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      <title>Focus Group 1 Discussion 30/5 by Keefe Low</title>
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      <pubDate>2024-05-29 05:41:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title> Ice-breaker activity</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011241950</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><br/></p><p>What is one word of phrase that best describes the state of budgeting in your agency? Fill in the boards below! (double-click boards of the same color to fill them in)</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 05:42:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 1</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011260921</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Engage them in business discussions.</p><p>Network sessions with other agencies Finance Officers.</p><p>Refresher courses on budgeting, Excel and etc.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 05:57:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 2</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011261282</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>1) read up on <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://finance.gov">finance.gov</a> </p><p>2) attend csc budget course</p><p>3) sharing session on gd, d and dd of line depts on budgeting concepts </p><p>4) workday - maintaining close connections with Accenture/agd</p><p>5) OJT </p><p>6) cross learning from other agencies (informal sharing)</p><p>6) cluster</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 05:58:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 3</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011261584</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Internal training and sharing to keep abreast of latest projects / trends / develop affecting the company </p><p><br/></p><p>External training - ISCA BAR (business analytics and reporting) course</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 05:58:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 4</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011262208</link>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 05:58:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>#3 Interventions (15min)</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>What are some interventions (existing or otherwise) that can equip budget officers with the key knowledge and skills necessary for their role ? </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:08:20 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>#2 What does a good budgeting officer look like ?</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011278009</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Imagine an exemplary budgeting officer; how will he/she look like ? Describe the officer in terms of knowledge, skills, attitude and other characteristics</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:11:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Example board</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>They excel in:</p><ol><li><p>Timely submission of work</p></li><li><p>Good stakeholder management</p></li></ol><p>Points for improvement:</p><ol><li><p>Proficiency in Workday</p></li><li><p>Lack of business acumen and sectorial awareness</p></li></ol>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:12:16 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 2</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Excel:</p><p>1) working under time pressure</p><p>2) proficiency in workday </p><p>3) customer oriented</p><p><br></p><p>Improvement:</p><p>1) cost allocation methodology </p><p>2) various gov budgeting rules / funding </p><p>3) succinct reporting to mgmt  </p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:12:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 4</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011279040</link>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:12:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 3</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011279207</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Excel in:</p><p>1) communicating what is required to business unit</p><p>2) meeting timelines</p><p>3) drawing required data where available </p><p><br/></p><p>Improvement:</p><p>1) proficiency in excel / python script </p><p>2) reviewing budget inputs for reasonableness</p><p>3) paper writing / slides presentation </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:12:38 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>#1 Uncovering the budgeting experience</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ol><li><p>Verbal sharing: describe a typical workday as a budgeting officer (3min)</p></li><li><p>Adopt a board: Based on your experiences working with junior budgeting officers, what do you think they excel in? What are some points for improvement? (7min + 5min sharing)</p></li></ol>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:21:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 1</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011291192</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Complex</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:21:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 3</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011291293</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Complicated</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:21:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 2</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011291383</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Off</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:21:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 4</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011291460</link>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:21:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 1</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011292133</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Excel: Proficient in financial system and Excel</p><p>Improvement: Would be even better if could have more time to look into the details and past correspondences that are relevant during the budget preparation.</p><p><br></p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:22:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Knowledge</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011294137</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Factual or procedural infomation</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:24:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 3</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011294211</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Business knowledge - ie how to project rev for next xx years, expenditure trends</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:24:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 2</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011294308</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Understand gov budgeting rules</p><p>Understand considerations by ministry in evaluating proposals etc </p><p>System knowledge - excel, workday </p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:24:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 4</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:24:25 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 1</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ol><li><p>Seek to understand the organisation structure and its respective departments activities.</p></li><li><p>Ability to communicate with department key stakeholders</p></li><li><p>Understand the chart of account.</p></li><li><p>Proficiency in systems and Excel.</p></li></ol><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:26:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Attitude</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011299483</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Emotions or opinions towards something which influence behaviour</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:27:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Skills</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011299842</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>A demonstration of expertise, applied in a specific context.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:28:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Others</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011299989</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Values, beliefs and experiences which are difficult to train or learn but yet affect outcomes.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:28:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 1</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011300617</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Able to manage large volume of information</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:28:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 4</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011300823</link>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:28:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 2</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011301505</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>1) meticulous with numbers</p><p>2) able to deal with volume of data</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:29:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 3</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011301570</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Ability to learn on the job , apply and understand what is required - ie. expenditure trend — how it was done previously, to follow the same or change methodology of budgeting, any new trends </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:29:27 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 4</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:30:27 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 2</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>1) communication - making finance lingo/policies easy to understand for line depts. this is critical as most budgeting are bottom up. So line must understand. If they don’t, it affects the quality of budget returns</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:30:31 UTC</pubDate>
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         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011303348</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Putting the whole budget tgt for approval by senior management / board </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:30:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Mindset in general</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:30:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 2</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011304139</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>1) can do spirit time pressed</p><p>2) willing to chiong </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:31:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 4</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:31:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 1</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/keefe868/9s6dqjvr8isvc232/wish/3011304458</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Stay calm when working under compressed deadlines</p><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:31:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Board 3</title>
         <author>keefe868</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Positive attitude to work under tight deadline with constant changes</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-29 06:31:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <pubDate>2024-05-30 02:46:05 UTC</pubDate>
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