Advanced Budgeting: The Value Equation (Live Webinar)
Overview
Effective budgeting is essential to aligning organizational priorities, managing performance, and supporting informed decision-making. This course explores a structured, organization-wide approach to budgeting that combines foundational concepts with advanced techniques. You will learn how to build reliable budgets, strengthen stakeholder engagement, and connect budgeting activities to organizational goals while incorporating modern tools and emerging technologies.
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Course Description
Applicable for
Learning Objectives
- Define basic budgeting principles and terms.
- Explore backward analysis and forward-looking performance metrics.
- Apply modern communication approaches to support effective budgeting and foster an organization-wide budgeting mindset.
- Use budgets to manage performance and achieve organizational objectives.
- Understand recent advancements in the use of AI for budgeting.
Content
- introduction and budgeting basics
- a short review of basic budgeting terms and principles will get participants into the budgeting mindset
- overall value equation
- how do you take your historical reference and make it into a forward-looking budget that includes the back and front end?
- The CAGE method will be introduced
- back end
- bottom-up planning and proposal of what will be offered and a budget to produce products from the product and service design team while factoring in future volume, with input from the sales and marketing team
- front end
- engaging the sales and marketing team to plan the budget's revenue streams.
- product or service delivery, sales, and marketing teams should rationally consider and speak about what’s feasible in the market
- artificial intelligence for budgeting
- an overview of the advancements in the use of AI for budgeting
Course Dates & Registration
Improving Your Virtual Learning Experience
Live webinars have varying levels of expected interaction, with some requiring microphone and camera capabilities to support a proper learning experience – please email pdreg@bccpa.ca if you have concerns.
In general, we encourage participants to have their cameras turned on to enhance their virtual learning experience. This practice promotes a stronger connection with the instructor and fellow participants, and fosters improved communication and collaboration.
Live Webinar FAQs can be found here.
Registration terms and conditions, including the cancellation policy can be found here. If you require further assistance, please contact the PD Department.
- 4
- CPD Hours
- 0
- Ethics Hours
- 0
- AML Hours
- 5
- Credits
Starting April 1, 2026, a 2.1% fee will be applied to all credit card transactions. Learn more about this fee and how it relates to PD registrations.
Advanced Budgeting: The Value Equation (Live Webinar)
- 4
- CPD Hours
- 0
- Ethics Hours
- 0
- AML Hours
- 5
- Credits
Overview
Effective budgeting is essential to aligning organizational priorities, managing performance, and supporting informed decision-making. This course explores a structured, organization-wide approach to budgeting that combines foundational concepts with advanced techniques. You will learn how to build reliable budgets, strengthen stakeholder engagement, and connect budgeting activities to organizational goals while incorporating modern tools and emerging technologies.
|
|
Course Description
Applicable for
Learning Objectives
- Define basic budgeting principles and terms.
- Explore backward analysis and forward-looking performance metrics.
- Apply modern communication approaches to support effective budgeting and foster an organization-wide budgeting mindset.
- Use budgets to manage performance and achieve organizational objectives.
- Understand recent advancements in the use of AI for budgeting.
Content
- introduction and budgeting basics
- a short review of basic budgeting terms and principles will get participants into the budgeting mindset
- overall value equation
- how do you take your historical reference and make it into a forward-looking budget that includes the back and front end?
- The CAGE method will be introduced
- back end
- bottom-up planning and proposal of what will be offered and a budget to produce products from the product and service design team while factoring in future volume, with input from the sales and marketing team
- front end
- engaging the sales and marketing team to plan the budget's revenue streams.
- product or service delivery, sales, and marketing teams should rationally consider and speak about what’s feasible in the market
- artificial intelligence for budgeting
- an overview of the advancements in the use of AI for budgeting
Course Dates & Registration
Improving Your Virtual Learning Experience
Live webinars have varying levels of expected interaction, with some requiring microphone and camera capabilities to support a proper learning experience – please email pdreg@bccpa.ca if you have concerns.
In general, we encourage participants to have their cameras turned on to enhance their virtual learning experience. This practice promotes a stronger connection with the instructor and fellow participants, and fosters improved communication and collaboration.
Live Webinar FAQs can be found here.
Registration terms and conditions, including the cancellation policy can be found here. If you require further assistance, please contact the PD Department.
Starting April 1, 2026, a 2.1% fee will be applied to all credit card transactions. Learn more about this fee and how it relates to PD registrations.
Jeff Price, CPA, CGA is a Principle of Gratitude Learning Associates Ltd. He brings over 40 years of customer service, leadership, financial, and training expertise to the GLA team. Having worked in senior management in the private sector; director in a senior government, as well as in several director roles for Chambers of Commerce and soccer organizations, Jeff’s expertise ranges from managing and leading change, to financial statement, pro forma and business case development and includes delivery of governance, ethics, sustainability, financial management, change management, procurement and train the trainer facilitation training. Everything Jeff does is intended to contribute positively to the healthy and balanced ESG culture we want to have in Canada.