Renee Stoyles – General Manager, Corporate Services, Town of Bonnyville

“I have been extremely impressed with both the in-person training and online webinars presented by Bloom Centre for Municipal Education. Not only does Bloom provide attendees with a wealth of knowledge regarding municipal governance and finance, but Bloom also provides the tools and materials that are shared during the training so that attendees can use and tailor these materials to their own processes. The tools and materials that I have been provided are used constantly throughout the year during our budget process, strategic planning, and vision action planning. What I have learned from attending Bloom training, I am able to apply in my career.”

Michelle Rieger – Director, Analysis and Reporting, County of Grand Prairie

“We have invested in Bloom Centre for Municipal Education training for several years now. Each year new content is added which has kept us engaged and learning. We often refer to the webinars and slide decks when looking for examples of budgets documents and presentation best practices. We are proud of the strides we have made in our budget package and presentations to Council. We also engaged Tim to come to Grande Prairie to present a regional workshop on Operating Essentials, an internal Municipal Leadership workshop for all County staff members and a 2-day training workshop customized for our Analysis and Report team. We invested in our education but received far more than a course. We have built a relationship with Tim that offered learning flexibility, mentorship, and the willingness to share beyond the webinars to ensure that we are successful.”

Marcel Michaels – Former Mayor, Town of Hinton; CAO, Village of Consort

“What I enjoyed most about Tim’s sessions are that they focus on real tangible issues that elected officials have. It’s just not all talk and theory.”

“Tim has a way to involve everyone in the discussion. In the session, you feel like you’re dealing with your challenges, right there and then.”

“His material is relevant and just makes sense. So many times, you attend other courses, and it just goes over your head, and you head home wondering if you learned anything. Not with Tim, you get a personalized feeling, even in a group setting.”

“Tim understands that every municipality is different, so he doesn’t offer cookie cutter solutions. He’s able to consider all the variables and provides solutions that are suited for you and your community. Tim’s classes are by far the most rewarding of all the options out there.”

Trina Mineault – Chief Financial Officer, Municipal District of Opportunity

“The Operating and Capital budgeting courses offered by Bloom were invaluable to me as a newcomer to municipal accounting. The templates given as well as suggestions for budget presentation work well and are very effective in providing council clear information on which to make important decisions. Tim has a great presentation style and keeps the class engaged.”

Zeeshan Hasan – Associate Chief Administrative Officer of Finance and Planning, Lac La Biche County

“Bloom CME has been providing excellent, relevant courses and webinars for municipal professionals. I thoroughly enjoyed the Operating Budget Course and relevant webinars over the years. It has been fundamental towards revamping the conversation around budget at Lac La Biche County. I’ve utilized many of the tips and tricks Tim covered in his materials to bring my points across the audience and connect with them at different levels of understanding. I’ve also enrolled the County in the annual webinar series provided by Bloom and many of our employees have benefited by understanding some of the topics in greater detail. It's even more beneficial for us as finance professionals when other departments understand the basis of why we’re doing something like reserve allocations or municipal scan. Tim, thank you for your simplified approach and providing relevant examples and samples to solve our day-to-day problems!”

Tony Mycock – Mayor, Town of Lanigan, Saskatchewan

“When I first met Tim, our council was going through some tough times, we were a council divided and in need of some training to turn things around. The thing I really liked about the training was that Tim specifically molded the training session for our particular needs. He really helped bring our council back together and we now have a lot better understanding of good governance and how to work together for the common goal which is our community. I am proud to say that with Tim’s help we have turned things around and are now in a good place and are functioning well as council. The other real positive dealing with Tim is he is still there to help in any way he can even when the training is done. He has also been a huge resource for myself personally helping me in my role as Mayor.”

Dawn Phillips – CAO, Town of Smoky Lake

“I took Bloom’s ‘Developing a Long-Term Financial Plan’ Course last year. The course was very informative, and Tim Duhamel was engaging as an instructor. Following the course, I introduced several new financial policies and updated many of our financial processes. I would highly recommend the course to both financial officers and CAOs.”