CPE Catalog & Events
Social Media: The Bare Necessities WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Social media. Marketing. Publicity. Public relations. Business strategy.
Common Audit and Financial Reporting Deficiencies in State and Local Governments WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Financial statement preparation. Common mistakes made in preparing financial statements. GASB financial statement preparation standards.
Become Rich Without Selling Your Soul WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How to know your specific obstacles to becoming rich. Why people use poor marketing and investment strategies, and how to overcome such limitations. The most effective marketing methods, and how to implement them. The power of being super motivated, and 3 methods to keep you motivated long term towards your goals. Having a vision for your business and life that will keep you on the right track.
CFO Solutions to IRS Problems WEBINAR
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
The authority of IRS in assessing and collecting taxes. The common misconceptions when dealing with IRS. Common questionable actions by business owners. How to prepare for an IRS audit. The seven options in IRS collections. Possible criminal tax violations by CFOs and small business owners.
A Better Way to Choose Your KPIs WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
KPIs. Performance measures. Metrics.
Audit 108: Auditing PP&E and Leases - Common Risks WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Typical audit risks and responses for tangible long-lived assets. Special issues related to initial recognition and capitalization, including capitalized interest. Key controls related to PP&E. Lease accounting requirements and practical application of Topic 842.
K2's 2023 Safeguarding Taxpayer Data - A Guide For Your RequiredSecurity Plan WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Understand the need to protect client data. Learn about the required security and privacy standards. Leave with a sample plan to consider your tax practice.
10 Ways to Create Delighted Clients and More Referrals WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
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 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. The three most important keys all successful communicators use. 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.
Introduction to Sustainability Accounting WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
History of sustainability accounting. Sustainability metrics for industry. Published sustainability standards.
Creating Rapid Rapport for Increased Business WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
How to get people to like you. The elements of trust. Mastering non-verbal communication. What to say to establish immediate rapport.
KPI Bootcamp for Small Businesses WEBCAST
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Your Desk
5.0 Credits
Why measure things?. The ROKS Express method. Goals check - identifying your business objectives and key results. Selecting your KPI candidates using the KPI Definition Manual. Shortlisting - picking the very best KPIs from your KPI candidates. Tuning your KPI definitions. Going live.
Navigating Difficult Conversations with Clients WEBCAST
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Your Desk
1.0 Credits
Communication. Negotiation. Conflict. Persuasion. Management. Leadership. Customer service.
Audit Risk Assessment in Plain English WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Overview of audit risk assessment. AICPA's clarified risk assessment standards. SAS 145. Assessing the entity's environment.
GASB 96 -SBITA, GASB 94 P3, and GASB 87 Leases (Year 2) WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Requirements of GASB 96, GASB 94, and GASB 87. Implementation of GASB 96, 94 and 87.
Better Forecasts: Be a Better Predictor WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
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.
Microsoft Teams Deployment Best Practices-Updated WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Baseline review of Teams features and functions. Best practices for setting up your teams and channels. How to use "private" channels for communication and file exchange portals with clients, customers, suppliers, and service providers. Review of the Teams administration settings. Deep dive into the Teams and SharePoint integration.
Bitcoin Fundamentals - What Every CPA Should Know WEBINAR
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
The evolution of money: barter, gold, paper, digital, cryptocurrency. History of Bitcoin, how it originated and evolved to where it is today. How Bitcoin works: origin, network, nodes, miners, transactions and the blockchain ledger. Participating in the Bitcoin network: procuring, spending, accepting, and storing Bitcoin. Understanding the role of cryptocurrency exchanges and the collapse of FTX. Introduction to Ethereum, a substantial alternative to Bitcoin. Income tax implications of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
2024 Rules, Regulations and Ethics for CPAs in Washington with Thomas Neill WEBCAST
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Your Desk
4.0 Credits
Washington State statute and rules Update for 2023.
Planning in an Uncertain World WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
Why great predictions are not intuitive but the result of critical thinking, gathering information and updating predictions when needed. How to separate correlation from causation. How to recognize and overcome bias. Who is Thomas Bayes and why he matters.
Predictive Accounting: Driver-Based Budgeting and Rolling Financial Forecasts WEBCAST
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Your Desk
2.0 Credits
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.
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