Professional Development and Event Catalog
Cases in Corporate Ethics: Discuss Real Life Conflicts
Thursday, March 30th,
9:00am - 1:00pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $139
If you have ever had someone just read you the rules in an ethics class, you know there is a better way. Cases in Corporate Ethics reviews 10 real life cases and puts you in the position of someone in the middle of it all. You'll learn about conflicts that corporate financial professionals often encounter, you'll gain skills for dealing with a boss who is behaving badly and find out where to go for help. Once you have studied ethics using real world cases, you'll never want to do it any other way. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Financial & Tax Accounting for S Corporations & Partnerships
Thursday, March 30th,
9:00am - 5:00pm
Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $199
This program compares and contrasts the financial and tax accounting differences of partnerships, LLCs, and S corporations, as well as discuss the tax accounting for these entities. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
IRS Tax Liens and Tax Levies
Thursday, March 30th,
9:30am - 11:30am
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
This program explains the mechanics of the IRS enforcement tools, when each is utilized and what practitioners can do to assist their client's either avoid enforced collection or get relief when action is taken. The program will cover how to have tax levies released, discharging and subordinating tax liens, and explain nominee liens and transferee liability. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
K2'S Supercharging Your Spreadsheet Collaboration
Thursday, March 30th,
10:00am - 10:50am
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Collaboration is a key to productivity and success. But remote work can make collaboration more challenging, including collaborating on spreadsheets. Fortunately, tools such as portals with check-in/check-out capabilities, version control, comment tracking, and co-authoring can enable online spreadsheet collaboration. Further, Excel’s Inquire tool can facilitate spreadsheet collaboration in offline environments. Don’t let remote work hamper your spreadsheet collaboration needs! Participate in this session to learn how to collaborate on spreadsheets effectively from anywhere using tools you already own or license.
K2'S The K2 Team's Top Tech Productivity Tips And Tricks
Thursday, March 30th,
10:00am - 11:40am
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
The world of work changed radically and became much more virtual after the pandemic’s onset in 2020. Over two years into the “new normal,” our team has compiled a list of the top technology productivity tips, tricks, and traps. In this session, you will learn about shortcuts and hacks to help you accomplish more in Excel, Teams, Outlook, virtual meetings, and many other applications you use every day. Attend this session and learn the best tips to help you and your team accomplish more in less time.
Internal Controls to Mitigate Financial Reporting Risk
Thursday, March 30th,
10:00am - 12:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Internal controls are applied within an organization to satisfy objectives related to operations, compliance, and financial reporting. This course provides practical analysis and tips for how a reporting entity can manage financial reporting risk in an effective and efficient way. This course also differentiates the auditor's responsibilities for internal controls under Sarbanes Oxley, Government Auditing Standards, and Single Audit requirements. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Surgent's Business Writing: Professional & Effective Emails
Thursday, March 30th,
10:00am - 12:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $99
Good writing is good business. Studies show that the average business worker receives 121 emails per day. That's a lot of emails. Are your emails effective? Are they being read? Are they professional and tone-smart? In this course, you will learn techniques and skills to get your emails to stand out and improve their effectiveness and professionalism.
K2'S An Accountant's Guide To Blockchain And Cryptocurrency
Thursday, March 30th,
10:00am - 2:00pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Blockchain technology offers the promise of digital truth. It provides a transparent, permanent, immutable, and high-speed record-keeping system when appropriately implemented. The possibilities are endless, from managing the logistics of supply chain networks to facilitating international commerce. The adoption of this technology is growing, with millions of new users every year. Organizations adopt this technology every day to help improve their existing operations through its ledger capabilities or executing smart contracts. Cryptocurrency is one example of blockchain technology. Its growth and value have exploded to over $2 trillion in the last few years. This growth has helped to fuel widespread adoption amongst Wall Street and regular investors alike. While more popular than ever, few business professionals understand these technologies, their capabilities, risks, and potential impacts on business operations and processes, such as contract execution, recording and maintaining real estate ownership records, and supply chains. In fact, this incredible technology is a mystery for most accounting professionals. This course will provide a detailed and in-depth look at this technology, including a detailed overview of the underlying technology, the benefits, the risks, the major players, and many practical applications. By participating in this session, you will gain a deeper understanding of the inner workings of this technology and recommendations on getting started.
