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CAmag webinar archives
Welcome to the CA Magazine webinar page for all CA Members.
CA Magazine webinars are a service for all members.
The webinars are offered 8 times a year and topics center around best practices, standards, IFRS, regulations, and more. The format is a 45 minute presentation by a featured speaker, followed by 15 minutes of Q&A. Earn 1 CPD Credit for participating in our Webinar.
The CA Magazine Webinar series is sponsored by Robert Half International.
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Click the link(s) below to register for future webinars or to listen to previous sessions
Upcoming
HST Place of Supply - Navigating the Rules
Date : February 22nd, 2012
Time: 12:30 PM ET
The webinar "HST Place of Supply - Navigating the Rules" will include a very brief overview of the most significant rules, together with comments, based on E&Y's experience with these rules. In addition it will examine areas of confusion, common pitfalls and the ways in which businesses can position themselves to minimize exposure.
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Managing Performance in Turbulent Times
Date : February 29th, 2012
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Few executives believe the world is less complex today than it was a few years ago. Rather, most believe that the pace of change is accelerating inside an environment in which it is becoming increasingly more challenging to manage. Based upon his work with companies in high-velocity industries, Ed Barrows will present a streamlined strategic performance management process that will help listeners transform their existing performance management systems into ones that are fast, flexible, and, most important, built on many of the tools being used in mainstream practice today. Citing examples from his and his colleague Andy Neely's new book, Managing Performance in Turbulent Times: Analytics and Insight, Mr. Barrows will explain how to implement the performance management processes quickly and effectively.
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Archives
Improved Annual Reporting by Not-for-Profit Organizations
Date : February 7th, 2012
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This webinar should appeal to managements and boards of directors of not-for-profit organizations and their advisers. Sara Oates, CA, the VP Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer for World Wildlife Fund Canada will review the recent CICA publication Improved Annual Reporting by Not-for-Profit Organizations that sets out guiding principles for reporting and key elements that a report should contain.
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Managing a Multigenerational Workforce
Date : November 23rd, 2011
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Has the Great Recession changed the perceptions of multiple generations about the workplace? Has it rearranged their priorities and goals for their professional lives?
This presentation addresses the most notable changes in the workplace in the wake of the recession and lessons learned by both employees and hiring managers. It also explores generational behaviors and gaps in the workplace, myths vs. reality, and provides timely advice to help you manage and retain talented employee teams of all generations, both now and in the future.
Still foggy on cloud computing?
Date : October 18th, 2011
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Join author, CA·IT Dwayne Bragonier as he discusses his featured article published in September's CAmagazine ("Still foggy on cloud computing?" September 2011 p.26).
In the words of Editor Okey Chigbo:
"When someone talks about joining "the cloud" are you puzzled? If you have seen ads about the cloud on television, you will know that it has something to do with computers, but what? Is it useful for CAs? Dwayne answers all the questions a CA might have about the cloud: What it is?, What it does and what it means for the future.
Bragonier believes the cloud is a major step in the evolution of the Internet and compares it to the moment in history when electricity became available to the mass market.
Find out in this fascinating piece how CAs can take advantage of the cloud."
Taking Meetings from Okay To Great
Date : September 26th, 2011
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Business success is closely related to meeting success. When meetings are skillfully planned, conducted, documented and evaluated, the outcomes are superior decisions, accompanied by a full understanding of the decision(s), buy-in and effective implementation. In 2005, Microsoft conducted an online survey of 38,000 people and discovered that workers average only three productive days per week. The main culprit: unproductive meetings.
Effective, efficient and productive meetings are a major communication asset required for an organization to achieve its mission and goals. Leading more effective meetings is no longer a luxury; it's a necessity.
Good meeting skills are no longer optional - they are a core competency for everyone who leads a meeting or is involved in a meeting. Not surprisingly then, meeting facilitation has been called the core competency of the 21st Century. It is the "strategic" skill most directly linked to the success of the team and organization.
Let HELEN J. WYTHE & Associates help you take the "drear" out of the dreary meetings you attend. This session will introduce you to the basics that every meeting requires in order to have a chance at being effective, efficient and productive.
