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Events

The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) annual conference is one of the biggest and most important gatherings of finance and treasury professionals each year. I will be speaking at the conference about the critical importance of communication skills.

Click on the image below and scroll down to access the speaker’s guide I developed for AFP to provide to people who speak at their events.

This is a video series and an accompanying manual (pdf format) that I developed for AFP to have as a resource for people presenting at their events. 

Past events


10/20/19 – AFP Annual Conference: A Speaker’s Guide to Killer Presentations

7/19/19 – AICPA Interchange Conference-Storytelling with Data


3/19/18-Ohio Society of CPAs-Strategic Finance & Accounting Show

4/11/18-Illumeo Communication Skills Webinar

5/16/18-Ohio Society of CPAs-Dayton Accounting Show


Association for Financial Professionals Annual Conference

Storytelling for Business

October 19th, 2017

San Diego, CA

Communication Skills Training – 1 Hour

June 6, 3:00pm EST

Driver-Based Planning Training – 1 Hour Course

June 20, 2017

1:00pm-2:00PM EST

Data Visualization Training – 1 Hour Course

July 11 1:00pm-2:00pm EST

Communication Skills Training – 4 Hour

November, 13 11:00am ESt

Critical Communication Skills for Global Professionals – 1 Hour Course

May 2, 2017

1:00pm EST

Critical Communication Skills for FP&A Professionals – 4 Hour Course

May 3&4, 2017

Communication Skills Training Online – 4 Hour Course

May, 9 & 10, 2017

11:00am-1:00Pm EST

 How to Master the Skills CFO’s Rate Most Highly – Free Webinar

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Noon eastern time


Innovation Enterprise Academy

Communication Skills for FP&A Professionals
Online Executive Training Course: Part 1

September 6, 2016

11:00am to Noon EST


AFP Annual Conference – Orlando, Florida

October 23rd, 2016

FPA Group Managing Director John Sanchez will be presenting a pre-conference communication skills workshop at this year’s Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Annual Conference. The conference takes place October 23rd through 26tht in Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center. Details and a link to register are below.

Communication Skills for Global Financial Professionals

Sunday, October 23 | 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Approved for 4.5 CTP Credits, 4.5 FP&A Credits, 4.5 CPE Credits

Instructor:
John Sanchez

Managing Director
The FPA Group


 

AFP Annual Conference 2014 – Washington, D.C.

USING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION TO DRIVE PERFORMANCE

There is a strong relationship between superior financial performance and effective communication. In addition to enhancing performance, effective communication is a key driver of cost savings, quality improvement, risk reduction, and improved efficiency and productivity.  Discussions will include why effective communication is cited as being among the skills most lacking among workers and why many professionals focus more on honing technical skills while neglecting communication skills. This session will dispel some myths, provide relevant insights and demonstrate some of the most critical communication skills for FP&A professionals.


AFP Annual Conference 2013 – Las Vegas, Nevada

COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR FINANCE PROFESSIONALS

There is a strong relationship between superior financial performance and effective communication. In addition to enhancing performance, effective communication is a key driver of cost savings, quality improvement, risk reduction, and improved efficiency and productivity.  Discussions will include why effective communication is cited as being among the skills most lacking among workers and why many professionals focus more on honing technical skills while neglecting communication skills. This session will dispel some myths, provide relevant insights and demonstrate some of the most critical communication skills for FP&A professionals.


HR.com Performance Management Virtual Conference – August 16, 2012


Budgeting, Planning & Forecasting Forum,  An Interactive User Experience:  June-21 – 22, 2012 | Boston, MA

Topics/Sessions Presented:

  1. Driver-Based Planning
  2. Tying Measures to Compensation to Drive Performance