Competency Module: Mission and Public Benefit
Course

Competency Module: Mission and Public Benefit

  • Date: 09/10/2025
  • Start Time: 10:00 AM Eastern Time
  • End Time: 2:00 PM Eastern Time
  • Hosted By: Midwest Association of Public Procurement Chapter of NIGP
  • Instructor: Ms. Denise K. Finn, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, C.P.M., CPPB
    Procurement Manager
    Ms. Denise K. Finn, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, C.P.M., CPPB
    Denise is a seasoned Procurement Professional with almost thirty years of experience. Her leadership style emphasizes innovation and collaboration to achieve successful process improvements. She has a strong track record of designing and implementing outcome-oriented policies and programs that enhance talent development, boost organizational effectiveness, and promote transparency in public procurement. She is deeply passionate about the public procurement profession, with a commitment to certification, continuing education, and she enjoys sharing her expertise with others. She offers her services through consulting, mentoring, professional training, teaching and public speaking. She serves as the immediate Past President of the Florida Association of Public Procurement Officers (FAPPO) and represents NIGP on the NCPPC; she recently was appointed to the NIGP Leadership Development Committee (LDC). www.linkedin.com/in/DeniseKFinn
  • Level: Foundation
  • Format: Virtual Instructor-Led
  • Contact Hours: 4
  • CEUs: 0.4

A critical role the procurement practitioner serves is educating the entity and supplier industry on the role of public procurement. Practitioners must be strategic in thinking, and executing, and be able to successfully communicate with internal and external stakeholders to maximize the positive impact of the procurement function.

Pricing:
PriceCostBeginsEnds
Mission and Public Benefit (Member: Early)$144.00 07/12/2025
Mission and Public Benefit (Member: Standard)$180.0007/13/202509/08/2025
Mission and Public Benefit (Non-Member: Standard)$280.00 09/08/2025
Mission and Public Benefit (Member: Early) $144.00
Mission and Public Benefit (Non-Member: Standard) $280.00
(prices valid until Jul 12, 2025)
Spots available: 24

Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

  • Describe the roles, organizational placement, values, and functions of the procurement office as they relate to public entities as a whole.
  • Demonstrate how public procurement adds strategic value to the delivery of public services.
  • Identify why a public procurement professional’s performance expectation relates to the overall organizational strategic plan.
  • Use problem solving, critical thinking, and learning skills in an individual and procurement team context.

Intended Audience

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

  • Entry-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as assistants, coordinators, buyers, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.   

  • Non-procurement managers and supervisors who are responsible for either the procurement function or staff who provide procurement functions under delegated authority.   

  • Professionals who are employed by governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly-owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly-funded or created organizations) that either serve within or manage the procurement function.  

  • Suppliers or representatives of suppliers seeking to understand the public procurement function from a holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.  


Completion Requirements

In order to successfully earn a digital badge in the Mission and Public Benefit competency, learners must:

  • Complete any pre-work materials provided prior to the course start date.
  • Attend and participate in the entirety of the instructional event.
  • Complete the post-course evaluation survey available in Aspire.
  • Complete the final assessment examination with a score of 80% or higher.

Competency Alignment

Get a Core Certificate: Foundations of Strategy & Policy by adding these competency modules:

  • Enabling Regulations & Compliance
  • Ethics, Integrity, Transparency
  • Legislation & Legal Environment
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Payment Information

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  • Register online and upload a Purchase Order
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If paying by check, please make check payable to NIGP and send payment to:
NIGP, Attn: Seminar Registration
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Local Contact

Name:Rania Serences
Phone:630-368-5164
Fax:630-365-5165
Email:rserences@oak-brook.org

Sessions

Cancellation Policy

Registration and payment must be received 24 hours prior to the course start date. After this time, registrations will be based on space availability.  A full refund, less a $75 administrative fee will be given for cancellations made in writing 31+ days prior to the seminar date by emailing RegistrationInfo@nigp.org. No refunds are given for cancellations received within 24 hours of the seminar start date. There are no refunds for no-shows. If the seminar is cancelled for any reason, NIGP's liability is limited to the registration fee only.  

Attendee substitutions within the same agency may be done at any time with email notification to NIGP. If attending via scholarship, please provide documentation verifying the scholarship issuer's name and contact information in lieu of payment information. 

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Competency Module: Mission and Public Benefit

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