CPE Catalog & Events
Dashboard and Report Design Principles Using Excel WEBCAST
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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
Building Your Own Library of Anti-fraud and Continuous Monitoring Tests WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Build your own forensic data analytics tests around vendors, customers or employees. Expand your knowledge and library of available anti-fraud tests and behavioral algorithms. Align the right tests to the appropriate risks. Practical applications and use cases.
Up Your Influence: How To Get What You Want WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.5 Credits
Persuasion. Influence.
Business Communication Essentials - Dynamic Communication in the Workplace WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Feedback. Management. Leadership.
Achieving Balance in Work and Life - Part 1 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Why the brain can remember some things a hundred times better than others. Why we typically forget names and faces, and what can be done about it. How our emotions follow the motion of our body, and how that can be used to instill instant confidence. How to tap into a completely relaxed and/or confident state of mind in 10 seconds or less using advanced hypnotic conditioning and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques. How to prevent dementia and brain "fog" using specific supplements and exercise. How to stay motivated to use the methods outlined in this course to advance your career and achieve a higher quality of life. How to use the concept of constant learning to help you maintain a balanced and fulfilling.
Emotional Intelligence WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Emotions. Relationships.
Tired of Feeling Drained by Complainers? Build Your Immunity to People's Negativity WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Emotional intelligence. Management skills. Teamwork. Customer relations.
The Art of Conversation: A Relationship Approach to Networking WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.2 Credits
Networking. Relationship management.
Deep Dive of GASB Statements No. 87 and 96 WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
GASB 87 Lease Accounting for State and Local Governments.
Estate Planning Strategies: Advanced Techniques and Tools WEBCAST
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Your Desk
8.0 Credits
Examining the dynamics of estate planning in the contemporary context. Analyzing the implications of the evolving Internal Revenue Code on estate planning strategies. Meeting the requirements for charitable deductions and their tax implications. Utilizing gifts of closely held stock to generate charitable contribution deductions. Identifying scenarios suitable for the application of charitable split-interest trusts. Complying with the requirements and benefits of these trusts. Understanding generation-skipping transfers and their associated tax implications. Learning the computation of generation-skipping transfer tax. Recognizing when life insurance can serve as a valuable estate planning tool. Exploring the advantages and planning techniques of using life insurance trusts. Examining various life insurance options and their distinctive features. Assessing the tax implications surrounding private annuities. Uncovering how life insurance can complement private annuities in estate planning. Understanding the strategic importance of split-interest purchases in effective planning. Delving into the implementation of GRIT, GRAT, GRUT, and QPRT strategies.
Audit 105: The Audit Risk Model - Foundational Principles WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The reason that entities engage a financial statement audit. The applicable financial reporting frameworks available. The various phases of a financial statement audit. Evaluating and documenting audit risk, both at the overall and relevant assertion level. Case study differentiating high-risk audit engagements and higher-risk audit areas.
Top Employment Tools to Protect Your Business and Recommend to Business Clients WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Arbitration agreements. Confidentiality agreements. Restrictive covenants. Training. Severance agreements.
Retirement Planning: Next Stage for You or Your Client WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Welcome to Your Next Stage -- Developing a new perspective on what this next stage is really all about. It's About Time -- Discovering a new sense of purpose. Money Matters -- Assessing your financial conditions. Relationships Matter Too -- Addressing needed or potential changes in your relationships. Healthy Habits -- Examining new or renewed ways to stay healthy. Who I Am -- Creating a new identity, and answering "So what do you do?" My Master Plan -- Figuring out what to do next
Building Trust in Remote Teams: Catalyze Collaboration and Communication WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Teamwork. Collaboration.
Measuring Audit Risks WEBCAST
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Your Desk
3.0 Credits
The planning process - When it starts and when it ends. Determining the audit objectives. The importance of the nature, timing and extent of the audit process. The importance of professional skepticism. The preliminary engagement activities. Documentation of audit risk. Determining materiality.
Prevention and Detection of Fraud In Small Businesses WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The importance of the control environment. The three most common behavioral red flags exhibited by perpetrators. Why it is much more cost effective to prevent fraud than it is to detect fraud. The reason why the small business owner/auditor should think about how they would steal. Who steals and why. Common myths about stealing that are not true. Understanding the concept of risk management.
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Coworkers WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Negotiation. Conflict. Persuasion. Management. Leadership.
Performance Targets That Deliver Results Without Burnout WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.2 Credits
Performance target design. Target testing.
Excel - Working with Text, Date and Time Functions and Formulas WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Using Text functions to join and separate text entries. Inserting Text functions to work with imported data. Perform date and time calculations with the Date and Time functions.
Social Media: The Bare Necessities WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Social media. Marketing. Publicity. Public relations. Business strategy.
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