March is CGFM Month! Each year AGA chapter leaders work with their local and state governments to declare March CGFM Month. This initiative recognizes the importance of this credential and celebrates those who earned it.
Below is a list of some ideas to help you celebrate. Have additional ideas? Email us!
CGFMs
- Send a letter to your employer with a request to recognize the CGFM designation for financial management positions within your organization
- Send an email to AGA with a short testimonial about what CGFM means to you
- Encourage your friends and coworkers to learn more about CGFM and apply
- Wear red as much as possible in March
- Email us or tweet a picture of your CGFM Month celebration using the hashtag, #CGFMMonth
- Use the virtual CGFM Month background during March
Employers
- Recognize your CGFMs at a staff meeting or in an “All Staff” email
- Bring CGFM courses to your office
- Recognize the CGFM designation by adding it to the list of qualifications for financial management positions in your organization, or offering financial incentives or promotion to those who earn their CGFM
- Offer a lunch-and-learn on CGFM — AGA can help!
- Allow your CGFMs a have “two-hour” lunch one day in March
- Wear red as much as possible in March
- Email us or tweet a picture of your CGFM Month celebration using the hashtag, #CGFMMonth
CGFM Candidates
- Schedule one of your exams in March
- Develop a study plan and start studying
- Tell your friends and coworkers about CGFM
- Ask your employer to bring in CGFM courses for the staff’s professional development
- Email us and tell us what inspired you to apply to the CGFM program
- Send a letter to your employer with a request to recognize the CGFM designation for financial management positions within your organization
- Email us or tweet a picture of your CGFM Month celebration using the hashtag, #CGFMMonth
AGA Chapters
- Have a state or local official declare March as CGFM Month
- Hold a special CGFM recognition event in March
- Bring CGFM courses to your chapter
- Encourage your members to apply for CGFM in March
- Encourage your members to take an exam or begin studying in March
- Let AGA know what you’re doing to support your CGFM candidates
- Send a letter to local employers on behalf of the chapter with a request to recognize the CGFM designation for financial management positions within those organizations
- Email us or tweet a picture of your CGFM Month celebration using the hashtag, #CGFMMonth
- Use the virtual CGFM Month background during March
Whether you a CGFM, employer, candidate or chapter, contact us for more information on CGFM, to share ways you’ve done to celebrate CGFM Month or for additional ways you can promote this important credential – cgfm@agacgfm.org.