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SUMMARY:GMM: Small Business Financial Fluency - The Keys
DESCRIPTION:Making Sense of Your Financial Statements\n\n\n\nReading and understanding financial information is one of the most important tasks of a business owner\, but many business owners have no formal training in accounting and finance. If you are confused by income statements\, balance sheets\, budgets and cash flow statements\, this session will help you understand what the numbers mean and how to use your financial statements to make better business decisions.\n\n\n\nAttend this session to learn: \n\n\n	\n	Why do small business owners need financial statements?\n	\n	\n	How do you read financial statements to understand what?s happening in the business?\n	\n	\n	How can you use common financial ratios to analyze how the business is performing?\n	\n	\n	How do you use financial statements to identify areas of the business that are performing well and areas that need improvement?\n	\n\n\nThe Presenters:\n\n\n\nMeryl Chahley\, CPA\, CA\n\nPartner\, Private Enterprise\n\n\n\n \n\nAaron Surkan\, CPA\, CA\n\nManager\, Private Enterprise\n\n \n\nAs members of MNP's Private Enterprise team\, Meryl and Aaron work with small- and medium-sized companies and not-for-profit organizations at all stages of their business lifecycle from start up to succession. They focus on helping clients better understand their historical financial information and use that information to make strategic decisions that improve future performance.  \n\n\n\nGood Morning Mastery is a professional development series held monthly at the Chamber and designed to broaden and enrich leadership capabilities and business skills. The Chamber brings together expert business panels and speakers to help members increase their capacity and strengthen their skills.\n\n\n\nNever stop learning.\n\n\n\nThe Good Morning Mastery Series is proudly sponsored by MNP.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><small><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>Making Sense of Your Financial Statements</strong></span></small></span></span></p>\n\n<p><br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><small><span style="font-family:arial\;">Reading and understanding financial information is one of the most important tasks of a business owner\, but many business owners have no formal training in accounting and finance. If you are confused by income statements\, balance sheets\, budgets and cash flow statements\, this session will help you understand what the numbers mean and how to use your financial statements to make better business decisions.</span></small></span></span></p>\n\n<p><br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><small><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;">Attend this session to learn:&nbsp\;</span></strong></small></span></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li>\n	<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><small><span style="font-family:arial\;">Why do small business owners need financial statements?</span></small></span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><small><span style="font-family:arial\;">How do you read financial statements to understand what?s happening in the business?</span></small></span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><small><span style="font-family:arial\;">How can you use common financial ratios to analyze how the business is performing?</span></small></span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n	<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><small><span style="font-family:arial\;">How do you use financial statements to identify areas of the business that are performing well and areas that need improvement?</span></small></span></span></p>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><small><span style="font-family:arial\;">The Presenters:<br />\n<img alt="" height="120" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1345/Image/MerylChahley.jpg" style="width: 90px\; height: 120px\;" width="90" /><br />\nMeryl Chahley\, CPA\, CA<br />\nPartner\, Private Enterprise<br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="120" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1345/Image/AaronSurkanMNPheadshot.jpg" style="width: 90px\; height: 120px\;" width="90" />&nbsp\;<br />\nAaron Surkan\, CPA\, CA<br />\nManager\, Private Enterprise<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\nAs members of MNP&#39\;s Private Enterprise team\, Meryl and Aaron work with small- and medium-sized companies and not-for-profit organizations at all stages of their business lifecycle from start up to succession. They focus on helping clients better understand their historical financial information and use that information to make strategic decisions that improve future performance.&nbsp\; </span></small></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px rgb(225\, 225\, 225)\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-weight: bolder\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: rgb(16\, 155\, 197)\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px rgb(225\, 225\, 225)\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px rgb(225\, 225\, 225)\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px rgb(225\, 225\, 225)\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Good Morning Mastery&nbsp\;</span></em></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px rgb(225\, 225\, 225)\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px rgb(225\, 225\, 225)\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">is a&nbsp\;professional development series held monthly at the Chamber and designed to broaden and enrich leadership capabilities and business skills. The Chamber brings together expert business panels and speakers to help members increase their capacity and strengthen their skills.</em></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px rgb(225\, 225\, 225)\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px rgb(225\, 225\, 225)\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: bolder\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: rgb(16\, 155\, 197)\;">Never stop learning.</span></span></span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;" />\n<br style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(68\, 68\, 68)\; font-family: Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;" />\n<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px rgb(225\, 225\, 225)\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-weight: bolder\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 14px\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: rgb(16\, 155\, 197)\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px rgb(225\, 225\, 225)\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 12pt\; line-height: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">The Good Morning Mastery Series is proudly sponsored by&nbsp\;MNP.</span></span></span></p>\n<img alt="" height="76" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1345/Image/MNP_logo343C_tagStacked.png" style="height: 76px\; width: 360px\;" width="360" /><br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Nanaimo Chamber 2133 Bowen Road Nanaimo\, BC V9S 1H8
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URL:https://members.nanaimochamber.bc.ca/events/details/gmm-small-business-financial-fluency-the-keys-2264
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