Professional Development and Event Catalog
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Introduction to Not-for-Profit Accounting
Thursday, Jun. 17 1:00pm - 2:48pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Not-for-profit organizations encounter distinct accounting complexities. This course provides an introduction to the financial statements and specialized accounting principles relevant to nonprofits. Attendees will explore key topics such as net assets, agency transactions, contributions, and endowments, focusing on the unique transactions and account balances that define not-for-profit accounting.
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Considerations of Fraud
Thursday, Jun. 17 1:00pm - 2:53pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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This course provides an in-depth exploration of AU-C 240, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statements Audit. Participants will gain practical insights into identifying, assessing, and responding to fraud risks within the context of financial statement audits. Through engaging lectures, real-world examples, and case studies, the course examines the nature and characteristics of fraud, including fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriation of assets. It also delves into the auditor's responsibilities under AU-C 240 for planning and performing audits with fraud considerations, techniques for identifying fraud risk factors and assessing risks of material misstatement, and methods for designing and implementing effective audit procedures. Additionally, participants will explore best practices for communicating and documenting findings related to potential or identified fraud. Ideal for auditors at all experience levels, this course equips attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate fraud-related complexities and maintain audit integrity.
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K2's Tech Update
Thursday, Jun. 17 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Staying current with today's technology is no longer optional; it is essential. Tech Update 2026 offers accounting professionals a clear, strategic view of the evolving tech landscape, enabling them to cut through the noise and make informed decisions. This forward-looking session is built for practitioners who want to leverage innovation to enhance client service, boost operational efficiency, and remain competitive. Explore the most impactful trends in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, automation, and cloud-based ecosystems. Understand how technologies like Microsoft 365 Copilot, generative AI tools, industry-specific SaaS platforms, and blockchain are reshaping the profession. Learn to identify which solutions align with your firm's goals-and which are just vendor hype.
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Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Thursday, Jun. 17 2:00pm - 3:03pm
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
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This webinar will explore embracing and supporting neurodiversity in the workplace, promoting inclusivity, and creating a more diverse and dynamic environment.
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Scared Straight: White Collar Crime and Beyond
Thursday, Jun. 17 2:00pm - 3:44pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Fraud poses a significant risk to businesses, organizations, and individuals, leading to financial losses, reputational damage, and legal consequences. This comprehensive course, led by Dr. Richard G. Brody, an esteemed expert in forensic accounting and fraud prevention, explores the underlying mechanisms, motivations, and methods of fraudulent behavior. Through real-world case studies, expert analysis, and interactive discussions, participants will gain critical insights into the psychology of fraud, organizational vulnerabilities, and ethical breakdowns that enable misconduct. The course equips attendees with the latest fraud detection techniques, risk assessment strategies, and internal control best practices to proactively identify and mitigate fraud risks while fostering a culture of integrity and accountability.
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Nonprofit Internal Control - Practical Insights into Mitigating Financial Reporting, Compliance and Other Risks
Thursday, Jun. 17 2:00pm - 5:36pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
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There is simply no denying that a sufficiently designed and effectively operating system of internal controls over reliable financial reporting is more important than ever. The primary objective of this course is to give participants "hands-on" practice in designing, evaluating, and communicating conclusions related to design and operating effectiveness of internal controls over reliable financial reporting and other risks for nonprofit environments.
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Enhancing Performance Through Effective Coaching
Thursday, Jun. 17 2:00pm - 5:43pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
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This business coaching course is designed to enhance your coaching effectiveness by integrating innovative tools like ChatGPT (Generative AI) to support and elevate your coaching practice. You'll explore the key differences and similarities between coaching and managing, uncover the most important skill every coach should master, and learn how to get to the root cause of any problem. With hands-on coaching strategies, including neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) techniques, you'll enhance your ability to drive results. Additionally, you’ll discover how to use performance gap analysis to identify and bridge gaps, ensuring the success and growth of the individuals you coach.
