CPE Catalog & Events
AI Prompt Engineering Masterclass for Accountants
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Introduction to Prompt Engineering: Basics of structuring effective prompts for meaningful AI responses.Understanding AI's "Lazy" Defaults: Why LLMs provide basic answers and how to push them to deliver richer insights.Multi-Layered Prompting: Techniques to encourage AI to provide responses across beginner to expert levels.Candid and Contrarian Responses: Using prompts that elicit honest and balanced insights, even on controversial topics.Ripple Effect and Cobra Effect: Probing the broader impacts and unintended consequences of financial decisions.Avoid Stupidity Checklist: A practical prompt for reducing mistakes in AI-assisted accounting tasks.Role-Based Perspective Prompts: Crafting prompts that guide AI to respond from specific professional viewpoints.Automation Ideas: Leveraging AI to optimize repetitive accounting tasks.Emotion-Driven Prompting: Exploring how emotion-focused prompts can enhance AI performance and engagement.Practical Applications in Accounting: How to apply prompt engineering in real-world financial analysis and decision-making.
The Ethics Hour: Thinking Through Decisions and Recognizing the Consequences
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
The high volume of ethical decisions we face every day The true value of paying attention Understanding how each decision we make will have consequences Are you prepared for the consequences?
Ethics - Keeping the Good from Breaking Bad
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Ethical business behavior Ethical business decisions
1040 Tax Prep Automation with AI Tools
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Overview of AI technology and how it works.Identify where AI can be incorporated into the 1040 process.Using ChatGPT and Microsoft 365 Copilot for 1040 tax research, analysis and communications.Using StanfordTax AI based software to automate client source document collection and organization and integrate it with the leading 1040 tax software solutions including CCH Axcess, CCH ProSystem fx, UltraTax, Lacerte, ProSeries and Drake.A roadmap for using AI to improve client communications and 1040 based advisory services.
Budget Mastery: Process, Problems, and Solutions
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Defining the budget process Common budgetary cultures and discussion of solutions Does your budget need an overhaul or just a tune up? How to make the budget flexible Making a better budget and maybe even a better you (or at least improving the perception of the budget work itself)
K2's Technology For CPAs - Don't Get Left Behind
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Webinar
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Emerging technologies all business professionals should know Considerations associated with upgrading to Windows 11 Practical options for protecting your data New features in commonly-used applications such as Excel and Adobe Acrobat DC
The Ethical Management of Conflict
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics covered in this class include:Professionalism, Conflict and EthicsSources and approaches to conflictManaging Conflict from the Inside: Awareness of human tendencies, human emotions, and gossipGuidelines for managing conflict collaboratively
K2's OneDrive's Best Practices
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Synchronizing your files to your desktop pc Working with shared files Managing different versions of files Understanding how OneDrive works with OneNote, Teams, and SharePoint
The Ethics Hour: Dealing With Conflicts of Interest: Members in Business and Industry, featuring Don Minges
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
The multi-step process to address conflicts of interest How to remedy threats Preparing to defend your actions or inactions Causes of conflicts of interest
Maintaining a Harmonious Working Environment
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Disassociating yourself and your employer from discriminatory comments Scripts for addressing potential and actual sexual harassment situations Consensual relationships between leaders and their subordinates Effective violence prevention measure Survival tactics in active violence situations
The Ethics Hour: Ethics in the Real World
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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 Consequences of ‘short-term it-is’ How lack of accountability can lead to ethical issues
Supporting Mental Wellness to Thrive in Work and Life
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Understanding Mental Wellness: Explore how the brain functions and the connection between mental and physical wellness. Learn how stress impacts brain health and overall well-being.Practical Strategies for Balanced Living: Discover techniques for improving sleep, nutrition, and physical activity to support mental wellness. Learn the importance of setting boundaries, fostering open communication, and building meaningful connections.Recognizing and Managing Support Needs: Identify when to seek additional support and learn how to integrate self-care practices that promote sustainable mental and emotional health.
K2's QuickBooks for Accountants
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
New features in QuickBooks Desktop and Online Enhancing internal controls in QuickBooks-based environments Improving financial and operational reporting when using QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online Best practices for setting up companies
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 2
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Webinar
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Why we get off balance and how to overcome those tendencies Methods that turbo charge motivation, health and happiness The power of culture and friends to affect our lives The importance of clear intention in order to effect change that lasts
How to Make Difficult People Disappear...Without Going to Jail
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Team dynamics Influence Organizational behavior Leadership
What If Your Client Didn't Take Reasonable Compensation
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $55
The major topics that will be covered in this course include:Review best practices to help your client evaluate if an S election is an appropriate choiceHow to be proactive and head off common reasonable compensation issues before they happenExplore strategies for cash management if cash isn't available at year endExplore what’s at stake when reasonable compensation isn’t paid timely
The Ethics Hour: The Single Best and Most Overlooked Source of Fraud
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
One key area to look for fraud? It is right in front of you, but some auditors fail to see it Recognize the signals Look for those who exploit or and game the system(s)
IRS Cybersecurity Checklist
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Defining Cybersecurity and Cyber Risks Implications of Cybercrime Cyber Attack Trends Landscape of Cyberattacks Laws and Regulations Security Standards and Frameworks Cybersecurity Roadmap
Budget Mastery: Walkthroughs and Real World Calculations Towards Tying Budgets To Value
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Webinar
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
How to build a flexible budget model that works? What are the steps we can take to budget for economic and external factors beyond our control? How the right Chart of Accounts can simply your work? Budget and GAAP are not the same and why they are fine not to be Efficiently modeling payroll and benefits Identifying controllable and uncontrollable expense Using key variables to stress-test your budget
Performance Management
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Webinar
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Setting and resetting performance expectations On-the-spot counseling Addressing erratic performance Drafting and presenting performance appraisals