Rural
Diversification
Coaching
Business Skills
(Level 2)
Coaching
Business Skills
(Level 1)
Business Cluster
Development
Community
Futures
Staff
Know and Grow
Your Coaching
Style
Community
Futures Lending
Project
Management
(now online)
•Level 1 covers a broad
category of coaching
scenarios, including:
•Business planning, startup, purchasing a business,
business expansion,
purchasing a franchise and
succession planning
•Level 2 cover the details
of financial coaching
scenarios, including:
•Bookkeeping, start-up
financials, expansion
financials, breakeven
analysis, cash flow
forecasting, financial
statements and financing.
•This practical 8 week,
interactive program
includes a series of
Adobe webcasts to provide
participants with
effective coaching
strategies for working
with clients on an array
of topics.
•This Level 1 package
includes:
•Strategies for Coaching
Small Business
•And coaching for:
•Business Plan Development
•Business Start Up
•Purchasing an Existing
Business
•Business Expansion
•Purchasing a Franchise
(NEW)
•Succession Planning (NEW)
•Course Dates:
•Jan 20/14 to Mar 14/14
•CF - $600
•Non CF - $700
•If you have completed the
previous coaching program,
you can add Franchise and
Succession Planning for $100
to complete Level 1.
Coaching Business Skills Level 2
CF Coaching Packages **NEW**
•In response to feedback
from CF staff, CFNA has
created 2 coaching
packages – Level 1 and
Level 2. Both programs are
certificate programs and
suitable for ALL CF staff
positions and delivered by
Adobe webcasts.
Coaching Business Skills Level 1
•**EXPANDED PROGRAM**
•Coaching Packages
*NEW*
•**NEW PROGRAM**
•This practical 8 week,
interactive program
includes a series of Adobe
webcasts to provide
participants with
effective coaching
strategies for working
with clients on financial
management of business.
•This Level 2 package
includes:
•Strategies for Coaching
Small Business
•And coaching for:
•Basic Bookkeeping
•Start-Up financial
considerations
•Expansion considerations
•Breakeven analysis
•Cash flow forecasting &
management
•Financial statement
analysis
•Financing options &
strategies
•Course Dates:
•Jan 20/14 to Mar 14/14
•CF - $600
•Non CF - $700
•Through the course,
participants will develop
a rural diversification
project.
•Course Dates:
•Jan 20/14 to Mar 21/14
•CF-$550 + text($35)
•Non CF-$650 + text($35)
•This practical 9 week,
interactive on-line course
(delivered via Adobe
webcasts) provides
participants with tools
and strategies to assist
their communities in the
move to a long-term
sustainable future.
Business cluster
development involves the
growth of competitive
businesses that bring
wealth to their
communities; a strategy
that aligns with the move
to diversify and broaden
an economic base, while
creating a balanced and
stable economy.
•Participants will learn
how to build upon a
comparative advantages and
define business clusters
that have the potential to
grow and create more jobs
and generate more wealth.
•Through this course,
participants will develop
a business cluster
development project.
•Course Dates:
•Jan 20/14 to Mar 21/14
•CF-$550 + text ($100)
•Non-CF-$650 + text ($100)
•This practical 9 week,
interactive on-line course
(delivered via Adobe
webcasts) provides
participants with the
foundational skills to
manage projects. In the CF
context, a loan client, a
relationship with a
regional committee and a
CED project are examples
of projects.
Project Management
• Participants will learn
strategies to build upon
a community’s comparative
advantages & define
diversification
opportunities.
Business Cluster Development
Rural Diversification
•This practical 9 week,
interactive on-line
course (delivered via
Adobe webcasts) provides
participants with tools &
strategies to assist
their communities in the
move to a diversified
balanced economy, by
expanding the economic
base with a variety of
business types & jobs.
•Participants will learn
effective and efficient
project management
strategies through this
course that apply to all
CF staff positions.
•Course Dates:
•Jan 20/14 to Mar 21/14
•CF-$550
•Non CF-$650
•This Workshop is designed
to allow each participant
to explore their own
strengths & weaknesses as
a community coach while
optimizing performance. It
also teaches participants
the skills required to
work with community groups
for results.
•This two day workshop is
delivered by a qualified
Pan West Staff Development
Facilitator.
•http://www.communityfuture
spanwest.ca/professionaldevelopment.php
•$425.00 (includes food,
beverages, course
materials)
•Course Date:
•Feb 10 and 11/14
•Cochrane, AB
•Minimum of 10 participants
Community Futures Lending
Know & Grow your Coaching Style
•Community Futures staff
members in the four core
positions are often
required to delivery
training and/or coaching
needs for communities,
which could entail
assisting a local group in
seeking funding or
facilitating a strategic
planning session.
•This two (2) day
training course targets
CF staff and is well
suited to CF board
members; especially
those board members
participating on the
Community Future’s
Investment Review or
Loan Committee.
•The course walks
participants through the
uniqueness and process
of being a developmental
lender.
•REGISTERATION DETAILS
• To register for any of
the courses offered by
CFNA in the Fall of
2013 and winter of
2014, contact Stacey at
403-851-9995 or e-mail
smorrey@albertacf.com
•Course Dates:
•Feb 10 and 11/14
•Cochrane, AB
• QUESTIONS
•$425.00 (includes food,
beverages, course
materials)
• Minimum 10 participants
required.
• For answers to course
questions, contact Judy
at 403-652-9664 or email
jmcmillanevans@albertacf.com