This course will demonstrate proven methods that CPAs and other business professionals can use to unlock their creativity and innovative thinking.
Learning Objectives
- Learning Outcomes
- This course will prepare you to:
- Identify network types
- Identify four steps to building your network
- Recognize key influencers for building your network
- Recognize best practices when attending conferences or business networking events
- Describe the three types of misconceptions of communication
- Identify the different types of personality styles in the workplace
- Recognize how to communicate with the different types of personality styles effectively.
- Recognize why listening is harder than we think.
- Identify eight listening “don’ts”
- List three steps for quality listening
- Illustrate techniques in increasing your confidence before your presentation
- Identify ways to connect with your audience and capture their imagination
- Recognize the importance of restating questions during a presentation or Q&A
- Describe steps to becoming a more polished presenter
- Identify techniques for presenting to various audience demographics
- Identify the importance of your presentation opening and closing remarks
- Identify 5 tips that are key for presenting financial information
- Recognize the value of using charts in financial presentations
- Describe ways to give context to help explain your data
- Describe how to write more effectively with increased clarity and a stronger impact
- Recognize the benefits of being a good writer
- Identify 9 rules of effective writing
Major Topics
Creativity methods for generating ideas quickly ;Breaking through mental barriers ;Brainstorming ;Innovation ;Using the creative side of your brain