K2's Microsoft Office 365: All the Things You Need to Know
Thursday, March 30th,
10:00am - 5:42pm
Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
Microsoft Office 365 continues to grow and evolve, yet most Office 365 utilize only a fraction of the tools available in their subscription. Powerful resources such as SharePoint Online and Skype for Business can change how your entire organization communicates and collaborates. In contrast, more personal apps such as Teams, Planner, Flow, and Sway allow individuals to work more efficiently and effectively in virtually all facets of their jobs. Further, security enhancements to Office 365 mean that your organization can take advantage of all these features in a highly secure environment. Isn’t it time you learned how to move beyond the traditional Office 365 applications such as Excel, Word, and Outlook and unleash all the Office 365 has to offer? Join us in this fast-paced and highly interactive seminar where you will learn the things you need to know to be truly successful with Office 365.
K2's Case Studies in Fraud and Technology Controls - 4 Hrs
Thursday, March 30th,
10:30am - 2:11pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Fraud continues to plague businesses at epidemic levels, and technology control failures are a big reason fraud occurs. Using a case study approach, in this session, you will learn about the pervasiveness of fraud, the control failures that contribute to fraud, and what you can do to mitigate fraud risk. A specific focus of this course is the application of information technology general controls and information technology application controls. In this course, you will examine numerous reported fraud cases and identify the general control and application control failures that contributed to each of these frauds. By learning through these real-world case studies, you will be better positioned to reduce fraud risk.
K2's Remote Access for Small Businesses
Thursday, March 30th,
10:30am - 2:11pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Small businesses have unique and specific technology needs, including those around remote access. Whether team members need remote access to desktops, data, voice services, instant messaging, or Cloud-based services, the list of available options can sometimes be overwhelming! In this course, you will learn about practical solutions for facilitating remote access in small businesses. Among other items included in this program is a detailed review of various solutions to enable remote access to a desktop, work securely from remote locations, key considerations when selecting Cloud-based solutions, and communicate and collaborate in remote environments.
The Aftermath of Government Investigations: Varsity Blues
Thursday, March 30th,
11:00am - 1:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
Learn the inner workings of a government investigation from people who've gone through them. In 2019, the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston brought charges against more than 50 people in a single case. Those people did not have any idea that law-enforcement officers would have an interest in them. They were movie stars, business owners, CEOs, and professionals. Yet each of those people retained Rick Singer, a man who claimed that he could help their children get accepted into elite colleges. Although the parents thought they were making a donation to a nonprofit, they unintentionally implicated themselves in serious criminal charges that would expose them to the possibility of many years in federal prison. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
K2's Advanced Excel New
Thursday, March 30th,
11:00am - 6:41pm
Online
8.00 Credits
Member Price: $225
If you are an experienced Excel user seeking to elevate your skills, join the K2 team for K2’s Advanced Excel.In this laptop-friendly program, you will learn critical advanced Excel skills in six key areas: 1) collaborating with other users and securing workbooks, 2) using tables to analyze and report data, 3) integrating and manipulating data from external sources, 4) creating and auditing complex formulas, 5) advanced data analysis tools, and 6) visualization techniques to analyze and communicate information.The course draws from over twenty-five years of experience in delivering Excel training to accountants and other business professionals. Throughout the program, relevant, real-world examples reinforce the major topics presented.You do not want to miss this opportunity to become more efficient and proficient in Microsoft Office Excel, the tool of choice for accounting and financial professionals. This course covers advanced Excel topics found in Excel 2013 and newer.
Becoming a Fraud Investigator
Thursday, March 30th,
11:30am - 1:30pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
The course helps the forensic accountant prepare to perform a fraud investigation. We discuss occupational fraud schemes and their characteristics, and how to spot a fraud in progress. You will learn the skills a fraud investigator needs for successful investigations, as well as how to plan and prepare for a fraud investigation. This is the most practical fraud investigation course you will ever take. Rather than learning only the theory of fraud, you will learn how a forensic accountant actually investigates fraud from the beginning to the end. We focus on forensic accounting techniques used in the field to prove what happened, who was involved, how much money was stolen, and where the money went. Becoming a Fraud investigator is Part 1 of a series of four courses on fraud investigations. Each course is a stand-alone class that may be taken individually. For comprehensive instruction on completing a fraud investigation from start to finish, take all four. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
K2'S Privacy Issues And Solutions - What You Need to Know!
