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Members in Industry

Highlights from the CPABC Professional
Development Program for Fall 2015

e many more titles available this fall — for a full listing, please visit the CPABC PD website at pd.bccpa.ca.

Financial Statement Analysis

COMMUNICATION

Regardless of career choice, professional accountants will be
involved in the review and analysis of financial statements.
This is a skill that might deteriorate over time. By actually
reviewing financial statements throughout the day, this
seminar will strengthen your financial statement analysis
capabilities.

Speeches of Leadership

November 4, 2015 | Vancouver

FINANCE/TECHNOLOGY

Leadership is about helping others change. “Speeches of
Leadership” is about using oral communication skills to bring
about that change. This seminar will be of interest to those
who lead others formally, or those who perceive a need to
move others to act or to respond to change. This is a day
filled with self-exploration exercises and oral communication
activities related to helping others change.

November 16, 2015 | Vancouver

Modelling Business Cash Flows in Excel
This half-day, hands-on workshop will explore how to build
a robust monthly cash flow forecast model in Excel using
modelling best practices. By the end of this workshop,
participants will be able to model business cash flows on
a weekly/monthly basis; structure a cash flow model so
that it is easy to follow and update; and appreciate the
importance of clearly identifying and documenting cash
flow assumptions.

We Have to Talk – Having the Difficult
Performance Conversations

October 21, 2015 | Surrey
October 28, 2015 | Vancouver
October 28, 2015 | Kelowna
November 4, 2015 | Victoria
November 19, 2015 | Prince George

November 13, 2015 | Vancouver

Modelling Business Valuation
This one-day, hands-on workshop will enable participants
to confidently build an equity valuation model in Excel.
Participants will learn how to forecast corporate financial
statements, and undertake a discounted cash flow free cash
flow valuation. The session will be of particular benefit to
members who are interested in business valuation and how
best practice valuation models are built in Excel.

November 5, 2015 | Vancouver
March 4, 2016 | Kelowna

Conduct a Google search, and you will find dozens of books
on the topic of crucial, fierce, important conversations. One
common theme emerges from this literature – the fear of
difficult conversations is often more stressful than the actual
conversation. This seminar will place difficult conversations
at the core of successful work relationships.

TAXATION
GST/HST and PST Update
The objective of this seminar is to provide a brief review of
important recent legislative changes, important court cases,
and government pronouncements that attendees may
have missed, as well as a brief review of ongoing common
reporting and audit issues.

October 14, 2015 | Kamloops
October 15, 2015 | Kelowna
October 21, 2015 | Victoria
October 23, 2015 | Abbotsford
October 26, 2015 | Parksville
November 2, 2015 | Nanaimo
November 5, 2015 | Surrey
December 7, 2015 | Vancouver
January 27, 2016 | Vancouver

SUMMER 2015

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