CPE Catalog & Events
Get Known, Get Connected, Get Ahead: Personal Connection for Professional Results
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Relationships
Negotiation Strategy: What to do Before, During and After
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Online
1.50 Credits
Member Price: $69
negotiation
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Financial Statement Preparation Common Mistakes made in Preparing Financial Statements GASB Financial Statement Preparation Standards
Mastering Charitable Remainder Trusts and Form 5227Compliance
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Introduction to Charitable Remainder Trusts (CRTs) Types of CRTs and their Benefits Formation and Funding of CRTs Identifying Suitable Candidates for CRTs Understanding Form 5227: An Overview Line-by-Line Breakdown of Form 5227 Reporting Trust Assets and Income Distributions and Charitable Beneficiaries Compliance Updates and Recent Changes to Form 5227 Best Practices for Accurate Completion and Filing
Predictive Accounting: Driver-Based Budgeting & Rolling Financial Forecasts
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The shift to “predictive accounting” for Decision Making, Planning, and Budgeting Problems with traditional annual budget processes Develop a driver-based “operational budget” based on resource capacity planning Classify resource capacities and their expenses as sunk, fixed, step-variable, and variable Create closed loop capacity plans Forecast demand for budgeting and rolling financial forecasts Integrating enterprise risk management (ERM) with management accounting Applying target costing for cost estimating
Understanding and Preventing Budget Calamities
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Online
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
Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Analytics (BA)
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The Rise of Business Intelligence (BI), Business Analytics (BA), and Big Data Why the interest in BI and BA? The analytics continuum How BA can provide a competitive advantage The difference between BI and BA The difference between forecasting and predictive analytics Fundamentals of analytical techniques Examples for the CFO and accounting function Benefits from applying analytics The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the accounting profession
Better Forecasts: Be a Better Predictor
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Why an open mind and the ability to doubt helps make great predictions Why it is better to be a fox than a hedgehog How non-conformists change the world How to focus on what matters How to learn from the past without hindsight bias
Surgent's Choosing the Right Business Entity
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Why businesses operate as C corporations Why businesses operate as pass-through entities Adopting C corporation status Why businesses choose S corporation status. Tax and business situations that impact entity selection.
Staff Retention Attract and Keep the Best People
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Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Remote workforce Employee retention Staff turnover
Speaking For Impact
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Overcoming the Common Obstacles to Public Speaking Fear of rejection/ failure and how to overcome From Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence Toastmasters and practicing by video Act “As If,” Do One Breath Technique to be more relaxed Creating the Content of the Talk What are the concerns of your audience? Talks consist of a title, an introduction, an opening, a body of content, a conclusion and a closing How to Deliver a Talk Effectively The clothes you wear and how you look matter Charisma = energy Smile and act enthusiastic Use self deprecating humor Making the Talk Entertaining Vary the speed of your delivery The Power of stories Memorization and Practice Key word system and note cards Practice thru video or get feedback through others Creating Stories that Rock
10 Ways to Create Delighted Clients and More Referrals
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Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Communicate more powerfully with clients and other CPA's by understanding human behavior • How to judge if your communication is effective in motivating someone • How to get someone to really hear you and how to really hear what someone else is “not saying.” • How to communicate so that someone will happily do what you want How to create trust and get people to like working with you – inside and outside the firm • The 3 most important keys for getting someone to feel rapport with you • Why rapport is so important, and how to use it to profit in your work • How to quickly solve problems with people once you have their rapport Secret techniques that super-successful communicators use • How to persuade people without them knowing they are being persuaded • How Ronald Reagan, Oprah and Bill Clinton are similar, and how you can tap into their "magical abilities." • The three most important keys all successful communicators use How outstanding service can lead to more promotions and/or client development • The art of getting more referrals and turning referrals into clients • Why great service is better for your business in the long run • How to know what’s most important to your client or boss—so you can focus on that
Performance Targets That Deliver Results Without Burnout
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Performance target design Target testing
Accommodation Requests - Substance Abuse - Contagious Infections
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Accommodation requests - religious practices Accommodation requests - disabilities Substance Abuse - constructive confrontation Substance Abuse - duty to accommodate as a disability Disclosures of potentially contagious infections
Introduction to Sustainability Accounting
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
History of Sustainability Accounting Sustainability Metrics for Industry Published Sustainability Standards
Maintaining a Harmonious Working Environment
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Online
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 measures Survival tactics in active violence situations.
Inventory, Expense and Payroll Fraud
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Methods of committing inventory, expense and payroll fraud What to look for when observing inventory Detection of inventory fraud How to recognize fictitious expenses How to recognize altered expenses Indicators of fake documentation The three main reason we ask for documentation Detection and prevention of ghost employees
Strategies for Guiding Clients Through Challenging Situations: Tax Insights
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Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Navigating the tax and non-tax dimensions of divorce. Unveiling tax and non-tax considerations in personal bankruptcy, debt cancellation, foreclosure, repossession, and bad debt reporting. Exploring the tax and non-tax aspects of personal relationship matters, encompassing cohabitation, property rights, premarital agreements, filing status, exemptions, and dependents. Grasping the intricacies of support considerations for spouses and former spouses. Addressing support matters for children of divorced or separated parents, alongside the tax treatment of back child support. Delving into the business implications in instances of business dissolution. Tackling specialized topics, including marital property rules, tax rate comparisons for married and unmarried individuals, head of household status, and treatment of refunds and deficiencies.
5 Steps to Cultivate a Values-Based Approach to Governance
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Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Employee engagement Values-based governance Organizational culture Employee relations
ProActive Response: Active Shooter Training - Recognize. Respond. Survive.
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Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Early Warning Signs Concerning Behavior Changes Getting out Barricading your area Fighting for survival Disarming the assailant Tourniquets (commercial and improvised) Pressure Dressings Chest Seals