Financial skills for PR

You will quickly grasp the 'big picture' of business and be able to think more critically about financial issues, make more informed decisions using financial information and converse more comfortably with clients and colleagues about financial matters.
You will:
• Learn accrual accounting
• Understand accounting jargon
• Use debits, credits and journal entries fluently.
• Prepare a balance sheet and income statement through interactive discovery learning.
• Learn how the "nuts and bolts" of accounting builds into the "big picture" of finance, leading to improved business acumen
• Develop a deeper understanding of finance as the language of business;
• Learn how to communicate more effectively with your accountant and stakeholders;
• Be able to apply these skills to your own financial statements

Date: 19 October 2015 to 20 October 2015
Time: 08:30 - 16:00
Venue: ProComm House, 108 Bram Fischer Drive, Ferndale, Johannesburg
Cost: R4,600 - Discounts for PRISA members