This course provides a concise overview of artificial intelligence and its transformative impact on the accounting profession. As we move into 2025, AI technologies are reshaping traditional accounting tasks while creating new opportunities for strategic advisory services. Participants will explore how AI differs from traditional software, understand various AI applications in accounting, and develop strategies to leverage these technologies while maintaining the essential human elements that clients value most.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:

• Fundamentals of AI and how it differs from traditional accounting software
• Generative AI, AI agents, and embedded AI applications in accounting
• AI-powered automation for routine accounting tasks and workflows
• Data security and privacy considerations in digital accounting environments
• Strategies for maintaining client relationships while embracing automation
• Future trends including frontier AI models and embodied AI (robotics)
• Practical implementation of AI tools in accounting practice management

Who will benefit:

This course is designed for accounting professionals who want to understand AI's impact on their profession and develop strategies to leverage these technologies for competitive advantage while addressing client needs in an increasingly automated landscape.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Organizations are challenged with identifying, evaluating, and responding to a wide variety of risks. This course will discuss tips and best practices for enterprise-wide risk management for accounting and finance professionals.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:

• Enterprise-wide risk management best practices for identifying, evaluating, and determining how to respond to relevant risks.
• The importance of risk and uncertainty disclosures in the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements, including evolving risks with cybersecurity and ESG.
• Coordinating risk management efforts, including the required involvement of corporate governance.
• How to embed risk management into day-to-day accounting and finance activities.

Who will benefit:

Anyone interested in risk management.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

This course is designed for accountants in public practice and industry who focus on nonprofit and governmental entities. We will cover the basics needed to understand what makes nonprofit and governmental accounting & auditing unique. The course starts with the key financial reporting differences for governmental and nonprofit entities and then switches focus to review the fundamentals of Yellow Book and Uniform Guidance audits.

This foundational course is perfect for those getting started in the nonprofit and governmental arena and those looking for a refresher.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

Who will benefit:

Practitioners who are new to governmental or nonprofit accounting or auditing.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

This course will provide an overview of 6 key areas of automation that accounting firms can leverage to effectively increase their lead generation and client retention efforts while reducing the burden on their time and budget.

These areas include:

1. Social media

2. Content development.

3. Email marketing.

4. Text (SMS) marketing.

5. Chatbots and other interactive AI tools.

6. Drip marketing campaigns.

Attendees will receive a practical guide to the technologies and tactics needed to improve marketing efforts with efficiency and ease!

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:

• Content - From generating content ideas to SEO research and creating content through its distribution we will look at tools to accomplish these goals efficiently and effectively.
• Lead Generation - Tools to determine the best offers and get them in front of the appropriate audiences.
• Lead Nurturing - Once you have a prospective client "raise their hand" virtually or physically, it is critical to design and implement campaigns and other tactics to keep them engaged and move them closer to being a client. We will cover this i-depth during the course.
• Sales - After you have a prospect ready to get to the next phase of the purchase journey, it is imperative to answer objections, explain the process of working with your firm and then close the sale. These tools will allow you to do this without an entire sales team!
• Onboarding - Once the prospect becomes a client leverage automation to make onboarding seamless, systematic and simple for your team.
• Referrals and Reviews - Instead of chasing clients for reviews or case studies, consider baking the ask right into your current or automated processes. This course will show you how!
  

Who will benefit:

Firm leaders and marketing specialists working in accounting firms.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Today's savvy executives use LinkedIn to accelerate hiring, as well as, to promote employee retention and engagement. This interactive session is for the financial executive who is actively growing and nurturing a team or company and wants to leverage LinkedIn, which is the best digital resource available.

Join us for this powerful webinar and unlock the full potential of LinkedIn as your HR secret weapon for recruiting top talent, retaining your best employees, and elevating overall team engagement.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

• How to pro-actively find, identify, and connect with new candidates from various sources within LinkedIn.
• Best practices for organically attracting candidates to your company and team.
• Strategic talent networking opportunities.
• Essential considerations of employee advocacy and brand building using LinkedIn.
• Retention strategies such as promoting a positive work environment, and expanding employee recognition and engagement strategies.