Advanced Internet Research Techniques: How to Discover Online Information Faster, Smarter and More Efficiently on Any Subject
Date : September 15th, 2011
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Are you a Google zombie? When you search the Internet, do you type a word or two into Google.com, hit enter and hope for the best? You don't know what you're missing! Actually, you're missing 99% of online information and tapping only a tiny fraction of Google's search power. Learn how to retrieve online information faster, earlier, smarter and more efficiently -- on any subject. Discover new search strategies that will take you to the next level of online intelligence gathering. Find out how to slice through the cyber clutter and minimize search frustrations, distractions and dead-ends. Learn how to fully leverage and sync all your web-connected devices -- desktops, laptops, smartphones, tablets -- for maximum productivity in your professional and personal life.
Topics will include:
- Why nearly half your online time is wasted.
- How the Internet has changed the very notion of what it means to be smart.
- Google's hidden limitations, biases and costs (and why every searcher must know them).
- Why the best searchers don't search -- they get the information to come to them.
- The mind-blowing search information that's hiding in plain sight on every Google results page (but most users completely miss!).
- How to search and communicate in 50+ languages.
- How to search in your sleep (no joke!).
- How to go beyond written text and search the web using your voice, images, bar codes and more.
- How to automatically monitor your favourite websites.
- How to receive free subscriptions to hundreds of business magazines and newsletters written by industry experts.
- How to super-empower your online discovery using simple search commands that target specific phrases, filetypes and domains.
Who will benefit:
Anyone who uses the Internet (and who doesn't?). The seminar is especially relevant for professionals who rely on the web to gather information on business opportunities, industry developments and changing government regulations (and who isn't?). The Internet has become the absolute core of our work and personal lives and the webinar reveals how to thrive in this world of exploding information, twitchy immediacy and rising expectations to be plugged in at all times.
Business Etiquette: The New Rules in a Digital Age
Date : August 18th, 2011
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Is it ok to friend your boss? Can an e-mail mistake jeopardize your career? There are many gray areas when it comes to communicating in the digital age.
This presentation provides guidelines on digital protocols in the workplace, including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, as well as traditional communication tools such as e-mail. Find out what executives say about etiquette in the workplace, and learn how to tend to your network in just five minutes a day.
Best Practices for Virtual Meetings
Date : May 18th, 2011
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Virtual meetings are the lifeblood of the remote team. Yet we hear the same challenges over and over again - late starts, even later finishes, private agendas, loss of control by the meeting facilitator, multi-tasking by the attendees and participants who are disengaged. In order to be effective, these meetings must be well organized, efficient and structured. These common problems result in costing your organization lost productivity, missed deadlines, inefficient communications, poor morale and potentially thousands of dollars for a poorly run-one hour meeting. This one hour on-line session details techniques for optimizing any virtual meeting.
At the end of the session the participants will be able to:
- Identify the skills needed to effectively facilitate a virtual team meeting
- List 9 techniques to improve your virtual meetings.
- Discuss challenges to effective virtual meeting and develop solutions to those challenges.
GST/HST and Pensions
Date : May 12th, 2011
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Organizations continue to face challenges with the new GST/HST rules affecting pensions. Complex rules are in place regarding how to calculate and remit the appropriate tax on deemed supplies to pension plans from employers, whether a plan is entitled to claim the 33% rebate, and the first filing for most pension entities of a Selected Listed Financial Institution return. This webinar is intended to inform and update attendees on the current and emerging concepts around compliance with these new reporting obligations.
How Performance-Competitive Are You?
Date : November 2nd, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Many finance managers are being pressured to contribute more to improving performance of the entire organization. This webinar presentation is designed for business and professional people who manage the finance function or aspire to - as well as professional firm staff for whom the chief financial officer is the client.
This fast-paced webinar draws on the article in the October 2010 issue of CAmagazine. Based on extensive research in 2010 of performance practices in Canada, it will tell you what the best performers are doing - large, medium or small enterprises. Specifically, you will learn:
- Why more metrics are being tracked today than previously
- How organizations are using performance management to be more competitive
- What the performance maturity curve is and how best performers are climbing it
- Whether performance culture is something you should be paying more attention to
- Who typically takes charge of enterprise performance management
Robert Angel, MBA, CA, is president of The Gilford Group Limited, a Toronto-based marketing and performance management consultancy. He has been a regular contributor to CAmagazine. How Performance Competitive are you? offers practical information in an easily absorbed format, and you will be able to make use of the principles as soon as you return to your desk.
