CPE Catalog & Events
Talk This Way - Communication Skills for the CPA WEBINAR
-
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Pervasive best practices for effective communication. Specific strategies for written materials. Unique considerations for verbal presentations. The importance of recursive revision. Tips for success. Pitfalls to avoid.
Appreciation Intelligence: The New AI WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Languages of appreciation. Appreciation strategies.
Social Media: The Bare Necessities WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Social media. Marketing. Publicity. Public relations. Business strategy.
Tired of Feeling Drained by Complainers? Build Your Immunity to People's Negativity WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Emotional intelligence. Management skills. Teamwork. Customer relations.
Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Why you should be thinking about inclusion. How racism impacts your workplace at all. Where you might be vulnerable and unaware.
Minimizing Workplace Warfare WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
1.2 Credits
Sources of workplace conflict. Conflict resolution strategies. Communication skills and active listening. Conflict management techniques.
Business Intelligence and Business Analytics WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
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.
Understanding and Preventing Budget Calamities WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Tactical budget issues. Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions.
Dashboard and Report Design Principles Using Excel WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How to design charts for the fastest possible user understanding and ease of use. Review of case studies for group critique. Developing a design standard for your organization. Designing tables for rapid understanding and efficient space use. How to use commentary, maintaining a consistent style and level of detail. Using layout to support long-term memory and improve understanding. The impact of trend methods on user understanding and a brief introduction to a statistically valid method for trend analysis. How to apply these techniques using Excel
Postmortem Estate Planning: Navigating Decedent's Estate Issues WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Understanding the intricacies of alternative valuation date and its implications. Gaining insights into the considerations surrounding portability. Identifying opportunities and requirements for installment payments of estate taxes. Exploring the strategic use of QTIP elections under IRC Schedule 2056(b)(7). Recognizing the benefits and implementation of qualified disclaimers. Understanding the complexities of basis issues in postmortem planning. Addressing issues related to the payment of estimated taxes. Navigating the requirements and considerations for the decedent's final income tax return. Managing medical expenses in the context of postmortem estate planning. Exploring strategies to optimize savings bond interest acceleration. Understanding the implications and process of estate fiscal year and accounting method elections. Maximizing benefits to beneficiaries by distributing administrative expenses efficiently. Exploring the utility and requirements of the sixty-five-day rule election. Understanding income and deductions in respect of the decedent (IRD) and its implications. Navigating planning considerations pertaining to qualified plans and IRAs.
Accounting and Auditing Update WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Review of select AICPA Technical Questions and Answers. Upcoming changes to accounting for goodwill, leasing and business combinations. Compilation and review standards and interpretations (SSARS). Auditing standards and interpretations (SAS and SSAE).
6 Practical Strategies To Promote Diversity and Inclusion In Your Workplace WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Leadership. Character. Behavior.
Business Communication Essentials - Dynamic Communication in the Workplace WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Feedback. Management. Leadership.
Building Flexible Budgeting Models: Walking Through and Crunching The Numbers WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Budget defining. Budget cultures. Tactile budget issues. Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions. Understanding people in the budget process. Communicating your budget to non-financial types.
Get started with Power BI WEBINAR
-
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of the Power BI Tools: Introduction to the Power BI ecosystem, including Excel's Power BI features and standalone tools. Tour of the Tools: Introduction to the interfaces of Power Pivot, Power Query, Power BI Desktop and Power BI Services. Comparative Analysis: Understand the strengths and limitations of Excel's Power BI features versus standalone Power BI tools. Strategic decision-making on when to use each tool for optimal efficiency and accuracy in data analysis tasks.
Cybersecurity 101 for CPAs WEBINAR
-
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The typical IT architecture and technology components that reside in an IT environment. Specific cybersecurity controls that are applied at each layer within an IT environment. An overview of common cybersecurity frameworks used within the industry to establish and assess cybersecurity controls.
Internal Control - Testing for Operating Effectiveness WEBINAR
-
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Generally accepted audit requirements related to testing controls for operating effectiveness. Identifying key controls that may prove effective and efficient to test in a control reliance strategy. Responses when deviations are discovered when evaluating the design or operating effectiveness of internal control. Leveraging audit evidence available for Service Organization Control (SOC1) Reports. General computer control considerations when evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.
Avoiding Budget People Issues: Managing Budgeting's Soft Side WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Budget defining. Budget cultures. Tactile budget issues. Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions. Understanding people in the budget process. Communicating your budget to non-financial types.
Gamed: Why Performance Targets and Incentives Fail and How to Fix Them WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Learn about the10-step ROKET-DS system, a simple structured method for designing meaningful targets and incentives. Create targets and objectives that align with your strategy. Build engagement with your target owners. Test your targets and incentives rigorously for unexpected outcomes and dangerous loopholes.
Budgeting: Presenting and Communicating your Numbers WEBCAST
-
Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Budget defining. Budget cultures. Tactile budget issues. Ideas for budget solutions and process solutions. Understanding people in the budget process. Communicating your budget to non-financial types.
Not finding what you're looking for? Click the Change Category bar above for more options!
The Washington Society of CPAs is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of group-live and group-internet-based continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org