Webinar Details

Painting with Numbers: Making the Expert Witness’s Expertise Shine Through

Thursday,September 3, 2015

10:30 a.m. Central time (CT) and 11:30 a.m. Eastern time (ET)

Program Description

Communicating effectively is a skill critical to every expert witness. And yet, even though for many expert witnesses the most important information they are presenting is the numbers, few professionals see presenting those numbers as a communication skill – not a math or computation skill – requiring knowledge of the grammar and other rules, a sense of narrative flow, and respect and compassion for the audience. This webinar will use a relatively simple example, walking you through turning an incomprehensible, meaningless pile of numbers into a coherent, effective report, by going through a process that is surprisingly similar to the process of crafting an effective brief or position paper.

Learning Objectives

After completing this webinar, attendees will be able to:

Discern the parallels between presenting numerical information effectively, and writing or speaking articulately, and eloquently
Recognize the seemingly minor decisions that can have a dramatic impact on how well their numbers are understood

Who Should Attend

CPAs, financial forensics experts, forensic accountants, business valuation experts, and anyone else who must present numerical information to a diverse audience

Presenter(s)

Randall Bolten, MBA
Mr. Randall Bolten is the author of Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You, published in 2012 to glowing reviews. His 30-year career as a Silicon Valley financial executive, which provided the inspiration for “Painting with Numbers,” includes nearly 20 years as CFO for both public companies (BroadVision and Phoenix Technologies) and startups, and also senior financial management positions at Oracle and Tandem Computers. He currently operates Lucidity, a consulting practice focused on tasks such as business models, reporting packages, and incentive compensation plans. Mr. Bolten holds a BA from Princeton and an MBA from Stanford.

CPE Credit

Program Level: Overview	Prerequisites: None	Advanced Preparation: None
Delivery Method: Group Internet-Based	CPE Credits: One (1) Hour	Fields of Study: Communications

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