This conference is a must-attend event for all those who are serious about ensuring their agency's effectiveness. You will benefit from:

• 17 innovative speakers at your disposal to share their strategies and experiences in performance measurement fundamentals that are already proven to work
• Over 24 hours of intense, interactive learning - we guarantee you will recoup your money spent by implementing just a few of the strategies shared during the conference
• The opportunity to customize your learning by participating in the unique and interactive workshop sessions that will enable you to practice and apply your skills in peer groups -- you will walk away with strategies and tactics that you can begin to implement in your own organization
• An abundance of networking opportunities - be sure to bring plenty of business cards to exchange with your fellow attendees
• Participating in instructional sessions that will share real-world examples, tactics and lessons learned from leading results-based management for government initiatives that will ground you in advancing your own strategy
• A comprehensive overview of performance measurement from leading practitioners like Industry Canada, Service Canada, Ontario Ministry of Resource and Innovation, Public Health Agency of Canada, and many more
• Optional networking lunches that give you the opportunity to brainstorm and benchmark solutions with your fellow attendees
• Acquiring new knowledge to lead your organization through the imperative, yet sometimes extremely difficult responsibility of ensuring that your organization's strategic plan stays on track
• The opportunity to learn how to integrate performance measures, program evaluation, strategic planning and budgeting into a results-based management system to ensure innovative, efficient and effective government, in a hands-on environment
• A complimentary packet of research materials that will serve as a helpful resource long after you have attended this conference
• A formal Certificate of Completion, which documents your training achievement and commitment to continuing professional development

Dear Government Executive:

Performance measurement is a key pillar of a high-performing government organization. Tracking key performance measures at all levels of the organisational structure can drive better alignment throughout. Performance measures help each employee and manager understand their valuable contribution to the achievement of the strategic objectives. This framework can deliver a clear 'line of sight' from the bottom up as well as from the top down of public organizations. This is particularly manifested when measures are focused on outcomes rather than simply outputs.

Resources are more logically allocated and focused on the right initiatives which support key outcomes. This virtuous cycle can result in levels of performance that are optimized and visible internally and to the public.

Increasingly, visible accountability is being mandated across Canada, the United States and around the world. When you attend "Results-Based Management for Government," this November in Ottawa, you will discover and dig deeper into best practices available for managing for results and making budget and performance a reality.

How Will This Conference Help You and Your Organization?

As pressure on government budgets increases, greater performance is expected to be achieved by public entities. More needs to be done with stagnating or shrinking budgets. And taxpayers are expecting this to be achieved in a manner that is increasingly leaner and cost-effective.

Linking performance measures to the budget in order to achieve desired outcomes in a cost effective way requires efficient systems, real dedication to high performance and a clear alignment. It is not an easy feat but it can be very rewarding as your organisation takes a leading role in proactively showing taxpayers how much is being achieved with their money.

What Does This Mean For You?

• Public Health Agency of Canada strategically aligns their evaluation function
• Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation defines the best performance measures while improving performance reporting, data collection and service delivery
• New York State Workers' Compensation Board leverages technology to manage and report performance information

Register today to join your colleagues for 4 days of education, practical advice, inspiration and networking. Call our conference hotline at 773-695-9400 to reserve your space or click here.

If you're charged with the task of monitoring your organization's progress toward developing an integrated performance measurement and budget process, then this is an event you can't miss! I look forward to welcoming you to this unique benchmarking forum this November.