Reading and understanding financial information is one of the most important tasks of a business owner.  However, for most business owners, the accounting and financial aspect of the business is not their background and learning financial fluency is a necessity in today’s marketplace.

This session organized into a two part series provides:

                
Insight into financial statements and practical ways to use this information to identify the areas of the business that are flourishing and the areas that require improvement,
Discussions on key areas of financial statements that determine if fraud is a factor in the business,
Insight into cash requirements and what budgeting is required, and
Identification of immediate business strategies to increase revenues and decrease expenditures.

Meet Your Facilitator

Annette Bester is a partner in MNP’s Saskatoon office. Partnering and working with companies in all stages of their business cycle for almost 19 years, Annette helps to support and strengthen their leadership. Over her career Annette has worked with a number of businesses with a focus to helping clients understand not just their historical financial information but what the information is telling them from a forward-looking perspective.



            
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Marketing is much more than advertising and promotion. Businesses need to understand and be able to articulate their products and services to exhibit their true value to their targeted clients.  

In this session, participants will:

                
learn the importance of completing a marketing plan and following the marketing process,
distinguish between benefits and features,
articulate how their products and/or services exhibit true value to their targeted clients, 
gain an appreciation for the strategy their business must follow to be successful, and
develop usable strategies to help them meet their business goals.

Meet Your Facilitator

As a National, Senior Marketing Manager, Morgan Melnyk manages the marketing strategy for MNP LTD, the largest insolvency firm in Canada, which provides both consumer insolvency and corporate recovery services in 18 regions across Canada. In this role, he implements a variety of marketing tactics across multiple channels including, Content, Digital and Social media Marketing, Public Relations and Traditional Advertising. Morgan believes that a wholistic marketing strategy based on research, analysis, optimization and ultimately accountability is fundamental to achieving, and exceeding, business objectives. 
 
For over 10 years, Morgan has worked in Calgary developing marketing strategies for a variety of industries, including professional services, technology, energy, retail and environmental businesses. Morgan holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major in Marketing and International Business and a double minor in Economics and Political Science. 

            
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Business owners need to build high performance teams to operate effectively as a business and to most effectively service customers.  As a business owner or engaged team member you will explore personal and corporate values and discover how corporate values can be integrated into your day-to -day operations and observable behaviours.

Upon completion of this two part webinar series, participants will:

                
understand the importance of employee relationships as well as the impact and associated cost of turnover,
understand team dynamics and identify strategies to enhance team effectiveness,
understand and identify leadership philosophy and personal values and be able to connect these and the corporate values to identified observable actions,
understand the concept of Group Think and discovering the strength and value of “two heads are better than one”,
be able to utilize a model for decision making and effective communication, and
understand the value of employee engagement and identify ways to fully engage team members

Meet Your Facilitator

Janice Decelles is a Senior Consultant in the Consulting practice of MNP.  Her focus since joining the firm in 2005 Is to provide training and consulting to self employment clients and general human resource services.  An expert facilitator and instructional designer, she has extensive training management experience in the insurance and financial services sectors and is a certified customer service trainer.  Skilled in both individual and group training, Janice prides herself on being a positive contributor to her clients’ overall success.  Janice holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and an Advanced Certificate in Human Resources. 
            
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As a small business owner, your business and personal lives are intertwined.  As such, it is important to understand how taxation works and where there are opportunities to effectively structure your business to allow for risk management and minimization of taxes.
This session will:

                
Provide participants with an overview of taxation (both personal and corporate) 
Outline basic reporting requirements (the basis for taxation and initial tax planning issues)
Address year-end determination including dividends versus bonus which form the basis for shareholder/owner remuneration
Outline expense deductibility and basic tax planning strategies

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Business owners need to build high performance teams to operate effectively as a business and to most effectively service customers.  As a business owner or engaged team member you will explore personal and corporate values and discover how corporate values can be integrated into your day-to -day operations and observable behaviours.

Upon completion of this two part webinar series, participants will:

                
understand the importance of employee relationships as well as the impact and associated cost of turnover,
understand team dynamics and identify strategies to enhance team effectiveness,
understand and identify leadership philosophy and personal values and be able to connect these and the corporate values to identified observable actions,
understand the concept of Group Think and discovering the strength and value of “two heads are better than one”,
be able to utilize a model for decision making and effective communication, and
understand the value of employee engagement and identify ways to fully engage team members

Meet Your Facilitator

Janice Decelles is a Senior Consultant in the Consulting practice of MNP.  Her focus since joining the firm in 2005 Is to provide training and consulting to self employment clients and general human resource services.  An expert facilitator and instructional designer, she has extensive training management experience in the insurance and financial services sectors and is a certified customer service trainer.  Skilled in both individual and group training, Janice prides herself on being a positive contributor to her clients’ overall success.  Janice holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and an Advanced Certificate in Human Resources. 
            
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There are more ways than ever to reach out and connect with existing and prospective clients. Social media presents a unique opportunity to build a two-way relationship with customers – but only if accompanied by a sound understanding of each platform’s functions, audience, expectations and best practices. This course helps business owners assess and qualify which social media platforms are appropriate for their brand, as well as what is possible within each social network. Participants will come away with a clear understanding of the key aspects of participating in social media marketing.

In this session you will learn about:

                
establishing key and secondary goals for social media marketing activities;
how to identify which social media platforms are right for your brand;
long-term resource and infrastructure considerations; and
overview, audience breakdown, best practices, and opportunities on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube, as well as insights on other social networks such as Snapchat, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Google+.

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                TBA
            
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Reading and understanding financial information is one of the most important tasks of a business owner.  However, for most business owners, the accounting and financial aspect of the business is not their background and learning financial fluency is a necessity in today’s marketplace.  

This session organized into a two part series provides:

                
insight into financial statements and practical ways to use this information to identify the areas of the business that are flourishing and the areas that require improvement,
discussions on key areas of financial statements that determine if fraud is a factor in the business,
insight into cash requirements and what budgeting is required, and
identification of immediate business strategies to increase revenues and decrease expenditures. 

Meet Your Facilitator

Annette Bester is a partner in MNP’s Saskatoon office. Partnering and working with companies in all stages of their business cycle for almost 19 years, Annette helps to support and strengthen their leadership. Over her career Annette has worked with a number of businesses with a focus to helping clients understand not just their historical financial information but what the information is telling them from a forward-looking perspective.
            
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Time management isn’t simple.  Effectively managing time is a requirement in the fast paced business world and understanding the steps required will help both owners and their employees in their day to day roles.
Upon completion of this webinar, participants will:

                
understand the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,
understand the importance of prioritizing,
recognize and understand the time management principles,
develop an understanding of time traps,
understand the time management matrix,
learn what it takes to live in Quadrant ll,
implement a six step process for effectively managing time, and
understand the differences between designated and discretionary time.

Meet Your Facilitator

Janice Decelles is a Senior Consultant in the Consulting practice of MNP.  Her focus since joining the firm in 2005 Is to provide training and consulting to self employment clients and general human resource services.  An expert facilitator and instructional designer, she has extensive training management experience in the insurance and financial services sectors and is a certified customer service trainer.  Skilled in both individual and group training, Janice prides herself on being a positive contributor to her clients’ overall success.  Janice holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and an Advanced Certificate in Human Resources.             
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