Webinars - March 2012

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.  Best Practices for Industry – Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Lean Accounting

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  Paperless Office 2.0

3:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Cases in Corporate Ethics

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  New IRS Guidelines on Independent Contractor Status

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Foreign Income Reporting

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Estate, Financial, and Income Tax Planning for the "Non-Traditional" Client

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  SSAE 16 The New Standard for Service Organizaton Reporting

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.  What Auditors Need to Know About the New XBRL Filing Requirement

 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  A Complete Guide to the New 2011 Yellow Book

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Tax Practice Ethics: IRS Regulations of Tax Practitioners Part 1

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Budgeting Wars Prevention - How to Ensure Accountability Exists in Your Budget Process

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Religious Organizations: Accounting and Administration (includes 2 A&A hours)

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  QuickBooks Reporting with Excel

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Key Tax Issues Facing Members in Industry

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Governance - Enhancing Risk Management - Setting the Right Balance Innovation and Controls

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  The Impact of IFRS and Other Global Standards on Private Entities

5:00 - 8:00 p.m.  High Road Corporate Governance from the Inside Out - The CFO and Controller's Tool Kit-Part 1

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.  Michigan Tax Reform: The New Corporate & Individual Income Tax Changes

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.   Financial Statement Analysis from an Operational Perspective

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Outlook Part 1 - E-mail Management Tips & Techniques (Basic)

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  The High Road Approach to Difficult Conversations - How to Face and Grow from Them

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Tax Checklist for Knotty Divorces

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Realistic Approach to an Audit: Sampling and Substantive Analytic Procedures

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  Derivative and Hedging Accounting: An Introduction to FAS 133 (ASC 815)

1:30 - 3:30 p.m.  High Road Leadership Strategies for Eliminating Silos - Bureaucracy - or Turf Wars from Your Culture

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Outlook Part 2 - E-mail Management Tips & Techniques (Advanced)

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  Trends in Analytics: Using Data to Gain Competitive Advantage

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  Realistic Approach to an Audit: The Use of Substantive Procedures in an Audit in Accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.  Myths of Budgeting & How to Overcome Them

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Budgeting – Basic Elements of Effective Operational Budgeting

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  PowerPoint Level 1 - Creating Professional Presentations

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Variable Interest Entities & Consolidations-SFAS 167 & 160 (includes 2 A&A hours)

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  IFRS and Inventory

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  PowerPoint Level 2 - Advanced Presentation Design

4:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Banking's Impact from IFRS and Reformatted Financial Statements: Adrift In The Perfect Storm

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Change Management: Making Improvement Happen

5:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Getting On Top of It All: The New Science for Increasing Productivity in Yourself and Others

5:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Time Mastery for CPAs and Financial Professionals – Part 1 – Draining the Swamp How to Maximize Your Productivity and Satisfaction

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Reformatted Financial Statements

9:00 - 11:00 p.m.  Resolving Ethical Conflicts

9:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.  Accounting's Perfect Storm: Coming Changes That Will Impact the Entire Profession

9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.  Triple Your Memory and Confidence, and Halve Your Stress

9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.  Time Mastery For CPAs and Financial Professionals - Part 2 - Fighting the Alligators How to Maximize Your Productivity and Satisfaction

11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.  Creating Competitive Advantage: Developing a Roadmap for Sustainable Performance

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Adobe Acrobat For Accountants I - Basic Features & Functions

12:00 - 3:00 p.m.  Small Business Alert: Risk and Reporting Implications

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Adobe Acrobat For Accountants II - Advanced Features & Functions

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.  Shortcuts to Success: The 14 Best Tools for Personal and Professional Growth

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.  Effective Writing for CPAs: Simplify the Process; Simplify the Product; Manage Email

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.  Compilation and Review Services Under the New Standards - SSARS 19 - A Comprehensive Study of the Revised Professional Standards

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Realistic Approach to an Audit: Audit Planning

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  Achieving Balance in Work and Life

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  Strategic Planning for SMEs -Small to Medium Enterprises:Moving from Ideas to Action

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  Financial Statement Presentation and Disclosure FSPD - Part 1

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Realistic Approach to an Audit: Audit Risk, Materiality, and Audit Program Development

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  Resolving Ethical Conflicts

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Enterprise Risk Management for SMEs - Small to Medium Enterprises - Risk Plays No Favorites

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  Creating Competitive Advantage: Developing a Roadmap for Sustainable Performance

