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Blair Cook and Jennifer Nicholson, CPA, CA CPA (Ill) MBA
Jen is a founding partner of Executive Finance Partners, co-host of the CPA Success podcast and an international speaker/educator. Blair is a corporate director, CFO, author, speaker, innovator, and thought leader.
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Many financial professionals struggle with communicating in a way other non-financial people understand – one of the six traits of executive presence. This course is designed to grow the confidence, ambition, and strategic influencing skills of high potential financial professionals in business. The desired outcome is to speak and write with precision, clarity, and persuasion to convey important financial insights to those able to act and respond.
Course Series
This course is included in the following series:
6 Courses6 Traits of Executive You
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Confidence
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Relationship Building
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Communication Skills
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Resilience
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Credible Leadership
- 6 Traits of Executive You: Personal Branding
Learning Objectives
- Discover Ethos, Logos, & Pathos and recognize how to incorporate the principles of persuasion into every important message to initiate action and response.
- Explore how to connect with your audience using storytelling.
- Discover how to improve your writing skills and recognize how to write like a business journalist to express your opinions with tact and clarity.
- Explore ways to strengthen your presentation skills to get a standing ovation the next time you present to an audience.
Last updated/reviewed: May 19, 2022
19 Reviews (99 ratings)Reviews
Stephen Nguyen
(Internal Audit at RSM)
A lot of great tips and insights on communication, including building rapport, storytelling, writing and presentation skills; as well as an understanding of ethos, pathos, and logos. Blair keeps thing informative and interesting.
Debbie Syson
( at Annapurna Productions, LLC)
This was a very informative lesson. Communicating is very challenging in itself at any level and I think this lesson applies to all levels of professional not even just for executives.
Crystal Sittser
(Controller at Cascadia Healthcare)
This training should not be underestimated. It contains key points that reflect various angles of communication, some of which are not obvious. Very helpful.
Anonymous
(Accounting Manager)
good course for executive presentation methods, this course also helps to read between the lines for the viewers and what is really being said, or not said
Anonymous
(Director, Governance)
Great content and lots to take away from this presentation. I am just starting this series and excited to see what else Blair and Jennifer have to share.
Anonymous
(Senior Data and Reporting Analyst)
I had never seen the rules for writing written out so explicitly. I will definitely take that and the other tips into formal communication going forward.
Michael Izzo
(Sr Financial Reporting Analyst at Catholic Health Initiatives)
Blair's presentation was very engaging and also informative. I especially liked the Alan Alda bit for the storytelling part of the presentation.
Ginger Witte
(Director Internal Audit at Protective Insurance)
I thought the course was very helpful. It is well laid out and a lot of good guidance on building overall communication at an executive level.
Margaret Winn
(Accounting Professional at .)
It does a good job covering elements of credibility & impact, building rapport, storytelling, and writing & presentation skills.
Anonymous
(Senior Finance Manager)
Cover the essence of how to become a financial executive. Provide easy to implement solutions. Very useful.
Anonymous
(Consultant)
Concrete examples of how to communicate effectively. Blair does a great job on connecting with his audience.
Anonymous
(Director)
This is a great course. A lot of useful tips were provided. The instructor was very lively and engaging.
Keith Baker
(Data Analyst at Charter Communications)
There is a lot of information in the presentation. It can be overwhelming, but it is good information.
Anonymous
(Internal Audit Manager)
Some good pointers overall that are applicable not just to the executive level but for all levels.
Maya Walker
(VP Finance at Carnegie Technologies)
I really enjoy CPE classes from this par. They provide tools that can be put into practice
Anonymous
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This course did an excellent Job at setting great examples of communication skills.
Anonymous
(Sr. Accounting Manager)
Very useful course on communication skills, including verbal, written and oral.
Anonymous
(Senior Manager, IT Audit)
Course was helpful and had some interesting points on communication.
Anonymous
(Vice President of Technical Accounting)
Sufficient number of good examples for anyone to replicate/action.
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Intermediate
- Prerequisite Education: None.
- Prerequisite Experience: Managerial experience.
- Prerequisite Preparation: None
Education Provider Information
Company:
Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact:
For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to .