June 2022 PD News
The Spring-Summer Professional Development season launched on April 1st. The seminar offerings include a collection of the most popular seminars over the last three years, first time offerings of hot topics and all required competency subjects. All seminars for the April 1st to August 31st session, will be in a video on-demand format.
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Limited Time PD Pass Discount Offer - Save 15%
From now until August 31, you can save 15% on the purchase of a Personal Mini Pass, Personal Regular Pass and Corporate Pass. That is a savings of $112 to $371!
Use the Discount code PDEB15 during check out to save.
Note: If you already purchased a current year PD Pass (since April 1), you will be given extra credits to the value of the savings on your PD Pass.
PD Passes are valid until March 31, 2023. We are pleased to keep our PD Pass prices the same as they have been for the past five years.
The PD Pass provides a savings option for business professionals interested in taking multiple seminars at a discounted price. The non-transferable Personal PD Pass can be used to mix and match any combination of live-stream, in-person, conference and on-demand topics.
A Corporate PD Pass can be used to mix and match any combination of live-stream, in-person, conference and on-demand topics. All staff in your organization are eligible to use it.
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PD Partner Spotlight: ProDio Learning
ProDio Audio Learning Inc. helps busy professionals at all levels get an edge with ready to use skills. From Accounting Ethics to Business and Power Skills, ProDio partners with expert instructors and guests to create engaging story-style scenario learning in an audio format that can be listened to on-demand while commuting, exercising etc. The team of expert instructors have many years of expertise in their field and are actively participating in their respective industries.
All ProDio courses are eligible for CPD credits and include learning outcomes, quizzes, handouts and a completion certificate. ProDio also works with the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) to offer IFAC’s “Exploring the IESBA Code” in a free monthly audio series. ProDio is a Canadian Federal Company founded by Russell and Christine Cullingworth. Their head office is in Vancouver, BC.
ProDio Seminar Offerings
Conflicts of Interest Unpacked: Conflicts of interest can certainly cause serious harm when they are mishandled, yet their occurrence is not unusual in our professional lives. In this course, you’ll learn about some of your key professional obligations regarding conflicts of interest.
Ethics: Conversations: Organizations with strong ethics-based cultures are significantly less prone to misconduct. Driving the right culture is part of our professional responsibility, and is key to organizational success, but culture can be elusive and dynamic. In this course, you will hear typical scenarios that take place at the boardroom table and less formal conversations that happen in the hallways. You will also hear thoughts on building and maintaining an ethics-based culture from respected colleagues and experts in the field.
Ethics: Mis and Disinformation and Professional Skepticism: Learn to examine and de-bunk common examples of ways to present questionable or misleading messages, how to apply critical thinking to ask probing questions and how skepticism is a key part of the judgment needed as professionals to meet ethical obligations under the CPA Code of Professional Conduct.
Intercultural Leadership: This course is about being an effective leader in diverse contexts with team members from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. This calls for respect and an authentic desire to learn to be a better leader to diverse teams. You may find this course to be challenging at times, as it encourages each participant to examine, re-evaluate and change long-held beliefs, biases, assumptions and behaviours.
Brush up on Fundamentals This Summer
Business Valuations – Fundamentals: This seminar provides participants with practical insight into business valuation. Specifically, participants will learn about and apply various valuation tools and approaches to the valuation process. This seminar also focuses on business valuation interpretation and the mechanics of the valuation process.
Corporate Restructuring - Fundamentals: You or your client’s business and personal situation is constantly changing. The existing business structure may no longer be suitable or ideal and you are seeking tax-efficient alternatives This seminar highlights fundamental income tax considerations that arise in corporate reorganizations, including a discussion of related provisions and key pitfalls to avoid.
Management Accounting – Fundamentals: For professional accountants that have not exercised those management accounting muscles in some time (maybe since university), this course will help participants apply management accounting concepts to generate new ideas for problem solving.
GST/HST - Fundamentals: This seminar provides participants an in-depth look at CRA Audit procedures and discusses how audits are selected, common assessment areas, and how to minimize audit assessments. The application of Canada’s federal sales tax, the GST/HST is often far more complex than practitioners or businesses realize. The GST/HST principles involved are often quite different from those applied to income tax. This course will provide an overview a variety of important concepts related to the application and the recovery of the GST/HST.