Who will benefit:

Executives, leaders, hiring managers, and employees who are assisting with the hiring process.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

This session opens with how to use Excel's lookup functions to perform list comparisons. Also, this webcast covers how to perform multicolumn list comparisons without first combining several columns into a single lookup column. We discuss how a minor detail like how we indent can produce major efficiency gains. We end the webcast by comparing traditional lookup functions to Excel;'s multiple condition summing function. The webcast is designed with time for you to work along. This hands-on workshop is an effective way to learn Excel since you'll be completing the same exercises demonstrated by the instructor. A link will be provided, so you can download the necessary Excel files. During the webcast, the instructor will provide time for you to complete the exercises using your Microsoft Excel for Windows. For each topic presented, the instructor explains the topic and demonstrates it with Excel exercises. Then, the instructor provides time for you to complete many of the same exercises. Finally, the instructor demonstrates the solutions for all the exercises in the practice workbook and then moves to the next topic. This format allows you to work along rather than just watch passively, enabling you to immediately practice the skills demonstrated.

Manage distractions, decrease stress and improve productivity. This training is designed to help business professionals improve their productivity and work performance by learning how to prioritize time, decrease distractions and lower stress.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

• Identify time wasters and adopt strategies for eliminating them
• Recognize the variety of causes of procrastination and apply techniques to overcome them
• Use practical techniques for prioritizing work
• Delegation strategies
• Incorporate wellness and stress management into your day in short increments
• Understand their energy cycles and use it to manage your schedule
• Learn techniques to decrease stress in the moment (based on neuroscience)

Who will benefit:

Professionals leading a team or project, or will be in the future.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

U.S. Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) imposed a new reporting requirement that went into effect on January 1, 2024. Millions of businesses may have to file a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Report. In a surprise turn of events, the Federal District Court from the Northern District of Alabama ruled on March 1, 2024 in National Small Business United v. Yellen ("NSB") that the CTA is unconstitutional. This course will discuss the CTA's provisions and the court's decision in NSB. Also covered will be future implications for business entities and steps to consider given the recent ruling.

We will also discuss recent proposed rulemaking by FinCen with respect to nonfinanced purchases of residential real estate and gratuitous transfers so that businesses can prepare for any additional reporting burdens that might arise.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this course include:

• Background of the Corporate Transparency Act
• Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting (BOIR) Rule
• Entities required to report.
• Reporting requirements imposed by the CTA
• Due dates of reports
• Information needed to satisfy the BOIR
• Impact of failure to report
• How to submit a report
• Court rulings on CTA’s unconstitutionality
• Implications to entities as a result of the ruling in NSB.
• Potential reporting requirements due to FinCen’s proposed rulemaking with respect to non-financed purchases of residential real estate and gratuitous transfers.

Who will benefit:

This course is suitable for Corporate tax and finance executives, directors, managers and staff, CPAs, CAs Enrolled Agents, accountants, attorneys and business/financial advisors who work with and advise businesses and individuals that have these tax implications. All in-house and public practice t

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

Don't look now, but ChatGPT is taking the business world, including the accounting profession, by storm. Every CPA, whether in public accounting or working in corporate, should have a fundamental understanding of ChatGPT and generative AI applications more broadly. This course will provide you with a foundation of knowledge about ChatGPT technology that will prepare you to have conversations with clients, customers, colleagues and service providers. More importantly, you will learn how to leverage ChatGPT to increase your personal productivity. If you feel your ChatGPT knowledge is lacking, that will not be the case after you attend this course, taught by John Higgins, one of the leading technology strategists and thought leaders for the accounting profession.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics covered in this course include:

• Overview of the current landscape for AI in business
• History of ChatGPT and generative AI
• Fundamentals of generative AI technology and related nomenclature
• ABC's of how to use ChatGPT
• Demonstration of practical ChatGPT applications for accounting, finance and tax
• A word of caution: What you should be concerned about
• Developing a ChatGPT usage policy for your firm / business

Who will benefit:

Anyone who wants to develop a fundamental understanding of ChatGPT and its potential impact on accounting, finance and tax.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.

A discussion of the latest 2021/222 tax developments impacting business taxpayers, with a focus on important provisions, rules and concepts.

This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.

The major topics that will be covered in this class include:

• 2021/22 legislation impacting business taxpayers
• Extenders legislation update
• Meals and entertainment expense reporting
• Partnership and S corporation update
• Income and deductions

Who will benefit:

CPAs in public practice and industry seeking an update on the latest tax developments affecting individual taxpayers.

This webcast is hosted on CPA Crossing platform. Attendees will receive instructions on how to attend the webcast via e-mail.