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Events The Language of Leadership Michael Shadow presents this edition of Cityscapes, which will focus on ways to frame our ideas and proposals persuasively. Whether we are being interviewed by a reporter, presenting to a community organization or advocating departmental change, framing is a critical communication and leadership tool.
“Policy Follows Money:
Why the City Budget Matters”
Please join SMA on Friday May 5, 2006 for a Cityscapes event with City of
Seattle Finance Director Dwight Dively. This event will give you a deeper
understanding of how the City budget drives policy development. Producing
the City of Seattle budget is much more than an exercise in number crunching.
Revenue forecasts provide a starting point and let elected officials know
whether they can add programs or have to make cuts. Months of analysis provide
answers to the question on the minds of Seattle’s elected officials: “what
do I want to do and how am I going to pay for it?”
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