"Cable and Entertainment Finance for the Non-Financial Manager"
 
Presented by WICT Rocky Mountain and The Cable Center
 
Brush up on your financial basics and budgeting skills by attending this dynamic and informative event presented by cable finance expert Dr. Ron Rizzuto from the University of Denver Daniel's College of Business.

Have a question about the event? Contact admin@wictrm.org.
 
Attend just for the morning General Session or the General Session + All-Day event. Both options promise to be educational and entertaining!
 
General Session:  8:00 - 9:30AM                               
$25 for Members, $40 for Non-Members                 
 
All Day: 8:00-5:00 PM                                                        

$250 for Members, $265 for Non-Members             
How to Talk Money + Module 1-4                            

General Session Agenda  
 
How to Talk Money
•         How do Cable Operators, Vendors, and Programmers make money?
•         How the industry talks about financial performance - key terms and metrics
•         Where to find the financial information - sources of data
•         The Money Game - a fun way to use the information you've acquired
•         Building your financial acumen
 
Modules for All-Day (Denver) 
Advanced Topics in Cable and Entertainment Finance
 
Module 1         Key things to know about financial reporting and control
•         Expanding your understanding of financial performance metrics
•         Understanding how the investment community thinks about the cable and entertainment  industries
•         Exercise 1:  Reading and understanding financial statements
 
Module 2         Developing your Budgeting skills
•         Why you need these skills in your career?
•         Overview of budgeting processes
•         Key tools in developing and managing budgets
•         Exercise 2:  Using your budgeting skills
•         Ideas for getting involved in the budgeting process on the job
 
Module 3         Justifying requests for money
•         The financial language for asking for money:  Breakeven, Payback, and ROI (Return on Investment)
•         Working with these investment techniques
•         Exercise 3:  Practicing these techniques
 
Module 4         Developing Operating and Capital Requests - Case Studies
•         Developing requests for headcount
•         Developing requests for marketing and promotional expenses
•         Developing requests for call center improvements
•         Developing capital requests
 
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