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K2’s Getting Control Of Your OneDrive Account
Thursday, Jun. 17 3:00pm - 3:58pm
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
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Many professionals use OneDrive but don't realize-or use-its full capabilities. Whether you have a business or personal account-or both-OneDrive offers features to enhance productivity and improve data security. Join this exclusive session to discover the advantages of using OneDrive for data storage and collaboration. In it, you will learn how to manage relevant risks and integrate OneDrive seamlessly into your daily workflows. Don't miss this chance to enhance your efficiency and security. Sign up now and unlock the full potential of OneDrive for you and your team.
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Common Deficiencies in Employee Benefit Plans
Thursday, Jun. 17 3:00pm - 4:48pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Discover critical insights from the latest Department of Labor studies on employee benefit plan audits and tackle the pressing issue of audit deficiencies head-on. This course dives deep into the most common errors undermining audit quality and explores the underlying causes of these issues. Through practical strategies, engaging case studies, and regulatory guidance, participants will learn how to close gaps in compliance, enhance audit execution, and protect plan participants and beneficiaries. Whether you're an experienced auditor or new to benefit plan audits, this course will equip you with the tools needed to elevate audit quality and ensure regulatory compliance.
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K2's Building Future-Ready Businesses
Thursday, Jun. 17 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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This practical program provides accounting professionals with actionable strategies for evaluating and implementing technology solutions that drive firm growth and efficiency. Participants will examine case studies showcasing different organizational approaches to hardware, software, cloud, and on-premises solutions while addressing the unique needs of remote workers and in-office teams. The program focuses on immediate implementation techniques rather than theoretical frameworks, ensuring attendees can apply concepts directly within their practice environments. Through examination of diverse organizational examples, participants will identify practical technology assessment methods and implementation approaches suited to various firm sizes and client service models. The program addresses common technology adoption challenges while providing concrete strategies for managing organizational change and measuring technology investment outcomes. Attendees will gain ready-to-use tools for building technology roadmaps that enhance both operational efficiency and client service delivery capabilities.
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Analytical Procedures for Nonprofits
Thursday, Jun. 17 4:00pm - 5:47pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Strong analytical procedures are critical for evaluating the fair presentation of financial statements. In addition, Financial statements are only as good as the information and trends that they produce for operational, strategic, or compliance purposes. This course will provide insights into how to determine the strength and efficiency of nonprofits in achieving objectives and knowledge to improve the analysis of the fair presentation of a nonprofit's financial statements.
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Awful Ethical Dilemmas – Bringing it to Life, featuring J. Michael Inzina and Don Minges
Thursday, Jun. 17 5:00pm - 6:04pm
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
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Professional Codes of Conduct make Ethics seem easy and clear cut. However, this is not so in real life. This session discusses five cases where the ethics is not so clear cut. What should be considered? We will explain how you can be more diligent and maintain awareness of ethical issues to become more effective and enhance the reputation of the profession.
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Sampling - Avoiding Common Mistakes on Financial Statement and Compliance Audits
Thursday, Jun. 17 5:00pm - 6:48pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Sampling is an important method for determining the extent of testing controls, testing compliance, and tests of substantive details. It allows the auditor to apply procedures to less than 100% of the population yet extend results to project likely conclusions about the entire population. This module will describe the proper process for both attribute testing and variable sampling in financial statement and compliance audits.
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Fraud and Financial Distortion: What May Be Hiding Behind the Numbers
Thursday, Jun. 17 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Financial statements are intended to communicate the financial condition of an organization, but the numbers themselves are only a translation of underlying business operations. When financial professionals focus solely on the accounting presentation without understanding the operational realities behind those numbers, significant risks, distortions, or even fraud can go undetected. This course explores how CPAs, auditors, controllers, and financial analysts can apply operational thinking when reviewing financial information. Participants will learn how to translate financial results back into operational language and evaluate whether a business model is plausible. Through practical examples and real-world case studies, the program highlights warning signs that may indicate financial distortion or misrepresentation. The session equips participants with practical questions and analytical tools to help identify what may be hiding behind seemingly reasonable financial statements.
