Fall 2024 Cohort 2 – Analyst Boot Camp Resources

• Analyst Boot Camp Overview

All participants are required to watch this overview video prior to the first Boot Camp session.

• Analyst Skills Assessment

We recommend completing the assessment prior to the first Boot Camp session.

• DIY Mentorship Guide

We recommend reviewing the guide prior to the first Boot Camp session.

• Goal and Habit Tracking Apps

Find an app that can support you in creating and reaching your career goals.

• Introduce Yourself

Familiarize yourself with the Analyst Boot Camp’s online forum and introduce yourself to other Boot Camp participants.

• Slide Deck Attendee Notes
• Handouts
  • Completed Staff Work Explained
  • Completed Staff Work Format
  • Core Competencies Activity
  • Problem Statement Activity

• Slide Deck Attendee Notes
• Handouts
  • SCARF Model
• Other Resources
• • • Creating Effective Government - Burke, Williams & Sorensen, LLP
    • What is a Special District? - California Special Districts Association
    • Governments Working Together - CA Senate Local Government Committee

• Slide Deck Attendee Notes
• Handouts

• Resource

• Slide Deck Attendee Notes
• Handouts
  • Advantages and Challenges Activity
  • Data Collection Work Plan Activity
  • Tina's Research Resources

• Slide Deck Attendee Notes
• Handouts
  • Excel and Data Visualization Resources
  • Root Cause Analyses
  • Sample Employee Data and Excel Tutorial
  • Sample Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• Slide Deck Attendee Notes
• Panelist Bios
• Handout

• Resources

• Book Recommendations
  • Deep Work by Cal Newport
  • Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
  • Essentialism by Gerg McKeown
  • Indistractable by Nir Eyal
  • Inward by Yung Pueblo
  • Joy at Work by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein

• Slide Deck Attendee Notes
• Handouts
  • Agenda Report Re-Write Activity
  • Effective Writing Packet
  • Fact Sheet Activity Handout
  • Pedestrian, Bicycling, and Driving Safety Fact Sheet
  • Ten Steps to Plain Writing
  • Sample Memo to File
  • Sample Workshop Memo

• Optional Readings
  • 7 Social Media Content Writing Tips - Social Media Daily
  • City of Tacoma Style Guide
  • Federal Government Style Guide
  • Reducing Bias in your Writing - University of Arkansas Libraries
  • Stereotypes and Biased Language - Purdue Online Writing Lab

Slide Deck Attendee Notes Handouts

• Sample Authorized Positions
• Budget Glossary
• Budget Variance Activity
• Sample City Manager Budget Authority by Resolution
• Sample Community Services Budget
• Sample Community Services Revenue
• Sample Fund Balance Summary
• Sample Summary Portrait of Operating Revenues by Fund
• General Fund Revenue and Expenditures
• Park Scenario Activity
• Sample Performance Measures
• Sample Personnel Request

Resource

• Why Do We Need to Rethink Budgeting? - GFOA and ICMA

• Slide Deck Attendee Notes
• Advice From Local Government Leaders Panelist Bios

• Slide Deck Attendee Notes

• Case Study: Bark Park Scope of Work
• Government Contracts Glossary
• Scope of Services Example
• Scope of Work Format
• Scope of Work Template
• Silver Pines Sample Contract
• Staff Report and Professional Services Agreement Examples
• Types of Local Government Contracts

• Slide Deck Attendee Notes
• Handouts
  • Stakeholder Matrix
  • Water Case Study

• Resources
  • IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation
  • TIERS Public Engagement Framework - Institute for Local Government
  • Liberating Structures

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