May23
Essentials of Exceptional Leadership — Live May 23, 2013
Designed for both the new and experienced leader, this back-to-basics webcast will give you practical and specific tools that you can use to become a better leader. This thorough, highly relevant session focuses on simple actions that will make a dramatic impact on your leadership effectiveness — literally overnight.
CGA-Canada
Jun5
The "Cloud": Is it Right for Your Business? — Live June 5, 2013
IT expert Michael Sugrue presents this practical and hands-on webcast on cloud computing. Discover what cloud computing really is and learn how businesses are using the cloud. Michael will discuss the challenges of cloud computing, review the terms, and demo some of the current cloud solutions available for businesses.
CGA-Canada
Jun12
Information Security Review: Safeguard Your Systems and Data — Live June 12, 2013
IT security expert Peter Davis reviews the basic methodology, objectives, and concerns of an information security review. Learn why it is important for all organizations to perform an information security review and receive a solid foundation on how to evaluate your security systems, identify common vulnerabilities and threats, and acquire the simple tools needed to complete a full review.
CGA-Canada
Jul18
Grace Under Pressure – Successfully Managing Conflict Situations — Live July 18, 2013
Conflict is inevitable, and it’s often hard to keep your cool when in the midst of it. This webcast will provide you with insight strategies to effectively manage emotions and stress, and tools to effectively move through difficult situations in a way that resolves issues and preserves relationships. Learn practical tools for resolving conflicts more effectively, including counter-intuitive strategies that they don’t teach you in conflict resolution school — but that really work.
CGA-Canada
Jul24
GST/HST Place of Supply Rules, Part 1: Focus on GST — Live July 24, 2013
Place of supply rules determine the GST or HST tax rate applicable on sales across Canadian provinces. Join Canadian sales tax expert Diane Gaudon, FCGA, as she reviews the GST place of supply rules and the key concepts to understanding and interpreting these rules. Learn the different types of GST supplies, what is taxable, and what triggers a supply.
CGA-Canada
Jul25
GST/HST Place of Supply Rules, Part 2: Focus on HST — Live July 25, 2013
Place of supply rules determine the GST or HST tax rate applicable on sales across Canadian provinces. Join sales taxation expert Diane Gaudon, FCGA as she focuses on the HST place of supply rules and reviews the key concepts to understanding and interpreting these sometimes very complex rules. This webcast will discuss the significance of multiple HST rates, single supply versus multiple, and also provide an overview of goods and services.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
PowerPoint: Better Slide Decks for Better Presentations — On Demand
Do your slides enhance your presentation or are they a distraction? This session introduces the elements of good presentation design. You will learn how to add images that evoke emotion, how and when to include graphs and charts, and five simple design techniques that will take your presentations from boring to wow.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Effective Presentation Skills for Financial Professionals — On Demand
As financial professionals we are often called upon to summarize financial information for various user groups. Although the information is valuable, all those numbers make even the most enthusiastic participant start to nod off. Engaging your audience is worth the effort, and this presentation provides tools to begin crafting better, more engaging financial presentations.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Business Analytics, Part 1: An Introduction to Analytical Thinking — On Demand
This webcast will introduce you to business analytics and show you how it can make your organization more successful. It will outline the fundamentals of analytics and the tools you need for implementation, so you can better leverage the data you gather in the many functional processes you face each day.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Team Building 2.0: The Five Strengths of a Team — On Demand
What is the real value of teambuilding and how can leaders build sustainable teamwork without clichés and unproductive exercises? This webcast clarifies what teambuilding is and why it matters to your organization. It will also outline some new techniques and strategies that you can immediately apply in your own workplace to improve teamwork and communication.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Advanced Internet Research Techniques for Accountants — On Demand
When you search the Internet, do you type a word or two into Google.com and hope for the best? This webcast reveals how to instantly improve your search powers and web productivity. No matter how web savvy you think you are, you're guaranteed to learn simple, effective search strategies that will take you to the next level of online intelligence gathering.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Designing and Implementing Effective Compensation Strategies — On Demand
The webcast will address many of the issues that arise for both employees and corporations when designing an appropriate and effective compensation strategy. By outlining the key factors in establishing competitive pay, you will have a foundation that will enable your compensation strategy to evolve from ad hoc pay practices to a well-governed rewards program.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Business Analytics, Part 2: Implementing Analytics in Your Organization — On Demand
This webcast will outline the ways in which you can successfully implement analytics within both your organization and with external stakeholders. It will help you properly assess your organizational readiness for analytical decision-making, and provide you with the tools and strategy for implementation, so you can use the data you collect most effectively.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Strategic Planning, Part 2: Implementing Change in Your Organization — On Demand
This webcast will outline how you can manage change and ensure that strategic decisions are implemented throughout your organization. Through the use of balanced scorecards and dashboards, it will address how you can better map out the future of your organization and then align day-to-day operations with long-term goals and visions.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
From Controller to CFO, Part 1: The Task Aspects of the Role — On Demand