Harmonized Sales Tax: Post Implementation Considerations
Date : September 21st, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM EST
A Harmonized Sales Tax came into effect in Ontario and British Columbia on July 1, 2010. In this webinar, the authors of Ernst & Young's Complete Guide to the Harmonized Sales Tax will outline some of the key considerations that need to be reviewed during the current post-implementation period. They will review topics such as returns and adjustments, transitional rules, reporting and returns, restricted input tax credits, place-of-supply considerations, wind-up of PST as well as post implementation review procedures. Our presenters will discuss how the HST has affected a variety of industries and sectors. Directed to Chartered Accountants working in business and CAs who advise businesses on tax related matters, this webinar will help assess the success of your transition to HST.
IFRS for Analysts and Investors
Date : July 6th, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM EDT
This session will help users anticipate changes that will arise from the adoption of IFRS and their impact on financial and operational performance metrics. It will help users tackle the challenges posed by the changeover, such as financial statement comparability, and differentiating between IFRS-based changes and those driven by business performance.
10 Secrets Your Employees Aren't Telling You
Date : June 15th, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM EDT
Psst ... Managers, did you know your employees may have concerns they're not sharing with you? Even at small, tightly knit firms, secrets could exist. Some workers may be dissatisfied and looking to leave the firm, for instance. Others may privately wish they could advance into more significant roles. This presentation will help you uncover secrets your employers may be harbouring and learn how to better gauge the pulse of the office environment. Knowing which issues are of greatest concern to your team will allow you to address them, leading to improved morale, motivation and retention rates.
The future of financial reporting by government not-for-profit organizations
Date: May 7, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This webinar is sponsored by Robert Half International
The Public Sector Accounting Board has issued an exposure draft that addresses the financial reporting by not-for-profit organizations controlled by governments. The Exposure Draft proposes for these organizations that the 4400 series of standards and its presentation model are to be continued, while transitioning to the Public Sector Accounting Handbook as a financial reporting foundation.
Join us for an informative webinar that will provide an overview of what is being proposed and why, the impact these proposals will have on current financial reporting, transitional considerations and the long term objectives for financial reporting by government not-for-profit organizations.
Succession Planning from a Legal Perspective
Date: March 22, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This webinar is sponsored by Robert Half International
Planning the transition of one’s life work can sometimes be a daunting task. Should you transfer or sell the business to a family member or existing management? Or should you consider selling to outside interests? In this informative webinar, Corina Weigl and Craig Brown , Partners at Fasken Martineau, will provide a legal perspective on succession planning highlighting considerations and pitfalls related to shareholder agreements, due diligence, purchase and sale agreements, trusts, wills, power of attorney and domestic contracts.
Preparing for the HST
Date: March 01, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This webinar is sponsored by Robert Half International
A Harmonized Sales Tax comes into effect in Ontario and British Columbia on July 1, 2010 and businesses need to plan well in advance to ensure a smooth transition. In this webinar, the authors of Ernst & Young's Complete Guide to the Harmonized Sales Tax will outline some of the key considerations related to the transition. They will review the implications of the HST on information systems, purchasing, contracts, sales, pricing, budgeting and cash flow. They will cover the transition rules and review place-of-supply considerations. Our presenters will discuss how the HST will affect a variety of industries and sectors. Directed to Chartered Accountants working in business and CAs who advise businesses on tax related matters, this webinar will be the information you need to to ensure a successful transition.
Employment and Hiring Trends
Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This webinar is sponsored by Robert Half International
This webinar compares and contrasts the perspectives of hiring managers and workers. It provides insights into how workers feel about their jobs now, how both employees and employers are likely to respond to an improving economy and what qualities managers will look for in new hires. It also offer tips for overcoming common job search challenges and getting noticed in an increasingly competitive job market.
The material in the presentation is based on Robert Half International and CareerBuilder’s fifth annual Employment Dynamics and Growth Expectations (EDGE) Report.
Getting Familiar with new Canadian Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises
Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This webinar will aid practitioners in understanding the new standards for Canadian private enterprises, which were finalized and available in December 2009. Private enterprises adopting the new accounting standards will benefit greatly from improving their understanding of the similarities and the differences between the existing standards and the new standards, which become mandatory on January 1, 2011.
For anyone considering early adoption, find out more about the one-time transitional provisions in Section 1500 for First-time adoption.
Take part in this free webinar and use this opportunity to ask our experts questions and begin to focus your timeline and transition plan to new accounting standards for private enterprises.
