Spring 2009 Conference Presentations

• 2008-2009 Accomplishments - GASFAA Annual Report (ppt)
• 2008 Credit Hour R2T4 (pdf)
• 2009-2010 FAFSA Changes (ppt)
• ACG Application 1 (pdf)
• ACG Application 2 (pdf)
• ACG Application 3 (pdf)
• ACG/SMART Questions (doc)
• ACG/SMART Grant Presentation (ppt)
• Breaking Down the Total Student Financial Aid Process (ppt)
• Campus-Based: FSEOG & FWS (ppt)
• Champion of Life (ppt)
• FAFSA 101: Beginnters FAFSA (ppt)
• Federal Update (ppt)
• GASFAA Hot Topics: Teach Grant (ppt)
• GSFC State Programs Update (ppt)
• How America Pays for College (pdf)
• Kennesaw State University Policies & Procedures (pdf)
• Let's Knock Out Confusion About FERPA (ppt)
• Post 9/11 GI Bill - Preparation and Implementation (ppt)
• Return of Title IV Funds - R2T4 (ppt)
• Ringside at HOPE 101 (ppt)
• Simplification Session (ppt)
• Student Loans 101 (ppt)
• SURFER 2.0 - Preview and Release Plan (ppt)
• TCSG Merger Issues - Going the Distance (ppt)
• Technology 101 - Useful Website Links (pdf)
• The A-Z's of Maintaining Compliance - Written Policy Requirements (ppt)
• Training and the Development of Staff (ppt)
• Treatment of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth on the FAFSA (ppt)
• Verification 101 (ppt)
• Washington Update (ppt)
• Year-Round Federal Pell Grant (ppt)

Fall 2008 Conference Presentations
"Hunker Down and Tackle the Future"
Essential Opportunity for Professional Development
October 9 - 10, 2008 Athens, GA
All presentation files are PPT (Power Point) format.

• Analyzing the Game - Where are We With Student Loans
• Blitz Those Federal Grants - ACG and SMART
• Check the Roster - TEACH Grant - An Analytical Approach To Determining If Your Institution Should Participate
• Don't Make a Fumble with FERPA
• Federal Work Study - Coaching the Second String
• Financial Aid Leadership - Broadcast Live
• Financial Literacy For Students - Coaching the Team
• Game Plan - Publicity - Put Together a Game Plan to get the Word Out About Financial Aid
• GASFAA Compliance Presentation
• Georgia Default Prevention Project
• Going for the Extra Point - Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• How to Score a Touchdown for Our Veterans
• Making the Play with Banner Documentation
• State Program Update
• Veteran Benefits

• Where in the World is Anna Nicole's Estate? (ppt)
• Been There, Done That, Now What? (ppt)
• Checklist for Planning Effective Meetings (doc)
• Climbing the Ranks (ppt)
• Effective Meeting Facilitation (pps)
• Building the Future Together (ppt)
• FERPA - An Exploration: Digging Deeper (pdf)
• Financial Litercy - Are Your Students Ready to Get FFIT? (ppt)
• High Impact Leadership (ppt)
• 2Futuro & Hispanic Initiatives (ppt)
• State Programs Update (ppt)
• Retention: Where All Roads Intersect (ppt)
• Federal Update and FFELP Changes (ppt)
• Verification & Tax Returns: Keeping in Compliance (ppt)

• Warming Up Your Presentation Skills (presentation 1, presentation 2, handout)
  Presenters – Marie Mons and Jerry McTier, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Regulatory and Legislative Update – What’s going on?
  Presenter – Wanda Hall, Edfinancial Services
• Back-to-the-Basics Primer for Financial Aid Professionals
  Presenter – Shawn Monk, American Student Assistance
• Developing and Defending Lender Lists
  Presenter – Sarah Bauder, University of Maryland
• Are You Ready to Live Your Retirement Dream?
  Presenter – Joey Cross, Allstate Financial Services LLC
• Living Electronically
  Presenter – Wayne Dennison, Kennesaw State University
• GSFC State Programs Update
  Presenter – Caylee French, Georgia Student Finance Commission
• Tone Up Your Office – Add a Call Center
  Presenter – Kimberly Jordan, University of West Georgia 
• Promoting Financial Literacy (NO PRESENTATION) - Handout attached
  Presenters –  Mandy Branch-Friar, UGA; Jennifer Maxwell, University of West Ga; Dianne Cox, Dalton State College; Sarah Baumhoff, Georgia Student Finance Commission; Brenda Vaughn, NSLP
• E-mail, IPhone, BlackBerries OH MY!!! Technology for the Generations
  Presenter – Lynne King, Georgia Student Finance Commission - handout
• Federal Update
  Presenter - Gregory Martin, ED - This was a presentation without any documents
• ACG/SMART – Everything you always wanted to Know (NO PRESENTATION, NO HANDOUT)
  Presenter –    Jay Mooney, UGA;Janelle Hancock, ABAC;Doug Tanner, Valdosta State
• FERPA & GLBA

• ACG Smart Grant Programs
• Decisions Using Electronic Surveys
• GRAD PLUS Year One
• GSFAPPS Update 1
• GSFAPPS Update 2
• GSFAPPS Update 3
• Hope Program Update
• Otherness
• Professional Judgement

• ACG Technology in BANNER
• Financial Aid Basics
• GRAD PLUS
• GSFC State Update
• Verification
• Who Wants to be a Financial Aid Millionaire

• Alternative Loans
• Banner 7 Aids to Navigation
• Chart the Course for Professional Judgment
• Credit Management & Retention
• Discounting
• E-APP
• FAA Access
• FAAC GSFAPPS Update
• Federal Update - Dan Klock
• FFELP and Alternative Loan Processing
• Grad PLUS Loans
• GSFAPPS Update
• High School Transcript Evaluation
• HOPE for DTAE Schools
• HOPE for Private & Proprietary Schools
• HOPE for USG Schools
• Identity Theft
• Increasing Productivity
• Paperless Enrollment Management
• R2T4
• Technology dead ahead, Email, Imaging, Web Self-Service, and Workflow
• The Blue Book
• Verification
• When a Student Abandons Ship - R2T4