# Presentation: 075169

## General title

***Excited to Serve!***
***Creating Exceptional Value for Government Accountability Professionals***
**New Orleans & Baton Rouge Chapters**
**March 15, 2007**
**Jeff Hart, CGFM, CFE**
**AGA National President**

**Notes:**
Excited to Serve!

I really am very excited to serve you as your National President, and I’m also very humbled.  When I think about being entrusted with this role, I’m reminded of a quote recently posted on a church sign in my neighborhood:  “Lord, Help me be the person that my dog thinks I am.”

Creating Exceptional Value for Government Accountability Professionals is my theme for my year as National President, and I’d like to talk with you today about why I’m excited, and what I hope we can accomplish together. I hope by the time we’re done today, that you’re excited too!  Because I have big plans for us, for this year and beyond, and I need your help.

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- AGA Performance Logic Model
- AGA Mission/Purpose Statements
- Two AGA Leadership Roles
- Goals/Action Plan & Status

**Summary**

**Notes:**
So, in summary, here’s what I’m going to talk about today (read slide).

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***=> 4 AGA Core Values***
- S--new and better ways to serve you, ***and*** our mission
- A--new and exciting ways to advance government accountability
- I--walk our talk, best possible role model
- L--everyone’s a leader!

**Notes:**
What do I mean by “creating exceptional value”?  We’re going to be guided by our core AGA values of Service, Accountability, Integrity, and Leadership.  As far as service, we’re going to find new and better ways to serve you, and to serve our mission.  Under accountability, we’re going to aggressively seek out new and exciting ways to advance government accountability.  Our integrity will ensure that we always walk our talk and that AGA is the best possible role model for all the important things we stand for.  And we will stretch ourselves, each one of us, to find and be the leader each one of us was meant to be.

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***=> Core Values***
- Service--new and better ways to serve you, ***and*** our mission
- Networking = #1
- Education = #2
- 80% = Chapters
- 80% = Baby Boomers
- Sectional Leadership Meetings (SLMs)
- What else?

**Notes:**
What do I mean by “creating exceptional value”?  We’re going to be guided by our core AGA values of Service, Accountability, Integrity, and Leadership.  As far as service, we’re going to find new and better ways to serve you, and to serve our mission.  Under accountability, we’re going to aggressively seek out new and exciting ways to advance government accountability.  Our integrity will ensure that we always walk our talk and that AGA is the best possible role model for all the important things we stand for.  And we will stretch ourselves, each one of us, to find and be the leader each one of us was meant to be.

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***=> Core Values***
- Accountability--new and exciting ways to *Advance Government Accountability*
- Fiscal Wake-up Tour
- International role
- What else?

**Notes:**
What do I mean by “creating exceptional value”?  We’re going to be guided by our core AGA values of Service, Accountability, Integrity, and Leadership.  As far as service, we’re going to find new and better ways to serve you, and to serve our mission.  Under accountability, we’re going to aggressively seek out new and exciting ways to advance government accountability.  Our integrity will ensure that we always walk our talk and that AGA is the best possible role model for all the important things we stand for.  And we will stretch ourselves, each one of us, to find and be the leader each one of us was meant to be.

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***=> Core Values***
- Integrity--walk our talk, best possible role model
- Strategic Planning & Budgeting
- Annual Performance Planning
- Performance Measurement & Reporting  (AGA PAR)
- Transparency

**Notes:**
What do I mean by “creating exceptional value”?  We’re going to be guided by our core AGA values of Service, Accountability, Integrity, and Leadership.  As far as service, we’re going to find new and better ways to serve you, and to serve our mission.  Under accountability, we’re going to aggressively seek out new and exciting ways to advance government accountability.  Our integrity will ensure that we always walk our talk and that AGA is the best possible role model for all the important things we stand for.  And we will stretch ourselves, each one of us, to find and be the leader each one of us was meant to be.

