UPCOMING TOWN HALL WEBINARS   

Maximizing Cash Flow: How Sales and Credit Teams Can Partner to Boost Revenue, Minimize Risk, and Maximize Sales

Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Time: 1pm CT (2pm ET, 11am PT)

Overview: Join us for an insightful webinar designed for media credit management and financial professionals, where we'll explore the powerful synergy between sales and credit teams. Discover how strategic collaboration can accelerate cash flow, reduce DSO, and mitigate financial risks while driving sales growth. Learn best practices for educating your sales team on the importance of credit applications, your terms and conditions, and how proactive customer engagement can ensure timely payments. This session will equip you with actionable strategies to create a win-win scenario for both your sales and credit departments, ultimately benefiting your organization's bottom line. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach to credit management and sales collaboration.

Presenters: Robin Szabo, President, Szabo Associates; and Randy Neff, VP, Szabo Associates

                    

CPE: 1 

Field of Study: SK=Specialized Knowledge/Level: Overview/Delivery Method: Group Internet-Based/No Prerequisites or Advanced Preparation 

Learning Objectives 
Participants will have an understanding and ability to explain:
      • How strategic collaboration can accelerate cash flow, reduce DSO, and mitigate financial risks while driving sales growth
      • Best practices for educating your sales team on the importance of credit applications, your terms and conditions, and how proactive customer engagement can ensure timely payments
 Cost:
    • MFM & BCCA Members = $0
    • Corporate Members = $0
    • Non-Members = $75*  

Deadline to register: October 14
Instructions sent to participants on October 14

Finance Meets Freelance: Cost-Saving and Compliance in Media

Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Time: 1pm CT (2pm ET, 11am PT)

Overview: Join us for a webinar designed exclusively for finance leaders in media and entertainment. It’s no secret that the market is evolving toward flexible workforce models and the increasing use of independent contractors. This shift can offer significant cost advantages, but it also brings critical compliance challenges that can result in costly penalties if not properly managed.

In this session, we’ll explore:

  • The Financial Upside: Discover how independent contractors can drive cost efficiencies, reduce overhead, and offer flexible solutions tailored to your business needs.
  • Managing Compliance and Minimizing Risk: Gain insights into the potential pitfalls of unmanaged independent contractor relationships, including the latest regulatory updates and the severe financial penalties that can arise from non-compliance.
  • Automate Admin to Save Time and Money: Identify opportunities to eliminate manual accounting tasks and reduce paperwork, freeing up valuable time and headcount.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how to protect your bottom line and ensure your contractor strategy is both profitable and secure.

Presenters: David Weiss, SVP of Revenue, Worksome

CPE: 1 
Field of Study: F=Finance/Level: Overview/Delivery Method: Group Internet-Based/No Prerequisites or Advanced Preparation 

Learning Objectives
Participants will:

      • Understand the extent to which freelancers support your company
      • Explain how independent contractors can drive cost efficiencies, reduce overhead, and offer flexible solutions tailored to your business needs.
      • Identify opportunities to eliminate manual accounting tasks and reduce paperwork, freeing up valuable time and headcount.
 Cost:
        • MFM & BCCA Members = $0
        • Corporate Members = $0
        • Non-Members = $75*  

Deadline to register: October 28
Instructions sent to participants on October 28

 

The Jetsons Meet the Credit Department:  Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Credit Professionals

Date: Thursday, November 7
Time: 1pm CT (2pm ET, 11am PT)

Overview: Once just the subject of science fiction, artificial intelligence has burst into the mainstream and the technology is advancing at a lightning pace.  This presentation will first provide a brief introduction to artificial intelligence and will address a wide variety of issues related to the use of AI in the media and entertainment industry. Topics include the potential uses of AI in credit and collections, including various generative and other AI tools; the risks and pitfalls of AI; regulatory considerations arising from using AI in credit decision-making; the importance of AI policies and procedures (and how to create AI policies and procedures that are both actionable and operational); and how AI can both help detect fraud and increase opportunities for fraud. The presentation will offer a down-to-earth look at what AI technology can – and can't – do for your credit department, and will offer practical tips to help guide your evaluation, selection, and implementation of AI tools.

Presenters: Kathleen A. McGee, Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP; Bruce S. Nathan, Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP; and Andrew Behlmann, Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP

             

CPE: 1 
Field of Study: SK=Specialized Knowledge/Level: Overview/Delivery Method: Group Internet-Based/No Prerequisites or Advanced Preparation

Learning Objectives
Participants will have an understanding and ability to explain: 

        • Issues related to the use of AI in the media and entertainment industry
        • Potential uses of AI in credit and collections
        • How AI can both help detect fraud and increase opportunities for fraud

 Cost:

    • MFM & BCCA Members = $0
    • Corporate Members = $0
    • Non-Members = $75*   

Deadline to register: November 6, 2024
Instructions sent to participants on November 6, 2024

 

 Questions, suggestions or information: Contact [email protected]  

*Refunds and Cancellations: Requests for refunds must be received in writing via email five days prior to the webinar. No refunds will be granted after that date. For more information regarding refund, complaint, and/or program cancellation policies please contact our offices at 847/716-7000. 

Media Financial Management Association (MFM) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State Boards of Accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual course for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

Complaint resolution policy: For further explanation or clarification regarding administrative policies such as cancellations and grievances, please call the MFM office at 847/716-7000. For further information regarding Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits, contact the MFM Office at 847/716-7000 or [email protected]