Forvis Mazars Financial Modelling – welcome to our Digital Classroom Experience!

We are opening our Digital Classrooms to individual registrations, making our world-leading financial modelling training courses available to all organisations and individuals in every part of the world. Whether by preference or forced by the impact of COVID-19 – if you want to participate in a course  from the convenience of your office or from home – this is for you.

The Mazars approach to online training

We have delivered financial modelling training courses to more than 10,000 people from over 500 organisations. We are now using our extensive experience developed over the last 15 years to launch a world-leading e-learning financial modelling training format, which achieves an even greater learning experience than the traditional classroom experience.

At Mazars we have always maintained that the biggest value from our classroom based financial modelling courses is attributed to the fact that the Trainer, or Instructor, ensures an optimal learning experience  tailored to the unique blend of participants’ personalities, their industry backgrounds and of course their technical foundation skills.

Digital: Ensuring an interactive, personalised learning experience

We have always resisted becoming followers in the world of impersonal ‘recorded online video’ courses as it was imperative for us to retain our core values that made us a global leader in financial modelling training. Our digital learning classes retain the following benefits of our traditional in-person training:

• Instructor-led, highly interactive classes working in individual Excel workbooks
• Follow-the-leader style workshops, with “looking over your shoulder” individual coaching
• Small groups participating in discussions
• Open forum for any questions about financial modelling – if not covered in the Agenda, it can typically be covered in the breaks or after the course
• Sharing of industry experiences and different perspectives by the course participants from developers, investors, lenders, government and advisors

What are the experts saying about ‘Digital learning’ – McKinsey Accelerator

Our approach of designing the learning experience from the ground up, instead of simply ‘packaging it’ has taken its time. We were delighted to see the McKinsey earlier this month focused on this topic highlighting many of the attributes of a digital training experience that we had earlier identified.

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-accelerate/our-insights/adapting-workplace-learning-in-the-time-of-coronavirus

“Adhering to several principles can help migrate an in-person course to a fully digital experience. Start by reframing the “learning problem” as a design opportunity and rethink the learner’s end-to-end experience as a designer would. Set priorities for the essential learning objectives and focus intently on selecting the content that will meet them. Design for shorter interactions and provide more time between sessions to strengthen learning. Focus on human connections whenever possible, creating intentional, meaningful interactions. Finally, support a seamless learning experience from first contact to last and ensure the same learning experience for all participants.”

Which technology is right for online / digital financial modelling courses?

For the last decade we have been evaluating various technologies and facilitation mediums but, until now, have not been impressed enough by them to associate our name and reputation with them.

A major factor contributing to the earlier deficiencies has been that the cost of the training is inevitably one of the primary drivers for enhancing a digital learning experience, which is why the industry has seen so many sub-par ‘solutions’ which have lacked the intuitive technological environment and ultimately the quality of the learning experience that our clients have now come to expect from us. Now in this new COVID-19 world ordinance, when safety, rapid development, accessibility and high