Program:
Meeting Processes and AGMs
The purpose of the session is to provide the tools for holding successful meetings – the ultimate decision-making process for all organizations including:
- The legal and regulatory requirements for Board, committee and shareholder or member meetings
- Tools and processes for organizing and holding successful and effective meetings
- The special nature of shareholder and member meetings and best practices
Financial Literacy for the Non-Financial Governance Professional
The purpose of this module is to help give you an understanding of business finance, and the role of the Board, Audit Committee, Auditors and the Governance Professional in the preparation, presentation and analysis of financial information.
Participants will develop an understanding with respect to:
- Accounting terms and the significance and relevance of financial information
- The budgeting process including the fundamentals of preparing and mastering budgets
- Basic concepts underlying the preparation and presentation of financial statements
- Controls and policies that help ensure accuracy and reliability of accounting systems
Minutes and Minutes Management
The purpose of the session is to provide the tools for preparing minutes that protect the organization and its directors – with the objective of evidencing the due-diligence of the Board in its decision-making processes.
Participants will explore the following topics in depth:
- The legal and regulatory requirements for minutes
- Tools and processes for implementing and maintaining effective minutes
- Best practice minute taking, preparation and maintenance procedures
- Records Management
Carefully Crafting Bylaws to Enable Sound Governance
In this session, the use of bylaws as an importance foundation of sound governance will be explained, including their sources of content and drafting considerations.
Participants will explore the following topics in depth:
- The direct role of bylaws in supporting many facets of governance
- The typical topics found in bylaws and various approaches to deciding their content
- How to research which sources of information when crafting bylaws
Important Note:
This Event is one of three courses that make up the full GPC-EP education program and which leads to the GPC.D (Governance Professionals of Canada Designation).
You have the option to register and attend this event without committing to the full Education program, however, you will not be eligible to the professional designation (GPC.D), unless you complete all 3 modules as well as their individual exams and the final evaluation.
Participants who are registered for the Education program (GPC-EP) will be required to write an exam after the completion of this module.
If you wish to enroll in the entire designation program to obtain the GPC.D designation (and save on the cost of the entire program), you can change your registration here: Education program on this link.