CPE Catalog & Events
Managing the Accounting Department WEBCAST
Your Desk
Thursday, August 27 6:00am - 10:00am PDT
4 Credits
Accounting, Leadership, Management
Practical Strategic Planning WEBCAST
Your Desk
Thursday, August 27 11:00am - 3:00pm PDT
4 Credits
Management Strategies, Strategic Planning
Next Step Blockchain: Regulations & Trends CPAs Need to Know WEBINAR
Your Desk
Thursday, August 27 9:30am - 11:30am PDT
2 Credits
This session will take a deeper dive into what may be the hottest and most discussed topic in the accounting space since the internet; blockchain and blockchain applications. Moving beyond the introductions and overviews, this session drills down into what specific trends, news, and changes that are integrating blockchain into the mainstream financial system. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to stablecoins, the lightning network, regulatory changes and updates driving change in the cryptocurrency space, and examples of how organizations are already using blockchain at the enterprise and commercial levels.
Accounting Industry Update WEBCAST
Your Desk
Friday, August 28 8:30am - 4:30pm PDT
8 Credits
FASB Technical Agenda and upcoming changes. Changes to ASUs (including revenue and leasing). Implementation dates and methods. Audit quality initiatives. Changes to compilation and review standards (SSARS); AICPA auditing standards; and PCAOB standards.
Accounting Industry Update: FASB Hot Topics Financial Presentation WEBCAST
Your Desk
Friday, August 28 10:10am - 11:10am PDT
1 Credits
FASB Technical Agenda, Recent changes
Financial Performance Reporting WEBCAST
Your Desk
Friday, August 28 8:30am - 4:30pm PDT
8 Credits
Status of financial reporting changes, Content review of proposed financial statement changes, Impact of Financial Performance Reporting (FPR) changes on business operations, Planning an implementation timetable.
Roadmap to Becoming an Excel Expert WEBINAR
Your Desk
Friday, August 28 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
1 Credits
A review of foundational features that every Excel expert should know, A review of features to take Excel to the next level, A roadmap to learning how to use the features to build better spreadsheets.
Keeping Retirement SECURE – New Act…New Opportunities WEBINAR
Your Desk
Friday, August 28 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
1 Credits
Review the maximum period over which an inherited IRA can be withdrawn Changes to Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) Estate planning considerations
Prix Fixe: Accounting Review WEBINAR
Your Desk
Friday, August 28 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
1 Credits
Accounting Standards
The CFOs Role in Strategic Cash Management WEBCAST
Your Desk
Monday, August 31 7:00am - 9:00am PDT
2 Credits
Know where and how to get money, Set cash management policy, Prevent cash management surprises
SSARS Codification: Preparation, Compilation and Review of Financial Information WEBCAST
Your Desk
Monday, August 31 8:30am - 4:30pm PDT
8 Credits
SSARS Codification requirements, SSARS engagements including prepartion of financial statements, compilation of financial statements or proforma financial information, Review of financial statements, Highlights of SSARS 25 Materiality in a Review of Financial Statements and Adverse Conclusions.
Shorten Month-End: Closing Best Practices WEBINAR
Your Desk
Monday, August 31 6:00am - 10:00am PDT
4 Credits
Trends in financial statement closings including the Quick Close, Soft Close and Virtual Close, Review and discuss information systems' headaches that slow you down, Work through examples of close cycle "time killers" and how to resolve them, Get inventory and cost of sales under control, Identify the improvement projects that will yield the biggest benefit, Review what leading edge finance managers are doing to close more quickly.
A Look at the COSO Enterprise Risk Management Framework WEBCAST
Your Desk
Friday, September 4 9:30am - 1:30pm PDT
4 Credits
An Overview of COSO ERM Concepts. 2017 ERM Update.
Washington Ethics and New Developments 2020 WEBCAST
Your Desk
Friday, September 4 8:00am - 12:00pm PDT
4 Credits
Review the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and key Washington differences. Discuss new developments at the national and state level in ethics in the last three years. Explore best practices for CPAs in public accounting and industry. Highlight emerging issues.
Business Writing Series: 10 Principles of Effective Email WEBCAST
Your Desk
Tuesday, September 8 11:00am - 1:00pm PDT
2 Credits
Email management, Email etiquette and tone, Business writing.
Women's Virtual Leadership Summit 2020
Your Desk
Tuesday, September 8 8:00am - 5:00pm PDT
8 Credits
Leadership Fraud Technology Diversity and Inclusion Emotional Intelligence Communication
Excel Bootcamp - Building Great Spreadsheets WEBINAR
Your Desk
Tuesday, September 8 6:00am - 2:00pm PDT
8 Credits
The key topics that will be covered in this course include: Building your spreadsheets for maximum efficiency and accuracy, The most popular functions and formulas, How to audit your spreadsheets to detect errors in formula logic, How to analyze your data with PivotTables and Excel's Power BI Tools, Tools for presenting your spreadsheets in a meaningful way.
Financial Statement Fraud WEBCAST
Your Desk
Wednesday, September 9 7:00am - 9:00am PDT
2 Credits
Occupational Fraud, Financial Statement Fraud, Cooking the books
Meeting Productivity: Strategies to Make Your Meetings More Effective and Efficient WEBCAST
Your Desk
Wednesday, September 9 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
1 Credits
Leadership, Management, Meetings Productivity
PD 101: How to Turn Outreach into New Clients WEBCAST
Your Desk
Wednesday, September 9 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
1 Credits
Professional marketing, Social and professional interaction, Social media, The art of networking, Methods of outreach, Taking the long view
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