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***=> Core Values***
- Leadership--everyone’s a leader!
- Leadership is personal, a behavior
- Leadership is a choice, not a position.
- 	--Stephen Covey

**Notes:**
What do I mean by “creating exceptional value”?  We’re going to be guided by our core AGA values of Service, Accountability, Integrity, and Leadership.  As far as service, we’re going to find new and better ways to serve you, and to serve our mission.  Under accountability, we’re going to aggressively seek out new and exciting ways to advance government accountability.  Our integrity will ensure that we always walk our talk and that AGA is the best possible role model for all the important things we stand for.  And we will stretch ourselves, each one of us, to find and be the leader each one of us was meant to be.

## 	AGA Operations

**Notes:**
So, how do we create value in AGA?

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- AGA is the ***premier association*** advancing government accountability.
- AGA is the ***thought leader*** in advancing government accountability.

**Notes:**
How are they similar?

How are they different?

Do you like one more than the other?  Why?

Which one is currently AGA’s official statement?

How might you improve upon either one?

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- 1.  AGA ***serves government accountability professionals*** by providing quality education, fostering professional development and certification, and supporting standards and research to ***advance government accountability***.
- AGA ***advances government accountability*** and ***performance*** while ***increasing the value*** of contributions made by accountability professionals, their employers, and the profession ***for the benefit of the American people***.

**Notes:**
How are they similar?

How are they different?

Do you like one more than the other?  Why?

Which one is currently AGA’s official statement?

How might you improve upon either one?

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***Two AGA Leadership Roles***
- Internal
- Support & assist chapters/members
- Communication link
- External
- Promote AGA & Implement its Goals (CGFM, CEAR, SEA, etc.)
- Promote the Accountability Profession

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- External Leadership:***  How Can You Help?***
- Obtain formal, tangible recognition of the CGFM
- Obtain entity participation in CEAR and SEA
- Recruit CEAR and SEA reviewers
- Help establish new AGA chapters (especially in State Capitals without them)

**Notes:**
Here are some very specific things each one of us can do to serve and enhance the value of AGA, your profession, and ultimately yourself.

10 States Without Chapters in Their Capitals:
Maryland - Annapolis (have Mont/PG County and Baltimore chapters)
Montana - Helena (have Missoula chapter)
Nevada - Carson City*
New Hampshire - Concord
North Dakota - Bismarck
Rhode Island - Providence
South Dakota - Pierre
Vermont - Montpelier
West Virginia - Charleston*
Wyoming - Cheyenne
* - considered most likely to establish a new chapter

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***How Can You Help? (cont.)***
- Recruit new AGA members (especially early career members!)
- Arrange meetings for you/me to help with 1-5 above
- Identify & Act on exciting new ways to “Advance Government Accountability”!
- Be visible in your community as an Accountability Professional and AGA Member!

**Notes:**
With the demographic tidal wave of the baby boomers who are already beginning to retire, it is especially critical that we do more to attract and retain early career members.

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***Internal Goals/Action Plan***
- Annual member/customer survey
- Update strategic plan, based on specific member/customer input
- Refine and align performance measures to clearly demonstrate progress in creating value and accomplishment of strategic goals/outcomes
- Comprehensive integrated marketing plan (AGA, CGFM, CEAR, SEA awareness)

**Notes:**
Specifically, I will focus on the most critical areas which, in my opinion, include the above.

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***Internal Action Plan***
- Provide AGA leaders all the tools they need to serve our members
- Identify & implement new ways to serve members/chapters—Increase value proposition (***especially for early career members***)
- Research possibility of international AGA chapters or affiliates
- Develop integrated AGA annual and long-range performance plan & budgets

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***Thank You*** for ***choosing to serve and invest in*** AGA, your profession, yourself!

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-   Will you ***share your passion*** and help me get* *_***others***_*** ***excited?

**Notes:**
And, I ask you now, will YOU get excited?

Will you CHOOSE to serve AGA, your profession, and ultimately yourself?  Because everything you put into AGA comes back around to benefit you, in real, tangible ways!

Will you CHOOSE to get excited about AGA, your career, and your profession, and work with me to get others excited?

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