CPE Catalog & Events
Improve Spreadsheets by Building Controls in Excel
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:Learn best practices when designing your spreadsheets How to create a proper worksheet structureLearn to use Excel's built in features to find errorsHow to create your custom controls to prevent and find errorsUsing links to quickly move to controlsUsing Conditional Formatting to highlight errors
The Many Faces of Fraud Shedding Light on the Tactics of Modern Day Swindlers
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Understanding Fraud Psychology and Motivation of Fraudsters Detection and Prevention Strategies Real World Case Studies Effective Fraud Management
Managing Your Money in Retirement
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Webinar
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Social Security Retirement Asset allocation Fraud
Business Consulting for CPAs
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
What is Business Consulting? Identify the types of Management services your firm could offer. How to become the trusted advisor – identification of client’s needs? Learn how client expectations may create different performance and understanding levels for CPAs in business consulting engagements. Know what it takes to create a valuable outcome for the client. Understand the competitive advantages/disadvantages that your firm has versus non-CPA business consultants. Learn techniques to become a more effective consultant. Professional standards application
Disrupt to Dominate: Mastering Change Leadership
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:The urgency of leading change now & the steps in leading changeThe power of crafting a vision that encourages buy-inThe art and science of building strong partnershipsAccelerating change through relationship networksCommunication strategies for changeEstablishing a feedback culture for successful changeManaging self in times of changeCase studies and real-world scenarios
Partnership Essentials: Review & Update
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Webinar
5.20 Credits
Member Price: $129
Recent legislative, rules and tax developments impacting partnerships and their partners Transfer of partnership interests TCJA §461(l) Excess Business Losses and §163(j) Business Interest Expense Importance of capital accounts Form 1065, Schedules K-1 and M-2 Schedules K-2 and K-3 update Reporting partner capital accounts Effect of the Ceiling Rule Alternative and Remedial Methods Effect on financial capital accounts Tax basis capital accounts
Securing Your Data with a Password Management App - Updated
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this course include:Introduction to the world of password management apps and what makes them so secureReview and demonstration of top selling password management appsSoftware features that will be reviewedPassword generationEmergency user accessEntity vs. individual password managementDesktop vs. cloud basedMulti device synchronizationPII (personally identifiable information) forms fillerCredit card storageDigital data vault
Assessing the Real Ethics of an Organization?, featuring Joe Oringel, MBA, CPA, CIA and Don Minges, MBA
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
What are the signs of an ethical versus unethical organization? The need for clear policies Policies should be detailed, clear and unambiguous The importance of ‘doing the right thing when no one else is looking’ How exceptions offer opportunities to the unethical Should exceptions be allowed?
Sticky Ethical Choices, featuring Bob Mims and Don Minges
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Why are some choices so difficult? Efficiency is not free; it has a real, large cost. The consequences of ‘pulling the trigger’ quickly How to evaluate ethical situations and remain above-board.
Getting SASsy - A Look at Recent Auditing Standards
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Webinar
2.20 Credits
Member Price: $39
Revised audit report layout Various auditing standards that will soon be effective Selected-procedures engagements and other attestation developments
The Head and Heart of Ethics - Featuring Bob Mims and Don Minges
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
The difficult trade-offs in making choices. Functioning in the ‘gray’ areas. The value of trust. How lack of accountability can lead to ethical issues.
Performance Targets That Deliver Results Without Burnout
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Webinar
1.20 Credits
Member Price: $39
Performance target design Target testing
Public Speaking and Confident Communication in Business
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Communication Public Speaking Presentation Skills
The Role of HR in Business Sustainability
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Webinar
1.20 Credits
Member Price: $39
What is "Sustainability" in business today? SHRM publications about sustainability Sustainability for the world, organizations and individuals Key HR opportunities for promoting sustainability to improve performance and reduce risk
The Controller Function - Cash and Investments
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Webinar
1.40 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accounting Finance
Avoiding Budget People Issues: Managing Budgeting's Soft Side
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Budget defining, Budget cultures Tacticle budget issues Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions Understanding people in the budget process Communicating your budget to non financial types
Planning in an Uncertain World
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Why great predictions are not intuitive but the result of critical thinking, gathering information and updating predictions when needed How to separate correlation from causation How to recognize and overcome bias Who is Thomas Bayes and why he matters
Interview Techniques & Detecting Deception
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Webinar
2.20 Credits
Member Price: $79
Interview techniques Signs of Verbal and Non-verbal communication Planning and preparing for an interview
Ethical Leadership: Power, Influence, Integrity, and Trust
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The difference between personal power and positional power How proper use of power can be used to influence an ethical culture Leadership requires trust Knowing why trust cannot exist without credibility Understanding why ethics and trust require one another Appreciating the competitive benefits of commitment to ethical leadership
Exploring Internal Controls That Could Have Prevented Frauds
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Examination of actual fraudsDiscussion of internal controls that could have prevented the fraudsContemplation of epiphanies for your own professional scenarios