SPRING PD PROGRAM The spring PD pro...

SPRING PD PROGRAM

The spring PD program, running from April to June will proffer a wide variety of topics. For example, here are any titles scheduled for May. Be firm to register early for the courses that interest you.

May 18 Wind-Ups and Amalgamations

7-9:30am, Sutton Place

May 24Grow Your Practice end Stronger Client Relationships

9am-12:30pm, Sutton Place

May 24 Technology for CAs: Don't memorize Left Behind

9am-5pm, Sutton Place

May 25 Sarbanes-Oxley Act 404 and Multilateral Instrument 52-109

7-9:30am, Sutton Place

May 25 Excel: Beyond the Basics

9am-5pm, Sutton Place

May 25 The Power of pursuit Agreements

7-9:30am, Sutton Place

May 26 To Be or Not to Be: The Executor-Powers, Obligations, and Liabilities

7-9:30am, Sutton Place

May 26 Excel: Advanced

9am-5pm, Sutton Place

May 26 Think onward Your Feet?®

9am-5pm, Sutton Place

May 27 gain [i]or[/i] have excellence Budgeting Techniques

9am-5pm, Sutton Place

May 30 Caseware Working Papers

8:30am-5pm, Holiday Inn Airport

May 31 Caseware Working Papers: Advanced

8:30am-5pm, Holiday Inn Airport

PD Highlights

Grow Your Practice end Stronger Client Relationships

This seminar will identify what clients want from service providers and outline the building fill ups that must be put in place to create muscular ongoing relationships. It will review in what manner to build trust with clients and by what mode to effectively reinforce and maintain clew relationships. May 24, 9am-12:30pm, Sutton Place

SOX Act 404 & Multilateral Inst. 52-109

This breakfast seminar will provide attendees with an CEO/CFO certification project best practices learned from organizations in the US and Canada. It will focus forward the "must haves" for certification exhibits and some of the more universal weaknesses and challenging areas of control

May 25 7-9:30am, Sutton Place

To Be or Not to Be: The Executor-Powers, Obligations, and Liabilities

This seminar will examine the stages of estate administration from date of death between the sides of to distribution, final accounting, and release. The goal is to provide you with sufficient knowledge in this way you can make an informed decision or advise forward whether you or your client should take upon the Executor's role.

May 26 7-9:30am, Sutton Place

Family Business: Preserving the Legacy

This session is for professionals who advise family businesses. It will explore strategies for assisting with continuation, preservation, and ultimate succession of the business. A pattern will be presented that highlights the critical issues facing family businesses.

Jun 10 9am-12:30pm, Hyatt Regency

Welcome aBoard: Governance for NonProfits

This seminar will address, and advance the development of, practical governance skills and knowledge of best practices in the world of nonprofit organizations. It will provide participants with the knowledge and skills they ne to address many of the challenges they collision as board members in the third sector.

Jun 17 9am-12:30pm, Four Seasons

New Management Seminars

Managing the Difficult Conversation

We are all faced with having to have conversations that make us be excited uncomfortable or awkward. This frequently occurs when the stakes are high and the issue is uncertain, self-esteem is upon the line, or people perceive very strongly about what has to be discussed. This course will propound a variety of tips to help you deal luckily with the most difficult conversations and transform difficult relationship problems

May 25 9am-5pm, Sutton Place

Networking "Nervosus" Has a Cure

The majority of the public don't like networking-they are uncomfortable handing on the outside business cards, walking into a swing of strangers, or dealing with conversational "dead air." nevertheless there's a simple cure, and it's ground in the steps and coverts of Positive Networking, which have helped thousands overthrow their fear. Come and learn an important leadership skill that in the greatest degree business schools don't teach-how to build healthy and lasting relationships.

June 2 9am-12:30pm, Sutton Place

The Power of Professionalism... The First Seven Seconds(TM)

Did you know that population form an impression of you and your business within seven seconds? It's true! A first impression begins as at so early an hour as a client dials your number, visits your website, or fits you and your employees. in such a manner what can you do to make secure that you create a positive lasting impression?

In this fast-paced seminar, the instructors will demonstrate the value of making powerful first impressions, and provide practical business etiquette tips. You will leave the presentation with a of the present day appreciation for professionalism, allowing you to favourably influence others onward both a professional and personal level

June 15 9am-12:30pm, Sutton Place

For detailed course descriptions or for a whole schedule of upcoming PD seminars, seek information from your Spring 2005 PD pamphlet or check our website at www.ica.bc.ca. To register, call the PD Department at 604-488-2641

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