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K2's Productivity Life Hacks
Thursday, Jun. 17 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Today's busy professional has an ever-expanding workload, but delivery timelines are decreasing. We have more meetings, more emails, and more work projects. Outside of work, we have increased family and social obligations. Simply, there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. We all could benefit from an extra hour of productivity throughout the day. Effectively using technology in your personal and business life is a great way to get more mileage out of your day. This course will look at 10 different tools or services that can make your life easier or take the headache out of mundane tasks. We will look at tools that simplify scheduling appointments, take the hassle out of tracking time, improve data sharing between applications, and more. Participants will leave this class with tips and tricks on shaving hours of time per week.
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Inventory Observation - Cretaceous Conservatory Simulation
Thursday, Jun. 17 5:00pm - 7:47pm
Online
3.00 Credits
Member Price: $109
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Step into the heart of the Cretaceous Conservatory for an unforgettable inventory observation adventure! In this immersive simulation, you'll travel to a remote island where the inventory isn't just vast, it's alive. As an auditor responsible for ensuring accuracy in the company's dinosaur-development operations, you'll face wild risks, navigate complex inventory procedures, and confront the unexpected. Through hands-on scenarios, you'll learn to identify misstatements, evaluate unique inventory challenges, and apply standard observation techniques all while staying one step ahead of potential disaster. Can you survive the wilds of the Cretaceous and emerge as the ultimate inventory explorer, or will the risks prove too much to handle?
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Advanced Negotiations: Never Split the Difference
Friday, Jun. 18 8:00am - 10:00am
Online
2.00 Credits
Member Price: $89
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Anytime someone says "I want," "I need," or "Will you," you are in a negotiation. For decades, the negotiation techniques described in Getting to Yes by Fisher and Ury of the Harvard Negotiations Project were the world's standard negotiation methods. These techniques involved collaborative methods for discovering how to make the "pie" bigger and then split it. More recent research on human psychology has revealed new methods that will allow you to do even better. Sometimes, you can't settle for getting half of what you want. Sometimes you have to have it all. This session explores negotiating's human side, to give you powerful people skills that will help you get more.
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Internal Control Frameworks for Single Audit
Friday, Jun. 18 9:00am - 9:57am
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
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The Uniform Guidance identifies COSO and the Green Book as best practices for internal controls in governmental audits. This course provides a comprehensive review of the COSO framework, including its 2013 update, and explores its application to the Green Book. Attendees will learn to recall the five components and 17 principles of internal control, understand the benefits of adopting internal control frameworks, and recognize the rationale behind the COSO 2013 update and its impact on auditing practices. Additionally, the course will cover how to leverage Part 6 of the Compliance Supplement to effectively document internal controls.
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Rewards and Recognition Strategies for Leaders
Friday, Jun. 18 9:00am - 10:00am
Online
1.00 Credits
Member Price: $39
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Whether you are responsible for managing 1 employee or 20, your leadership can make or break your team. Learn practical leadership strategies that you can implement when you return to your office. In today’s competitive market, it’s more imperative than ever that as leaders we are inspiring and motivating our teams to success.
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Navigating Mergers and Acquisitions with AI: The Future of Deals
Friday, Jun. 18 9:00am - 12:45pm
Online
4.00 Credits
Member Price: $149
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Mergers and acquisitions can be complex, risky, and filled with unexpected challenges—but they don’t have to be overwhelming. This course provides a clear and practical overview of the M&A process, helping professionals understand the critical stages of evaluating opportunities, structuring deals, conducting due diligence, and navigating post-transaction integration. Participants will learn practical techniques that help organizations avoid the common traps that derail many transactions while improving the likelihood of successful outcomes. The session also explores how emerging AI tools are beginning to enhance deal analysis, uncover deeper insights, and support better decision-making throughout the M&A process.