Summer 2022 PD News
Summer is a great time to complete your PD requirements with on-demand seminars through CPA Manitoba. 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 video on-demand format, allowing members flexibility to take the seminars on their schedules.
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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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Fall and Winter PD Options
The Professional Development fall and winter season options will be released on September 12. There will be hundreds of on-demand and live virtual courses to choose from with price points for every budget. A select number of courses will also be offered in person. Log onto our website on September 12 to reserve your spot for live course offerings as they have limited availability.
PD Partner Spotlight: Sheriff Consulting
Garth Sheriff is the founder of Sheriff Consulting. His company specializes in designing and delivering professional and leadership skill courses for accounting and finance professionals. Sheriff Consulting’s mission is to provide an engaging approach to your continuing professional development (CPD).
Their online content is designed for maximum engagement using the latest developments in adult learning pedagogy and current research in technical, professional and leadership skills.
Garth has worked as an assurance professional and learning provider for over 20 years. He has prepared and trained CPAs for key changes to the profession, including internal control documentation (SOX), Canadian Auditing Standards (CAS) and Canadian Standards on Review Engagements 2400 (CSRE 2400).
He earned a Master of Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours – Accounting) from the University of Waterloo, Canada. He is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPAO), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).
Sheriff Consulting Seminar Offerings
Blockchain: A Transformative Technology: Blockchain has been described as a transformative technology that will fundamentally change our relationships with third-party intermediaries including banks, lawyers and accountants. Blockchain technology has the potential to be a significant disruptor in terms of how business transactions are initiated, authorized and recorded. It has been compared in magnitude to the introduction of the internet.
How to Provide Effective Feedback and Improve Employee Engagement: Learn how providing effective feedback has a direct and positive effect on employee engagement. This course will introduce the latest research in providing effective feedback to discuss how managers can mentor and develop their staff while also improving firm retention of top talent.
Networking for Success: You will learn key tools to improve your professional networking skills including how to find the value in your networking relationships and build your brand.
Professional Ethics: Improving Psychological Safety in the Workplace: Psychological safety is a measurement of how comfortable you are to share your thoughts and speak your mind in the workplace. Current research has shown that organizations and teams with higher psychological safety are more productive, creative, and happier. You will examine current research to understand psychological safety for organizations and teams will be introduced to ways to assess and improve it.
Focus on ASPE and Audit Engagement
ASPE - Update 2021: This seminar is for participants who want to keep up with accounting standard changes and projects. It will review recent revisions to Part II - Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE), starting with an overview of the changes, followed by specific examples detailing their implementation. In addition, participants will receive practical guidance on common deficiencies in ASPE financial statements.
ASPE - Review of the Standards: This seminar reviews the standards in Part II – Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE) and identifies and outlines the accounting policy choices available to management for Applying ASPE.
ASPE - Real Estate Industry: Real estate entities have unique financial reporting issues under Accounting Standards for Private Enterprise (ASPE). This course will use exercises and examples to illustrate these issues to provide practical advice for those involved.
Audit Engagements - Update 2021: This seminar reviews recent revisions to the CPA Canada Handbook–Assurance and other practice matters that have occurred over the last year.
Audit Engagements - Review of the Standards: Developed with the needs of professional accountants working in public practice in mind, this seminar provides a solid foundation in the practical application of the Canadian Auditing Standards (CAS) to audit engagements.
Audit Engagements - Overview of CAS 315 Revised Standard: This seminar introduces the revisions to CAS 315, Identifying and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement, which is effective for audits of financial statements for periods beginning on or after December 15, 2021.
There are 10 other seminars on these topics to explore.