Thursday, March 30th,
12:00pm - 12:50pm
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Privacy should be everywhere, yet every day seemingly brings a new story about a privacy violation. While it can be frustrating and sometimes scary to think about mishandling our personal information, it’s important to remember that we can take steps to protect our privacy. This session will teach you where your critical threats are and what information you may already have at risk. More importantly, you will learn how to manage and mitigate privacy risks. In an era of increasing connectivity – and by extension, risk – this session should be high on your list to take as soon as possible.
K2's Accounting Automation
Thursday, March 30th,
12:00pm - 12:50pm
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
Why can it be hard to automate accounting? Because many accountants don’t know their options and, therefore, fail to reap the rewards of accounting automation. This session will teach you how easy and profitable accounting automation can be. In it, you will learn how to automate many traditional accounting processes, often with technology you already own. In addition to bank feeds, you will learn about automation options for processing accounts payable and receivable, approving transactions, and linking data from one platform to another. If you are serious about improving efficiency and accuracy, you should make plans to attend this session.
Retirement Planning: Next Stage for You or Your Client
Thursday, March 30th,
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
If you or your clients are facing that stage of life where careers are passing into the background, and a new "to be determined" life is emerging, then you are entering what is called "retirement". Some people are excited, some are scared, and most are both. There are many issues and questions people face at this time - what to do with time, financial, relationships, health, identity and more. This program summarizes the key research studies, provides stories from those who have made this work, and offers thoughtful, practical exercises from my award winning book NEXT STAGE. It will help you (or your clients) address key issues and develop a Master Plan for the transition. If not now, when? This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.
Uniform Guidance Update
Thursday, March 30th,
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
This course will keep you informed about what’s going on in Uniform Guidance including the new compliance supplement including a focus on ARPA funding. We will also review the 2020 update to the Uniform Guidance. We close with a look at Part 6 of the Compliance Supplement with a focus on internal controls over compliance which is a common audit deficiency. This course will help firms keep up to date with the information they need to perform Single Audits in these changing times.
K2'S Everything Google! Their Most Effective Tools, Apps & Services
Thursday, March 30th,
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $129
Google is one of the largest, most widely used and vital technology companies on the planet. Their name has become synonymous with search, knowledge, and cutting-edge technology. Google developed and maintains a wide range of products that have changed how we learn, find things in our community, and communicate with the world. Further, Google offers a business-ready cloud productivity suite used by a growing number of businesses worldwide. Google brings together a wide range of communication and business tools under one roof to serve as the backbone of an organization’s technology infrastructure. Most users are familiar with Google’s search service or Gmail but are unaware of the other services they provide. Additionally, most users barely scratch the surface of the functionality of Google’s tools and services. This course looks at the most valuable features, apps, and services of Google that the busy working professional could better utilize. Course participants will learn to find better web results using search operators and tools. Further, they will understand Workspace and use it as an organization’s back office. They will learn to create dynamic, creative, and useful business documents using Google tools. They will learn to back up and sync their electronic documents to the Cloud using Google Drive. Finally, they will learn to grow their business and expand their marketing using Google’s marketing and website tools. This session finishes with a top-five list of Google's best-hidden secrets and functionalities. Beginners to advanced users of Google products will leave this course with a much deeper understanding of the services, time-saving tips to use the products more effectively, and practical advice on how to best leverage their incredible technology.
The Omniverse and Metaverse for Accountants
Thursday, March 30th,
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $79
This course provides a concise overview and non-technical explanation of the Omniverse and Metaverse - a shared virtual space that integrates various virtual, augmented, and actual realities. While futurists have been predicting and describing this concept for decades, interest and investment in this platform have recently exploded. Facebook has changed its very name to Meta - as in Metaverse - to reflect its pivot from a social media company to a virtual space company. Other tech companies, big and small, have announced ambitious plans to enable people to access digital environments and experiences through different devices. While sometimes perceived as science fiction, the metaverse is no entertainment gimmick. A growing consensus is that it will be the successor to the mobile Internet, and fundamentally transform the Internet, and perhaps even reality itself. You'll walk away with a foundational understanding of how the metaverse is transforming the modern business world, and how accountants can position themselves for success in this emerging economic digital dimension. This event may be a rebroadcast of a live event and the instructor will be available to answer your questions during the event.