Career accountants will typically achieve their highest financial role as a Chief Financial Officer. What are the concerns and skills of an effective CFO who operates in today’s marketplace? This webcast will outline the key aspects of a typical CFO role and will then focus on the core tasks that form part of the job.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Getting Your Ideas Across to Management — On Demand
Your ability to persuade, influence, and get your ideas accepted by others, particularly those who are senior to you in an organization, is key to professional and career success. Learn specific and practical ways to gain respect and influence for your ideas in this webcast presented by workplace communications expert Merge Gupta Sunderji.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Strategic Planning, Part 1: How to Prepare Your Organization for Success — On Demand
This webcast addresses one of the fundamental challenges facing all businesses: How can we transform our decisions into successful long-term planning when we do not know what is going to happen down the road? In this session, Mark Hollingworth will provide key insights, techniques, and models that will help you better prepare for the future.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
From Controller to CFO, Part 2: The Relationship Aspects of the Role — On Demand
The second of this two-part webcast outlines how important inter-personal skills will be to an effective senior financial manager, and how these need to be developed. Relationship skills often become the make or break capabilities for success in the CFO job. How much technical work is involved versus using the "soft skill" necessary in effectively working with other people?
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Delegation Skills for Managers and Supervisors — On Demand
If you know that delegating effectively is important to you and your organization's success, BUT it makes you feel like you're losing control AND you constantly struggle with letting go (after all, it's faster and easier to do it yourself!), then you can't afford not to attend this useful and amazingly practical session with leadership expert, Merge Gupta-Sunderji.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Time Management: When Everything Is a Priority — On Demand
Using practical, hands-on exercises and tested techniques, this webcast will help you rise to the challenges of a fast-paced world. You will gain insight into how you currently use your time, learn tools to combat time-wasters, and implement simple yet powerful strategies to gain an extra hour each day.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Setting Up Your Short-Term Cash Flow Forecast: The Basics — On Demand
In this first part of a two-part webcast series, you'll explore how to plan and set up a short -term cash flow forecast. Learn about the benefits of cash flow forecasting, forecast attributes and format, types of cash flows, and some fundamental short-term forecast techniques.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Powerful Financial Analysis — Month End and Budgeting — On Demand
This webcast covers the key facets of a financial analyst's role within an accounting department and will help analysts further their career by providing meaningful information to those around them. It is particularly helpful to those whose role it is to provide financial analysis, but who have never received clear direction on what financial analysis really means.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Financial Statement Analysis Made Easy — On Demand
This webcast will help you understand the best practices for reading and interpreting financial statements. You’ll learn to make better business decisions, provide more insightful strategic input, and enhance your value as a source of financial expertise. Then apply your new skills immediately through a sample analysis of a real company.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Retirement Planning Strategies, Part 2: Turning Assets into Income — On Demand
There's a big difference between saving for retirement and having a retirement income plan. You may be accumulating retirement assets — but do you know how to use them efficiently to create retirement income? This webcast will examine the various retirement income streams and explain how to combine them efficiently to create a retirement income plan.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Retirement Planning Strategies, Part 1 — Asset Accumulation — On Demand
How do you plan for the retirement you want, and what actions are necessary to achieve it? There are a number of accumulation options available to build your retirement assets. This webcast will look at how combining some of these approaches may be the most efficient way to piece together a solid retirement strategy.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Taxation of Trusts (Advanced), Part 2 — On Demand
This is the second of a two-part presentation on the taxation of trusts and their role in estate planning. It will cover three essential topics: estate planning using trusts; the use of testamentary spousal trusts; and the 21-year deemed disposition rule. This webcast is intended for an audience with a basic understanding of trust fundamentals.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Taxation of Trusts (Advanced), Part 1 — On Demand
This is the first of a two-part presentation on the taxation of trusts, which is intended for an audience with a basic understanding of trust fundamentals. It will include discussions on the non-tax uses of trusts, income and capital gains splitting strategies, and tax traps.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Mastering Difficult Conversations — On Demand
Challenging conversations represent the minority of our workplace interactions while consuming a vast amount of our mental energy. In this webcast, you'll learn how to convey difficult messages in a respectful manner and end a challenging conversation in a way that sets the stage for future collaboration.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Powerful Costing and Profitability Analysis — On Demand
Too often, financial professionals are so occupied with the daily realities of reporting results that they don’t take the time to analyze them and improve them. This webcast will teach you how to identify the drivers of costs and profitability and determine where efforts should be focused in order to improve overall profitability for the organization.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
The Controller's Role in Providing Operational Support — On Demand