The webinar features a panel consisting of:
Brian Drayton, FCA – Partner, Meyers Norris Penny LLP
Greg Edwards, CA - Principal, Accounting Standards Board, CICA
This webinar will run for approximately 60 minutes, followed by a 30 minute Q & A session.
Estate Planning
Date: November 10th, 2009
Time: 12:30 pm ET
Estate planning can be defined as the process of accumulating, managing and disposing of assets to maximize the goals of the owner. This involves elements of wealth and risk management, legal protections and tax efficiencies.
Who needs estate planning? Everyone does. Some of the important goals of estate planning include:
- providing the safest personal and financial environment for the owner and his or her family;
- paying the least amount of tax;
- avoiding or minimizing the probate process; and
- ensuring the greatest amount of the estate passes to the intended beneficiaries.
In this webinar, authors of the Estate Planning Toolkit for Business Owners published by the CICA will present some of the fundamental aspects of estate planning to help business owners balance the "hard" financial and tax goals with the "soft" family and personal issues. This webinar will provide a good introduction to the topic for CAs who own their own business or who are considering assisting clients with succession planning. The content will not be overly technical and CAs are welcome to invite clients to attend this webinar. CAs successfully completing the quiz following the webinar can also earn CPD credit.
Specific topics covered in the webinar will include:
- Using inheritance trusts to reduce beneficiary tax through income splitting
- Creative use of an estate freeze with a family trust
- Identifying probate avoidance techniques – and red flagging techniques to avoid!
Achieving Growth!
Why Innovators Will Rule in the Post-Recession Economy – And How You Can Join Them!
Date: July 7, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Jim Carroll has been providing insight to organizations about trends, the future, innovation and creativity for fifteen years. Since the economic meltdown began last year, he has been keynoting events worldwide, rapidly adjusting the theme to one of "how you can innovate during a recession." He's had the opportunity of seeing first hand quite a few very innovative strategies from CEO's and others in a wide variety of industries as to how to stay ahead in rapidly changing circumstances. In this keynote, Jim outlines the key strategies that will take you forward into a growth oriented future!
What will private enterprise GAAP mean for you or your company?
Date: June 19, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM ET
Private enterprise GAAP in Canada is about to change. Join us for an informative webinar that will provide a detailed overview of the proposed new set of standards. Find out what the new standards are all about, how they differ from existing standards and how you can participate in the standard-setting process and share your ideas and feedback on this issue.
New standards are expected to be available for use for 2009 calendar-year end financial statements and required for 2011.
During this webinar, you will learn more about
- Changes to recognition and measurement issues related to financial instruments and several other areas including employee future benefits, asset retirement obligations, internally developed intangible assets, goodwill and stock-based compensation.
- Accounting policy choices available within the proposed standards
- The elimination of EIC abstracts.
- Significantly reduced disclosure requirements that focus on the needs of this sector.
- Transition provisions for first-time adoption of the new standards.
Our expert speakers aim to help you to better understand the proposed Private Enterprise GAAP and identify issues that may impact you and your business. Take an hour to familiarize yourself with the current exposure draft that is open for comment until July 31, 2009.
The Most Common Mistakes Managers Make in an Uncertain Economy
Date: June 10, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This Webinar is sponsored by Robert Half International.
Learning from your own mistakes is good; learning from the mistakes of others is even better. This presentation examines the types of management mistakes companies have made in past recessions and provides tips for avoiding common pitfalls. You’ll learn how to effectively communicate with your team during times of change and gain insight into low-cost incentives that can improve morale and productivity levels. You’ll also get advice on how to create a strong, efficient team that’s prepared for the inevitable upturn.
Preparing Yourself for IFRS
Date: May 28, 2009
Time: 12:30 PM ET
This Webinar is sponsored by Robert Half International.
Canadian GAAP is changing and IFRS is coming. This highly practical session provides you with an understanding of what you need to do to prepare yourself for the level of IFRS knowledge appropriate for you. The first IFRS reporting period may be in 2011 but your transition work starts much earlier. You may be a CFO, a Controller, an accounting manager, auditor, or member of the audit committee. No matter what your position, and whether you work with an organization that will report under IFRS or not, you will likely want some level of IFRS knowledge. This session will help you assess your personal needs and help you to determine now, if you haven’t done so already, what tools and training you need to include in your personal transition plan.