How Machines Are Coming Alive and Ruling the World
2.00 Credits
Member Price $89
Non-Member Price $109
Overview
The course provides a concise overview of the Internet of Things (IoT), a global ecosystem of advanced technologies that connect objects to the Internet, each other and people. Discover how new IoT apps and devices are being used to increase operational efficiency, develop post-transaction relationships, and create new revenue streams in enterprises worldwide. You’ll walk away with a fundamental understanding of IoT applications and their potential to help accountants boost their relevance, value, and revenue. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Highlights
The major topics that will be covered in this class include:
- What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
- IoT In Action
- IoT Economic Impacts
- How IoT Will Impact Accountants
- Structured vs. Unstructured Data: The New Accounting Frontier
- Leading IoT Challenges and Risks
- Emerging IoT Business Models for Accountants
- How to Monetize IoT
- IoT Starter Strategy
- IoT Case Studies
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
Practitioners who want a basic, non-technical understanding of Internet of Things applications and devices, ow to start positioning themselves and their operations to take full advantage of the technology.
Objectives
After attending this presentation you will be able to...
- Grasp Internet of Things fundamentals
- Discern how IoT software and hardware are transforming modern society and business
- Discuss how new "social machines" are gathering critical data about customers, employees, operations, workflows, and equipment
- Examine how IoT can help accountants increase efficiency, optimize productivity, reduce costs, minimize waste and improve customer satisfaction
Preparation
None
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Garrett Wasny, CPA Crossings, LLC Two Commerce Square
Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC, CITP/FIBP is a professional development consultant to accountants, attorneys, and engineers worldwide and a former management consultant with Pricewaterhouse. He advises high skill knowledge workers on how to thrive in the digital age and unleash their online potential using productivity, search, mobile and social technologies. He has authored two books: Global Business Resources.com, published by McGraw-Hill, and How to Conquer the World published by Government Institutes in Washington, D.C. He has also co-authored Using the Web to Compete in a Global Marketplace, published by John Wiley & Sons. His other writing credits include 20 e-books and more than 100 published articles on internet strategy for dozens of leading business publications worldwide. He’s also an award winning speaker who’s delivered more than 1,000 webinars and seminars on internet topics to hundreds of organizations in North America, Europe and Asia.
Non-Member Price $109
Member Price $89