This webcast will help develop effective Controllers who stand out from the crowd because they are seen as adding value to the organization they work for. You'll learn how to provide insight to operations about accounting controls, costs, analytics, and opportunities for continual improvement.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Effective Cost and Profitability Management — On Demand
This webcast will cover various methods of measuring costs and assigning them back to various products, customers, or distribution channels in order to calculate profitability. Once you can calculate profitability, you can take steps to improve it. Most importantly, you can highlight your accomplishments effectively to your bosses and senior non-financial management, which will ultimately help your career progress.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Budgeting in the 21st Century — On Demand
In this first part of a two-part webcast series, budgeting and forecasting revolutionary Dr. Steve Morlidge will address the need for change in the budgeting model used by organizations today. Common problems with the budgeting process will be analyzed to give participants actionable takeaways to improve the budgeting process and treat the symptoms arising from the use of the current budgeting model.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Internal Auditing and Controls — On Demand
Strong internal controls are essential to help an organization achieve its goals and improve performance. This webcast will help to identify and address control weaknesses in your operations. Frameworks to enable you to design, implement, and assess controls such as COSO will be covered, along with emerging issues.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Negotiating for Win-Win Results — On Demand
This webcast focuses on developing effective negotiation skills for managers and/or employees and providing them with the tools and techniques for achieving 'win–win' results. Jordan will take you through real-life examples, case studies and discussions to reinforce how all the elements fit together.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
The Accidental Creative — On Demand
Creative insight is an elusive beast, but with a few purposeful practices you can set yourself up for brilliance. Gain creative traction in this webcast with Todd Henry. Learn how to avoid friction between the endless creative possibilities and what’s realistic, and how to use the elements of creative rhythm to keep teams in a place of long-term effectiveness.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Personal Tax Update 2012/13 — On Demand
This webcast will prepare you for tax season by providing an update of major changes to the Income Tax Act (Canada) affecting taxpayers for the 2012 taxation year. Refresh your knowledge of personal income taxes and gain the insight you need to implement and plan for the major changes announced in 2012.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Managing Across Generations to Make Your Workplace More Effective — On Demand
The Canadian workforce is facing a huge amount of change over the next 10 years, particularly in who we work with and how we work together. This webcast will take a closer look at important aspects, namely generational influences, values, and communication styles in the workplace. It will address how they impact your workplace, and how to use this transition period as an opportunity for workplace effectiveness and success.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
US Real Estate: Tax Issues for Canadians — On Demand
In several parts of the United States, real estate is selling for a fraction of its historical high prices and several great opportunities exist. As these properties are rented and generate income in the United States, presenter Ed Shawchuk, CGA, will assist you in understanding the tax issues and implications that may arise for Canadian investors.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Taxation Planning for Owner/Managers of Incorporated Businesses, Part 1 — On Demand
An understanding of tax is an incredibly valuable skill set for any practitioner or owner/manager of a business. The first webcast of this two-part series is an in-depth review of the main advantages of incorporating a business, identifying various pitfalls and traps, and provides examples of tax strategies commonly used by tax practitioners.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
US Personal Taxation — On Demand
Many Canadians that have US citizenship or have sufficient residence in the US are unaware of their tax obligations. Join US tax expert Edward Shawchuk and learn the US personal taxation systems, which will help you identify issues that could arise.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
GST, HST, and QST Update: Get Ready for More Changes — On Demand
Canadian businesses will once again focus on sales tax compliance in 2013. All organizations registered for the GST should be aware of the changes occurring this spring in British Columbia and Prince Edward Island. Join sales tax expert Diane Gaudon as she discusses changes in sales tax and best practices in ensuring compliance and avoiding future audit assessments.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Critical Thinking: Gaining Buy-in and Commitment — On Demand
As human beings we tend to make assumptions and jump to conclusions without looking for required information or alternative solutions. Utilizing real-world examples, exercises, and tips, this webcast will help you improve your critical thinking skills and outline how to apply these skills to make better decisions in all areas.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Positive Networking ® — Refresh and Recharge Your Skills — On Demand
Join positive networking experts Gayle Hallgren-Rezac and Judy Thomson and discover how to stay connected with one of the most valuable assets you have — your network. Learn how to build a diverse strategic network to tap into for valuable information, insight, and advice.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Why Saving Money Is Not the Secret to Retirement — On Demand
Conventional teaching on how to "retire" isn’t working — and is actually contributing to financial stress. What' the secret to retirement? Find out with this webcast. Implement it into your practice and see significant results next year. Without changing your current systems, simply change your perspective, and you will have found the secret to financial and business success.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Coaching for Higher Performance — On Demand
