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 17, 2017, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
- Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour and 26 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 2
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
What are the common types of budgets and approaches to budgeting? This webinar illustrates the process of budget formulation, approval, and execution in a town, explaining the roles of the people in the town, including the manager for public health and the town accountant. You will discover the common revenue and expense categories in public health budgets. The experts also explain how to use the budget to defend proposed spending and to educate town officials and citizens about what public health does and why it is critical. Learn about these important budgeting topics in this webinar.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Identify four common types of budgets
- Describe the budget development and approval process
- List four major revenue and three major expense categories in public health budgets
- Defend proposed spending through written budget narrative and oral presentation
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.
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 10, 2017, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
- Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
- Competencies: Policy Development and Program Planning 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
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
The area of Employee Grievances and Discipline is not black and white. How do you deal with employees that are challenging or may have grievances with you or your department? What conflict resolution management styles can help? What is progressive discipline and why is it important? What are employees' due process rights and what do managers have to consider in the decision to terminate? Learn about these topics in this webinar, including a case study.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- List five conflict resolution management styles and provide one example of an appropriate way to use each
- Identify five due process rights of public employees
- Name four common steps of progressive discipline
- Identify three things a manager should do before, during, and after a disciplinary hearing
- List three things a manager needs to consider in a decision to terminate
Subject Matter Expert
Cheryl Sbarra
Senior Staff Attorney,
Massachusetts Association of Health Boards
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.
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: December 20, 2016, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
- Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour and 14 minutes
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
- Competencies: Policy Development and Program Planning 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
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
Hiring talented people is critical to the success of an organization. What are the processes involved in recruitment and hiring? To hire the most talented people, we have to attract them, recruit them, assess and evaluate them, and then make the right hiring decisions. Learn about best practices in this webinar.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Identify two effective recruitment practices
- Describe five types of interview bias
- Name four things you should do before interviewing job candidates
- Give three examples of what NOT to ask when interviewing job candidates
- List two common hiring mistakes
Subject Matter Expert
David Pia
Director of Human Resources,
Boston Public Health Commission
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.
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: December 13, 2016, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
- Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour and 23 minutes
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
- Competencies: Policy Development and Program Planning 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
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
What is the history of the labor movement up to current times? What national laws do you need to know relative to labor? What are Local Boards of Health permitted to do under Chapter 111 Sec 27? What are collective bargaining agreements and how do they fit (or don’t fit) into Local Board of Health management practices? How can job descriptions contribute to organizational effectiveness? Learn about collective bargaining from the experts.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Summarize the history of the U.S. labor movement from the late 1800s through the mid-1950s
- Describe three provisions of two U.S. labor laws (National Labor Relations Act of 1935 and the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947)
- List three things MGL Ch 111 s27 allows LBOH to do
- Apply collective bargaining agreement provisions to a situation where a workforce reduction involves union employees
- List three ways well-written job descriptions contribute to individual effectiveness, and two ways they contribute to organizational effectiveness
- Apply MGL Ch 111 s27 and local personnel by-laws to situations where employees are hired and fired
Subject Matter Expert
Cheryl Sbarra
Senior Staff Attorney,
Massachusetts Association of Health Boards
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.
Living on Grants: Practical Budgeting Guidelines
How can your public health organization be better prepared for budget time? Learn the basics of grant budget development and how to manage a grant-based budget from proposal to post award.
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Course Information
- Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments agencies
- Format: Webinar
- Price: Free
- Length: 1.5 hours
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion.
- Competencies: Management and Finance Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Supplemental materials: None
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
No Matter what level of budget management or review is your responsibility, this webinar can help you identify the requirements and limitations for grant budget development and the fiscal requirements after your proposal is awarded.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- List the three stages of a grant lifecycle that require budget consideration
- Identify proposal requirements and limitations that impact budget development and fiscal grant management
- Define allowable expenses and how they are determined and documented
Subject Matter Expert
Lu'Ann Thibeau
Manager of Finance and Administration
University of New England
Registration and Contact Hours
Select the Enroll button below to register for this webinar. If you have any trouble accessing the webinar, contact webinar@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.