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  Realistic Approach to an Audit: Internal Control in the Small to Medium Sized Audit

3:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Communication Miracles at Work: How to Increase Cooperation and Decrease Conflict

3:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Financial Statement Presentation and Disclosure FSPD - Part 2

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Change Management: Making Improvement Happen

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.  Realistic Approach to an Audit: Risk Assessment

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  The CFOs Role in Operational Control

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  Accounts Receivable Management - "Part 1 of 6 of the Technical Controllers Series"

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  MacGyvering: The Art of Being Resourceful in a Crisis

2:30 - 4:30 p.m.  Managing the Accounting Function so You Become Invaluable - "Part 2 of 6 of the Technical Controller Series"

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Compilations and Reviews: Engagement Performance and Annual Update

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Excel - How To Build A Spreadsheet for Beginners

11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  It's ALL in the Process! How to Generate Productivity and Breakthrough Improvements - "Part 4 of 6 of the Technical Controller Series"

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Religious Organizations: Tax Issues

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Making Rain: Strategies for Client Service, Selling and Negotiating

2:30 - 4:30 p.m.  Setting the RIGHT Tone! A Finance Leader's Best Tool for Employee Engagement - "Part 5 of 6 of the Technical Controllers Series"

5:00 - 8:00 p.m.  Money Talks! Presenting Financial Concepts with Ease - "Part 6 of 6 of the Technical Controllers Series"

5:00 - 9:00 p.m.  Achieving Balance in Work and Life

5:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.  Best Practices for Industry – Understanding Your Liability and How to Secure and Protect Corporate Information

6:00 - 11:00 p.m.  Investment Strategies for Tough Times

7:00 p.m. - 4:00 a.m.  Don’t Go to Work Unless It's Fun! How CPAs and Financial Professionals Can Become Happier and More Productive

9:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Communication Miracles at Work: How to Increase Cooperation and Decrease Conflict

10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.  Rebuilding a Successful Retirement

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.  Triple Your Memory and Confidence, and Halve Your Stress

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Small Business Health Checklist

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  IFRS and Fixed Assets

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  Consolidating Data in Excel

2:00 - 6:00 p.m.  Getting On Top of It All: The New Science for Increasing Productivity in Yourself and Others

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  QuickBooks Lists: Best Practices and Clean Up: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  Risk Management and Internal Control Challenges and Solutions 

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  Effective and Efficient Risk-Based Financial Statement Audits in Compliance with Yellow Book

10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.  Shortcuts to Success: The 14 Best Tools for Personal and Professional Growth

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Everyday Legal Issues: A Primer for the Non-Lawyer

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  Publishing and Presenting with Microsoft Word

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Closing Best Practices - Shortening Month-end

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Fraud Alert –How Fraud Can Impact You!

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Pricing for Profitability: Why Cost Matters

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Cases in Corporate Ethics: Solve Real World Dilemmas

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.   Revenue Recognition: A New Day Is Dawning

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Accounting Standards: Winter Update (includes 2 A&A hours)

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  Audit Standards: Winter Update (includes 2 A&A hours)

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Tax Depreciation: Review & Update

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Excel Speed Tips

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  More Excel Speed Tips

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Travel & Entertainment Expenses: Review & Update

 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  LinkedIn - Basic Tips & Techniques for Accounting Professionals

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Designing Internal Control Systems for Small Entities

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  QuickBooks 2012

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.  The 2011 Yellow Book Revision: Foundational Concepts and Financial Audits

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Using LinkedIn as a Business Development Tool

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Nonprofit Grant Writing: A Financial Manager's Primer

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  The Trustworthy Leader: Ethics and Trust

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  The Top 10 Legal Mistakes Companies Make and How to Avoid Them

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Recognizing Sham Transactions

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.   SOX 404 Internal Controls: Best Practices

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Best Practices for Printing and Formatting Your Spreadsheets

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Excel - Formulas and Functions

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Ten Excel Spreadsheet Design Techniques You Must Know - Part 1

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Creating Error Proof Spreadsheets

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Ten Excel Spreadsheet Design Techniques You Must Know - Part 2

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.  Introduction to Excel Macros

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.   IFRS and U.S. GAAP: Examining Major Differences

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  iPad Part 1 - What You Need to Know

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  iPad Part 2 - Doubling the Value of Your iPad

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.  Going Concern: Accounting and Auditing Issues (includes 2 A&A hours)

10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Excel - Printing and Formatting Your Spreadsheets

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Excel - Formulas and Functions