8:30 Registration 9:00 - 5:00 Introduction to Structure Mentoring – Dr. Bill Howatt
Structure mentoring is a proven methodology. For example, one of the largest employers in Nova Scotia Michelin North America is successful using this program today. In 2009 Dr. Howatt was nominated by Michelin for an Atlantic Canada Human Resource Strategic Partnership Award. Today this program is a standalone program. Structured mentoring is as strategic process that can be used for several strategic reasons such as: facilitates knowledge transfer, develops leaders, and engages employees, on-boarding new hires, building and preserving organizational intelligence, succession planning and promoting accountability.
Today, human capital is becoming an increasingly important asset. Using the principals of structure mentoring program can assist organizational leaders build employee loyalty, strengthen cultures, and develop competency.
Structure mentoring benefits both the Mentee and Mentor: Mentee • Decreases anxiety and stress, and answers many questions; • Increases awareness of expectations, learning, and the organization; • Speeds up development • Teaches the written and non-written rules; • Helps to build relationships faster and promotes networking; • Effective for creating goals and career planning; • Develops core competencies • Builds trust and confidence in the organizations commitment. Mentor • Provides an opportunity to model and sharpen skills; • Improves communications skills; • New-found passion from watching the mentee energetically learning; • Enhances leadership skills • Strengthens commitment to the organization; • Benefits from the value of giving and sharing; • Excellent process to self-evaluate actions and behaviors; • Increases accountability.
Presentation: Dr. Howatt will introduce structure mentoring the methodology and how the program works. Then he will spend the day examining the skills to be an effective mentor. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the types of knowledge and skills that will assist a mentor to be effective. 9:00 – 5:00 GAAP and CAS Review and Update – Glen Schmidt
GAAP and CAS Review and Update is designed for individuals preparing or reviewing corporate financial or individual statements and for those who need an overall update and refresher course on aspects of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) Canadian auditing standards (CAS). The seminar will also cover recent Handbook changes as well as current exposure draft(s). It will also cover a number of current IASB projects which may impact on GAAP standards in future. This skill-building seminar is interactive: major sections of the CICA Handbook are explored through teaching and group discussion, and the areas covered will be adapted to the participant mix. Participants will increase their working knowledge of GAAP and CAS. Note the emphasis of the presentation will focus on GAAP.
Who should attend? CGAs who wish to refresh their knowledge of GAAP and CAS and increase their ability to research a standards issue.
How You Will Benefit: • Update your knowledge of GAAP areas. • Update your knowledge of CAS areas.
What You Will Learn: • GAAP accounting changes to: o Part I IFRS o Part II Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises o Part III Accounting Standards for Not for Profits • Accounting Standards Board Strategic Plan 2011 to 2016 • GAAP heads up accounting. • CAS guidance and compilation. • CAS heads up
12:15 – 1:15 Luncheon Current Trends in Information Technology – Predrag Rajnis Cloud computing, mobile computing, the end of the PC era, multi-tier architectures ... who needs them anyway? IT buzzwords abound, but what do they mean? Should accounting professionals even care or are these strange beasts best left for our resident geeks to wrestle with? Join us for a luncheon where we will try to make sense of it all in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
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