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Everyday AI Part Two | AI for Everyday Writing, Ideas & Personal Creativity Tuesday, 24 February 2026 | 10:00AM – 11:00AM MST Non-Member Rate $105.00 | Member Rate $85.00 Do you stare at a blank screen when you need to write something—at home or at work?Would you like help drafting birthday messages, letters, or […]
Excelling in Excel Part Two | Working with Data: Functions, Tables & Data Cleanup Tuesday, 26 February 2026 | 10:00AM – 11:00AM MST Non-Member Rate $105.00 | Member Rate $85.00 Do you spend too much time cleaning up reports exported from your financial system?Are you retyping the same information instead of letting Excel fill it […]
Everyday AI Part Three | Using AI to Organize Life: Lists, Plans, Numbers & Simple Excel Help Tuesday, 24 March 2026 | 10:00AM – 11:00AM MST Non-Member Rate $105.00 | Member Rate $85.00 Do you juggle to-do lists, family schedules, and personal budgets in your head—or on scraps of paper?Would you like help turning […]
Excelling in Excel Part Three | Analysis & Reporting: PivotTables, Charts & What-If Scenarios Thursday, 26 March 2026 | 10:00AM – 11:00AM MST Non-Member Rate $105.00 | Member Rate $85.00 Do you ever feel stuck when leadership asks, “Can you break this down by department and by funding source?”Are you manually creating multiple summary tabs […]
"Excelling in Excel" Bootcamp Part Four | Power User Tools: Advanced Functions, Templates & Automation Basics Tuesday, 23 April 2026 | 10:00AM – 11:30AM MST Non-Member Rate $150.00 | Member Rate $125.00 Are you spending hours every month repeating the same Excel clean-up and reporting steps?Do you ever wish Excel could “just do this for […]
Everyday AI Part Four | Designing Your Personal AI Toolkit (and Spotting Ideas for Work) Tuesday, 28 April 2026 | 10:00AM – 11:30AM MST Non-Member Rate $150.00 | Member Rate $125.00 Have you tried AI a few times but don’t feel like you have a “rhythm” with it yet?Do you want a simple, repeatable […]
What You Will Learn: Municipal finance teams are under pressure to produce faster reporting, stronger audit trails and better financial advice, often with smaller teams and financial data spread across ERP systems, documents and spreadsheets. AI can provide additional capacity, but it can bedifficult to know where to start without compromising privacy, control or accountability. […]
Are you aware of which Municipal Services are subject to GST/HST? Do you know when to charge GST/HST to other Municipalities? Do you know the conditions which can make a supply Exempt? This Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Presentation will help you learn more about which Municipal revenue sources are GST/HST Taxable versus Exempt. […]
What You Will Learn: Educating municipal councillors on service levels and finance is less about dumping technical data on them and more about building intuitive understanding so they can make confident policy decisions. Training adults effectively is quite different from teaching children. The goal of the presentation is to provide CFO’s and those desiring to […]
Did you know that ITCs could be as low as 0% or as high as 100%? Do you know what percentage of Operating Expenses are eligible? Are you aware of the different ITC rules for Capital Properties Acquisition vs. Improvements vs. Changes-In-Use? If you would like to learn more, you should attend this […]
Would you like to learn about some of the key GST/HST municipal issues? Do you wonder if you have missed claiming back all eligible amounts? Would you like to learn how to avoid common GST/HST errors? If you would like to learn more about these important GST/HST issues, you should attend the Canada Revenue Agency […]
Do you wonder if you might have missed claiming an eligible amount? Are you aware of which expenditures are not eligible for the Rebate? Do you know how to recover previously missed claim amounts? If you would like to learn more, you should attend this Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) GST/HST Presentation. You will hear directly […]
What You Will Learn: There is a wave of interest from municipalities to use service management (service definition, service level articulation and service costing) to better manage resident expectations, understand the ramification of service level changes and provide overall better management of municipal delivery. The reality has shown that this is harder than it looks! […]