No one can predict the future, but you can plan for it. Knowing your cost of production, along with your financial situation allows you to identify and manage risk properly, measure your margins and develop targets. Having this information allows you to easily adjust your plan for changes along the way. 

In this session, you will learn:

                
Gross margin analysis; 
How to evaluate fixed costs in your operation; and,  
Information gained from a profit margin analysis and how to use it to plan for future operations.

Meet Your Facilitator

Kim Gerencser is a Senior Manager with MNP’s Farm Management Consulting team in Regina. Kim serves family farms, primary producers and farm businesses striving to go from good to great. Kim brings a deep understanding of the issues his clients face and a unique combination of experience to his role, with a background as a farmer, a lender to complex progressive farms, and   an advisor-consultant. Drawing on a decade-and-a-half of experience working with primary producers and family-owned small- to medium-sized enterprises, Kim provides clarity and practical advice, allowing his clients to make decisions more easily and with confidence. Kim helps his clients with profitability and cash-flow improvements, business strategy, debt financing, financial management and analysis of profit and cashflow. He advises his clients on the development of business strategies tailored to management and owner goals, the development and analysis of financing strategy, process improvements, and risk management analysis. 

Kim earned a Bachelor’s in Applied Financial Services (BAFS) in 2004 and an Honors Diploma in Business Administration in 2002 from Lakeland College. He is a 2018 graduate of The Executive Program for Agricultural Producers (TEPAP) from Texas AM.  Kim is the Canadian Association of Farm Advisors board chair. 


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As a business owner, your plans for the business are highly dependent on the relationship you have with your financial institution.  This relationship starts with development and start up and will continue throughout the life of your business as your needs grow and change.  

In this session we will:

                
investigate various observations on raising early development/start-up money;
focus on identifying the need for both debt and equity financing as well as potential strategies for sourcing corporate requirements;
provide participants with information on strategies for raising second stage financing, including alternative debt and equity instruments and potential sources for expansion capital; and
discuss banking issues related to business operations, loan applications, collateral issues and financing proposals.

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Lee Bauer, CPA, CA is a Senior Manager with MNP’s Private Enterprise team in Saskatoon.  Lee works primarily with small and medium sized owner-managed businesses, preparing corporate financial statements and tax returns and providing general business consulting services. 


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Recruiting talented and effective employees is not just about skills, but about fit with the culture of your business.  The first step in this process is learning to effectively interview and attract the right team members.

In this session you will learn the basics of performing an interview, including:

                
identifying Interview Objectives,
preparing for the Interview,
building Rapport,
incorporating specific interview Techniques,
detecting Deception, and
handling Objections vs. Denials.

Meet Your Facilitator

Kelsey Bjorndalen is a Senior Consultant in the MNP Consulting practice based in Regina, SK. Kelsey has more than 11 years of professional experience delivering and advising on multiple aspects of human resources as well as supporting a variety of diverse business operations. Kelsey is a Registered Professional Recruiter through the Institute of Professional Management and has experience working in both the private and public sector, specializing in areas that focus on Information Technology.  

Kelsey has extensive knowledge and experience in the area of human resources (including: strategic workforce planning, talent acquisition, employee engagement, internal communications, performance management, policy development, labour relations) as well as supporting a variety of diverse business operations (asset management, organizational change management, project coordination, workshop facilitation, etc.).  

With deep knowledge of human resources best practices and diverse professional experience, Kelsey develops practical solutions and delivers results for her clients. Her cross-industry expertise includes public sector (Crown Corporations), private sector, municipal government, information technology, and telecommunications. 


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As a small business, your financial wellness is top of mind as you navigate the uncertainty of today’s business reality.  Whether you are operating in hospitality, real estate and construction, oil and gas, or the numerous other industries that are the backbone of the economy, you must make tough and critical decisions as you strive to remain successful.  

In this webinar you will learn tools and tips on how to:

                
Restore and maintain profitability, focusing on service lines or products, cash flow and inventory management,
Scale your business up or down, or pivot as required using sales and operations planning,
Ensure variable costs are truly variable by employing strategic workforce planning and material resource planning; and
Plan for future disruptions using tools that can be accessed systematically to maintain your business viability when factors outside your business change.

Meet Your Facilitator

To be Announced.


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