Business Valuation Education

ASA views its educational programs as a primary service to its membership and allied professional communities. As a full-service educating, testing, and accrediting professional association, it seeks to provide all necessary and appropriate professional continuing education for both early career and senior appraisers.

To accommodate increasingly knowledgeable and discerning clientele, appraisers need to develop a working mastery of basic and discipline-specific valuation theories and related field practices. ASA's education courses prepare them to remain competitive and in demand for their professional services. By fulfilling ASA's rigorous educational, professional and experience requirements, appraisers can become designated as Accredited Members or Accredited Senior Appraisers in the society. Once accredited, they must maintain a steady participation in a continuing education program to meet the society's mandatory reaccreditation requirements.

ASA provides educational opportunities for career appraisers, those interested in appraising and allied professionals through formal courses, continuing education seminars and special interest workshops and presentations, conducted at sites throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Mexico and Canada.

WHY INVEST YOUR TIME AND MONEY IN THESE COURSES AND SEMINARS?

• The courses and seminars are taught by expert instructors;
• They are focused on you and your concerns;
• They should enable you to expand client services and increase revenue;
• They deal with the hottest appraisal issues while offering practical information;
• They provide you with the opportunity to network with your colleagues-exchanging ideas and sharing concerns.

FORMAL COURSES
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Principles of Valuation Courses
Principles of Valuation courses provide instruction and examination at successive, increasing levels in business valuation. They emphasize strict adherence to high ethical standards of professional practice. All instructors are senior members of ASA with proven records of effective, professional instruction.

Advanced Courses
Advanced courses focus on the appraisal of small businesses and professional practices and on valuing Employee Stock Ownership Plans.

SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

The Business Valuation Committee has sponsored annual Advanced Business Valuation Conferences since 1981. These advanced conferences bring appraisers and business leaders together to examine highly specialized valuation issues. In addition to providing useful technical information and new perspectives, these conferences provide the opportunity to network with other professional appraisers from around the world and around the country.

THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED VALUATION STUDIES (CAVS)

The Business Valuation Committee, through CAVS, has currently developed a series of seminars addressing advanced business valuation topics CAVS offers graduate level seminars for the advanced valuation practitioner and professionals in related fields. Seminars cover the most current valuation and financial theory, research and "best practices," developed according to the Harvard Business School model and written and taught by leading professionals and academics.

CAVS can best be described as a combination educational development organization and an appraisal think tank. Its near-term goal is to develop advanced level seminars that can be expected to raise the level of appraisal theory and understanding throughout the appraisal profession. Its longer-term goal is to form relationships with the other BV appraisal organizations that will allow joint development of education, joint research of appraisal theory, and other joint activities that benefit the profession.

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CHAPTER OFFERINGS

ASA regional chapters supplement the formal courses and BV Committee seminars and conferences by sponsoring local and regional seminars. Current chapter offerings include the following: