAngel Villavelazquez is currently a Workflow Manager in Test Execution\, responsible for tactical capacity analysis of in-flight workload across Enterprise Independent Testing (EIT) resources.  Prior to this role\, Villavelazquez supported a bilingual testing team responsible for tasks aligned to internal testing efforts and driving adherence to enterprise-wide standards. Since joining the firm in 2002\, Villavelazquez has held various roles in Global Risk Management and Consumer Small Business Banking.  Villavelazquez is Pima from the Gila River Indian Community. She is a strong supporter of increasing awareness of economic\, social\, and cultural issues many Native American communities continue to combat present-day. She serves as a Regional Leader to the Native American Professional Network in Phoenix\, Arizona. \n \nBenjamin Roberts\, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians\nWealth Management Client Associate\, Merrill  \nBenjamin Roberts is a Wealth Management Client Associate supporting the Manhattan East\, 75 Rockefeller office of Merrill. Ben joins the firm after an extensive outbound sales and customer success career in growth stage\, business-to-business infrastructure and marketing technology companies. Ben is Keah\, of the Bawating Anishinaabe\, member of The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. He is extremely passionate about adult literacy\, and bringing greater financial literacy to various tribes in the Upper Peninsula\, Michigan. Ben is a Co-chair to the Native American Professional Network in New York\, NY. \n  \nFor questions or concerns\, please contact education@nafoa.org.
URL:https://nafoa.org/event/institute-webinar-preparing-for-an-interview-telling-your-story/
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SUMMARY:Institute Webinar: How to Read and Understand an Annual Report
DESCRIPTION:Register to join on Thursday\, June 30th at 3:00pm Eastern Time.  \nAccounting and finance is supposed to be the international language of business. If so\, then why do we struggle so much to make sense of the numbers? Are we so busy managing our business and leading our staff\, that we don’t have time to wade through the financials\, discover the trends\, draw proper conclusions and take appropriate action? What if our peers\, or worse\, our competition understands our numbers better than we do? \nIn this session\, Miles Hutchinson\, experienced accounting and finance expert and business adviser\, will explain how to quickly and introduce you to the financial reporting of public and private companies!
URL:https://nafoa.org/event/institute-webinar-how-to-read-and-understand-an-annual-report/
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