The result of effective feedback and coaching is an organization where people feel more empowered, engaged, and open to new challenges. Develop effective feedback and coaching skills and build a solid foundation for managing people with this webcast by Julie Ruben Rodney from teambuilding consultant and founder of MaxPeoplePerform.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Leading Successful Change — On Demand
Given today’s pace and scope of innovation and constant transition, knowing how to manage and implement significant change within an organization is essential. Join Chris Edgelow in this engaging and highly practical webcast where he will provide an overview of what is required to ensure changes yield the desired results.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Corporate Social Responsibility: Enhance Your Bottom Line — On Demand
The need to exercise strong leadership in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is mandatory for contemporary business leaders. Join presenter Jeff Buckstein has he summarizes CSR best practices and provides a solid base of information for financial professionals at all levels who are tasked with implementing or managing CSR strategies in their organizations.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Career Progression, Part 1: Take Control of Your Path — On Demand
Take control of your career path and sharpen your skills for future job market opportunities. Join Jennifer Gervès-Keen in this first webcast of the Career Progression Series, where you will gain tools such as goal setting, reviewing current resume techniques, and employer expectation that will help you be successful in your career transition.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Career Progression, Part 2: Job Search Skills and Techniques — On Demand
Take control of your career path and sharpen your skills for future job market opportunities. Join Jennifer Gervès-Keen in this second webcast of the Career Progression Series, where you will gain further knowledge, such as job search techniques, interview skills, and networking that will help you be successful in your career transition.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Performance Measurement Myths — On Demand
Performance measurement is failing around the world because management is not aware of the many myths surrounding it. Join David Parmenter to discover these myths — the lessons you will learn may well be the major breakthrough in turning your organization from good to great.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Quick Month-End Reporting in Three Days or Less, Part 1 — On Demand
Finance teams around the world are spending too much time on month-end reporting. This webcast will provide insight to shorten your month-end reporting process. Currently achieved by leading organizations around the world, quick reporting will have a profound impact within the organization and free the finance team to look into the future instead of being the organization’s historians.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Mastering Forecasting — On Demand
In this second webcast of a two-part series, budgeting and forecasting revolutionary Dr. Steve Morlidge will address the importance of understanding forecasting. This webcast will introduce six principles of forecast mastery applicable to any type of business, particularly those seeking to move away from traditional static budgeting.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Quick Month-End Reporting in Three Days or Less, Part 2 — On Demand
In these economically troubled times, the finance team needs to look into the future instead of being organizational historians. In this webcast, a follow-on from Quick Month-End Reporting in Three Days or Less, Part 1, presenter David Parmenter will explain the structural changes that need to be made to investigate processing efficiencies such as B2B and closing on the same day each month.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Not-for-Profit: Standards in Transition — On Demand
This webcast will summarize the current status of Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations (ASNPO). The new standards are based primarily on accounting standards for private enterprises (ASPE) so the webinar begins with an overview of Part II of the Handbook, then moves to the NPO-specific standards of Part III.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Top Mistakes Accountants Make, Part 1 — On Demand
With the economic downturn corporate accountants need to help their businesses in a more proactive way. This webcast series will enlighten and encourage controllers, CFOs, and management to avoid major mistakes such as budgeting at an account code level and focus on the better practices from 'winning' finance teams around the world.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Attention Please: The 3 Ps of Public Speaking — On Demand
The ability to deliver information is critical and presentation skills are a must. From preparing you to deliver, presenting what it is you want to say, focusing your message, to adding engagement to your presentation, this webcast is invaluable to your professional development.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Corporate Tax Update 2012/13 — On Demand
Staying on top of corporate tax issues is a challenge for practitioners, controllers and all those involved with corporate tax compliance. This webcast provides an update of corporate federal income tax issues detailing the significant issues of which practitioners and those involved in the tax area should be aware.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Top Mistakes Accountants Make, Part 2 — On Demand
In this second part of this webcast series, David Parmenter will continue to delve into the major mistakes corporate accountants make. Based on his ground-breaking book Winning CFOs, this webcast series will encourage management to avoid these major mistakes and to focus on the better practices from 'winning' finance teams around the world.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Analysis of Leasing vs. Buying — On Demand
In almost every situation, companies must choose whether to lease or buy the items that are used in day-to-day business activities. Join industry expert Karine Benzacar as she covers decision analysis between leasing and buying and reviews accounting for leases, both under current accounting standards and new proposals for lease accounting.
CGA-Canada
Jan1
Social Media and the CGA: New Ways of Working, Learning, Earning — On Demand
This special presentation will define what it means to be 'social' in today's professional environment, and why it's more important to you than ever. Participants will also be provided with a quick introduction to the social tools and technologies, and what they mean to CGAs now, and in the future.
CGA-Canada