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PD News: Upcoming Professional Development Seminars
Beyond Numbers · November 2003 Leadership Now
The leadership skills of the future will be collaborative and focused on partnerships, team efforts, and results. Leaders and managers will coach, encourage, and enable employees to deal with continual change, rise to challenges, and anticipate problems. Leaders will be instrumental in achieving individual, team, and organizational success. Integrating individual, team, and organizational learning, this intensive program develops leadership and management skills, and attitudes that contribute to engaging, high performance workplaces.
Nov 17, 9am-5pm, Vancouver
Performance Indicators for the Public Sector
This workshop will teach public sector managers how to develop and use performance indicators in fulfilling their day-to-day responsibilities. Through the use of case studies and examples, participants will gain hands-on experience with the material. After completing this workshop, managers will possess the skills and tools needed to develop and use results indicators for their own management purposes, as well as the enthusiasm to employ these skills and tools in their own areas of accountability. Note: Enrolment will be limited to ensure maximum learning impact.
Nov 21, 9am-5pm, Vancouver
Technology Update
This course is for accountants who need to be updated annually on new technologies related to their businesses. In this session, you will explore new and affordable technologies that will help you become more efficient in your work and home life, and develop strategies that will minimize your technology investment. The seminar is designed to demonstrate applications of specific technologies to real-life business issues and situations. Your investment in attending this seminar will pay back in increased productivity and security for both yourself and your organization.
Dec 2, 9am-5pm, Vancouver
Beyond the Statement: Advice for Real Results
This seminar is a must for any accountant working with closely held, family owned, or independent businesses. Every year, thousands of profitable, growing companies fail because owners and managers do not recognize warning signs or use financial information as it can and should be used. This seminar focuses on practical and proven financial tools to go beyond the statement and turn the income statement and balance sheet into powerful management tools. By implementing these tools, you will be better positioned to become a trusted consultant to your business clients.
Nov 24, 9am-5pm, Kelowna
Nov 25, 9am-5pm, Vancouver
Income Tax Issues for the File Preparer
Accountants who prepare files and income tax returns often see the issues, problems, and opportunities first. This seminar uses the course material from the seminar "Basic but Essential Income Tax Issues for the General Practitioner" and is presented with a focus on matters more relevant to "front-line" firm members. Planning, problems, and approaches will be emphasized, because in real life, client situations don't come with an instruction manual. The ideal course participant is a technician, para-professional, newly qualified accountant, or other staff accountant who has (or is learning) general income tax knowledge.
Nov 25, 9am-5pm, Victoria
Dec 3, 9am-5pm, Vancouver
Writing Workout: Effective Writing for Financial Communication
Can writing still communicate within the constraints of disclosure rules, financial terms, and business jargon? Absolutely. This interactive, one-day workshop will allow you to roll up your sleeves and learn the tricks and techniques that will improve your writing skills. More than a reiteration of grammar rules, the program focuses on the plain language movement that's currently driving US, British, and Canadian disclosure guidelines.
Nov 20, 9am-5pm, Vancouver
CPD Reminder
2003 CPD reporting forms will be mailed to members this month. The CPD reporting form must be completed and submitted by January 31, 2004. Minimum CPD hours required for 2003 are 14.
Executive Breakfast Seminars
Probate Fee Avoidance Planning
Nov 13, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
Practical Use of Key Performance Indicators in Measuring Performance
Nov 14, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
The Spirit & Specifics of Employment Agreements
Nov 18, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
Employment Standards Update
Nov 19, 9am-11am, Victoria
Handling Termination of Employment
Nov 19, 11:30am-2pm, Victoria
Transfer Pricing: Latest Developments
Nov 19, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
Converting Corporations to Income Trusts
Nov 21, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
Exit Strategies & CAs' Role in Their Success
Nov 25, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
The Foreign Affiliate Rules: An Overview
Nov 26, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
Public Company Reporting: Annual Update
Nov 27, 7am-10am, Vancouver
Taxing the Dirt: Real Estate Tax Issues
Dec 2, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
Integration 2002: Living with Evolving Tax Rates
Dec 3, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
Using Performance Management to Motivate Employees
Dec 4, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
Trusts
Dec 4, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
Settlement Strategies in Tax Disputes
Dec 4, 7am-9:30am, Vancouver
For detailed course descriptions or for a complete schedule of upcoming PD seminars, consult your Fall 2003 PD Brochure or check our website at www.ica.bc.ca. To register, call the PD Department at (604) 488-2641.
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